3/5 ★ – VermillionBeard's review of Marvel's Avengers.

Marvel's Avengers is 2020's eye catching AAA super hero title developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix. With the massive success of 2018's Marvel's Spider-Man (PS4) by Insomniac Games an Avengers title may have seemed the next logical step in what came next. While the game has been very enjoyable to play for me personally, it's not without it's shortcomings and technical issues in it's multiplayer post game. Avengers is a beat em style game with flashy combos and has a single player campaign that doubles as an origin story for the young Kamala Kahn aka Ms. Marvel. Throughout the campaign you'll play as one of six avengers on their journey to stop the evil A.I.M corporation and regain their reputation after the tragic event known as A-Day. The campaign hits all the write notes you might expect from a comic book tale or the MCU movies we've all come to know and love. The voice cast really brings this game to life with expert voice actors like Troy Baker and Nolan North voicing Captain America and Iron Man respectively. Everyone voices their characters beautifully which lends to much of the titles charm and story telling. Combat is fun and flashy with an emphasis on combos and building your avengers to meet your play style. This is achieved through a loot system akin to the Destiny games and skills trees to change or enhance abilities. All of these aspects factor into how you progress through the game once you've completed the single player campaign. This brings us to what is likely the largest blemish on this title for me. The post game. Once you've completed the "Reassemble" campaign you're introduced to the multiplayer portion of the game in the form of "The Avengers Initiative" which actually offers more to do at face value then the campaign does with more missions and stories to follow, but this is marred by issues with the match making. Specifically that it just doesn't work. With the post game putting an emphasis on a multiplayer experience, it's difficult to not feel slighted when you're stuck with AI teammates for dozens of missions before ever seeing another real player. The post game can be enjoyed as a solo player, but this does little for the community at large that was hoping to assemble for a good time smashing A.I.M baddies. The game also isn't without it's other bugs, and these vary wildly from Thor being nothing but a disembodied head and hammer, being locked out of cosmetics you already own, or voice lines disappearing into the nether only to be left with subtitles to fumble through some dialogue. I have personally experienced some of these and only seen others online, but either way it seems some polish needs to be added to more then just caps shield here. Crystal Dynamics first Marvel game arguably doesn't reach the same heights as it's web slinging 2018 predecessor, with plenty of bugs to sift through since launch. Yet, depsite all this I can't help but continue playing. Progressing through missions chains, customizing my avengers, and enjoying the snappy and flashy combat system has kept the moment to moment gameplay interesting and enough. My hype also stays high with the promise of nearly a dozen speculated post launch heroes, story content, and end game challenges. This game undoubtedly has a future with an already bustling community. It just comes down to whether or not you're one of the ones willing to stick around through the bumpy and slow progress or ditch it in favor of another already polished title. The choice is yours, with no wrong answers, earning this game a 3/5 stars from me.