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Marvel’s Avengers
Critics Consensus (Skip It)
There’s fun to be had if you set your expectations right, especially in the campaign, but the game-as-service is a mess that drowns out the enjoyable combat.
Game Info
Marvel’s Avengers is an epic, third-person, action-adventure game that combines an original, cinematic story with single-player and co-operative gameplay. Assemble into a team of up to four players online, master extraordinary abilities, customize a growing roster of Heroes, and defend the Earth from escalating threats.
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Average Score
Total Reviews: 122
RELEASE DATES:
GENRES:
- Action, Adventure
DEVELOPER(S):
- Crystal Dynamics
PUBLISHER(S):
- Square Enix
SERIES/FRANCHISE:
- n/a
GAME MODES:
- Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
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RATING & REVIEWS
Ratings & Reviews
122
Critic Reviews
69
Average Critic Score
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CRITIC REVIEWS
All reviews are from professional critics. Learn more about the critics VSG aggregates.
High Score
90%
Median Score
70%
Low Score
30%
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Tom Marks (IGN)
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6/10
“Marvel’s Avengers’ campaign is fun and endearing, but the loot-based post-game meant to be the meat of this meal is unrewarding and overly repetitive.”
Andrew Reiner (Game Informer)
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8.8/10
“The amount of depth can be confusing at first, but you have plenty of reasons to keep playing in the endgame.”
Phil Hornshaw (GameSpot)
[Date Unavailable]
7/10
“Avengers feels like two separate games smashed together, and while they don’t always sync up, both parts are linked by deep, intelligent combat spread across varied heroes.”
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Score Ranges
Read the Reviews (122 total)
| Outlet | Author | Score | Date | Quote | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DNews | Алексей Лихачев | 7.5 / 10 | 09-19-2020 | Usually GaaS titles have problems with story, but can offer fun endgame activities. In case of Avengers the story is great, but the endgame is lacking because of same-y environments, missions and bosses. But it’s still a great start, especially because the combat system is fun and deep, and with future expansions the game will become much better. | Read review |
| ACG | Jeremy Penter | Not Recommended | 09-02-2020 | Avengers is fun for a bit but than just gets lost in weird level design, boring gameplay, spotty performance, and lack of true character. | Read review |
| Area Xbox | Unknown | 8.3 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | The avengers bring unique gameplay for each of it’s 6 heroes in this action adventure looter, while it looks great and plays good enough, the coop does standout specially with friends, although some parts become a chore specially with the repetitive scenarios and enemies. | Read review |
| Areajugones | Alfonso Cánovas | 8.4 / 10 | 09-05-2020 | In general, Marvel’s Avengers is a more than correct game that entertains and will give us many hours of entertainment with friends. The campaign mode is the best it has, although you must improve the multiplayer incentives if you do not want to be forgotten. | Read review |
| Atomix | Sebastian Quiroz | 70 / 100 | 09-08-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers has a great main campaign accompanied by great potential, but in the end it is overshadowed by technical errors and an unnecessary GaaS section. | Read review |
| Attack of the Fanboy | Diego Perez | 3.5 / 5 stars | 09-12-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is not particularly great at any one thing. Instead, it’s just okay at a lot of things, and that’s all it really needs to be. | Read review |
| BaziCenter | Bahram Bigharaz | 7 / 10 | 09-08-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers, as a package that tries to offer solid single-player action and durable multi-player experience, is a failure at its current state. It’s not necessarily a bad game and it’s actually fun and entertaining to interact with many of the super heroes from the Marvel’s universe, but the final product can’t keep up with the expectations. | Read review |
| Bazimag | Vahid Zohrabi Nejad | 5.6 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is a soulless Game that feels like more care has gone into the game’s economy than its experience and as expected a disgusting microtransactions features. | Read review |
| But Why Tho? | Charles Hartford | 8.5 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is a fun, heartfelt action RPG that is filled with promise. A few technical hiccups and bland enemies aside, this game delivers the wonderful moments and great gameplay these characters have always deserved from a video game title. | Read review |
| Cerealkillerz | Manuel Barthes | 6.9 / 10 | 09-08-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is an ambitious project that wants to pull players in with well known super heroes. Sadly it shows pretty quickly its weaknesses in terms of gameplay and the lack of endgame content. Besides the surprisingly good story the bad parts predominate throughout the whole game including the matchmaking in the multiplayer. | Read review |
| CGMagazine | Cole Watson | 7.5 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers at launch is a solid-foundation for Crystal Dynamics to build upon and develop into a fantastic live-service title that joins the ranks of Warframe and Destiny 2. | Read review |
