Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

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8.6

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  1. Archmrn
    Oct 31, 2021
    5
    Good game overall, best RTX+DLSS performance on RTX2080 super. But have some lack of features like skip entire scene/dialogue.

    Pros for me: 1. Good graphics (all max out) 2. Very-very good performance. Other studios should learn this level of optimization when their lower-quality games have lower FPS and alot of stutters 3. Nice story so far 4. Great music in this game Cons: 1.    Good game overall, best RTX+DLSS performance on RTX2080 super. But have some lack of features like skip entire scene/dialogue.

    Pros for me:
    1. Good graphics (all max out)
    2. Very-very good performance. Other studios should learn this level of optimization when their lower-quality games have lower FPS and alot of stutters
    3. Nice story so far
    4. Great music in this game

    Cons:
    1. Have a lot of bugs: sometimes enemy doesn't appear and you can't finish a fight and Peter being teleported out from next area
    2. Another bug is when you choose answer in a conversation - Peter might just not answer and it forces you to restart a game
    3. FPS drops. Not depends on any settings - RTX off or low settings it doesn't matter certain scenes and effects cause this anyway (very rare occasion)
    4. Strange gamepad control - takes too much time to use team skills with those double clicks
    5. No direct control over other characters, might be boring to play as one character for whole game
    6. As of pt.4 of Pros, music is good but why it so quiet? Forced to adjust sound settings to clearly hear music in fights and in Milano
    7. In a few fights game might crush, I guess could be patched someday

    So I'm giving this game 8/10 score because of a few bugs that I faced and they forcing to restart a game everitime.

    Edit: further you go more bugs... Nope, unntil this patched no more than a 5/10 because sometimes you can't even go anywhere    … Expand
  2. Renaigse
    Jul 22, 2022
    7
    На удивление классная игра, с цельным неплохим сюжетом, с полноценными интересными героями, с добротной боевкой, шикарной детализированной графикой, из минусов только ощущение затянутости некоторых миссий и просто куча багов, в том числе критических, когда просто сэйв удаляется и приходится заново целую главу проходить ( благо такое только однажды случилось)На удивление классная игра, с цельным неплохим сюжетом, с полноценными интересными героями, с добротной боевкой, шикарной детализированной графикой, из минусов только ощущение затянутости некоторых миссий и просто куча багов, в том числе критических, когда просто сэйв удаляется и приходится заново целую главу проходить ( благо такое только однажды случилось)
  3. TheLaLee
    Mar 16, 2022
    5
    Incredibly buggy, even after half a year. I had 4 game breaking bugs in one playthrough, not to mention the numerous other graphical bugs (like the floor not loading and the npcs just T posing in the void).

    The default PC controls are so bad it makes the game nearly unplayable and the spaceship controls are so bad and floaty I had to plug in a controller to get past the later setpieces.    Incredibly buggy, even after half a year. I had 4 game breaking bugs in one playthrough, not to mention the numerous other graphical bugs (like the floor not loading and the npcs just T posing in the void).

    The default PC controls are so bad it makes the game nearly unplayable and the spaceship controls are so bad and floaty I had to plug in a controller to get past the later setpieces.
    The combat is also mind numbingly boring, almost every enemy is a bullet sponge and thanks to the bad controls selecting teammates' abilities never becomes intuitive (not that it would be any fun to just press a button and have someone else fight the enemies for me while I watch). You don't even have to aim since the game has auto aim, just hold down the shoot button until you overheat in 4 seconds and play a QTE to reload, that's every fight for 15+ hours.

    The game also has worthless QTEs scattered randomly around custscenes with zero warning that they're even a thing and kill you in 3 seconds if you can't react fast enough not even knowing which buttons will be used for them, then reload you with a lenghty loading screen and make you watch the whole unskippable custscene again.

