Discussion Death of a Game: Marvel's Avengers

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#DOAG . Death of a Game is a series dedicated to uncovering the mysteries surrounding the death of a game or company. nerdSlayer defines the term "death" in the context of the show as either... 1. Literally dead. 2. Had a mass exodus of players and never recovered (expectations etc). 3. The company ceased to exist. We follow a timeline of events, to uncover clues concerning why a game or company doesn't do well, and attempt to put it all together at the end for a deduction explaining how or why the game failed based on the evidence gathered.

 

[BigPete7978]

I loved the campaign of the game, but after that I have yet to really go back and play it.

 

[TechParadox]

I think the big thing that turned fans off was the broken state in which the game shipped. I've seen horror story videos online where things are just straight up busted with graphics that don't render properly and generally garbage game play. They didn't help themselves any when they shoehorned the Kamala version of Ms. Marvel in there as the lead POV character. Yes, she's been in the comics universe for a while, but she's never been that well received and despite all evidence to that point, Marvel "keeps trying to make 'fetch' happen" with both her and other replacement heroes - and the reception among fans has generally been chilly. The same thing follows here - when it comes to video games, if you're making a game ostensibly based on the cinematic universe then you'd darned well better make sure that the MCU characters take the lead.

The game, overall, needed at least another six months (and preferably a year) in the cooker. That much is evident by the number of bugs present on launch. Combined with the GAAS model they were trying to take with the IP (and the lack of content in the pipe when the game rolled out), even a non-gamer could tell you that Avengers was going to be a non-starter. Now, I could be wrong. Crystal Dynamics could be hard at work and ready to roll out a massive content dump, but I highly doubt that's the case, and the game itself will turn out to go down in history as something similar, yet different - a big, steaming dump.

 

[Demon_skeith]

Never heard of this guy, but I like the idea of his videos. I'll have to watch more.