| Cheat Code Central | Benjamin Maltbie | 4 / 5 stars | 09-08-2020 | The game is amazing for a weekend, but for several months? For the moment, it seems unlikely. Hopefully that will change. | Read review |
| Checkpoint Gaming | Charlie Kelly | 7 / 10 | 09-05-2020 | Coming out of Marvel’s Avengers, I’ve surprisingly been won over. With a charming set of characters both familiar and new to me, loot to keep me going and a solid promise of its future, it’s a game I’ll absolutely be keen to return to. That does come with a caveat. There are some glaring and testing faults the game exhibits. If you plan at all on jumping in and donning that cape, then do so. Just maybe keep your non-superhero day job at the ready. | Read review |
| Chicas Gamers | Alba Nausicáa | Not Recommended | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is a game more focused on the future console generation than the present ones and so we can see on the PC version, however, those of us who will play it on current generations can still enjoy it to its fullest. Likewise, developers wanted to cover so much that in the end they failed keep it together. There are still some mechanics that are quite poor and too much content for some newbie players. | Read review |
| COGconnected | James Paley | 70 / 100 | 09-07-2020 | Although my ultimate verdict is weeks of multiplayer away, the first slice of this cake is a tasty one. Even casual Marvel fans would do well to keep Marvel’s Avengers on their radar. | Read review |
| Critical Hit | Darryn Bonthuys | 7 / 10 | 09-09-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is both a fantastic story and a dead-average grind for meaningless loot. When everything comes together, it’s a brilliant power fantasy with heart and a true passion for its source material. Those moments are fleeting though, held back by a range of technical issues, shockingly sloppy design, and no solid idea of what kind of game it really wants to be. Some assembly, definitely required. | Read review |
| Cubed3 | Unknown | 7 / 10 | 10-31-2020 | This is the perfect example of “Games as a Service” done right. Marvel’s Avengers offers up a superb campaign story to play through that is promised to be expanded on in the future. The gameplay may be repetitive, but it includes just enough to keep players interested and invested in the endgame content that is available now to keep this game going until the next step in its roadmap. The possibilities and potential in the future here are hugely exciting. | Read review |
| Cultured Vultures | Jimmy Donnellan | 6.5 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is held up by a surprisingly excellent single-player campaign and let down by its stagnant gameplay loop and widespread technical issues. We definitely can’t do this all day. | Read review |
| Daily Mirror | JC Suttun | 3 / 5 stars | 09-04-2020 | If you have even a passing fondness for these legendary Marvel characters, you’ll likely have a blast with Avengers’ campaign, but the relentless enticements for virtual wares might put you off hanging around afterwards. | Read review |
| DASHGAMER.com | Jono Pech | 7.5 / 10 | 09-08-2020 | It’s not quite everything you imagined and there is surely more action to come, but for now, there are plenty of chips and dip on the table, so don’t mind me while I dig in and dance around with my friends. | Read review |
| Destructoid | Chris Carter | 6 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | When Avengers isn’t getting in the way of itself with its tacked-on campaign, it’s a bit of silly arcade fun. If a lot of these concerns are answered via post-launch patches and the DLC characters are fun to play, there’s plenty of room for improvement with Avengers. At launch, it’s not going to wow everyone. Maybe Marvel wanted this out as soon as possible, but it could have used another delay. | Read review |
| Digital Chumps | Ben Sheene | 8.5 / 10 | 11-06-2017 | In spite of its rough edges and games as a service trappings, Marvel’s Avengers triumphs against most overwhelming odds by allowing players to live out a multi-faceted superhero fantasy with friends. | Read review |
| DualShockers | Ryan Meitzler | 6 / 10 | 09-11-2020 | Earth’s Mightiest Heroes gather for a well-crafted single-player adventure but a middling multiplayer experience in Marvel’s Avengers. | Read review |
| Easy Allies | Brandon Jones | 3.5 / 5 stars | 09-21-2020 | Crystal Dynamics has met its match with this ambitious action multiplayer slugfest. It’s repetitive and buggy, but it also has an emotionally impactful campaign and a roster that ultimately feels very diverse. Based on the game’s roadmap, it will one day be much greater at no cost, but is it worth suiting up now to start the grind? | Read review |
| Echo Boomer | David Fialho | Recommended | 09-08-2020 | Even with all its problems and a underwhelming repetitive multiplayer, the campaing is a blast of fun and love to the source material. | Read review |
| EGM | Josh Harmon | 4 / 10 | 09-08-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers squanders the potential of what might have been a fun superhero romp by grafting on an annoying, overly repetitive games-as-a-service component. Playing as the cast of heroes offers decent thrills, and the campaign tells an enjoyable enough story, but odds are good you’ll get bored long before you grind your way to the top. | Read review |
| Eurogamer | Vikki Blake | Not Recommended | 09-08-2020 | A likeable campaign can’t make up for unexciting design. | Read review |
| Game Debate | Chad Norton | 6.5 / 10 | 09-13-2020 | As a standalone, single player adventure, Marvel’s Avengers is a great experience that is well worth it for major fans of the Marvel universe, Movies and all. However, the majority of endgame content suffers from repetitive and uninspired missions, making the progress from vigilante to superhero a boring task. Though the promise of free post-launch content for 2 years is enticing for even the most hardcore and dedicated Marvel fans. | Read review |
