This is a review of the launch state as I didn't stick around for any updates. I'll start off with the good: This is the best Iron Man game you can play, it's a shame The Avengers game didn't rip it off. That's it, that's the good. The bad is that, likely due to some EA meddling, BioWare sacrificed any semblance of a good story in order to make this a games-as-service looter shooter. The characters are dull, and while the core mechanics of the combat are fun, fighting the same waves of enemies over and over again to get the same kind of loot over and over again gets tiring very quickly. The multiplayer aspect of this doesn't lend itself to helping what little story there is either, as you'll try to pay attention to the plot but then have to try to keep up with whatever your multiplayer partners are doing, and typically their dicking around will ruin any sense of seriousness the plot is trying to have. I'm not going to pretend this is the worst thing ever, because the core mechanics are fun to play around with. It is however, one of the most disappointing games I've played, due to the high expectations I have for a BioWare game. One of the last things I wanted from this was to play it, move on, and never think about it again, but that's essentially the experience I got.

Reviewed on Apr 28, 2021


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