The day is finally upon us: the Avengers have been let loose. It took months of internet uproar to get here. Like all things Marvel and Avengers—and really, all things video games—the arguing was relentless over everything having to do with this video game. There were complaints about the artistic direction, exhausting anger directed at the microtransactions, and most disappointingly, nerd rage over Kamala Khan's lead role, which is the kind of sexist, racist bullshit we've seen take a disgusting hold on gaming. No one was happy, especially after the lackluster headlines about the beta. "We don't like the art style!" "The art style is fine, but the combat sucks!" "The combat is fine, but why's the matchmaking slow?!"
Shut up, all of you.
I played
Marvel's Avengers, a lot, and I'm here to say it's a flashy, heroic blast that brings the Avengers universe into the gaming realm seamlessly and faithfully. (I'm sure that I'll get hate mail for being positive about the game, and that I'll be deemed "idiotic" for failing to see its flaws, but listen, I'm just trying to have a nice time.) Marvel's Avengers is a good thing for 2020, one of the only good things. It is a perfectly fun game. Just accept it. Go get upset about politics or our crumbling society instead. So while it may pain you, here's a warm and fuzzy review of a game I happen to love.
