Excellent story and writing
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Honestly, I’d go as far as saying the story puts the movies to shame.”
Steam review · 24.7 h played ↗
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
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Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Eidos-Montréal2021Third-Person Shooter · Action · Adventure
$59.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A cinematic, story-first Guardians adventure with superb banter, voice acting and 80s music, held back by repetitive combat and PC bugs. Skip it if you want deep gameplay.
Great for
Marvel/Guardians fans who want a linear, character-driven, cinematic story with great humor
Main risk
Repetitive, shallow combat plus crashes and progression bugs on PC
What players love
Great banter and team chemistry
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The constant conversations and banter make the Guardians actually feel like a dysfunctional little family”
Steam review · 40.8 h played ↗
Gorgeous visuals and art design
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the world design is absolutely breathtaking.”
Steam review · 21.6 h played ↗
Fantastic 80s soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the soundtrack is PEAK!”
Steam review · 21.6 h played ↗
Fun team-based combat for many
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“there's just something incredibly satisfying about commanding everyone, chaining their abilities together”
Steam review · 22.6 h played ↗
Great voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“also the voice acting is pretty damn good in this”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, shallow combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The actual combat is mind-numbingly boring, repetitive and uninspiring.”
Steam review · 23.6 h played ↗
Crashes and freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Can't go an hour without it freezing or straight up crashing.”
Steam review · 14.4 h played ↗
Progression-blocking bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The biggest issue was the progression blocking glitches which plagued the second half of the game.”
Steam review · 18.9 h played ↗
Too many cutscenes, little actual play
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“50% of this game is just cutscenes. Let me freaking play good lord..”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗
Constant banter and cut-off dialogue annoy
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I can't take the constant, incessant, endless banter between all the insufferable characters.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Bad ship flight and janky controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“controls for ship movement garbage”
Steam review · 21.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support80 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 10 64 bit Build 1903
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 / Intel® Core™ i5-4460
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon™ RX 570
Storage80 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 10 64 bit Build 1903
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 5 1600 / Intel® Core™ i7-4790
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Super / AMD Radeon™ RX 590
Storage80 GB available space
OSWindows® 10 64 bit Build 1903
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 / Intel® Core™ i5-4460
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon™ RX 570
Storage80 GB available space
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