Marvel's Avengers - Everything Need To Know
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Marvel's Avengers - Everything Need To Know
Everything to know about Marvel's Avengers, which is being developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix.
Marvel's Avenger's has been a long time coming. Two years after originally announced, Square Enix finally unveiled it at E3 2019. The developers at Crystal Dynamics, better known for Tomb Raider, will be tackling this particular superhero spinoff. Marvel's Avengers won't fit in with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Instead, Crystal Dynamics is telling a story that begins on celebratory A-day and branches off with the usual explosions and collateral damage.
Crystal Dynamics' take on Marvel is a 3rd-person action adventure game with QTEs and a smattering of RPG elements. It says that Avengers isn't just for hardcore gamers.
This is the first part of what's described as a "multi-year, multi-game partnership" between Square Enix and Marvel. Avengers won't be the only Marvel game you'll see from Square Enix, then.
BUT You'll Need To Wait For Much More Longer
Square Enix originally announced a May 2020 date for Marvel's Avengers. It has since been delayed until September 4th, 2020 for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Google Stadia.
Marvel's Avengers will have singleplayer and four-player co-op
From what I gather from Square's press release, Marvel's Avengers will have separate missions designed for single player and co-op. There will also be an extensive multiplayer component. "Master extraordinary abilities, customize a growing roster of Heroes, assemble into teams of up to four players, and defend the Earth from escalating threats," the press release reads.
"Featuring regular content updates, the game will take players on an epic journey delivered over multiple years. This is what’s next for the Avengers." This makes us think it's probably going to be a Destiny-ish game with a lot of repeat play, but will know more about this leading up to release.
Marvel's Avengers has an all-new, original story disconnected from the MCU
Marvel's The Avengers would have a unique story disconnected from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Marvel's Avengers begins during A-Day, a celebratory day for the Avengers coinciding with the unveiling of their new headquarters and helicarrier. After a tragedy resulting in death and destruction, the Avengers are blamed for the incident. "Five years later, with all Super Heroes outlawed and the world in peril, the only hope is to reassemble Earth’s Mightiest Heroes."
In the reveal trailer, we also see that Captain America perished in the blast that wiped out a chunk of New York. Crystal Dynamics made a point to say that you would be playing as Cap in the game, so unless they're only talking about the opening mission, we doubt he'll stay gone for long.
Despite Marvel's Avengers being its own thing, if some of these story beats are starting to sound like Avengers: Endgame, you're not the only one. Both projects have been in development for years, so similarities are mostly likely a coincidence.
Marvel made a big song and dance of the talent involved with the development of The Avengers game back in 2018, and cemented the point about "a completely new and original story". That's when it was revealed that Shaun Escayg, who worked on Uncharted and The Last of Us games at Naughty Dog, will be the game's creative director.
Other Marvel heroes will likely make cameos in Marvel's Avengers
Crystal Dynamics makes it seem like Marvel's Avengers won't be taking focus away from the 5 core heroes associated with the MCU's Avengers: Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, Thor, and the Hulk. But that doesn't mean other heroes won't make an appearance at some point.
In fact, during Square Enix's E3 2019 conference, we got a taste of Hank Pimm (the original Ant-Man and Scott Lang's mentor in the movies) testing out some sort of shrink cannon.
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