| Game Informer | Andrew Reiner | 8.8 / 10 | 09-03-2020 | The amount of depth can be confusing at first, but you have plenty of reasons to keep playing in the endgame | Read review |
| Game Revolution | Mack Ashworth | 3 / 5 stars | 09-07-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is an identity crisis of a game. Moving from some excellent linear missions that capture Marvel fandom from the point of view of the fantastic Ms. Marvel, to a sudden smattering of seriously generic co-op missions featuring the most boring of enemies defending the most tedious of objectives, made me feel like I was moving between two entirely different games. | Read review |
| Gameblog | Romain Mahut | 6 / 10 | 09-10-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers allows players to play through an entertainment main story but is held back by its uninspired Destiny-like gameplay and numerous technical issues. Square Enix should have allowed Crystal Dynamics to create a more full on AAA single player game instead. | Read review |
| GameCrate | Nate Hohl | 8.3 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers isn’t quite a slam dunk, but as a co-op friendly superhero game it does a lot more right than wrong. | Read review |
| Gamefa | Amirmehdi Namjoo | 7 / 10 | 09-07-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is a good game but it had many potentials to be a perfect game. The story and character development are fascinating and has more deep than I expected from this game, and the base core gameplay and combat mechanics are done very well. Still, unfortunately GaaS elements had affected most parts of the gameplay, from level design to the overall experience. There are also some technical issues, especially in console versions, that hurts the overall experience. The game didn’t realize its full potential, but it can be enjoyable for marvel comic fans and it of course improves through time. | Read review |
| GameGrin | Simon Brown | 7.5 / 10 | 09-11-2020 | An excellent campaign diminished by the intrusion of the game’s multiplayer elements. Some peculiar bugs and sloppy proof-reading can pull you out of the experience but enjoyable combat and an excellent take on some Marvel staples make for an overall fun but grindy core gameplay loop. | Read review |
| GameMAG | Александр Логинов, Азамат Тегаев, Вадим Съедин | 6 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is a typical holiday blockbuster with bright special effects, explosions, chases and familiar characters, which periodically descends into dullness with boring missions and tasks. Without all this tinsel and service elements, Marvel’s Avengers would probably be a much more complete and interesting game. At the same time, Crystal Dynamics managed to create a really interesting character with Kamala Khan, who deserves much more attention than the rest of the Avengers squad. | Read review |
| GamePro | Hannes Rossow | 70 / 100 | 09-11-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers offers a great single-player adventure, but also a poor multiplayer experience. | Read review |
| Gamerheadquarters | Jason Stettner | 9 / 10 | 09-02-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is a generally fantastic and expansive experience that can provide countless hours of gameplay. | Read review |
| Gamers Heroes | Blaine Smith | 8 / 10 | 09-02-2020 | The future of Marvel’s Avengers ongoing success will be completely dependent on the quality and regularity of content. However, as a game available today, it’s a solid entry into the loot and shoot RPG space. The single player story is worth the price of admission alone, leaving the fun but dated approach to multiplayer a welcome addition for fans of the looter style approach. | Read review |
| Gamersky | 不倒翁蜀黍 | 7.3 / 10 | 09-05-2020 | Playing Marvel’s Avengers is just like chewing the gum, it tastes sweet at the beginning but plain in the end. The story of the campaign is fun and the superheroes are vivid. But the repetitive missions, worthless loots, and tons of bugs will eventually let you down. | Read review |
| GameSkinny | Mark Delaney | 3 / 10 | 09-09-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is the most broken gaming experience in 2020, and even if it was polished, it would be severely flawed. | Read review |
| GameSpace | Ralph Whitmore | 7 / 10 | 10-01-2020 | Marvel Avengers is a roleplaying action brawler video game. The combat is good and responsive. It has similar hub-style play similar to Monster Hunter and Anthem which is not everyone’s cup of tea. The main single-player campaign is short but there is much more once that is over. Quickly though it can feel repetitive once you reach the endgame. | Read review |
| GameSpew | Kim Snaith | 8 / 10 | 09-12-2020 | Whether you’re an avid Marvel fan or simply enjoy sinking numerous hours into action RPGs, there’s a lot to love about Marvel’s Avengers. Its characters and its world have been brought to life with a lot of care and detail, making it a pleasure to spend time with. | Read review |
| GameSpot | Phil Hornshaw | 7 / 10 | 09-10-2020 | Avengers feels like two separate games smashed together, and while they don’t always sync up, both parts are linked by deep, intelligent combat spread across varied heroes. | Read review |
| GamesRadar+ | Alyssa Mercante | 3 / 5 stars | 09-10-2020 | A snappy, fun campaign full of great VO ends too soon, and the game-as-service that comes after is paper thin | Read review |
| GameWatcher | Marcello Perricone | 6 / 10 | 09-06-2020 | A superhero game where heroes are quite fragile, Marvel’s Avengers is constantly in doubt of where it wants to go and ends up arriving nowhere. | Read review |
