Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Episode 4: Who Needs You Reviews

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Episode 4: Who Needs You is ranked in the 34th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
T.J. Hafer
Top Critic
8.6 / 10.0
Oct 10, 2017

The fact that it pulls very few emotional punches left me feeling a bit worn out, but also with a glowing sense of anticipation for the sprint to the finish and tying it all together.

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8.3 / 10.0
Oct 24, 2017

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8.2 / 10.0
Oct 12, 2017

Who Needs You was a solid penultimate episode for the series and I'm curious how the Guardians will work on solving their issues in the finale.

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Oct 12, 2017

Episode 4 is much more fulfilling than its prior episode in both length and content, with weighty decisions to be made and lives to possibly be changed forever.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 11, 2017

It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the season plays out, as I'm left hoping to mend many fences. I haven't been able to predict the many twists and turns of Telltale Games' Guardians of the Galaxy so far, but I've been thoroughly enjoying it so far.

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Oct 13, 2017

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Episode Four: Who Needs You gets Telltale's episodic series back on track thanks to humorous dialogue, excellent characterization and a conclusion that will leave fans itching for the next episode.

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RPG Fan
Top Critic
80%
Oct 29, 2017

Episode Four improves on its predecessor in most ways and sets the stage for an explosive finale.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 15, 2017

"Who needs you?" is a very well-written episode, and it is intriguing to notice that it just doesn't care about the not-so-interesting villain anymore. Player's choices now have an actual weight and we are curious to learn how the final episode will deal with it.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 13, 2017

Overall, this episode happens to be one of the best and it's definitely going to get those who are playing excitedly to see what's going to happen in the fifth and final entry of the Marvel-Telltale game.

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4 / 5.0
Oct 25, 2017

Who Needs You has some strong emotional moments, followed by frustratingly unearned tension in the group.

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8 / 10
Oct 31, 2017

As a whole I will give episode 4 in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy an 8/10. While there are oh so many things I adored, the stuff that’re keeping it from scoring higher are the fact that the major choices didn’t turn out to be as consequential as I’d wanted them to, I would have also liked more engaging pick of stuff to throw out or keep and the entire episode feeling a bit like a filler to the main plot.

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80 / 100
Oct 12, 2017

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, Episode 4: Who Needs You doesn't focus on the current apocalyptic situation that the Guardians are in, instead, it's all about how the Guardians deal with hitting rock bottom. Broken, tired, and overwhelm Peter attempts to keep the group together as space worms try to make them into lunch.

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7.8 / 10.0
Nov 11, 2017

With the season ramping up in tempo and the story really tethering off towards a conclusion, Guardians of the Galaxy is really turning into one of Telltale’s best series’ to date.

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7.5 / 10.0
Oct 12, 2017

Higher emotional stakes lend weight that pulls back from the levity these characters are known for

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73 / 100
Oct 19, 2017

The fourth episode is the lowest moment of Peter Quill's group. Slightly slow in the beginning, the chapter has some important consequences for the pack, in addition to extremely relevant sacrifices, with a rise on the action at the end.

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7 / 10.0
Oct 9, 2017

Unfortunately, though, despite the quality of the episode, one complaint does remain, and it's one that Guardians hasn't shaken the whole season so far. Mainly it comes down to tone, in which, unlike other Telltale games, there really does feel like a "right" way for things to end up at the end of Who Needs You.

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70 / 100
Oct 18, 2017

As a whole, Guardians of the Galaxy: A Telltale Series features solid audio from the soundtrack to the voice acting.

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3.5 / 5.0
Oct 11, 2017

Although Who Needs You provides some of the season's most emotionally charged scenes, the episode's inconsistency with its tone and story progression, and all-too-familiar gameplay and technical issues make for a lackluster penultimate chapter that only looks to harm the upcoming season finale. Telltale may need to find its own Eternity Forge to revive the series' attempt at wrapping up this dysfunctional space family's premiere story.

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7 / 10.0
Oct 11, 2017

Telltale's Guardians Of The Galaxy sees some improvement in the fourth episode, but how will the story wrap up?

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Olivia Falk
Top Critic
7 / 10
Oct 17, 2017

Frustrating gameplay aside, Telltale games are still primarily about the story, and episode four shows that it is possible to throw some interesting twists and turns into a narrative that seemed dead in the water. Getting to those points can feel a bit tiresome, and many of the connecting elements feel completely superfluous, but at least there's a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully that light grows even brighter as the series comes to its conclusion.

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