    The story was good but it was really padded and ended up being a letdown. I got really tired of the prepare to fight the bad guy, fail, prepare again loop by the 3rd time they repeated it.
    I wouldn't say it's very replayable either, the entire game is either just a walking simulator or a boring arena fight, after you heard the story once you won't care to hear it again, but most of the talking parts are unskippable even on NG+, there's no point to explore anymore since the components become worthless (there's barely enything to spend them on) and the fights are boring. There are choices but the most they'll affect is how easy or hard some fights will be later on.    … Expand
  4. Deadalon
    Jan 8, 2022
    7
    Overall a good experience. Some bugs and issues that forced me to reload saves to be able to continue. The game mechanics are not the best for keyboard and mouse but still ok.
  5. Nejek
    Mar 26, 2022
    7
    Story is well written and really interesting and dialogues are engaging, but shooting mechanic is literally **** That's one of the worst, least engaging and most boring fighting mechanic i saw in a long time. The game would be better of if they reduced amount of fights because they take significant amount of time and disturb the story telling.
  6. petriAND
    May 11, 2023
    7
    Gameplay - 6/10
    Story - 7.5/10
    Visuals - 8/10 Sound design/OST - 7.5/10 Acting/cinematics/mocap - 8.5/10 Fun - 7.5/10 Optimization - 7.5/10 -------------------------------------------------- 7.5 I'm definitely not a Marvel fan but this game was way better than I first anticipated. So the good parts are acting, story and visuals. I would say that the story is even better than the    Gameplay - 6/10
    Story - 7.5/10
    Visuals - 8/10
    Sound design/OST - 7.5/10
    Acting/cinematics/mocap - 8.5/10
    Fun - 7.5/10
    Optimization - 7.5/10
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    7.5

    I'm definitely not a Marvel fan but this game was way better than I first anticipated. So the good parts are acting, story and visuals. I would say that the story is even better than the movies, was pretty good. On the other hand, the gameplay pretty much sucked. The combat becomes very boring very quickly because is very repetitive and the enemies are literally hit sponges. Overall the game is good and for a Marvel fan this game is definitely a must-play.    … Expand
  7. UnKidreal
    Jul 1, 2023
    7
    Игра пройдена на уровне сложности – Сложно.

    Стражи галактики стали очередным проектом, в котором хорошая задумка (история и её подача, музыка и графическое исполнение), имхо, были похоронены реализацией этой задумки (кривое и тяжёлое управление, на РС, сбор ненужного электронного мусора, ошибки, не дающие продвинуться дальше по сюжету), а жаль, при правильной реализации могла бы    Игра пройдена на уровне сложности – Сложно.

    Стражи галактики стали очередным проектом, в котором хорошая задумка (история и её подача, музыка и графическое исполнение), имхо, были похоронены реализацией этой задумки (кривое и тяжёлое управление, на РС, сбор ненужного электронного мусора, ошибки, не дающие продвинуться дальше по сюжету), а жаль, при правильной реализации могла бы получится шикарная игра.

    Оценка: 7/10
    Оценка: с RTX 8/10    … Expand
  8. winzentween
    Nov 18, 2021
    7
    Update: I've found multiple game breaking bugs costing me entire saves and days of waiting for patches so though I love the game im marking it down for lazy play testing and poor optimisation. What a shame. Rescored as 7.

    Original review: This game is an easy 8 to me as I love 80s music. Oddly enough I dislike the dev and publisher due to the awful avengers game and i hate Disney    Update: I've found multiple game breaking bugs costing me entire saves and days of waiting for patches so though I love the game im marking it down for lazy play testing and poor optimisation. What a shame. Rescored as 7.

    Original review: This game is an easy 8 to me as I love 80s music. Oddly enough I dislike the dev and publisher due to the awful avengers game and i hate Disney because... I can read but this game despite my scepticism...is good! Buy with confidence if you like cinematic games.

    But to be good you must accept that it's not some action adventure as much as a telltale story game or like that quantum break tv game hybrid or like become human etc. It's an interactive movie and when you accept that fact...the often linear limited janky gameplay becomes acceptable.

