Guardians Of The Galaxy - (cover reveal)

When I found out Eidos-Montreal become operating on a Guardians of the Galaxy game, I assumed the superhero group dynamic could cause a cooperative or multiplayer experience, similar to Crystal Dynamics’ tackle The Avengers. That fairly isn’t the case. 

Eidos Montreal is sticking to the script it is aware of well. From Thief to Deus Ex, this improvement studio has proved it is aware of the way to make riveting single-participant reviews which can be subsidized via way of means of significant participant choice. That’s precisely what Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is. 

The participant controls simply Star-Lord, the Guardians’ leader, who might be requested to make hard selections that have an effect on the tale, the gameplay, or even the relationships together along with his fellow teammates. That doesn’t suggest the opposite Guardians are tucked into the background. They are withinside the highlight simply as plenty as Star-Lord thru an modern concept called “solo teamplay,” a manage enter that lets in the participant to inform the Guardians whilst to apply their abilities. 

For this month’s cowl tale, I noticed 18 mins of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy in action, and additionally talked to key individuals of the improvement group to examine the entirety approximately this wildly designed action/adventure. They walked me thru combat, participant choice, galactic exploration, collectibles, leveling up, and what we are able to anticipate from the tale and relationships. 

This month’s cowl artwork become created via way of means of the great duo of Marco Checchetto and colorist Matthew Wilson, a group this is presently growing a number of Marvel’s pleasant artwork thru the Daredevil books. This is one in every of our maximum beautiful covers to date, and is some thing you’ll need to examine to examine greater approximately the hazard this is sweeping throughout the galaxy withinside the game.

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