Avengers washington post review

There are still plenty of choice bits, but the presentation leaves something to be desired. Manage Newsletters. Click here for reprint permission. Click to Read More and View Comments. Click to Hide. Joe Biden. Alec Baldwin. Donald Trump. Green Bay Packers. She is a major focus of the story. You can check below for more of Hornshaw's thoughts, as well as what other critics think of Marvel's Avengers. I'm sitting on several character-specific questlines to complete, plus a bunch of missions that can be played in multiplayer something I haven't touched yet , and I haven't put in the time just yet to really dive deep into the gear system.

I'm especially interested to see how Marvel's Avengers focuses on those aspects after the story content is exhausted and it starts to roll out its biggest challenges, like its raid encounter. Get the latest gaming news, reviews, and deals sent to your inbox, FREE! So far, though, I'm really enjoying what Crystal Dynamics is doing with these characters and with the Avengers story the developer is able to tell.

It's the heavily video-gamey portions that are dragging me down, and I'm hoping Marvel's Avengers will grow into them as I continue my adventures. It's a relief that outside of the tutorial, it never dips into actual bad territory, but the mundaneness of the game doesn't feel appropriate for the Earth's mightiest heroes, especially from a studio with such a pedigree for top-tier titles like the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy. The single-player story is enjoyable enough that I can at least recommend it on its own merits, but every time I jump into a cookie-cutter multiplayer mission it feels like a pointless grind that I'm not convinced will keep me enthusiastically playing far past the credits.

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 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.

Get the latest gaming news, reviews, and deals sent to your inbox, FREE! So far, though, I'm really enjoying what Crystal Dynamics is doing with these characters and with the Avengers story the developer is able to tell. It's the heavily video-gamey portions that are dragging me down, and I'm hoping Marvel's Avengers will grow into them as I continue my adventures.

It's a relief that outside of the tutorial, it never dips into actual bad territory, but the mundaneness of the game doesn't feel appropriate for the Earth's mightiest heroes, especially from a studio with such a pedigree for top-tier titles like the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy. The single-player story is enjoyable enough that I can at least recommend it on its own merits, but every time I jump into a cookie-cutter multiplayer mission it feels like a pointless grind that I'm not convinced will keep me enthusiastically playing far past the credits.

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 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.

A simple restart made the proper story mission pop up. And the game runs well on the PlayStation 4, with little slowdown and no crashes. So far, Marvel's Avengers is shaping up to be well worth the cover charge. That's a redemption arc I didn't see coming.