    The voice acting is superb as is the lip synching. The new guardian look and lore is absolutely fine and you'll quickly love them and want a sequel or dlc.

    The story is excellent for a video game though as a film it could be better. But i was always engaged.

    The music is amazing. Beyond technical issues if you have a 5.1 or 7.1 set up the licenced rock and pop tunes sound fantastic and really sell the game and brand.

    The actual sound is far less impressive and a low point. This connects to the lack of polish.

    The graphics are good on pc but nothing mind blowing for 2021 and could have looked and ran alot better. The hdr is washed out but an update gives us ray tracing. The framerate is around 60fps at 1080 though there is still a lack of overall polish if you go to places not 100% on rails.

    Gotg is very much an onrail game but there are a few minor choices and seemingly endless alterntive scripts. There is a surprising amount of variety in such a rigid structure.

    And no microtransactions! And finding the outfits is rewarding and rhey look great.

    Well done devs! I hope you make another one as this game is awesome. So much better than that avengers rubbish (which I also play). To buy today :)    … Expand
  9. Gray8128
    Aug 17, 2022
    6
    Story is pretty basic, the villain is a pathetic clown with no sense of threat. They use one theme for all characters - grief. Gomora lost family member, Peter lost family member, Draks lost family member, Nikki lost... you got it. Not a great decision for a narrative driven game.

    Direceting is also dull. Can you name me one memorizable cutscene? Or a cool moment that you can share with    Story is pretty basic, the villain is a pathetic clown with no sense of threat. They use one theme for all characters - grief. Gomora lost family member, Peter lost family member, Draks lost family member, Nikki lost... you got it. Not a great decision for a narrative driven game.

    Direceting is also dull. Can you name me one memorizable cutscene? Or a cool moment that you can share with your friends?

    Don't get me wrong, the story is not bad, but it also isn't that good. If you are a superhero or space adventures fan you may like it, although it's pretty generic and you have probably seen it before.

    Gameplay wise the game is ok, nothing more.

    Mantis is cool though

    PS: There are some bugs that wiil require loading last checkpoint    … Expand
  10. ziyddwh
    Nov 8, 2022
    7
    A fun adventure game with little choice in dialogue selection.

    Cons
    +Love the story
    +characters relationship
    +free-flow action.

    Cons
    -Stale story near the end
    -Some Repetitive game play
  11. Kelen
    Mar 13, 2023
    7
    [PL]
    7,5/10 - Dobra
    (po graniu 19,5h i ukończeniu gry) Zabawny i wzruszający interaktywny film z tej gry. Świetnie napisane, charakterystyczne postacie. Każda ma swój własny, dobrze nakreślony charakter i przeszłość. Relacje miedzy nimi są naprawdę sensowne, a dialogi bywają naprawdę zabawne. Przed zagraniem byłem bardzo sceptycznie nastawiony do ich wyglądu, ale błyskawicznie się    [PL]
    7,5/10 - Dobra
    (po graniu 19,5h i ukończeniu gry)
    Zabawny i wzruszający interaktywny film z tej gry.

    Świetnie napisane, charakterystyczne postacie.
    Każda ma swój własny, dobrze nakreślony charakter i przeszłość.
    Relacje miedzy nimi są naprawdę sensowne, a dialogi bywają naprawdę zabawne.
    Przed zagraniem byłem bardzo sceptycznie nastawiony do ich wyglądu, ale błyskawicznie się do nich przekonałem. Tak bardzo, że nawet nie zmieniałem odblokowanych skórek (a niektóre nawiązują do filmów).

