Surely superheroes have bigger things to focus on than loot?Įven with new gear, it's not linked to character progression but rather hidden in crates inside buildings. Marvel's Avengers feels like a Lego game at times as you go about breaking everything in the environment to earn resources that you'll need for upgrading your gear. While some of it is combat-driven, some is about destroying random objects. The superheroes on Marvel's Avengers can be upgraded in a number of ways you can teach them new skills, you can unlock new costumes, and you can earn new gear. Marvel's Avengers Beta to Offer Over 20 MissionsĪnd that's not the only gameplay design issue. If you don't, you'll find your superhero losing a lot of health to specialised ranged shots, and in turn, forcing you to redo part of the level over and over. It requires you to not only adopt a different strategy against different types of enemies, but also prioritise and focus on the right opponent at the right time. Except Marvel's Avengers isn't designed to work that way. In gaming terms, that means smashing all the buttons. And when that happens, the natural tendency for humans is to panic. There's so much happening at any given moment in Marvel's Avengers that it's virtually impossible to process all of it. More importantly, the Avengers game suffers from a case of sensory overload. Crystal Dynamics wants Marvel's Avengers to be a co-op experience, but it refuses to comment on the possibility of cross-platform play. Still, when the Avengers beta does open up to all platforms, it's got other problems. Even though PC and Xbox One owners have paid upfront for the Avengers game, they don't get access to the pre-order beta for another week. Sony has not only used its relationship with Marvel to restrict Peter Parker to its console-verse, but it also struck a deal with Marvel's Avengers publisher and fellow Japanese gaming giant Square Enix. Take the beta's initial availability - only for PS4 pre-orders this weekend - as further proof. What could have been great news - Spider-Man in the Avengers game! - ended up as yet another indictment of Sony's anti-consumer behaviour.

But then earlier this week, Marvel's Avengers developer Crystal Dynamics soured that by revealing that Spider-Man would be an exclusive character to PlayStation, a baffling move for a game not made by a Sony-owned studio.

Over three years after it was first announced, gamers could finally experience what it felt like to play as their favourite superhero in what's promising to be a super-ambitious adventure. The launch of the Avengers game beta was meant to be an exciting time for Marvel fans.

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