| GameZone | Cade Onder | 7 / 10 | 09-07-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers only just staggers its way to being a game worthy of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. An incredibly compelling story, rich characters, and some moments fans have always longed for only carry it so far. The competing visions for an online and single player game make for a confusing, uneven experience. | Read review |
| Gaming Nexus | Nathan Carter | 6.5 / 10 | 09-17-2020 | A great campaign is pretty much the only thing that saves Marvel’s Avengers from complete mediocrity. | Read review |
| GamingBolt | Shubhankar Parijat | 5 / 10 | 09-06-2020 | There have been plenty of moments during my time with Marvel’s Avengers where I’ve genuinely had a great time. But this game keeps finding ways to drag itself down- at times it almost feels like it goes out of its way to do so. There’s just so much here that I can’t overlook, no matter how hard I may try. An unnecessary and broken loot system, a litany of horrible technical issues, uninspired and one-note mission design, and a story that fails just as much as it succeeds- it doesn’t matter how mindlessly fun the combat is, it isn’t enough to overcome such a heavy list of problems. | Read review |
| GamingTrend | Ron Burke | 75 / 100 | 09-08-2020 | With a great campaign, and engaging (albeit repetitive) multiplayer, Marvel’s Avengers is a fun title with cosmetic-only games as a service components bolted onto it. The innumerable bugs hide what could be an amazing and ever-expanding universe — I just hope the team at SquareEnix is up to the challenge. I want to “do this all day”…but right now we are in the “you hope for the best and make do with what you get” stage. | Read review |
| GBAtemp | Jordan Ryan | 7 / 10 | 09-25-2020 | Avengers is definitely a mixed bag. The game looks great, and does what it can to immerse you in the story as you take on the role of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. But a repetitive combat system and borderline broken online multiplayer, the core of the postgame, keeps me from saying anything beyond “I liked it.” | Read review |
| Geek Culture | Jake Su | 6.8 / 10 | 09-23-2020 | Loot, be damned. A rougher than expected entrance for Marvel’s Avengers, much needs to be done to right this Helicarrier of a mess. | Read review |
| Geeks Under Grace | Andrew Feistner | 7 / 10 | 10-07-2020 | Despite it having its fair share of issues, Marvel’s Avengers is the licensed Destiny clone that is more than just that. | Read review |
| Generación Xbox | Javier Bassols | 8.2 / 10 | 09-01-2020 | After a long time waiting, Marvel’s Avengers arrives with a powerful campaign, well-constructed characters and the promise of a constantly evolving future. | Read review |
| God is a Geek | Mick Fraser | 8 / 10 | 09-08-2020 | The campaign is brilliant, and despite its flaws I’ve had a great time with Marvel’s Avengers | Read review |
| GotGame | David Poole | 9 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | With an endearing story and much deeper multiplayer experiences, Marvel’s Avengers is well worth another look. It’s clear that this game is a passion project for fans, by fans. Even if you think the developers didn’t have the fans in mind, the game asks you to think again. | Read review |
| GRYOnline.pl | Adam Zechenter | 7.5 / 10 | 09-08-2020 | There are moments, when Marvel’s Avengers shines really brightly. About a year from now, the game will certainly be less Thor: The Dark World and more Thor: Ragnarok, hopefully shining at all times. The developers need to polish the interface, fix some technical issues and add some more “stuff.” Until then, we get a product that’s more than satisfying. | Read review |
| Hardcore Gamer | Kevin Dunsmore | 3 / 5 stars | 09-07-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers clearly wants to be something great, but it can’t answer what that something is. | Read review |
| Heavy | Elton Jones | 8.5 / 10 | 09-03-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is still worth a recommendation and looks to be even more worthy as it throws free DLC at players over time. | Read review |
| Hey Poor Player | Christian Angeles | 3.5 / 5 stars | 09-03-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers turns a childhood dream into a reality by letting us fight as our favorite Marvel superheroes. Like candy, the game is an incredibly fun treat best consumed over time and in small doses. | Read review |
| Hobby Consolas | David Martinez | 89 / 100 | 09-04-2020 | Marvel´s Avengers is a very ambitious game, with a spectacular single player campaign and multiplayer designed as a MMO, with enjoyable combat system and the promise of lots of content and new heroes incoming. Some missions can get repetitive. | Read review |
| Hynerd.it | Matteo Rossi | 9 / 10 | 09-09-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is immature but has the potential to become one of the best games as a service on the market. Crystal Dynamics does not betray its soul and packages a product that steals the best from the competition, implementing the best of its resources. | Read review |
| IGN | Tom Marks | 6 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers’ campaign is fun and endearing, but the loot-based post-game meant to be the meat of this meal is unrewarding and overly repetitive. | Read review |
| IGN Spain | David Soriano | 8 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | You come to Marvel’s Avengers to play their campaign and leave it a few hours later, fed up with repeating tedious missions just to get that gear or skin that you think you need. | Read review |