    Bardzo dobra, przyjemna fabuła.
    Przebija nawet filmy. Zabawnie i wzruszająco - byłem zachwycony.
    Jest grzecznie - każdy bluzg to "flark", a seks często wspominany, ale w stylu filmów 12+.
    Masa dialogów z licznymi wyborami, które mają znaczenie - nie jakieś ogromne, ale zdecydowanie satysfakcjonujące i z odczuwalnymi konsekwencjami.
    Mimo całkowicie odwrotnych decyzji do wyboru, niemalże zawsze rewelacyjnie pasują do bohaterów.

    Bardzo ubogi, symboliczny gameplay.
    Gra jest po brzegi wypchana dialogami i przypomina bardziej Visual Novel niż grę akcji.
    Większość rzeczy samo się dzieje. Pozostały gameplay to od czasu do czasu takie sobie walki z niezbyt ciekawymi przeciwnikami. Często po prostu oglądamy cutscenki wciskając czasem jakiś 1 przycisk.

    Ciasno i liniowo, jesteśmy niemal cały czas prowadzeni za rączkę.
    Mimo tego, czasem da się utknąć, bo w kilku sytuacjach, to co mamy zrobić, nie jest do końca oczywiste w oskarpowanie nieprzyjemny sposób.
    Zdecydowanie za dużo samo się robi.

    Warto zaglądać w każdy kont, bo w nich znajdujemy części do ulepszeń i skórki.
    Niestety, towarzysze robią nam za to wyrzuty :(

    Tragiczny polski dubbing - niepasujące emocje i słabo dopasowane głosy.
    Po polsku mama Star-Lorda brzmi absurdalnie cringe'owo, a niezbyt pasujący głos Rocketa słyszałem już w tylu dubbingach, że od razu przełączyłem na zdecydowanie lepsze, oryginalne głosy (+napisy).    … Expand
  12. ErayTellezi
    Mar 12, 2023
    7
    Oynarken Mass Effect'i ne kadar özlediğimi fark ettim. Uzayda, ekip halinde, gezegen gezegen dolaşıp, maceradan maceraya atılmak. Tabii ikisinin de dövüş sistemi yetersiz. Ama biri 15 yıl öncenin oyunu. Bu arada GotG, Mass Effect'le kıyaslanabilecek kalibrede bir oyun değil. Bir kere rpg değil. Oyunda bazı anlarda konuşarak doğru seçimleri yaparsanız bazı şeyleri değiştirebiliyorsunuz.Oynarken Mass Effect'i ne kadar özlediğimi fark ettim. Uzayda, ekip halinde, gezegen gezegen dolaşıp, maceradan maceraya atılmak. Tabii ikisinin de dövüş sistemi yetersiz. Ama biri 15 yıl öncenin oyunu. Bu arada GotG, Mass Effect'le kıyaslanabilecek kalibrede bir oyun değil. Bir kere rpg değil. Oyunda bazı anlarda konuşarak doğru seçimleri yaparsanız bazı şeyleri değiştirebiliyorsunuz. Oyun bunların etkilerini sonlara doğru gösteriyor da. Ne kadar etkili oluyor bilmiyorum, tersini görmediğim için.

    Oyunun en güzel yanı diyalogları. Hakikaten oynadığım en yoğun diyaloglu oyun. Ekibin üyeleri sürekli kendi arasında konuşuyor. Bir dakika sessizlik olmuyor oyunda. Üstelik çoğunlukla kaliteli, komik, evren hakkında bilgi veren, karakterlerin duygu ve düşüncelerini gösteren diyaloglar. Yazanlar kör olmuş hakikaten, saygı duydum.

    Hikaye de fena değil. Bir Marvel işine göre idare eder bence. Sondaki twist'i beklemiyordum, ha çok bi önemi var mı, yok. Ama bazı yerlerde fazla basite kaçmışlar, bazı şeyler çabucak halloluyor. Mantıksız çok nokta var. Uzay boşluğunda ejderha nasıl uçuyor mesela.

