Played on PS5
Also Available on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S
Playtime: 17 Hours
Completion Date: December 31, 2021
1000% No Spoilers
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is a game developed by Eidos Montreal and published by Square Enix. It's a lineer action adventure title.
I will only give details about the first chapter while talking about the story don't worry. The game is about Guardians going on a mission, during the mission, an accident causes a horrible thing to get out into the universe. Of course, the Guardians tries to stop it before it destroys everyone and everything.
Story is really good. It has so many twists and turns and it goes to very interesting places. The summary i gave you might sound cliche but that's because i don't want to ruin anything. Less you know, more fun you will get from this game.
But i think the reason why story works this great is the characters. Wow. Thanks to the MCU, a lot of people are familiar with these characters. And while at first they feel like they came out of the MCU. But there are so many great little things developers put into the game that makes the characters different.
Star Lord has more depth thanks to an interesting relationship he has with the main villain and his relationship with his team. Gamora seemed like the one we knew from the movies but towards the end, some revelations about her past makes her scarier and deeper.
Drax gets a big push. There is a chapter dedicated to him and his relationship with his family. He has more depth for sure. Rocket and Groot doesn't have as much depth as the other 3 but there is a fun thing they do with Rocket. And he has a very good scene. A little after the midpoint of the game.
There are many more characters. And there are more than one villain. Which was great. They already showcased Lady Hellbender. She was great. There is also Raker, don't want to say too much about him but just like the main characters, he has a reason, a motivation and a depth to his character.
Game uses cutscenes to tell the big story points of course but our characters also talks a lot and i mean A LOT during gameplay. Their chemistry is fantastic. Shout out to their voice actors. They did a great job.
Yeah, the narrative of this game is fantastic. Does it deserve the best narrative award it got in The Game Awards? Probably. There are still many games i want to play in 2021 but this narrative is Playstation Exclusive/Rockstar level. Which means it's S tier. But, unfortunately. It's not all great.
The gameplay, is fun. Good. But definitely not great. In this game, you can only control Star Lord. You can give commands to other characters though. There is a wheel you can open with a press of a button. Then you select the character and you have 4 options. All of them are different attacks with different effects.
It's very easy to use them and they are fun to watch. The problem is, they look more fun than playing Star Lord. As Star Lord, you can do some melee combat but it's very limited. You mostly use your guns. And while i liked using them, you only use those.
There are some elemental abilities you gain but they are not changing the flow of combat that much. For 17 hours, it's only guns. And that gets boring. Especially when you get to max level. When i got to max level, there was still 3-4 hours left until the end.
There is also a perk system. You will find some components and you can install some extra benefits to your guns. Nothing too interesting but it was still progress. When i purchased every perk, there was like 6 hours left until the end. Both of these things kills that progression feeling in the Third Act of the game which makes the combat sequences less fun.
There are some team executions, environmental objects that different guardians can use. There are a bunch of enemy types. Especially in the first half of the game. Second half doesn't introduce that much new enemy types.
Animations are great but there are many problems with the sound. Sometimes it doesn't come at all, sometimes it comes late. 2 months after the launch, they are not fixed. There are also some bosses. Nothing too special but there were some unique ones towards the end.
Combat is of course not the only thing we do in the game. There is also exploration and puzzle solving. With some platforming. All of these things are great in my opinion because of the dialogues between characters. They are funny, interesting and smart.
You will have fun while learning more about the characters and this version of the marvel universe. There are also choices by the way. They don't impact the ending at all. But there are some different scenes and different events in in the road to the ending. That is a very nice and clever thing to add. I will definitely play the game another time both to get the platinum trophy and to make different choices and see the scenes that i missed.
There are many collectibles. Wall of texts with some lore, outfits and the most interesting of them all, guardian collectibles. These things will unlock new conversations you can have with your teammates in your ship Milano. They are fully voice acted lore dumps but they are fun and they definitely give the characters more depth. Find as much as you can!
On PS5, currently there are 3 graphic modes. Fidelity which is 4K 30. Performance which is 60 FPS and i think 1080p. Also a Ray Tracing mode they added later. It's also 30 and of course has Ray Tracing enabled. It might be 2K. Might be something like 1800p. Not sure about that.
I played it on the fidelity mode. I am used to the 30 FPS and it was a locked 30. Game looked beautiful in 4K with HDR. I recommend Fidelity for your first playthrough if you have a 4K TV. In my second playthrough, i am thinking of using the Ray Tracing mode. Heard the performance mode had frame drops. But don't quote me on that.
Music is great. They have a ton of licensed music and many they have created. In the end, i really liked this game. Gameplay is not perfect but i don't think it's bad or boring as some people say. The game throws you into so many battles in the last 2 hours so at that point it was a little boring but i had fun with the gameplay in the first half for sure.
Story and characters are top tier. Incredible. Graphics and music, very good. Currently it's my favourite game of the year but like i said, still many games i have to play. Though i have a feeling it will be in my Top 5, maybe even Top 3 after i played everything i am interested in that came out this year. Thanks for reading it, Happy New Years!