| Impulsegamer | Jamie Kirk | 3.5 / 5 stars | 09-11-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers seems uncomfortable with itself. The single player campaign is charming and only lags in the areas that feature dull loot collecting sections. The post-game features fun combat in a co-op setting but can be a genuine drag to slog through. Overall the game is lacking a sense of life and variety to compliment the fun combat. It’s a shame because playing as the Avengers is a delightful experience, with each hero having its own endearing play quirks. Perhaps future updates will nail the balance, but right now it’s not quite worthy of lifting Thors Hammer. | Read review |
| INDIANTVCZ | Václav Šourek | 6 / 10 | 09-25-2020 | Avengers is a highly inconsistent title with great narrative and gameplay. On the other hand, uninteresting content and noticeable repetitiousness can pretty quickly discourage you from playing the game. Similarly, there’s another big issue with the technical side of the title, which makes it almost impossible to play the game smoothly. However, we do believe that in time, the developers will eliminate such problems by new content and patches. | Read review |
| Just Push Start | Damian Seeto | 3.9 / 5 stars | 09-06-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers has a good campaign, and I’m surprised by how much I liked the overall game. Sure the gameplay can feel repetitive, but I enjoyed playing as many different characters. The main thing that disappointed me though is the lack of offline multiplayer and the repetitive endgame content. Aside from that, I still enjoyed beating up bad guys as the Avengers. | Read review |
| KeenGamer | Michael Kelley | 5.5 / 10 | 09-22-2020 | Originally revealed in early 2017, Marvel’s Avengers was showcased right on time. The Avengers films were the hottest topic on the lips of all of society. Fans hoped that Crystal Dynamics could deliver an experience that mirrors the success of the films. While the foundation is promising, the core of the game is seriously lacking soul. Rendering an experience that isn’t consistently attractive or personable. | Read review |
| Kinda Funny Games | Kinda Funny Games | Not Recommended | 09-04-2020 | Video Review – Quote not available. | Read review |
| Kotaku | Mike Fahey | Recommended | 09-09-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers isn’t the best comic book game out there, but it’s certainly the best team-based comic book game I’ve played. It’s not simply that it gathers iconic heroes together and lets me become them, but that each one of them is equally enjoyable. | Read review |
| LevelUp | Pedro Pérez Cesari | 7 / 10 | 09-11-2020 | The current state of Marvel’s Avengers is not much different of how we find Bruce Banner in the game’s campaing. They are both in a bad position and they don’t shine as bright as they should. However, they also have the potential to be something bigger, stronger and special. In Marvel’s Avengers you will find a brilliant really good campaign and a competent looter multiplayer, but Crystal Dynamics still has work to do. | Read review |
| Merlin’in Kazanı | Ersin Kılıç | 65 / 100 | 09-07-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers has a depth combat system. But if it’s were in the cinematic universe, it would probably worse than Avengers: Age of Ultron. | Read review |
| Metro GameCentral | GameCentral | 5 / 10 | 09-08-2020 | A jumbled mess that’s trying to be at least three different types of game at once, drowning out the enjoyable combat with a tsunami of repetition and meaningless loot. | Read review |
| MonsterVine | Spencer Legacy | 4 / 5 stars | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is an all-around fun title that does justice to the Avengers name. | Read review |
| New Game Network | Alex Varankou | 60 / 100 | 09-14-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers has some good ideas, a satisfying campaign and enjoyable combat across a variety of heroes. But it suffers from repetitive and shallow missions, borrowed mechanics that aren’t executed particularly well, and not least of all, pronounced technical issues. | Read review |
| Niche Gamer | Fingal Belmont | 5 / 10 | 09-11-2020 | There is some enjoyment to get out of Marvel’s Avengers. The single player campaign has some enjoyable sequences. Unfortunately, the constant barrage of cues to grind or buy in-game currency is extremely alienating and off-putting. At its highest highs, Avengers is generic. | Read review |
| Noisy Pixel | Jake Yoder | 7 / 10 | 09-08-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers isn’t the superhero adventure I was hoping for, but it is an adventure I didn’t mind playing through. There are moments of gameplay where you feel like a member of the Avengers, but that requires you to look past some repetitive stage designs and surface-level combat systems. Regardless, there’s no doubt that there’s plenty of fun to be found here, and I’ll for sure keep my cape ready for any future experiences this game offers. | Read review |
| Oyungezer Online | Engin Vural | 7.5 / 10 | 09-08-2020 | Amazing performance in campaign mode, but multiplayer side is too repetitive. If it can break the current repetitive cycle, Marvel’s Avengers can be a big hit in the future. | Read review |
| PC Gamer | Robert Zak | 69 / 100 | 09-07-2020 | A well-told campaign and story do their best to mask a rather scrawny service game beneath. | Read review |
| PC Invasion | Andrew Farrell | 8 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is a very entertaining game that makes great use of its characters. The PC version gave me some problems and many others are having similar issues, but it’s an enjoyable time with a lot of value. | Read review |
