Last fall, Square Enix released the long-awaited Marvel’s Avengers from Crystal Dynamics, and while the core game was fun in the beginning, the heavy emphasis on end-game events, grinding, and repetitive gameplay kept it from really shining. This year, Square Enix once again dips into the Marvel well with Guardians of the Galaxy, developed by Eidos Montreal — the team behind the amazing Tomb Raider reboot — and the differences are like night and day.
I know that the two games shouldn’t really be compared, as they are from different studios and are two wholly different experiences, but since both are based on Marvel Comics properties, the comparisons are inevitable. Guardians of the Galaxy is on such a different level of quality that it quickly separates itself from what has come before, and gives players one of the best comic-book-based games ever.