    Oyunun en en kötü yanı, bu kadar az ilgi çekmesinin nedeni, combat'ı. Ateş etme mekaniği düşmana kilitlenip tuşa basılı tutma üzerine kurulu. Sizin ve ekip üyelerinizin özel yeteneklerini dolduğu zaman kullanıyorsunuz. Onlar da dörder tane zaten. Yapınca da öyle uzaktan izliyorsunuz. Hepsini biraz kombinleyebiliyorsunuz ama çok kısıtlı. Çok sıkıcı. Düşmanlar desen çok yetersiz. Farklı farklı elementlere zaafları var ama onun dışında çok vasatlar. Sizle doğrudan dövüşmüyorlar zaten. Siz onlar yokmuş gibi tuşlara basıyorsunuz. Saçma. Bu işi FFVII Remake iyi kotarıyordu mesela.

    Neticede bir yanı çok çok iyi ki zor olan budur bu devirde, diğer yanı vasat. Vasat olan tarafı becerebilmek daha kolay halbuki bu devirde. Neyse ortalama bir oyun olmuş.    … Expand
  13. Fallconex
    Apr 17, 2022
    7
    Certainly brings a good experience, more than everybody expected. Amazing battle system, smashing plot and cool narrative. But not so perfect though. Sound design and dialogues are kinda messy. Units and movement are dumb sometimes. Controls are just bad. And I guess nobody cares about those ‘archives’ and ‘diary’…
  14. 3t3rnal
    Mar 24, 2022
    7
    When initially this game was released, with very little fanfare, I expected it to be just another piece of licensed movie-to-game junk that the publisher wasn't talking about because they were pretty confident in it's failure and it being absolute trash. Oh boy, was I wrong. While not perfect, mostly on the account of technical issues that haven't been fully patched even half a year afterWhen initially this game was released, with very little fanfare, I expected it to be just another piece of licensed movie-to-game junk that the publisher wasn't talking about because they were pretty confident in it's failure and it being absolute trash. Oh boy, was I wrong. While not perfect, mostly on the account of technical issues that haven't been fully patched even half a year after release, and the humor that stoops down into reddit tier cringefest way too often, but it's definitely a full fledged game that is more than capable of standing on its own and it definitely does its franchise justice.

    Well, for those who want more details, here you go:

    Technical stuff:
    - game is incredibly well optimized, at least on my hardware (stock 5900X, RX 6900 XT factory overclocked, 32GB DDR4 Ram, running out of pcie 3 nvme drive) easily butter smooth at native 4k with ray tracing - well, most of the time
    - the game does, however, appear to have an issue with loading in assets, loading takes way too much for running out of near empty, half a year old nvme SSD, the game also hitches on transitions, such as in cutscenes and such where "background" loading takes place

    Graphics:
    - game looks great, though it's at times very clear the level of optimization that was achieved wasn't by magic, but by carefully balancing performance and fidelity. If you require nothing but the absolute best from your games in regards to graphics, you'll be disappointed
    - there's a few, common nowadays, graphical glitches, such as misaligned textures, scenery objects floating, objects sticking into each other or into the ground/walls, some weirdness with clothing animations, etc.
    - speaking of animations, they can be pretty stiff at times, nothing too bad though
    - the game is however, very much capable of delivering movie like-spectacle, repeatedly. character design, location design - from graphics perspective, is damn near flawless
    - unfortunately, some assets get reused a bit too often, especially enemies later into the game, and there ain't that many different alien species either and what is there is kinda limited and very similar to each other, perhaps to save time or cost (or both)

    Sound:
    - great soundtrack, nothing else can be said
    - sound design and direction is great overall
    - unfortunately, speech cuts out randomly a lot - for example if you go "too fast" through the world and don't allow your companions to finish, they just cut out mid-sentence and switch to a different conversation. Feels very unnatural and could have been handled better.
    - voiceacting is very good, for the most part, but there are some terribly written dialogues where you can feel the awkwardness the actors are feeling just seep through

