Marvel's Avengers (video game)

''Marvel's Avengers'' is a 2020 action-adventure brawler game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix. Based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, the game is mainly inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe's iteration of the group. Additionally, it incorporates elements from the team's comic book. The plot follows Inhuman teenager Kamala Khan, who gains superpowers during A-Day, a celebratory day for the Avengers, which ends in tragedy following a terrorist attack. Blamed for the disaster, the Avengers disband and allow science corporation A.I.M. to take their place. Five years later, when A.I.M. threatens to eliminate all Inhuman individuals, Kamala embarks on a quest to reassemble the Avengers to combat this new enemy.

The game is played from a third-person perspective and has both single-player and multiplayer modes; it features an online co-op mode, allowing players to assemble a team of heroes of their own. The initial roster consisted of Tony Stark / Iron Man, Steve Rogers / Captain America, Bruce Banner / Hulk, Thor, Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, and Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel, with more characters being added in free post-launch updates, which also added story expansions and new regions to be explored. Each hero possesses a variety of costume customization features, as well as the capacity to upgrade their powers and abilities using a skill tree.

''Marvel's Avengers'' was released for PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, and Xbox One on 4 September 2020. The game received mixed reviews upon release, with critics praising its combat and story, but criticizing its repetition, lack of substantial content, user interface, and technical issues. It was released on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 18 March 2021, with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players able to upgrade for free.

Gameplay

''Marvel's Avengers'' is a third-person, action-adventure game. It features an original story with single-player and co-operative gameplay. The game features a combat system chaining attacks, dodges, abilities, skills and elements during a combat phase. The game can be played offline through single-player or online with up to four people during certain aspects of the game. The game features customization options including abilities and costumes, which can be upgraded using a skill tree. Costumes have been sourced from "all corners of the Marvel universe" and can be earned in-game or bought separately as downloadable content. Players are able to receive free updates containing new regions and characters.

Synopsis

Characters

''Marvel's Avengers'' features a roster of characters from the Marvel Universe. The initial roster of playable heroes consists of Tony Stark / Iron Man ( Nolan North), Steve Rogers / Captain America ( Jeff Schine), Thor Odinson ( Travis Willingham), Bruce Banner / Hulk (Troy Baker / Darin De Paul), Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow ( Laura Bailey), and Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel ( Sandra Saad). Following the game's initial release, more superheroes were made available via free downloadable content, including Kate Bishop / Hawkeye II ( Ashly Burch), added in December 2020; Clint Barton / Hawkeye ( Giacomo Gianniotti), added in March 2021; T'Challa / Black Panther (Christopher Judge), added in August 2021; Peter Parker / Spider-Man (Sean Chiplock), added in November 2021;, Jane Foster / The Mighty Thor (Zehra Fazal), added in June 2022; and Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier (Scott Porter), added in November 2022.

Opposing the Avengers is the corporation Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.). Within the game's narrative, superheroes have been outlawed while A.I.M. takes the Avengers' place in society as a peacekeeping force, promising to find a cure for what is dubbed the "Inhuman Disease". A.I.M. is headed by Monica Rappaccini (Jolene Anderson) and George Tarleton / MODOK ( Usman Ally), who is severely mutated as a result of the events of A-Day. Other villains include Emil Blonsky / Abomination ( Jamieson Price), Tony Masters / Taskmaster ( Walter Gray IV), and Loki ( Travis Willingham). The game's DLC missions introduce more villains, namely the Super-Adaptoid, Lyle Getz (Darin De Paul), Maestro (Darin De Paul), Ulysses Klaue / Klaw ( Steve Blum), and Brock Rumlow / Crossbones (Fred Tatasciore).

Non-playable supporting characters in the game include Tony Stark's proprietary A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S. (Harry Hadden-Paton), Hank Pym ( Danny Jacobs), Phil Sheldon (Walter Gray IV), Nick Fury ( Charles Parnell), Maria Hill ( Jennifer Hale), Dum Dum Dugan ( Greg Baldwin), Jimmy Woo (Aleks Le), Dante Pertuz ( Michael Johnston), Cerise (Cherry Thompson), Yusuf Khan ( Brian George), Justin Hammer ( Nicolas Roye), Lucky the Pizza Dog, Shuri ( Erica Luttrell), Okoye ( Debra Wilson), Zawavari (Dave Fennoy), Liz Allan (Elizabeth Grullon), and Mark Raxton ( James Arnold Taylor).

Plot

Main Story: Reassembled

Kamala attends a celebration event called "Avengers Day" which unveils the Avengers' second headquarters in San Francisco and their own Helicarrier called the ''Chimera''. The ceremony is interrupted by a terrorist attack led by Taskmaster, which leads to the ''Chimera'' Terrigen Crystal-powered core exploding and Captain America's apparent death. San Francisco is destroyed and blanketed by Terrigen Mist in the aftermath, which causes numerous individuals to involuntarily manifest superhuman powers as Inhumans, including Kamala. Blamed for the tragedy known as "A-Day", the Avengers disband and a company named A.I.M. rises to power.

Five years later at her home in Jersey City

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