Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

 PlayStation 4
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8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 245 Ratings

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  1. bhappenstance
    Jan 23, 2022
    4
    GotG is a mediocre one-player campaign experience. The banter between the Guardians is great, but it never seems to stop. The actual mechanics are fine, but not nearly as polished as they could have been. Combat is messy and chaotic, but the enemy models are generally bland. (You'll be fighting a lot of blobs and variations thereof.) Upgrades are fine but not all that compelling. The majorGotG is a mediocre one-player campaign experience. The banter between the Guardians is great, but it never seems to stop. The actual mechanics are fine, but not nearly as polished as they could have been. Combat is messy and chaotic, but the enemy models are generally bland. (You'll be fighting a lot of blobs and variations thereof.) Upgrades are fine but not all that compelling. The major sin the game makes is by not letting you play it all that much. There's always a cut scene and/or quicktime event -- the former go on and on and on and on. Seemed as though the team behind the game wished they were making a movie instead. Because the game has no real flow, and is constantly tripping over its own dick, for all its admirable qualities, cool aesthetic, and sparkly dialogue, it just isn't all that fun to play (given how little playing the player actually gets to do). As a side note, Guardians does NOT run well on the PS4. The frame rate is often atrocious, and loading screens can take upwards of 30 seconds (which gets real burdensome real fast when a sudden quicktime event requiring some button pushing or stick jockeying kills you, only to drop you prior to a two minute scene that you're forced to watch over again. Lather, rinse, repeat. After "playing" Guardians for nearly five hours, I'm guessing I got in around an hour of actual gameplay. As someone who often enjoys triple-A single player campaigns, I wish Guardians was way more compelling than it turned out to be.… Expand
  2. HaulinOates99
    Oct 28, 2021
    3
    Have had a lot of trouble enjoying this game on a PS4. The game is very buggy and has a big effect on gameplay when trying to activate team members, shoot, use abilities with Star Lord. Love the story and am just really disappointed I can’t enjoy the game. Guess I need to get a PS5.
  3. Mojihis80
    Feb 12, 2022
    1
    When you only focus on the story and leave the programming to a bunch of retards you get this garbage! Spent more than 40 hours for the plat,now that I've got 2 trophies left the black screen in chapter 12 won't let me proceed. And yes,tried loading previous chapters up until chapter 12 but still not working. Just stick to making your fu**ing sci-fi movies .
  4. winzentween
    Nov 16, 2021
    4
    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.

    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    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.

    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.

    It's.sadly not great because it has numerous technical graphical issues on ps4pro. It's simply not opimtised and i fear it will never be because they want you to buy a ps5 version. But it mostly runs ok on pro. And On vanilla it's a mess.

    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 but nothing mind blowing for 2021 and could have looked and ran alot better. The hdr is washed out. The framerate is under 30fps most of the time whicb is annoying. Also some pop up and 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). On a ps5 or a pc this game might even be a 9/10. If you like Guardians comic or films then you have to own this.    … Expand
  5. nottoohardcore
    Aug 15, 2022
    0
    Игра классная, но я стал жертвой завышенных ожиданий. Боёвка мне понравилась, очень крутая(первые 2-3 часа), но потом привыкаешь.

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  1. Twinfinite
    Oct 25, 2021
    90
    I cannot recommend playing Marvel's Guardians enough for the experience it provides. Its decision to focus on story, characters, and ambiance instead of trying to throw in a bunch of content that pads the adventure results in an amazing game. It is right up there with the Arkham Trilogy and Marvel's Spider-Man as one of the best superhero video games of all time.
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