    Writing/story/characters:
    - it is a marvel superhero fantasy "sci"-fi, but its one of the better ones
    - the humor is often a bit too cringey, as a banter during gameplay its okay, but its unbearably unfunny and annoying in cutscenes, a lot of which you cannot skip - and don't want to because of plot elements
    - the plot is surprisingly competent, it ain't winning pulitzer's by any means, it's not terribly original either, but for a superhero game which is by theme and design aimed at teenagers and redditors (which is mentally about the same level), it's very good, has some nice spins and twists along the way, and surprisingly some pretty thoughtful moments, I liked it
    - main characters are pretty likeable for the most part, the side characters are also, and the writing was competent enough, overall, to actually make me care about most of them, though I'd prefer they spoke less because most of the dialogue is really bad, really really really bad

    Gameplay:
    - is a bit of a mixed bag honestly
    - the game suffers from "cutscenis unnecessaris", especially towards the first half of the game, but it's not a terminal case fortunately, it still has a negative impact on pacing though
    - combat isn't terribly complex, but it is fun for the most part, especially when you unlock all of the abilities of your crew - there aren't all that many though, and honestly, the game would be better off without this rpg-lite crap
    - AI is dumb, really dumb, your friends will run into AoE attacks ang get knocked out repeatedly, enemies just dumbly rush you or stand in one place waiting to be killed, etc.
    - towards the end of the game, they get a bit too HP-bloated, especially the boss fights turn into test of patience rather than skill, and sometimes you get swarmed by way too many enemies turning the combat way too chaotic and a mess to manage - another pacing issue
    - overall though, it was still fun for me, really mostly for the spectacle and flashy stuff
    - the game is surprisingly substantial content wise, expected 5-6 hours, it's easily triple that
    - not really something I will be replaying anytime soon, though

    Last issue I encountered is disappearing or, doubled, or incorrect subtitles.    … Expand
  15. mightybaseplate
    Jan 6, 2022
    7
    This game had a really strong start, and I found myself enjoying maximizing the effectiveness of every combat ability.

    Towards the end, it seems like they were really trying to close it up, and I felt like the ending sequences weren't as grandiose as some of the stuff earlier in the game. When the plot was introducing characters it was really strong, but towards the end it felt like the    This game had a really strong start, and I found myself enjoying maximizing the effectiveness of every combat ability.

    Towards the end, it seems like they were really trying to close it up, and I felt like the ending sequences weren't as grandiose as some of the stuff earlier in the game. When the plot was introducing characters it was really strong, but towards the end it felt like the qualities of the characters dropped off    … Expand
  16. Le_Korvo
    May 24, 2023
    7
    Um jogo bom, diversas interações muito boas para quem é fã, história boa, música incrível e gameplay muito divertida. Um jogo que rende várias horas de diversão com momentos incríveis.

    8/10 - Levemente bom.
  17. Osoqu
    Mar 30, 2023
    7
    Design: 9
    Mechanics: 6
    Content: 7
    A full-fledged plot, the player at certain points can influence its development.
  18. nemix3d
    Sep 10, 2023
    7
    I was expecting it to be bad, like Avengers, but I was wrong, it is a very good game, and extremely FUNNY!!! One of the best games I played recently! It's better than the James Gun movies hahaha! I hope the studio makes a new story to continue this fun game!

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#24 Most Discussed PC Game of 2021

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Riot Pixels
    Feb 23, 2022
    80
    Guardians of Galaxy makes you laugh out loud, and that’s a rare feat. The story and production are so good that they offset its flawed gameplay, especially combat.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 15, 2021
    81
    Peter’s flashbacks deserve a special mention. Eidos Montreal went all-out on them, so instead of a cutscene, we get to explore a lovingly detailed place from Star-Lord’s past. [Issue#257, p.48]
  3. Multiplayer.it
    Nov 8, 2021
    80
    Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy on PC performs very well. It is the best version on a purely aesthetic level. The work done by Eidos to recreate the galaxy, the planets and its protagonists is incredible.
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