After the mess that was Avengers, I really didn't see myself picking this up even after seeing the reveal, but then the reviews came in and they where all pretty positive, which really took me by surprise.
I love the guardians of the galaxy comics and if your a fan this really delivers on that world. First and foremost this is a massive departure from the Avengers game, This is more in the vein of an action rpg style game, their is no live service, no grinding and a more consistent focus on creating a strong 20 hour-ish single player campaign. It doesn't feel like Avongers either as they have gone for a more comic book style to the cast. Gamora in particular bears little to no resemblance to her on screen counterpart both in attitude and look. Peter quill is also comic book accurate too which works really well here I have nothing against either of the actors that play them in the films but I'm glad they went their own way here.
The Combat is nothing super new but it is fun, you don't directly control anyone but Peter Quill but you can constantly call on your team mates for back up. Groot pins enemy's down with his vines, rocket acts like a smartbomb dealing out big damage, Drax jumps on stuff and stabs it repeatedly and gamora slashes and jumps around like a ninja. They all fight alongside you too and will also present context sensitive team up moments which are always fun and don't overstay their welcome. Things stay fresh with Peter too as you have a really steady combat tree for upgrades to his skills and weapons.
What elevates this and makes it something special though is the locations you explore and the script which are top notch, you really get a feeling like your part of this team and the narrative consistently barrels along giving you plenty of opportunity to mold and grow how well your team works together. This is a very narrative heavy game so if your wanting pure combat it might not be for you.
Narrative is handled by a tell tale style text tree options that give you a limited time to choose an option. These have real world consequences and change the game up quite a bit. For example one section sees you stuck at the wrong side of a chasm do you get drax to throw rocket over to hack a bridge or try to find another way across. if you side with Drax and let him thrown rocket over rocket will be super pissed with you and it will affect your overall relationship with him and demotivate him. You really have to keep the peace at times and so far I'm really impressed with how good the writing is.
We really do need more stuff like this well written non gouging single player games without a sniff of live service it really dose feel like a solid out of ten so far.
I love the guardians of the galaxy comics and if your a fan this really delivers on that world. First and foremost this is a massive departure from the Avengers game, This is more in the vein of an action rpg style game, their is no live service, no grinding and a more consistent focus on creating a strong 20 hour-ish single player campaign. It doesn't feel like Avongers either as they have gone for a more comic book style to the cast. Gamora in particular bears little to no resemblance to her on screen counterpart both in attitude and look. Peter quill is also comic book accurate too which works really well here I have nothing against either of the actors that play them in the films but I'm glad they went their own way here.
The Combat is nothing super new but it is fun, you don't directly control anyone but Peter Quill but you can constantly call on your team mates for back up. Groot pins enemy's down with his vines, rocket acts like a smartbomb dealing out big damage, Drax jumps on stuff and stabs it repeatedly and gamora slashes and jumps around like a ninja. They all fight alongside you too and will also present context sensitive team up moments which are always fun and don't overstay their welcome. Things stay fresh with Peter too as you have a really steady combat tree for upgrades to his skills and weapons.
What elevates this and makes it something special though is the locations you explore and the script which are top notch, you really get a feeling like your part of this team and the narrative consistently barrels along giving you plenty of opportunity to mold and grow how well your team works together. This is a very narrative heavy game so if your wanting pure combat it might not be for you.
Narrative is handled by a tell tale style text tree options that give you a limited time to choose an option. These have real world consequences and change the game up quite a bit. For example one section sees you stuck at the wrong side of a chasm do you get drax to throw rocket over to hack a bridge or try to find another way across. if you side with Drax and let him thrown rocket over rocket will be super pissed with you and it will affect your overall relationship with him and demotivate him. You really have to keep the peace at times and so far I'm really impressed with how good the writing is.
We really do need more stuff like this well written non gouging single player games without a sniff of live service it really dose feel like a solid out of ten so far.
their quite unique as well and a lot of them are based on the comics with a bit of info behind each costumes first appearance.
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