Also Available on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S
Playtime: 17 Hours
Completion Date: December 31, 2021
1000% No Spoilers
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is a game developed by Eidos Montreal and published by Square Enix. It's a lineer action adventure title.
I will only give details about the first chapter while talking about the story don't worry. The game is about Guardians going on a mission, during the mission, an accident causes a horrible thing to get out into the universe. Of course, the Guardians tries to stop it before it destroys everyone and everything.
Story is really good. It has so many twists and turns and it goes to very interesting places. The summary i gave you might sound cliche but that's because i don't want to ruin anything. Less you know, more fun you will get from this game.
But i think the reason why story works this great is the characters. Wow. Thanks to the MCU, a lot of people are familiar with these characters. And while at first they feel like they came out of the MCU. But there are so many great little things developers put into the game that makes the characters different.
Star Lord has more depth thanks to an interesting relationship he has with the main villain and his relationship with his team. Gamora seemed like the one we knew from the movies but towards the end, some revelations about her past makes her scarier and deeper.
Drax gets a big push. There is a chapter dedicated to him and his relationship with his family. He has more depth for sure. Rocket and Groot doesn't have as much depth as the other 3 but there is a fun thing they do with Rocket. And he has a very good scene. A little after the midpoint of the game.
There are many more characters. And there are more than one villain. Which was great. They already showcased Lady Hellbender. She was great. There is also Raker, don't want to say too much about him but just like the main characters, he has a reason, a motivation and a depth to his character.
Game uses cutscenes to tell the big story points of course but our characters also talks a lot and i mean A LOT during gameplay. Their chemistry is fantastic. Shout out to their voice actors. They did a great job.
Yeah, the narrative of this game is fantastic. Does it deserve the best narrative award it got in The Game Awards? Probably. There are still many games i want to play in 2021 but this narrative is Playstation Exclusive/Rockstar level. Which means it's S tier. But, unfortunately. It's not all great.
The gameplay, is fun. Good. But definitely not great. In this game, you can only control Star Lord. You can give commands to other characters though. There is a wheel you can open with a press of a button. Then you select the character and you have 4 options. All of them are different attacks with different effects.
It's very easy to use them and they are fun to watch. The problem is, they look more fun than playing Star Lord. As Star Lord, you can do some melee combat but it's very limited. You mostly use your guns. And while i liked using them, you only use those.
There are some elemental abilities you gain but they are not changing the flow of combat that much. For 17 hours, it's only guns. And that gets boring. Especially when you get to max level. When i got to max level, there was still 3-4 hours left until the end.
There is also a perk system. You will find some components and you can install some extra benefits to your guns. Nothing too interesting but it was still progress. When i purchased every perk, there was like 6 hours left until the end. Both of these things kills that progression feeling in the Third Act of the game which makes the combat sequences less fun.
There are some team executions, environmental objects that different guardians can use. There are a bunch of enemy types. Especially in the first half of the game. Second half doesn't introduce that much new enemy types.
Animations are great but there are many problems with the sound. Sometimes it doesn't come at all, sometimes it comes late. 2 months after the launch, they are not fixed. There are also some bosses. Nothing too special but there were some unique ones towards the end.
Combat is of course not the only thing we do in the game. There is also exploration and puzzle solving. With some platforming. All of these things are great in my opinion because of the dialogues between characters. They are funny, interesting and smart.
You will have fun while learning more about the characters and this version of the marvel universe. There are also choices by the way. They don't impact the ending at all. But there are some different scenes and different events in in the road to the ending. That is a very nice and clever thing to add. I will definitely play the game another time both to get the platinum trophy and to make different choices and see the scenes that i missed.
There are many collectibles. Wall of texts with some lore, outfits and the most interesting of them all, guardian collectibles. These things will unlock new conversations you can have with your teammates in your ship Milano. They are fully voice acted lore dumps but they are fun and they definitely give the characters more depth. Find as much as you can!
On PS5, currently there are 3 graphic modes. Fidelity which is 4K 30. Performance which is 60 FPS and i think 1080p. Also a Ray Tracing mode they added later. It's also 30 and of course has Ray Tracing enabled. It might be 2K. Might be something like 1800p. Not sure about that.
I played it on the fidelity mode. I am used to the 30 FPS and it was a locked 30. Game looked beautiful in 4K with HDR. I recommend Fidelity for your first playthrough if you have a 4K TV. In my second playthrough, i am thinking of using the Ray Tracing mode. Heard the performance mode had frame drops. But don't quote me on that.
Music is great. They have a ton of licensed music and many they have created. In the end, i really liked this game. Gameplay is not perfect but i don't think it's bad or boring as some people say. The game throws you into so many battles in the last 2 hours so at that point it was a little boring but i had fun with the gameplay in the first half for sure.
Story and characters are top tier. Incredible. Graphics and music, very good. Currently it's my favourite game of the year but like i said, still many games i have to play. Though i have a feeling it will be in my Top 5, maybe even Top 3 after i played everything i am interested in that came out this year. Thanks for reading it, Happy New Years!