Writing on Games | Guardians of the Galaxy Disappointed Me (and Why That's Fine) @WritingOnGames | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 12 minutes ago.
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The moment the embargo dropped for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and those 8s and 9s started rolling in, calling it the game Avengers should have been, my stomach dropped—my experience with the game was nowhere near as positive as that. Let's talk about why that was, why that's fine, as well as discuss the weird critical landscape games exist in, where going against popular opinion becomes such a nerve-racking prospect.

Review code for Guardians of the Galaxy provided by Square Enix.

0:00 - The Anxieties of Reviewing Popular Stuff
1:43 - ...I Didn't Like Guardians of the Galaxy
3:35 - Structural Issues
4:11 - Combat
5:42 - The Rest of the Gameplay
7:34 - My Issues with Story and Characters
12:08 - Does Guardians of the Galaxy Fix Avengers?
12:52 - Conclusion/Critical Context

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Intro text animation by Isaac Holland - twitter.com/drazgames

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