Marvel's Avengers - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

This is weekend rent game. The issues : anticlimax moments Boring personality Meh story plot Few glitches So in short, the story isn't what you are use to when dealing with avengers instead it focus on the loot aspect of the game to get you hooked. Like the bad guy is just so meh, there is no Thanos or loki. Matter fact there are just a handful of marvel license characters featured. Each character look decent I guess but they don't have that personality you use to. I don't know if I missed it but there wasn't a cheesey "avengers aslimble!" line like in Endgame despite a trophy pop-up saying it. Sometime audio would be out of sync or no sound at all, background will be blank sometimes and slow framrate when screen gets heavy on enemies. Overall: I would say rent. I completed this in about 2 days. After the ending I was like that's it? So anticlimax. I get that they prob. Are milking the story for DLC or just hoping people fall in love with the game from the looting aspect but I don't think that would holdup, I never even used some of the labs to build your characters stronger or try to unlock poopy custumes because it was just tideous. You can complete the game easy with random loot boxes you run across from playing.

This game rocks! Easy to play & the story can easily be part of the MCU if they wanted. Having fun playing it so far

This is definitely a game that has the potential to retain interest for years. Any superhero fan will appreciate. Now there are some glitches that need to be fixed but I’m sure patches will be released that will fix them shortly. The game content is set up like games like Destiny so you’ll never be bored even after completing the launch campaign.

The game is very interesting story wise . The gameplay has improved since they revealed the gameplay for marvels avengers. The only thing I don’t like about the game is the loot system. It’s very Grindy for a story mode game that’s not open world.

Obviously any game bearing the Marvel logo is going to get a lot of attention. Going in this game obviously tries to tie represent itself as a more realistic Marvel Cinematic Universe gaming experience, but immediately is missing the character likenesses of the actors who play the characters in the films. Many fans have called the characters B-movie replacement standins for their actual film counterparts. In the first hour of gameplay Iron Man comically makes a comment about the villians as such, haha. The game itself plays great on PS4 and gives you two options for visuals with either a performance mode or a cinematic mode. The later letting you scale up to 4K but maintains up to 30fps. The game presentation is good, comparable to other great titles in the Square Enix library. And the game will support advanced features on the next gen consoles, with the PS4 version apparently getting Spider-Man as well. The gameplay and story line are great with a fairly good single player story that has unique hub missions where you can team up with friends or strangers for online multiplayer missions. So far, roughly six hours in I've had a great time with the game, though I don't know how many total hours I will get from it. A lot of the game mechanics push the player into replaying levels to fight villians and get better loot, similar to Destiny. So if you enjoy the Avengers and like Destiny you'll probably enjoy this game.

I was shocked to find that not only was the campaign of a decent length (took me about 14 hours for main story) but it was actually incredibly well done. I didn't know much about Kamala (Ms. Marvel) prior to playing this game but it absolutely succeeded at gaining her another fan. Combat is incredibly fun and so is upgrading and learning all the new moves. CONS: Poor optimization (on PS4 Pro) lead to some freezes and even a few hard crashes. Online is in desperate need of fixing, as I've not once matched with an entire team's worth of players (closest I've gotten to is 2 others). Gear system is convoluted and lackluster, with pieces being functional only and bearing no difference in appearances. I think if enough people stick around long enough, and SE actually takes the time to fix a lot of these issues then this game could garner a cult following in the coming years. Free DLC is coming soon (characters can be purchased with currency earned through free Challenge Cards). If they don't however, and allow the bugs and borderline nonexistent online remain then this will sadly and most likely fall into obscurity.

Admittedly I grossly overestimated how much solo content there would be in this game. While it IS fun to play, once the main campaign ends (which takes maybe 8 hours?) it runs sort of stale for a solo player like me. Each character really has their own set of moves and skills despite the controls being very similar, this makes each one fun to watch without too much difficulty remembering how each one plays. I trucked through another few levels of each character after the main story ended and their various "Iconic" missions, but it got very grindy and repetitive. As they add more characters I'll pop the game back in and experience it, but outside of that I don't see myself getting back into the game without a crew to play with online.

As a fan of the MCU and comics, I found the storyline to be attention grabbing. Starting off as Kamala Khan is really fun. Gameplay is not like Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Downside: 1. You need to select your character before you start your mission. 2. All the upgrades just seem bleh. Upside: 1. Be the Hulk and just Smash through things. Hahaha 2. Thor is fun too. Just to throw Mjölnir and call it back to hit your enemies from the back is really entertaining. Overall, 4/5 because I love the story, but the gameplay could benefit from the old Marvel Ultimate Alliance games (1+2).