- Release Date: 4th September 2020
- Developer: Crystal Dynamics
- Publisher: Square Enix
- Platform Played: PS4
- Platforms Available: PC, PS4/5, Xbox One/Series
I was very surprised by this. I was expecting something similar to other “live service” games with little focus on story and more focus on levels that can be repeated, so to find out that there’s actually a lot of effort put into the single player elements was a surprise. The main story follows Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, which I think is an interesting choice (even if the publisher wasn’t brave enough to make her a focus on the box). The Avengers have disbanded due to an event with their helicarrier that killed many people, but AIM is experimenting and killing Inhumans (mutants but with alien DNA, powers are triggered through a crystal), so the story is about finding The Avengers in order to stop AIM and save the Inhumans.
The combat is quite satisfying, although Hulk in particular feels a bit weak (there’s no great way around that, though, and I suppose you just take it as he was knocked out and captured rather than killed), as while you’ll be mainly playing as Ms. Marvel, you play some missions as the other Avengers. The main single-player missions are great, while you do have to play a couple of the “online focused” levels. That said, they can be played with AI teammates just fine – and rest mode, pausing, photo mode and offline all work fine with these levels.
There are lots of costumes that are either locked behind payment (you can earn enough credits for 8 costumes), many through competing challenges and quests. Most of the difficult/paid ones are more unique and odd costumes, while the other ones are the “main” costumes, and personally I think the best ones.
Fun
