Marvel's Avengers

Marvel's Avengers is the Incredible Hulk of video games. The rage-filled Avenger and his scientist alter-ego are the same person and yet wholly different from one another, and Avengers is similarly split between two, sometimes diametrically opposed,...

Marvel's Avengers has a fun and endearing superhero campaign, but it's tied to a loot-based post-game that's so repetitive and unrewarding that it gave me little reason to want to keep playing. The combat here can definitely be enjoyable and the...

Once you’ve played one War Zone, you’ve pretty much played them all. Tack on a weak gear system and there’s not much incentive to keep playing. Marvel’s Avengers is a blast when playing through the campaign and in short doses in the live service segments. Combined with severe technical issues, however, Marvel’s Avengers feels more like an unfinished product than a cohesive experience. There’s some might in these heroes, just not enough to keep things interesting.

A well-told campaign and story do their best to mask a rather scrawny service game...

In the best superhero games, superpowers are not just weapons, but tools – Spider-man, for instance, offers fun and dynamic combat, but the game’s real thrill is in the heady liberation of swinging over the streets of Manhattan. In Avengers, the superpowers are pretty much just weapons, and there is no real liberation to be found. Not yet, at least.

Avengers is in great shape right now, dazzling with its story and action. I’m hooked on the end-game content that is available now, and I want to see just how powerful these heroes can become after leveling them completely. Avengers, assemble! You have a great game to play!

I really enjoyed my time with Marvel’s Avengers. The campaign was absolutely worth playing through and delivered a great Avengers story (with just enough dangling threads for future expansions), and the multi-player modes will give the game lots to come back for. If you’re a Marvel fan who likes online games that live on past the end of their single-player adventure, it’s pretty easy to recommend this Avengers game.

Marvel’s Avengers has proven to be a pleasant surprise, even if its live service identity arguably hinders the true potential of its world, story and characters. Engaging combat and rewarding progression have established a solid foundation for Crystal Dynamics to build upon with new heroes and scenarios in the months and years to come.