| PCGamesN | Dustin Bailey | 7 / 10 | 09-07-2020 | A range of technical issues are holding it back at launch, but a combination of satisfying combat and likable characters has delivered the foundation of an excellent superhero game. | Read review |
| PCMag | Tony Polanco | 3 / 5 stars | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is a cinematic action game featuring Black Widow, Captain America, Iron Man, and other popular superheroes. It’s packed with cool, customizable loot and punchable bad guys, but the action drags. | Read review |
| PlayStation LifeStyle | Chandler Wood | 7.5 / 10 | 09-14-2020 | For all of my criticisms, Marvel’s Avengers is still a game I can’t wait to get back to playing. While there’s a lot of work to do, it gets one main thing right: it’s fun to be an Avenger. Crystal Dynamics captured this incredible feeling of being a superhero and distilled it into a digital environment. Combat is deep and nuanced, with far more complexities and character than your traditional superhero brawler. Right now, Marvel’s Avengers is a bit rough around the edges, but “good isn’t a thing you are. It’s a thing you do.” If Crystal Dynamics can smooth performance and squash bugs, as well as build out a more compelling endgame experience, it has a lot of potential to be one of the most memorable and replayable loot brawlers of this generation and next. | Read review |
| PlayStation Universe | Eric Hauter | 8.5 / 10 | 09-05-2020 | With a stellar campaign and set pieces that rival anything in the MCU, Marvel’s Avengers already delivers a ton of value. But add on the endless multiplayer and future characters, and this game is poised to be a classic. Some early bugs distract from the fun, but the bones of the game are solid. Marvel’s Avengers is an amazing achievement. | Read review |
| Polygon | Laura Kate Dale | Recommended | 09-04-2020 | On a good day, Marvel’s Avengers is a multiplayer Marvel-themed Dynasty Warriors game, and if you’re in the right mood, that’s a decent way to spend some hours, and we don’t know where the team will take it from here. On a great day, it’s a strong single-player outing for one of my favorite under-appreciated superheroes. Whichever of the two you’re hoping for, there’s fun to be found here, if you set your expectations right. While the multiplayer may not have come out the gate swinging, there’s room for it to level grind a little over the coming weeks, and hopefully become more impressive at some point down the line. | Read review |
| Press Start | Toby Berger | 7 / 10 | 09-11-2020 | A great campaign and excellent gameplay can’t keep Marvel’s Avengers from feeling like lost potential. Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix seem to have big plans for the game, but right now the multiplayer-focused Avengers Initiative mode feels nothing more than a monotonous, boring old grind. | Read review |
| PSX Brasil | Bruno Henrique Vinhadel | 84 / 100 | 09-07-2020 | The recurring failures in games of the genre do not take the shine from Marvel’s Avengers. In addition to unparalleled potential, a well-presented universe, sharp gameplay and the possibility to enjoy in different ways for countless hours, the Crystal Dynamics title can achieve, in general, the success that other games have achieved only in a more restricted audience. | Read review |
| Push Square | Liam Croft | 6 / 10 | 09-07-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers’ least advertised aspect turns out to be its greatest asset, and it’s exactly what hardcore fans were craving the most. The story and everything that comes with it is a real highlight, allowing the exceptional Kamala Khan to take the lead and bring with her enjoyable combat systems and fun parkour. The shocking framerate, along with bugs and glitches, should be fixed in the near future, but it’s what the game has you do after the credits roll that quickly becomes its biggest downfall. Marvel’s Avengers has a single player campaign that thoroughly excites, surprises, and delights. What follows brings it crashing back down to Earth. | Read review |
| Rapid Reviews UK | Cartergaz | 3 / 5 stars | 10-08-2020 | To lead an original Avengers story, to take some of the most beloved characters in the multi-verse and to build something that attracts new enthusiasts as well as respect and engage the super fans alike is bold, brave and sadly just a little out of reach for this developer. Yet, there’s enough on show here to keep the audience playing and exploring the world created by Shaun Escayg and the writing team at Crystal Dynamics. | Read review |
| Rocket Chainsaw | David Latham | 3.5 / 5 stars | 09-09-2020 | It’s off to a shaky start, but if the game can survive the next generation launch and assemble a community with a diverse range of superheroes and missions, there’s no reason that this game can’t be great in the not too distant future. | Read review |
| Saudi Gamer | عصام الشهوان | 7 / 10 | 09-08-2020 | As a Games as a Service offering featuring cinema’s hot new franchise this is a bit of a letdown, not because of a lack of spirit or ideas, but because of a lack of polish and direction. | Read review |
| Screen Rant | Alex Santa Maria | 3 / 5 stars | 09-03-2020 | If players are just interested in the story of Marvel’s Avengers and like what they’ve seen in the commercials and prereleases streams, the game provides just that. There isn’t much more than that, unfortunately, and the multiplayer side of things doesn’t seem to offer that much more in terms of variety or novel experiences. As a standalone Marvel experience, this gets the job done, but it certainly wasn’t worth the years of buildup or the epic placement it has as one of the top AAA games of 2020. It’s less of an Avengers: Endgame and more of an Ant-Man and the Wasp, a perfectly serviceable comic adventure that will draw players in when there’s a new story available, but probably not before. | Read review |
