I saw this game showcased during E3, and I found it interesting. I’ve been a fan of the GoTG movies since the first one came out, so I decided to get it. The gameplay and story looked good.
After playing and getting 100% in it, I can say it’s certainly not a bad game, but I would not recommend getting it full price.
The story was not long at all; I could finish multiple chapters in a single gaming session of 3-4 hours. With only 16 chapters and the majority of them being an hour or less, I found the game to feel short.
The actual story itself was really good and absolutely carried the game. Yes the story follows the movies, but even if someone had only seen one of them, you could understand the story well. The characters acted the same as they do in the movies, which was great. I was worried that the characters wouldn’t feel familiar.
Gameplay was also very fun. The combat system I really enjoyed, and even though you can’t fully control the Guardians except for Star-Lord, it worked. The enemies and boss fights were fun to do, and the unique enemies were fun to find ways to defeat.
So if I’m complimenting the game, why did I rate it low? Well, it’s the bugs and frame rate.
My PS4 is almost two years old, which certainly isn’t bad. I’d assumed that since it ran Cyberpunk 2077 very well, it would run GoTG well. But I was mistaken.
The game crashed multiple times in the middle of cutscenes (I lucked out and didn’t have it crash during a battle). The cutscenes themselves would be good quality one minute, then very grainy the next.
The frame rate was a huge issue for me in battles. It was so bad that sometimes the game would freeze and I’d have to wait for it to unfreeze. It would take almost a minute to unfreeze itself. The frame rate didn’t just affect gameplay, cutscenes were also affected. Having a laggy cutscene is never fun.
The bugs were also bad. Sometimes Star-Lord would get stuck in like a random bush and couldn’t get out of it unless I reloaded the save file. And one time, somehow, the optional dialogue options got stuck on the screen and wouldn’t go away unless I fully closed the game.
GoTG was a fun game with a great story, but the bugs and frame rate issues killed it. Out of 5 stars, I rate it a 3.
After playing and getting 100% in it, I can say it’s certainly not a bad game, but I would not recommend getting it full price.
The story was not long at all; I could finish multiple chapters in a single gaming session of 3-4 hours. With only 16 chapters and the majority of them being an hour or less, I found the game to feel short.
The actual story itself was really good and absolutely carried the game. Yes the story follows the movies, but even if someone had only seen one of them, you could understand the story well. The characters acted the same as they do in the movies, which was great. I was worried that the characters wouldn’t feel familiar.
Gameplay was also very fun. The combat system I really enjoyed, and even though you can’t fully control the Guardians except for Star-Lord, it worked. The enemies and boss fights were fun to do, and the unique enemies were fun to find ways to defeat.
So if I’m complimenting the game, why did I rate it low? Well, it’s the bugs and frame rate.
My PS4 is almost two years old, which certainly isn’t bad. I’d assumed that since it ran Cyberpunk 2077 very well, it would run GoTG well. But I was mistaken.
The game crashed multiple times in the middle of cutscenes (I lucked out and didn’t have it crash during a battle). The cutscenes themselves would be good quality one minute, then very grainy the next.
The frame rate was a huge issue for me in battles. It was so bad that sometimes the game would freeze and I’d have to wait for it to unfreeze. It would take almost a minute to unfreeze itself. The frame rate didn’t just affect gameplay, cutscenes were also affected. Having a laggy cutscene is never fun.
The bugs were also bad. Sometimes Star-Lord would get stuck in like a random bush and couldn’t get out of it unless I reloaded the save file. And one time, somehow, the optional dialogue options got stuck on the screen and wouldn’t go away unless I fully closed the game.
GoTG was a fun game with a great story, but the bugs and frame rate issues killed it. Out of 5 stars, I rate it a 3.