Guardians Of The Galaxy Game Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · Published November 9, 2021 · Updated November 8, 2021

For our Guardians Of The Galaxy Game Review, we get fired up for a wild ride across the cosmos with a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In this action-adventure game, you are Star-Lord leading the unpredictable Guardians from one explosion of chaos to the next. You got this. Probably.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Game Review Pros:

Drop-dead gorgeous graphics.
30.19GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
Action-adventure gameplay.
3 difficulties – Easy, normal, and hard.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
Save when you want.
Outfits can be found and equipped from the menu and pay homage to the films and comic books.
3 save slots.
The soundtrack is one of the best I have ever seen from Frank ie Goes To Hollywood to Twisted Sister and A-Ha.
Visor – use it to scan items, the environment, and enemies for tactical and interactive advantages.
Components – found in the levels and used for crafting.
Workbench – here you can upgrade your visor, suit, and guns.
Photo mode is complete with all the options like posing characters, depth of field, aperture, chromatic aberration, and more.
Earn EXP and level up to get ability points. Spend these on a character to unlock jew abilities.
Perks can be crafted and equipped at workbenches.
At certain intervals, you can choose what you say or do in situations and conversations. (optional)
The banter between the team is well written and executed keeping the feel from the movie.
Beautiful locations.
When in a conversation, if you walk off they add in dialogue and stop what they are talking about.
Qte can happen.
Seamless transition from cutscenes to gameplay and vice versa.
Uses vibration to increase the atmosphere.
Call to action prompt – if you manage to build your momentum meter then you do a quick high damage team attack.
It’s just so much dam fun to play.
Slight puzzle elements.
Expands the Marvel universe.
Get to fly the Famous Milano.
Combat gets very flashy and chaotic and it’s to its strengths.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Game Review Cons:

Not the actors from the voices of the film.
You only play as Star-Lord.
QTE sucks and they have many types and you are never sure which is which.
Had a few instances of getting stuck in scenery or hitting an invisible wall that teleported me back into an enemy.
The combat is definitely the weakest part of the game.

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Guardians Of The Galaxy Game:

Official website.

Developer: Eidos Montreal

Publisher: Square Enix

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9/10

Graphics - 9/10
10/10

Sound - 10/10
8/10

Accessibility - 8/10
9/10

Length - 9/10
10/10

Fun Factor - 10/10

9.2/10

Summary

Square Enix and Marvel will leave a sour taste in some gamers’ mouths, they felt the last outing the two had Avengers was a mixed bag mostly siding on a letdown. Enter Guardians Of The Galaxy and you cannot believe how different the two are. GOTG is a solid single-player game that absolutely nailed the atmosphere of the Guardian films all the way through to the mannerisms and interactions between the team. I honestly thought playing not only single-player only but only playing as Star-Lord was a bad thing but as soon as you get to grips with the combat, you can see why it is how it is, and most importantly you don’t care, I fell in love with this Star-Lord, lies I fell in love with the whole team. Even when the button-mashy hectic combat stressed me out, I kept at it I kept smiling I was just in awe of the locations, laughing at the dialogue, and generally just having a dam good time with it all. It’s rare for a game to grab me how this one did but it did, the music at the start and throughout is an 80s music wet dream for your ears, I finished the game and immediately went back through it for 100 percent. I just cannot get over how this learned mistakes and built a solid game. We don’t need microtransactions and DLC constantly fed into our game, if the story and execution are right then the game sells itself, here’s the proof. Overall I see this as a serious game of the year contender, it’s fucking awesome.