Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Single-Player is 'Able to Focus on Building a Strong Story' - News

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Publisher Square Enix and developer Eidos Montreal's Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy was announced at E3 2021 for all main gaming platforms. Following a mixed reaction to Marvel’s Avengers being a live service game, it has led to speculation on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. However, it has been confirmed the game will not have any DLC or microtransactions. 

Senior gameplay director Patrick Fortier speaking with GamesIndustry said that in order to capture the source material of Guardians of the Galaxy a well told story would be important. 

"We weren't pressured to look into trends," Fortier said. "We just looked at the source material, and it became pretty clear that we were going to hit the core of the Guardians through the narrative. And if you're going to do narrative, then it's not necessarily super-conducive to [live service or multiplayer games]."

Senior narrative director Mary DeMarle added, "By going single-player, we're able to focus on building a strong story... We can put ourselves in a single viewpoint that is facing the story. And knowing that you're working with a team of characters who are unique individuals and very unpredictable, it allows us to start playing with that to build a stronger narrative."

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy will launch for the Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 26. The Switch version is a cloud release. 

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

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smroadkill15 (on 09 July 2021)

It's hard to get excited after what happened with the Avengers, but I'll try to not jump to conclusions before the game releases.

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LivncA_Dis3 (on 08 July 2021)

Hopefully they don't do this dirty like the avengers lol

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Tridrakious (on 08 July 2021)

I'm very excited to see what happens here. As this should be what companies focus on.

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