Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1685 Ratings

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  1. Wolf9700
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    Story is awesome, graphics is top notch, gameplay is really fun. Marvel's Avengers should have been something like this.
  2. Dream_Wood
    Oct 28, 2021
    9
    9/10
    Of the minuses, only bugs. Sometimes you had to reload the checkpoint due to the fact that your partner was stuck and he was not sent, in battle he was not, it was not possible to use his abilities.

    And so an excellent game, awesome music, a worthy plot.
  3. Captiosus
    Oct 28, 2021
    8
    Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is probably my second favorite modern Marvel game behind Spider-Man and slightly ahead of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 on Switch. GOTG gets a lot of things right and shows the value of having an old school, narrative driven, linear story that doesn't try to concern itself with live services or being a game that wants you to keep playing foreverMarvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is probably my second favorite modern Marvel game behind Spider-Man and slightly ahead of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 on Switch. GOTG gets a lot of things right and shows the value of having an old school, narrative driven, linear story that doesn't try to concern itself with live services or being a game that wants you to keep playing forever (*cough*Avengers*cough*). The story isn't quite on par with the James Gunn Guardians of the Galaxy movies but it comes close. Damn close in many spots. Graphically I found the game fantastic: Each location is visually distinct and really sells the illusion of being in space and visiting fantastical worlds while the character modeling, mocap, and lip sync is surprisingly well done for a multiplatform title. The level of detail is akin to Sony and Microsoft first party games. The soundtrack is a banger and the voice acting is superb.

    However, as much as I'd love to give the game a 9, I have to knock it down to an 8 for a few reasons:

    1) The constant banter gets old, very fast. You will hear the same line repeated multiple times, especially during prolonged fights and boss encounters. When exploring, the group is constantly talking and making quips or just outright holding your hand telling you where to go next. While a lot of the dialog is funny, the constant, never ending banter becomes grating, particularly when exploring to find collectibles. I started calling them the "Guardians of Never Shutting The Flork Up" because a moment of silence is rare indeed.

    2) The game is pretty easy. Playing on normal ("You got this... probably."), I never once felt like I was going to die. I never felt the need to use the huddle mechanic because everything died so quickly. Early boss fights were trivial. I switched to hard difficulty and it wasn't that much harder -- it just made certain enemies more bullet spongy.The only challenges on hard difficulty were the end stage bosses. I used the huddle mechanic maybe five times across the whole game and two of those times were on the chapter 14 boss.

    3) Performance was great until chapter 14. Rooms full of enemies, gold textures with fog, gold smoke, and god rays all over the place, plus all the particle effects from combat turned the game into a slideshow on several occasions. At a few points it became so bad that the only resolution was to pause, manually save, close the game and restart it. This would solve the problem for a room or two, but then it would return. This was the only problematic chapter. The game ran solidly before, and after, this point. Hopefully they can iron this out with future patches.

    Here are a few things that didn't bother me too much but might give others pause:

    The choices system is definitely not classic Biowarian -- so if you're expecting these choices to have any meaningful impact that will make repeat playthroughs significantly different, a la Mass Effect, you will be disappointed. Some choices will have game changing effects but nothing that fundamentally alters the structure of the story. It just changes the frequency or difficulty of some events or fights.

    There is a New Game Plus mode but there's little reason to play the game more than twice. Since the choices don't make any significant impact and the story always reaches the same conclusion regardless, the only reason to play a second time is to mop up any missed collectibles and make different decisions solely to hear the different dialog. If you don't care about either, this is a game you could play through once and be done with for good. Personally, I'm fine with that but your mileage may vary.

    All in all, I don't regret the purchase despite my reservations with past, recent Square-Enix titles. It's a fun romp that lives up to the crazy Guardians of the Galaxy branding.

    8 Groots out of 10.    … Expand
  4. Explicit1
    Oct 28, 2021
    8
    In My Personal Top 5 GOTY List

    1. Psychonauts 2 2. Valheim (EA) 3. Metroid Dread 4. R&C: Rift Apart 5. Guardians of the Galaxy | This interactive movie-game is adequately constructed besides some underwhelming flaws. The combat is the biggest flaw by far. I'm giving this an 8 because this, Psychonauts 2, and Life is Strange: True Colors are my favorite stories of the year by far. These    In My Personal Top 5 GOTY List

    1. Psychonauts 2
    2. Valheim (EA)
    3. Metroid Dread 4. R&C: Rift Apart 5. Guardians of the Galaxy | This interactive movie-game is adequately constructed besides some underwhelming flaws. The combat is the biggest flaw by far. I'm giving this an 8 because this, Psychonauts 2, and Life is Strange: True Colors are my favorite stories of the year by far.

