Eidos's Guardians of the Galaxy are my favourite guardians. The galaxy they con their way through is packed with heart and earnestness that makes something as simple as eavesdropping on a conversation between Rocket and Drax the highlight of a play session. The world-building, the aesthetic, the tone, couldn’t be more in-keeping with the vibe of this ramshackle group of lovable criminals.

But it’s far from perfect.

In fact I’d argue that Guardians of the Galaxy is a good game with great writing.

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TIME STAMPS
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:07:00 - Starman: Setting the Tone
0:23:21 - Land Down Under: Exploration & Level Design
0:36:09 - We Built This City: Worldbuilding
0:50:00 - We're Not Gonna Take It: The Avengers Dilemma
1:05:22 - Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Combat
1:23:48 - Don't Fear The Reaper: Structure & Choices
1:37:00 - Holding Out For a Hero: Upgrades & Collectables
1:47:29 - The Final Countdown: The Ending

MUSIC (in order of appearance)

1 - We Built This City (A Capella Cover) - Volacity
   • Starship - We Built This City (A capp...  
2 - Gimme Your Best Shot - provided by Motion Array
3 - 52Hz - R.A.Y Project - provided by Artlist
4 - Safe - Russo Weinberg - provided by Artlist
5 - Your Quiet Breath, Paper Thin - Roseblue - provided by Artlist
6 - Scapes - Gray North - provided by Artlist
7 - More Than We Can Imagine - Some Were At Sea - provided by Artlist
8 - A Song for the Morning - Tony Peterson - provided by Artlist
9 - Ain't Looking Back - Richard Farrell - provided by Artlist
10 - Blessed Midwest - Ben Wagner - provided by Artlist
11 - A Whole and Humble Heart - Campagna - provided by Artlist

FOOTAGE/REFERENCES USED

1 - Drax Takes a Vow of Pacifism: https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-New-Guar...

2 - SkillUp: I strongly recommend Guardians of the Galaxy -    • I strongly recommend: Marvel's Guardi...  

3 - Marvel's Avengers Critique -
   • Marvel's Avengers Game Critique | An ...  

4 - Cyael: Marvel's Avengers Bug Compliation -    • Marvel Avengers Game Glitch & Bug Com...  

5 - GDC: Programming Context-Aware Dialogue in The Last of Us    • Programming Context-Aware Dialogue in...  

6 - Kena: Bridge of Spiritis Critique -    • Kena: Bridge of Spirits - In-Depth Cr...  

7 - GamesRadar: Interview with Mary DeMarle -    • Interview with Deus Ex: Mankind Divid...  

8 - Alannah Pearce: Guardians of the Galaxy, First Hour of Gameplay!
   • Video  

9 - Writing on Games: Why Guardians of the Galaxy Disappointed Me (And Why That's Fine):    • Guardians of the Galaxy Disappointed ...  

10 - I lost some of my recording footage - so big thanks to RadBrad for letting me steal some of his playthrough when that happened!
   • GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY PS5 Walkthrou...