We review all the data of one of the most anticipated games this coming fall, in which we can finally control this popular group of heroes.
It was almost incomprehensible that given the incombustible success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the last decade, there was no video game at the height of its most famous collective, and who have served as a link between all its characters. It has taken time, not without delays, but Marvel’s Avengers will be released soon in the present generation – in addition to PC and Stadia – and will be done by a study that has devoted itself throughout this time in the adventure genre as it is Crystal Dynamics. The reboot of Tomb Raider and its sequel, Rise of the Tomb Raider, have served to put this studio based in San Francisco among the elite of the genre, and if Square Enix wanted to find the most appropriate to bring our consoles and PC to Captain America and company, without a doubt has been able to choose.
Its characters and history
As it has been revealed, the facts of Marvel’s Avengers will be completely original, and will take place five years after the illegality of the heroes is established after they found their headquarters on Day A, but a terrorist attack ends with our defeated protagonists and a multitude of civilians deceased. A private company, AIM –Advanced Idea Mechanics- takes advantage of the general confusion and the decline in popularity of The Avengers to gain control and security, something behind which there are even more ambitious plans. The only one to realize the danger that lurks is Kamala Khan, a very important character – and in fact the only playable apart from the Avengers themselves – as revealed by Crystal Dynamics, which manages to gather the protagonists to destroy the intentions of this corporation, and Modok, the main villain.
With her, Ms. Marvel, the plethora of characters that we can control in Marvel’s Avengers is completed, no less than six: herself plus Black Widow, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk and Thor, each with a style and a very playable differentiated to provide variety, always with the difficulty also of balancing them enough so that there is none much more powerful than the rest. For example, Steve Rogers is capable of doing a double jump or running down the walls, in addition to having a very balanced combat style between agility and strength, unlike the Hulk, for example, which obviously has a greater weight of strength brute in his repertoire of attack. Meanwhile, Black Widow will be the best in stealth art, although that does not mean that she cannot display great skills in close-quarters and close combat, thanks to her twin pistols. Flight and speed will be Iron Man’s main weapon, while Thor will be unstoppable with his hammer. To this we must add more characters that will arrive in the future via DLC, of which absolutely nothing has been detailed yet. In short, many styles to feel a fresh game continuously, something that helps a very familiar progress and loot system.
Let’s start talking about this last aspect. As in many other titles, Marvel’s Avengers will have a looting system according to which we can find equipment for each of the characters of different rarities, based on color: blue, purple or yellow, going from lowest to highest value and power. According to the study itself, when we play a mission with a specific hero we will find equipment for that character and the rest, without specifying whether it is more likely that it is the one we are controlling at the time. In this sense, it has been confirmed that there will be microtransactions, but nothing that influences the gameplay, they will be solely and exclusively to get cosmetic items.
Meanwhile, the game’s chief designer, Vince Napoli, announced months ago that each character would have more than 100 perks, or abilities, to equip. That said, not only will we be able to progress each of the protagonists in skill trees, but the pieces of equipment will also have grooves to fit these different improvements, presumably the greater the rarity, the more availability to improve.
In addition to the additional content that will come, everything in game being free, after finishing the Story Mode of Marvel’s Avengers, as they have stated from Crystal Dynamics, there will still be much to do. Among them stands out the cooperative mode for up to four players -or one and 3 controlled by the AI-, called War Zones, which is just a kind of horde mode in which to fight not only minor enemies, but also final bosses, fulfill specific objectives and match equipment and skills to improve our heroes. All in all, they promise extensive endgame content worth diving into and discovering and unlocking new things once the main story is over.
Date, editions, and also in the next gen
Marvel’s Avengers is scheduled to launch next September on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and Google Stadia, but this week we have been able to know that we can also enjoy it in the next generation, that is, PS5 and Xbox Series X. It is better that those who get the game on the current consoles, will see their version automatically and free of charge when taking the generational leap, also having cross play between consoles of the same brand. The study has ensured that the loading times will be reduced to a minimum, while on PS5 at least – hopefully also on the Microsoft console – there will be several configurations to choose between a higher frame rate or higher resolution to the detriment one from the other.
Obviously, a game of this magnitude had to have multiple editions. On the one hand we will have a standard edition, and another with a metal box, but on the other we can get a spectacular Most Powerful edition on Earth, with goodies from each of the characters. Namely: 30cm PVC Captain America statue, Hulk booblehead doll, Black Widow belt buckle, blueprints and prototypes of Iron Man armor, Thor’s hammer in keychain shape and Ms. Marvel pin. As it could not be otherwise, this edition will reach a considerable price, of 219 euros specifically, being already available for reservation and giving early access to the beta of the game.
In short, Marvel’s Avengers arrives on September 4 on PS4, Xbox One, Stadia and PC, later, on a date yet to be determined, on PS5 and Xbox Series X.