    These are the (+) Pros:
    + Has a well-written, enjoyable story
    + Interesting plethora of dialogue
    + Great and likable characters
    + Eye pleasing visual graphics
    + Gobsmacking soundtrack
    + Solid entertaining comedy
    + Diverse variety of settings
    + Competent lip syncing
    + Character animation
    + Good voice acting
    + Easy PS platinum

    Now, time for the (-) Cons:
    - Ineptly composed combat
    - Disappointing boss fights
    - Choices have no impact
    - Dialogue Interuptions
    - Lack of exploration
    - Slow to get going
    - Cheesy moments    … Expand
  5. Ckaio7
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    the game is amazing in the details and fidelity to the comics, it was worth every penny.
  6. Mihail_Abalakov
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    Лучшая игра 2021года. Стражи галактики один из главных кандидатов на звание игры года. Особенно если вы любите сфокусированные на сюжете интерактивные приключения, которые почти не тратят ваше время впустую.
  7. Crazybasil
    Oct 28, 2021
    9
    This is how you make them single player games, folks. Outstanding work. Fun, addictive game with no microtransactions, crafted with love and soul.
  8. Haviebabie44
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    I buy 4-5 games a year, big budget ones. I’ve only ever been surprised by Three games.
    Control
    Fenyx Rising And Now Guardians of the Galaxy. This game is gorgeous, plays intuitively, is decently long for a single player story driven game. Is charming, fun, tense, sad, and hilarious throughout. The story feels believable within the context of the universe. Combat is engaging and never gets    I buy 4-5 games a year, big budget ones. I’ve only ever been surprised by Three games.
    Control
    Fenyx Rising
    And Now Guardians of the Galaxy.

    This game is gorgeous, plays intuitively, is decently long for a single player story driven game. Is charming, fun, tense, sad, and hilarious throughout. The story feels believable within the context of the universe. Combat is engaging and never gets too stale. I only wish there was DLC, a sequel in the works, and shared universe that Eidos can maintain cause this made up for Avengers in my book. I’m planning a second and third play through.

    Truly my game of the year, and a huge thank you for the developers, actors, and all those that supported them. Just wow.    … Expand
  9. DreamCore
    Oct 28, 2021
    9
    Very good game. It's so refreshing to play a more linear and focused story driven game after all the bland open world games that Ubisoft and their likes keep pushing out. I was very sceptical after the Avengers failure, but I'm glad it turned out really well.
  10. Bertrand
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    Being a fan of the movies, when I saw a couple of videos, I thought this was Mass Effect only with the Guardians of the Galaxy, maybe too good to be true, but willing to give it a good gamble (got the physical deluxe cosmic edition).

    Well it's awesome, objectively, more like a 9, but since I really enjoy Drax, Gamora, Groot, Rocket and Star Lord and their delightful chemistry, it easily    Being a fan of the movies, when I saw a couple of videos, I thought this was Mass Effect only with the Guardians of the Galaxy, maybe too good to be true, but willing to give it a good gamble (got the physical deluxe cosmic edition).

    Well it's awesome, objectively, more like a 9, but since I really enjoy Drax, Gamora, Groot, Rocket and Star Lord and their delightful chemistry, it easily bumps up to 10 since they managed to pack it in a fun adventure, with surprisingly good and enjoyable gameplay.    … Expand
  11. TGS875
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    Biggest surprise of the year! The trailers don't do this game justice. Guardinas of the Galaxy is a massive improvement over Marvel's Avengers, and hopefully a great new direction for the Eidos Montreal team!
  12. RevolverCasemir
    Oct 28, 2021
    7
    GAMEPLAY : The gameplay is ok once you level up but some animations are sloppy which makes combat unsatisfying.

    The game gives the illusion of choice but your choices don't really matter. There's minor changes to the path you take but no consequence to the overall story. Don't sell people on making choices if its not gonna effect the story line. Tons and Tons of forced walking and    GAMEPLAY : The gameplay is ok once you level up but some animations are sloppy which makes combat unsatisfying.

    The game gives the illusion of choice but your choices don't really matter. There's minor changes to the path you take but no consequence to the overall story. Don't sell people on making choices if its not gonna effect the story line.

    Tons and Tons of forced walking and talking sections, that are very painful to get through

    Puzzles are way too simple

    You can't skip cutscenes.

    MUSIC: I love the 80's soundtrack but i honestly don't think they took advantage of those licensed tracks. There is barely a quite moment in the game so you can barely hear the music. At one point i just muted the VO.

    GRAPHIC: Stunning, Beautiful, thats where the budget went. The biggest take away for me is that the male characters looks handsome and great and even have curves to them but the women don't. Every women is shaped like a brick, with very ugly haircuts. Hellbender look like she has Drax body but Cassandra's face from Assassins creed. Makes no sense and it feels like a double standard.

