Eidos-Montreal’s Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy was one of the surprise hits of 2021. Since its release last October, players have been singing the game’s praises thanks to its equally heartwarming and funny single-player campaign. It’s fair to say that, following the troubled life of Square Enix’s Avengers adaptation, the studio has restored a lot of faith in the publisher’s future superhero-themed plans.
Despite attaining plenty of praise from critics and fans alike, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy hasn’t been successful across the board. When it comes to sales figures and monetary returns, there’s a sense online that the action-adventure game has so far underperformed in the eyes of Square Enix. For plenty of compelling reasons, though, Eidos Montreal should still be given the chance to fix this through the creation of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
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One of the biggest reasons why players have taken to Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is the effort Eidos-Montreal put into building its universe. It quickly becomes obvious to gamers that the studio has a deep appreciation not only for Marvel, but also for the band of misfits it was charged with bringing to life. Even though some fans had feared Eidos’ creations would look like cheap MCU knockoffs ahead of the game’s release, many have since taken to the virtual heroes wholeheartedly.
Eidos-Montreal's appreciation for its source material has unsurprisingly permeated Guardians of the Galaxy’s story campaign as well, to the point that it’s often held up as another big selling point for the game. Across a substantial 17 hour-long single-player story, plot threads and characters were introduced
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