Marvel's Avengers Game Critique | An Important Disappointment

A video essay of a game that broke me.

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Join me in this long form dissection of Marvel's Avengers, a review if you will, some might even call it an in-depth critique or analysis of the game. Witness how a game can break a man as I rant and examine the story, the bugs, the glitches, the combat, the gear & loot system, the characterisation, the fact it's broken, if you can name it I guarantee I cover it here.

Marvel's Avengers is an insulting mess. It's my biggest, most bitter disappointment of this generation. This cynical, insidious, at-best-misguided, made-by-committee garbage-fire hasn’t just let me down, it’s actively enraged me.
I didn’t want to make a video like this. My intention prior to playing the beta was to ultimately make a standard critique exploring where the game’s comic-book influences came from and honestly just use it as an opportunity to gush about my favourite comics, characters, and how Crystal Dynamics have interpreted the Avengers source material.
Then I played the beta, and my stomach turned to stone but I braved it, it was still going to be a Day 1 buy for me. Maybe I was missing something. Then I played the finished product, and my skin turned green.

#content #liveservice #justice4thor #hulkneedsanewspine #theresachestwithgearcloseby #l00t

Disclaimer: I made some mistakes in this video plot-wise. For example Kamala doesn't see Flynn in the "smash" scene and the more I think about it the more I think Kamala lifting Thor's hammer is a theme park ride.

Doesn't change the fact Marvel's Avenger's sucks though.

Timestamps
Intro: 0:00
Part 1: What Is A Live Service? - 1:51
Part 2: It's Only A Beta - 9:42
Part 3: A-Day, Avengers Disassembled - 15:01
Part 4: Revenge of the Tutorial - 28:30
Part 5: Hulk Smash (the bit where I talk about combat) - 43:19
Part 6: The Chimera & Finding Fury - 01:04:20
Part 7: I Am Iron Man(?) - 01:11:40
Intermission: Avengers As A Live Service - 01:28:32
Part 8: Ant Hill, Born To Grind - 01:34:09
Part 9: Getting The Band Back Together - 01:46:42
Part 10: Avengers in Spaaaaaace - 02:03:10
Part 11: A Narrative-Focussed Multiplayer - 02:18:36
Part 12: Endgame (Or When Monty Loses His Mind) - 02:26:15
Part 13: Just Be Cool, Kid AKA I'm So Tired - 02:43:30
Part 14: Thanks For Watching & A Wee Request - 2:46:50

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