    VO: Its not as endearing as the creators think it is. There is barely a quite moment for you to take in the sights or just digest what happened. Just talking talking talking.

    CHARACTERS: DRAX, PETER, ROCKET, GROOT, LIPLESS all fantastic. I did not care about anyone else. The females in this game especially i found annoying and unlikeable, like most western AAA games.

    STORY: I did not care for the story at all. Star Lords daughter? why? I hate that this annoying little girl was the whole focus for this game. Why could it not be a space romp of random adventure with the guardians similar to a season of cowboy bebop. I did not care for this kid from the start, found her painful to listen to. Also why are most of the major characters females? Did you have to hit a quota?

    The overrated Last of Us influence continues to plague AAA single player games to this day. As expected this is yet another walky talkie game, a movie-game, a game that much rather be a movie than a game. The cutscenes are rendered and animated to perfection, everything is photo mode ready because thats important right? Does that mean the GAMEPLAY received the same level of attention? No of course not. GAMEPLAY IN A VIDEO GAME takes a back seat to cinematic. This game broke me, i can't do this anymore. Western corp have ruined gaming, every other day is a multiplayer, coop lazy garbage game announced, and when we finally get a single player game, that isnt a lazy FPS or a big for nothing ubisoft open world game, we get this Sony style overrated movie game that barely has gameplay. I can't win.    … Expand
  13. AndrewVervain
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    Great story game! Guys, let's support the developers so that there are more such games!!!!
  14. stgreylv
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    Fairly speaking I do not think that it is 10 out of 10. More like 8 out of 10. But I really want to give praises for linear story driven single player experience. While the game has it flaws it still gives the amazing experience. Writers should get theirs reward on TGA. For those ppl who like cool stories in the games, I really recommend this. It is amazing.
  15. Stelmsk
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    The most unexpected game of the year. Has nothing similar to Avengers. Absolutely beautiful journey with gorgeous graphics, incredible story and great gameplay.
  16. Soowie
    Oct 28, 2021
    9
    Захватывающая игра, не хотелось из неё выходить. Понравился сюжет, саундтрек, боёвка тоже неплохая. Не фанат фильмов и комиксов про Стражей, но эта игра, понравилась.
  17. SonyBros
    Oct 28, 2021
    9
    I feel like Guardians is gonna suprise alot of people. It wasn't heavily advertised so they didn't overhype it. The gameplay is fun. The combat feels smooth and is fun messing with the abilities. The dialogue and voice acting is so on point with what they would say in the movies. And the fact that they took the time and spent the money to put in all those licensed classic rock songs showsI feel like Guardians is gonna suprise alot of people. It wasn't heavily advertised so they didn't overhype it. The gameplay is fun. The combat feels smooth and is fun messing with the abilities. The dialogue and voice acting is so on point with what they would say in the movies. And the fact that they took the time and spent the money to put in all those licensed classic rock songs shows they actually cared about making a great game. It's a 9/10 for me. The only thing I wish is being able to play as all the Guardians but still one of the better games of 2021 imo. Gives me so much Mass Effect vibes. Also the photo mode is absolutely beautiful.… Expand
  18. LipNotFool
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    In a world micro transactions and multiplayer games Guardians of the Galaxy feels like a breath of fresh air. There are both heart and soul in the game. The characters are well written and dialogues are really fun to listen to. Characters can throw jokes even during the battle which makes simple but fun battles even more engaging. The visuals are stunning and the planets are really diverseIn a world micro transactions and multiplayer games Guardians of the Galaxy feels like a breath of fresh air. There are both heart and soul in the game. The characters are well written and dialogues are really fun to listen to. Characters can throw jokes even during the battle which makes simple but fun battles even more engaging. The visuals are stunning and the planets are really diverse and interesting to explore. The story is extremely well written compared to most modern games. Well done! An easy 10 out of 10 for me.… Expand
  19. XALDEu
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    Обожаю фильмы стражи галактики и все их вставки в другие фильмы. Шедевры. Пересматривать их в 4К - дикий кайф. Надеюсь Ганн завершит 3ю часть. То, что и игра вышла очень успешной - удивительно, но оттого ещё радостнее, ведь это поможет фильмам.Обожаю фильмы стражи галактики и все их вставки в другие фильмы. Шедевры. Пересматривать их в 4К - дикий кайф. Надеюсь Ганн завершит 3ю часть. То, что и игра вышла очень успешной - удивительно, но оттого ещё радостнее, ведь это поможет фильмам.
  20. belikejunkie
    Oct 28, 2021
    9
    great game, some bugs but not critical.
    waiting for GotG 2, or for Deus Ex at least
  21. oskorcze
    Oct 28, 2021
    9