| Shacknews | Donovan Erskine | 8 / 10 | 09-03-2020 | Quote not yet available | Read review |
| Sirus Gaming | Leif Rey Bornales | 7.5 / 10 | 09-12-2020 | Overall, I really enjoyed Marvel’s Avengers. The story, the action-packed battles. The freedom of flying as Thor or Iron Man. I believe these parts of the game make it very enjoyable. Especially for Marvel fans out there. There are a few technical glitches here and there where I experienced some frame drops when there’s just too much happening in the screen but it’s nothing that a future patch can’t fix. I’m excited to see where this game leads and I would recommend it if you are looking for that superhero fix. | Read review |
| Skill Up | Ralph Panebianco | Not Recommended | 09-17-2020 | Video Review | Read review |
| Slant Magazine | Justin Clark | 2 / 5 stars | 09-08-2020 | Everything truly good in Marvel’s Avengers is compromised by its mercenary feature set. | Read review |
| Softpedia | Cosmin Vasile | 7 / 10 | 09-08-2020 | But even these moments cannot make me forget about the technical issues, and the sacrifices made to turn the game into a live service. The lack of variety may get addressed by future free or paid updates, but you remain with the feeling that if the effort would have been invested in focusing on a single-player experience Marvel’s Avengers could have been truly great. Instead, we received a mixed bag of experiences that vary from great to downright monotonous. | Read review |
| SomHráč.sk | Karel Šír | 50 / 100 | 09-29-2020 | The Reassemble story campaign shows that Marvel’s Avengers offers a lot of promise, but the Avengers Initiative mode failed to capitalize on it so far. | Read review |
| SpazioGames | Domenico Musicò | 7.4 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers has a shallow and linear campaign, saved only by a brilliant start and the exciting finale. Multiplayer mode offers a good mission variety, but the success of the game con be already compromised by the repetitiveness and the generic combat system. | Read review |
| Stevivor | Steve Wright | 3 / 10 | 09-02-2020 | I’m about done. Avengers would have been a great story-driven title but its Games as a Service elements completely destroy it. Steer well clear, at least until Achievements and progression are fixed. To date, Square and Crystal Dynamics haven’t even bothered to officially acknowledge the issues the game is facing. For shame. | Read review |
| TechRaptor | Unknown | 7 / 10 | 09-06-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers has a great campaign that is held back by a repetitive multiplayer aspect. | Read review |
| Telegraph | Tom Hoggins | 3 / 5 stars | 10-11-2020 | Avengers ‘service’ game is struggling for players, but punchy combat and a strong campaign give it a fighting chance of revival | Read review |
| The Angry Joe Show | Joe Vargas | 5 / 10 | 09-30-2020 | Video Review | Read review |
| The Digital Fix | Andrew Shaw | 4 / 10 | 09-05-2020 | If Thanos snapped Marvel’s Avengers out of existence, no one would travel through time to get it back. | Read review |
| The Escapist | George Yang | 3 / 5 stars | 09-12-2020 | With a substantial amount of new content in the future, as well as some variety in mission objectives, Marvel’s Avengers could be worth a player’s time and effort. At the very least, the roughly 8-10 hour campaign is worth experiencing if only for the amazing portrayal of Kamala Khan. Right now, though, you may want to steer clear until more updates arrive. | Read review |
| The Games Machine | Claudio Magistrelli | 8.3 / 10 | 09-07-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is a strange and somehow unexpected hybrid. Considered on its own, the campaign is an excellent action adventure, able to capture the spirit of Marvel characters both in battle and in everyday demeanor with an enthusiastic cinematic approach. The forced mashup with a Destiny-like multiplayer, however, does not benefit the game as a whole: online features are just weak, to the point they partially water down the singleplayer campaign. | Read review |
| The Outerhaven Productions | Conner B | 3 / 5 stars | 09-14-2020 | Welcome to the Avengers Initiative where you will be tasked to head from one end of a post A day globe to another taking down threats to the peace and to bring AIM to its knees in an effort to bring the Avengers back from the shadows. | Read review |
| TheSixthAxis | Jim Hargreaves | 7 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | Past its flaws and behind the grind, Marvel’s Avengers is still a fun superhero brawler that has plenty of room to grow in the coming months. | Read review |
| Too Much Gaming | Matthew Arcilla | 7 / 10 | 09-14-2020 | With its myriad design issues and lack of content at launch, it’s difficult to recommend Marvel’s Avengers. But this is a game that can only get better, which isn’t publisher apologia, it’s just an undeniable truth for any game that leans so heavily into a future of post-launch updates. | Read review |
| TrustedReviews | Jade King | 3.5 / 5 stars | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers has proven to be a pleasant surprise, even if its live service identity arguably hinders the true potential of its world, story and characters. Engaging combat and rewarding progression have established a solid foundation for Crystal Dynamics to build upon with new heroes and scenarios in the months and years to come. | Read review |
| Twinfinite | Chris Jecks | 3 / 5 stars | 09-09-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is a game of two halves, and neither are anything special available. | Read review |
