Imagine if Aerith had Groot in her party, would've saved her a lot of trouble! You can't tell me this isn't in the FFVII universe with Lady Hellbender's pets looking like some Advent Children ass dogs.

Seriously though, I am joining the chorus of people saying that this game is surprisingly good! It captures the feeling of the movies spectacularly, while obviously drawing from its own lore. How comic accurate it is I can't say, as like most people I'm mainly familiar with this stuff through the MCU. The combat could definitely use some polishing which is why this is a four star rather than five star game for me. The fundamentals are there for something great, but as is, the hits lack the kind of impact that I'd expect from a AAA experience. Your team attacks feel good especially once you get multiple AOE attacks that launch enemies around, although if they added even more umph to them I think it'd sell the impact even more. Your most basic attack however, shooting your twin pistols as Starlord, lacks any kind of physical reaction from the enemies whatsoever. Thankfully, the game is much more frequently about well paced story beats and exploration of absolutely gorgeous worlds. Top notch art direction going on here. I'd be very excited if they made a sequel to this and gave the combat that extra push it needs to be great, and maybe add even more unique non-combat gameplay moments, of which this game has a few, and they lend some great flavor that make the game stand out as its own. One last thing that really bugged me, is that there's so much dialogue that happens while you're walking about that will get interrupted by walking into a cutscene/fight/another line of dialogue, and I just can't believe this is still a problem we're having in the 2020's. Please, in a game this dialogue driven, just make your hallways long enough or implement a "as I was saying..." system!

Also, happy 200th review to me!