    Absolute gem these days, great single player experience. Tons of humor, great story, engaging gameplay. Still not finished, might swap to 10/10. Personal favorite for the game of the year !
  22. onmybikedrunk
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    This game looks so good on PC I'm utterly impressed. I was hesitant because of the Avengers game but I'm glad I took a leap of faith and bought it. This is a no-BS action comic book game without any politics injected. The devs were out to make simply a fun game and a great experience and they succeeded! The banter between the characters is funny, well-written with great acting. TheThis game looks so good on PC I'm utterly impressed. I was hesitant because of the Avengers game but I'm glad I took a leap of faith and bought it. This is a no-BS action comic book game without any politics injected. The devs were out to make simply a fun game and a great experience and they succeeded! The banter between the characters is funny, well-written with great acting. The environments are creative, colorful and just breathtaking. The missions are fleshed out with tons of variety and unique ideas. Your job is to basically direct the team within the arena while kicking a** yourself and the combat system is super unique as you control your teammates! Tons of cool unlocks and unique abilities as you play as Star Lord, Peter-Quill... I don't know what the PS5/XBX versions look like but on PC it has some seriously amazing next-gen level graphics and I haven't ran into a single glitch. The game has very obliviously been well designed but with a controller in mind. I took the risk of playing it on m/kb and it's def doable/fun but probably a bit more relaxed on controller. This game is well deserving of your money! Great work. Bravo!… Expand
  23. nnevill
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    An awesome game! It's like interactive marvel movie. Jokes are funny, story is interesting, there is no microtransactions, soundtrack is great, visual part is more than great - this game is must to be played. I think it will be the game of the year 2021!
  24. elio0k
    Oct 27, 2021
    10
    Awesome story, Beautiful gameplay! Rally enjoyed THE game! Recommend to try it
  25. joeyjojo13
    Oct 27, 2021
    10
    amazing storytelling, funny dialogue, and gameplay is much better than expected. Definitely a step up from the avengers game and I hope to see more guardians titles in the future.
  26. cjay2
    Oct 27, 2021
    10
    It is the best super hero game out here. Also funniest thing I ever played! 10 / 10
  27. Bananastik
    Oct 27, 2021
    9
    An excellent non-burdening game, you turn on and relax and enjoy what you see on the screen, thanks to the development team for this game, the battle system is a little crooked but not critical, also thanks to the publisher for the full localization into Russian
  28. hillcreek91
    Oct 27, 2021
    10
    Wow! Really surprised! This is how you make a Marvel game, not the live service piece of **** Avengers was.
  29. RedDeadChief
    Oct 27, 2021
    10
    This game is incredible. Has an amazing story, the characters are very fun and well written, the world and levels designs are beautiful and the gameplay is pretty great for what it is. There’s so many cool eastereggs that will make you smile especially if you’re familiar with the comics. Amazing game definitely worth buying
  30. DSMovieReviewer
    Oct 27, 2021
    9
    This game has an amazing storyline, soundtracks and characters. The story was very well paced and the soundtrack was awesome. The characters were also very well written and had funny moments here and there. Overall this game is an overall masterpiece, although there were some crashing and bugs but if you ignore it you have the game that Marvel’s Avengers should have been. Plus this gameThis game has an amazing storyline, soundtracks and characters. The story was very well paced and the soundtrack was awesome. The characters were also very well written and had funny moments here and there. Overall this game is an overall masterpiece, although there were some crashing and bugs but if you ignore it you have the game that Marvel’s Avengers should have been. Plus this game has the little teltaile series touch by adding choices into the game. Although I wish there were multiple endings but overall great game, worth the money, if you wanna buy it go buy it.… Expand
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 98 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 98
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 98
  3. Negative: 0 out of 98
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 18, 2022
    80
    Guardians of Galaxy are the real blast that Marvel fans needed after more than mediocre Avengers. The “worst” part of the game is a mere fact, that you are not able to enjoy every single comment in the background and enjoy very well written characters.
  2. Het Nieuwsblad
    Jan 6, 2022
    100
    The story is entertaining, and it features characters from the Marvel universe that haven't yet surfaced in the movies, such as Fin Fang Foom, Lady Hellbender and the Nova Corps. Add in the requisite humor and self-deprecation and an eclectic killer soundtrack, and you get one of the most enjoyable games of the year.
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  3. Edge Magazine
    Dec 2, 2021
    70
    Guardians keeps you strapped in for the ride, and while it does dip once too often, the emotional highs outweigh the patience-testing lows. [Issue#366, p.108]
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