A Critique of Marvel's Avengers: The Game That Did Everything Wrong

An in depth critique of 2020's Marvel's Avengers video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix.

Timestamps for all the different sections:

(0:00) Intro
0:38 Part 1 initial design
8:15 Part 2 The Story/Campaigns
53:37 DLC Stories/Campaigns
1:00:32 Part 3 Gameplay
1:03:13 Part 3 Subsection A- Loot
1:06:17 Part 3 Subsection B- Combat
1:16:15 Part 4 The Marketplace
1:19:19 Part 4 Subsection A Costumes
1:23:11 Part 5 General Mistakes and Stupidity
1:30:25 Conclusion(s)

Also I forgot to list MrRedRivers in the special thanks section at the end, but I also used stuff from him.

[DoritoGOD]

Timestamps for all the different sections:

00:38 Part 1 initial design
8:15 Part 2 The Story/Campaigns
53:37 DLC Stories/Campaigns
1:00:32 Part 3 Gameplay
1:03:13 Part 3 Subsection A- Loot
1:06:17 Part 3 Subsection B- Combat
1:16:15 Part 4 The Marketplace
1:19:19 Part 4 Subsection A Costumes
1:23:11 Part 5 General Mistakes and Stupidity
1:30:25 Conclusion(s)

There was a lot of other stuff I wanted to add that I just didn't have time for. It was already an hour and a half long, so I reached a point where I couldn't bring myself to record anything new. Honestly, most of it was small stuff, so I'm not that upset. One of the major things that I left out is how ranged combat is flat out better than melee combat because it's easier to apply status with ranged attacks. It's another factor that limits your moveset and makes the game boring.

[CenturionOfficial]

Combat being so spongey and having it be a thing where it feels like someone like Hulk or Thor can hit normal sized humans 10-15 times without them dying is such a clear sign that Crystal Dynamics don't understand the superhero fantasy.

[Substitute_Zero]

I'm also a little surprised that you didn't point out that Tarleton believes the Inhumans are too powerful and dangerous for their own good, and the entire final fight is basically just going "We're not dangerous! Observe as I, an inhuman teenager, grow to Kaiju size and literally violently impale your machine and beat you to death!"

[keelobrown]

Not only was Janet a founding member of the avengers, shes the one who literally gave the team its name so the game treating her like she doesn’t exist is hella disrespectful.

[worstspytf]

Not surprised at all for Task Master getting no blame and not being seen again, same thing happened with Nitro in the first civil war comic, he blew up and killed a thousand people, mainly children and SPEEDBALL, the only survivor other then Nitro got blamed, arrested and convicted for Nitro's massacre.

[mickyodell]

Cap’s character in the mcu also has a similar arc with his beard depicting his falling on hard times. While he and the others are on the run, he grows his beard out.
He immediately returns to his clean-shaven look after the team reforms after the snap.

[TheSeriousH]

RDJ did too good of a job as iron man, because this guy in the game was trying to do his best RDJ impression instead of being Tony Stark/iron man, and I feel like we'll be dealing with bad RDJ impressions for many years to come.

[billyboleson]

Ultimate alliance did a far better job showing off the world and characters of marvel then this game ever did

[Infinite_Repeat]

Superhero costume design really important especially in these type of games so I’m glad you brought them up in this video

[Xrfreedom]

It kinda seemed like they gave the avengers the spider-man treatment, where Jameson blames spidy for everything for being a menace even when everyone knows the real villain did it. Spider-Man is one thing cause he's classiced as a menace, while the avengers they aren't

[whyiwakeup]

The fact that absolutely *no* attempt to add ultron to this robot based game is extremely baffling, and it’d relatively easy to do.

[dexter]

Steve Rogers is a soldier to the core no way he'd walk around unshaved

[friccle_]

I like the theory that this entire game is actually the Main Characters fanfic comic that she wrote

[FrankHorrigan_mutiekiller]

On the topic of Caps facial hair and "no one is constantly clean shaven" you have to remember not only is he from the 40s (a time period where men usually shaved everyday regardless of what thwy had going on) and he was a military man. The beard ban didn't come in until 85 but men were still expected to keep a clean chin.

[MilkMan-pkrc]

What pisses me off about the costumes is they will make comic book "inspired" skins instead of just making the actual comic book skin they have to throw their own little twist on things and it always makes the skin look weird in a way or just flat out worst then the original

[Novemberz_Own]

They figured "People loved the movies, they'll love our game!" They were sadly mistaken

[pinkliongaming]

"She runs away from some aimbots"
Such a shame when a game is ruined by cheaters

[negativecube]

I personally think that the final battle would have been better if kamala only partially damaged the centinel before passing out so the rest of the Avengers could have a weak point to attack all at once

[Tiriban]

Crossbones should've won the fanfiction competition imo 😅

[baki]

A combo counter also indicates how well you are doing in combat and everything else you mentioned. "Ego Boost" they say.

The repulsor Ironman is what the batarang is to batman or the webshooters to Spiderman in a game it shouldn't run out.