| Unboxholics | Κυριάκος Στεργιάδης | Recommended | 09-07-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is an adventure with these beloved heroes that we have never witnessed before in a video game of that massive scale. With a grappling story and interesting narrative angles, it gets the job done for about 15 hours, if you decide to go at it without stopping for a side quest. But, borrowing different elements from genre defining games to create a base for your story is not cutting it to the extend the developers intended, because everything looks like a medicore mass up of God of War gameplay with a Destiny-like inventory and loot system, that also ticks the cinematic | Read review |
| Use a Potion | Unknown | 8.4 / 10 | 09-11-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers lets gamers live out their wildest superhero dreams, with its engaging action-fuelled gameplay complimented by a brilliant story and some frantic showdowns with foes. There’s a hell of a lot to dive into here that’ll keep players enjoying themselves for hours on end, with the character development, co-op missions, and sheer array of unlockables to earn offering plenty for players to sink their teeth into. Add to that an entertaining campaign and it’s clear to see that Marvel’s Avengers is something special. | Read review |
| USgamer | Mike Williams | 2.5 / 5 stars | 09-08-2020 | If Marvel’s Avengers was just the single-player story campaign, it would be amazing. There, Crystal Dynamics sells you on its version of the Avengers and introduces the charming and endearing Ms. Marvel to players everywhere. Combat has depth to it, and each hero truly feels distinct. Unfortunately, the endgame is where our heroes falter, with broken matchmaking, rough options in terms of progression, and endlessly reused environments and enemies. Surely, Marvel’s Avengers will see improvements, but here at launch, the endgame needs a good deal of work. | Read review |
| Video Chums | A.J. Maciejewski | 7.8 / 10 | 09-07-2020 | The story campaign in Marvel’s Avengers is a wonderful treat for fans of Marvel as it’s full of superhero fun. Beyond that, the experience unfortunately doesn’t quite maintain its level of excitement in its multiplayer component. | Read review |
| Video Games Chronicle | Jon Bailes | 2 / 5 stars | 09-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers offers a reasonably entertaining campaign, but it’s highly derivative. Everything in it has been done better elsewhere. And the longer it goes on, the more it’s hampered by desperately repetitive missions and a mindless upgrade structure. | Read review |
| VideoGamer | Joshua Wise | 7 / 10 | 09-04-2020 | There may well be the feeling of a missed opportunity here, but no matter. Almost worthy is still pretty good. | Read review |
| WayTooManyGames | Todd Eggleston | 7.5 / 10 | 10-04-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers does so much right when just being a game, but ultimately fails when trying to be the game Crystal Dynamics wants, which is an obvious Destiny clone. | Read review |
| We Got This Covered | Jon Hueber | 4 / 5 stars | 09-07-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is a triumph of a superhero team-up game, with tight gameplay, tons to do and collect and the promise of more to come in the future. | Read review |
| WellPlayed | Adam Ryan | 7.8 / 10 | 09-14-2020 | The technical issues and repitition of Marvel’s Avengers are a drag, but they don’t eclipse the deep combat and exceptional campaign | Read review |
| Worth Playing | Chris “Atom” DeAngelus | 8.5 / 10 | 09-03-2020 | Marvel’s Avengers is an enjoyable Avengers-themed brawler that’s tied to an untested multiplayer mode. If all you want is to play through the video game equivalent of a Marvel movie, then it does an excellent job. If you’re hoping for something you can play for infinite hours with constant updates, the truth is that it’s too early to tell. What we played was fun for a few hours of co-op, but I have my doubts about its long-term viability. It’s by far the best Avengers game ever made, and with the exception of Hulk (whose Hulk: Ultimate Destruction remains the pinnacle of Hulk gameplay), it features the best video game version of the superheroes to date. | Read review |
| Xbox Achievements | Richard Walker | 70 / 100 | 09-04-2020 | At its core, Marvel’s Avengers is so very nearly there, and while there are some glaring similarities to Anthem – BioWare’s maligned attempt at aping Destiny – it’s still an enjoyable and addictive game, for the most part, with a compelling gameplay loop that makes it easy to overlook the lack of multiplayer mission variety. If you were just to play Marvel’s Avengers for its campaign, you wouldn’t feel too hard done by, but clearly this is something that’s built to last, and on that front we’re unsure of where the game’s fortunes will ultimately lie. | Read review |
| ZTGD | Drew Leachman | 7 / 10 | 10-13-2020 | These types of games live and breathe on their player base and so far, it’s been alright. Only time will tell, and we’ll see how long Avengers is supported. While right now, Marvel’s Avengers is a good game that has a few issues here and there, but a fun time nonetheless, in a year’s time, it could very well be a great game with more varied content. There is most certainly the potential for that here. Let’s hope it actually happens. | Read review |
Marvel’s Avengers Credits
CREDITS
DIRECTOR(S):
Shaun Escayg, Morgan W. Gray
PRODUCER(S):
Rose Hunt
DESIGNER(S):
Michael Brinker, Philippe Therien, Patrick Connor
PROGRAMMER(S):
Scott Kortz, James Loe
ARTIST(S):
Brenoch Adams, Josh Bapst
WRITER(S):
Shaun Escayg, John Stafford, Nicole Martinez, Marek Walton, Hannah MacLeod
COMPOSER(S):
Bobby Tahouri
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