Marvel's Avengers Game Critique | An Important Disappointment

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A video essay of a game that broke me. SOCIAL MEDIA: www.twitter.com/MontyZander PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/montyzander Join me in this long form dissection of Marvel's Avengers, a review if you will, some might even call it an in-depth critique or analysis of the game. Witness how a game can break a man as I rant and examine the story, the bugs, the glitches, the combat, the gear & loot system, the characterisation, the fact it's broken, if you can name it I guarantee I cover it here. Marvel's Avengers is an insulting mess. It's my biggest, most bitter disappointment of this generation. This cynical, insidious, at-best-misguided, made-by-committee garbage-fire hasn’t just let me down, it’s actively enraged me. I didn’t want to make a video like this. My intention prior to playing the beta was to ultimately make a standard critique exploring where the game’s comic-book influences came from and honestly just use it as an opportunity to gush about my favourite comics, characters, and how Crystal Dynamics have interpreted the Avengers source material. Then I played the beta, and my stomach turned to stone but I braved it, it was still going to be a Day 1 buy for me. Maybe I was missing something. Then I played the finished product, and my skin turned green. #content #liveservice #justice4thor #hulkneedsanewspine #theresachestwithgearcloseby #l00t Disclaimer: I made some mistakes in this video plot-wise. For example Kamala doesn't see Flynn in the "smash" scene and the more I think about it the more I think Kamala lifting Thor's hammer is a theme park ride. Doesn't change the fact Marvel's Avenger's sucks though. Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Part 1: What Is A Live Service? - 1:51 Part 2: It's Only A Beta - 9:42 Part 3: A-Day, Avengers Disassembled - 15:01 Part 4: Revenge of the Tutorial - 28:30 Part 5: Hulk Smash (the bit where I talk about combat) - 43:19 Part 6: The Chimera & Finding Fury - 01:04:20 Part 7: I Am Iron Man(?) - 01:11:40 Intermission: Avengers As A Live Service - 01:28:32 Part 8: Ant Hill, Born To Grind - 01:34:09 Part 9: Getting The Band Back Together - 01:46:42 Part 10: Avengers in Spaaaaaace - 02:03:10 Part 11: A Narrative-Focussed Multiplayer - 02:18:36 Part 12: Endgame (Or When Monty Loses His Mind) - 02:26:15 Part 13: Just Be Cool, Kid AKA I'm So Tired - 02:43:30 Part 14: Thanks For Watching & A Wee Request - 2:46:50 Rewriting the Marvel Avenger's Video Game (Part1) Is out now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOsaHMBzzEc Social Media Twitter - https://twitter.com/MontyZander Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/montyzander Footage Reference List 1) Gamedaddy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBVGqLj6ScQ 2) Coldside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9JbXe8ubRc 3) Game Informer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyVU_rgExys 4) Shirrako - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsNIcr5OHbE 5) Dark Lord - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbhJ5yG7Qjc 6) IGN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsufFcr2bpc 7) Gamespot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twvrwcijkd4 8) Random Encounters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdKZrRomPg4 9) Bud to Boss - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkh_fyozcbk 10) Andrew Louis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcXfxOtCm34 11) https://www.tweaktown.com/news/59228/square-enix-commits-games-service-business-model/index.html 12) https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anthem-went-wrong-1833731964 13) Jim Sterling - https://youtu.be/J9ttPf8ExwQ