Twelve years after a Galactic Civil War in Andromeda, Peter Quill assembles a crack team of ex-cons to become heroes for hire. A big part of that is John McLaren’s Star-Lord, an earnest dork with a heart of gold who tries very hard to be cool and succeeds at it far better than Chris Pratt’s version. I like it more than the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies directed by James Gunn. I cannot express this enough: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is a truly stunning, hilarious, and fun experience. Will everyone else love Guardians of the Galaxy as much as I do? Or will they hate it as much as Rocket hates getting thrown across chasms by Drax? Better than the MCU To me, these shortcomings are totally forgivable when everything else is so much fun. Yet several of the most important mechanics - like combat and traversal - miss the mark. So much of the game is amazing - graphics, environmental design, art direction, motion capture, voice acting, writing, the totally rad licensed ‘80s tunes.
