Guardians of the Galaxy Reviews

Guardians of the Galaxy is ranked in the 86th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
No Recommendation / Blank
Oct 25, 2021

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is enjoyable enough at times, but weighed down by a deluge of unnecessary systems and bullet-sponge combat.

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Oct 25, 2021

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy features an emotional yet hilarious story, immersive if insane decisions, and exciting if bloated combat.

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PC Gamer
Top Critic
70 / 100
Oct 25, 2021

A surprisingly good time when you're not forced to reload your checkpoint after a game-breaking bug.

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Tom Marks
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2021

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is yet another convincing example of how much fun a linear, no-frills, single-player campaign can be.

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Oct 25, 2021

Eidos-Montreal’s Guardians of the Galaxy is brilliant, but the one thing holding me back from giving it a higher score is how dated many of its conventions seem. The power cooldown has no plan B, QTEs are everywhere, and again… Eagle Vision. It’s a few years behind the times, even without George Michael's dulcet tones. It’s fun, but it certainly isn’t fresh, and for a lot of people, that will be enough. In some ways, it's an experience not to be missed. In others, it's an experience you've had before.

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Oct 25, 2021

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy tells an utterly memorable story, with brilliant takes on the Guardians themselves, even if the gameplay could be more adventurous at times.

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2021

A rarity in gaming that is at its best when the characters are rambling on

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Polygon
Top Critic
Unscored
Oct 25, 2021

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is the biggest surprise of the year

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7 / 10
Oct 25, 2021

Eidos-Montréal's Guardians of the Galaxy digs into the weird side of Marvel comics to deliver a fulfilling story about the titular heroes.

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Kotaku
Top Critic
Unscored
Oct 25, 2021

I enjoyed nearly every moment of the 15 or so hours I spent playing Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.

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Alex Donaldson
Top Critic
Oct 25, 2021

You'll enjoy Guardians of the Galaxy if you go into it with the right expectations.

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4.5 / 5.0
Oct 25, 2021

Looking back at E3 2021, many wrote off Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. What Eidos Montreal and Square Enix showed seemed to miss the mark at every level.

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Unscored
Oct 25, 2021

A heroic action adventure that's simple, but full of surprises and little details. Unmissable for Marvel fans, but also a solid buy if you're just after a good time.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2021
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8 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2021

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is a bit rough around the edges, but it's so fun to play, with a well-written and exciting story.

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VideoGamer
Top Critic
7 / 10
Oct 30, 2021

Where Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy proves most winsome, however, is in its twining of the intergalactic and the terrestrial.

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 31, 2021

Guardians of the Galaxy can be considered Marvel's true start in the gaming industry, paving the way for more superhero games with high expectations.

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2021

Guardians of the Galaxy is everything that Marvel’s Avengers should have been, offering players a single-player focused adventure with some of your favorite comic book characters. Mixed in with solid gameplay and continuous witty banter between your teammates, Guardians of the Galaxy will leave you already excited for what you would expect to be the inevitable sequel.

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Paul Tassi
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2021

I suppose we can now venture into the old “is Guardians worth $60?” debate. If you miss hyper linear story games with no live service BS, and are a big Marvel fan, then this might be the game for you. If you are hoping for Devil May Cry level combat and God of War type puzzles and exploration within a linear story, you will be disappointed. But I can safely say this is probably a better end product than most people were expecting, and that alone is a pretty big win for a game that felt like a bit of a risk and like it’s been lacking in buzz leading up to launch here. It has issues, but it gets a lot right, and pushes storytelling in ways I haven’t seen in this genre before.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2021

Eidos Montréal gives us one of the most interesting narrative games of recent times, always taking advantage of the medium's own tools to narrate. Knowledge and affection for the characters, entertaining combat, incessant surprises... one of the best of the year.

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