I actually really like the non-combat parts the most, I just really enjoy hearing these characters talk. I often stand there and let the characters finish talking so I don't miss dialogue.

This might be the first game in years that people actually have NOT bought the game before the BYB-video lol.

Got the game bc I was frustrated with streamer mode and literally all streamers not bothering to talk to the guardians. When I played and TOOK MY TIME I found so many small interactions and extra conversations they didnt have to add. This game has a LOT of heart, and you could feel the love. Biggest critique is honestly the combat and some voice acting lines, but really the main draw is the dialogue, banter, and story. Solid 8.5/10.

Bought the game because of this review and I'm not disappointed, honestly the most fun I've had on a game in awhile

man it’s so refreshing for a game to not build up lots of hype, but the turn out stellar. i feel like the last time we had this was Horizon

Falcon sounds like the drunkest most sober person I’ve ever heard in my life

Just got it through GamePass. I wasn't sure what to expect. In a world of broken games and live services, this blew me away. It's just so damn fun and all the comic lore going on 👍. Everything feels very well thought out. Even has NewGame+.

In an era of microtransactions and broken releases, this game is great! I enjoyed every second of it! These kinds of fun, simple games are what we're missing in this current boring generation.

“Keep your expectations low and you’ll never be disappointed.”- Kratos

Seems like we finally get a game that's above our expectations.

Finally played it. It's one of the most enjoyable experiences i've had in the last years. Combat is meh, but it lets you vibe and it's somewhat fun, although not really challenging. However, the story is amazing, you never really know where it will go next and it connects the dots pretty nicely. A lot of hall walking with basic puzzles, etc., but they're just an excuse for the character interactions. There's so much *GREAT* dialogues to accompany you every second,, and the decisions you make come around later with great payoffs. Characters are really compelling, imho much better than the movies at least. Feels like characters like Mantis or Drax are more than just a dumb walking joke and the personal stories and arcs of each one are really emotional. Basically, the whole game is a great vibe. And Cosmo is the bestest boy.

The trailers for this game made it seem very underwhelming, but I just got it on sale and it blew my expectations. I hope it doesn't go under the radar for too long and receives some DLC at some point. It was an amazing game. I played on a high end pc and had excellent fps and it looked beautiful, however I did get some Bethesda-ish bugs here and there, but nothing ever gamebreaking, just a lil goofy for a second. Overall I honestly would give this game a 9/10!

The gameplay really reminds me of Jedi Fallen Order, but with more linear/straightforward exploration. The story has been fantastic so far, and it very much feels like a more fleshed out GoTG(2014). They give the characters fantastic personality’s that are constantly changing depending on your decisions. Overall I’m really pleased with this game, I would give it a 9/10.

You can fight monsters while listening to Rick Astley. Instant game of the year.

It does start out pretty slow, but it comes together so well in almost every single way by the end and it's such a satisfying experience. One of the best I've played in a minute, easily. Can't wait for the sequel!

Holy this game is surprisingly great. There are a few bugs in this game, slightly game-breaking (Teammates falling through elevators, Star-Lord gets stuck in animations, scanning the boss during a specific boss fight causes the game to break). All of these bugs can be fixed after reloading the last checkpoint, and you’d lose a few seconds of time since the game saves often. The story, combat, and dialogue are greatttttt.

I'm loving the game so far, I hope people buy it so these big companies can see how much people still love story games

This is exactly the type of game BYB is invented for, a linear, single-player, AI-co-op, unique action game above expectations in 2021?? Are we back in the golden era of gaming? Probably NOT but I will take it... Thanks for this BYB Falcon!!

Wow…when I bought this game I had such low expectations but oh my gosh this game had be laughing and thrilled the whole way through!with amazing story writing and amazing characters I seriously love this game 10/10!

I am absolutely loving it. They nailed it with this one! The choices you choose makes some what of a different story! Definitely worthy of multiple playthroughs!

It actually makes sense for them to only allow you to use Star-Lord. They want you to play as Guardians of the Galaxy as a whole and if that means you only get to use one member that leads them, Star-Lord is right for that role. I also think the gameplay promotes strategic combos instead of choosing one character and button-smash for the rest of the game.

We need more single player games like this and *Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order™️*

*Before you get it for free from Epic Games

I am a huge marvel fan and I LOVE this game! I was not kind to the Marvel Avengers game once I finished War for Wakanda and I just had online endgame content. But this game is so fun, endearing, and heartfelt. The visuals are amazing and the dialogue is consistently good. Quite a challenge so I had to turn down the difficulty but a very well done and enjoyable game. Thanks Square Enix for doing a Marvel game right this time!

Sounds like a unique yet somewhat overwhelming (being team leader) kinda game. The visuals look quite impressive though. I'll give it a try. Thanks guys.

This is the surpise hit of the year. Absolutely love the character chemistry and the unique mix of gameplay.

I would love to have more games with characters talking to each other as this game...it was the best of this game ...

I am so glad this game is good and as a lover of good ol single player games (which are so scarce now a days, especially AAA ones) I am buying this at full price. Also a game slowly building its story at the start(eg. RDR2) and with a lot of dialogues is exactly what I want from my story campaigns

Really getting heavy “Fallen Order” vibes the more I see this game. Glad to see it’s getting generally good feedback too. Definitely picking this one up.

The boss fights tend to go on a little longer than I expected, and I wish you could deactivate photo mode because its too easy to accidentally activate it during a busy fight. But other than that, the game is a knock-out-of-the-park win. The characters are hilarious, especially Drax, and their designs are really on point. I'm about half way through the game, but already I think Square Enix have redeemed themselves.

I got it 2 years later for free

This game is amazing so far. The writing is so brilliant. Whoever is in charge of the writing needs a raise.

This game looks fun enough. Wow, Falcon doing a BYB!! It's a milestone day!

The character models are NOT based on any of the films. They’re almost torn right from the more modern iterations of the comic series.

I'd love a sequel to this game and would love for this team to tackle X-Men. With customizable teams.

This was a game where everyone checked their own expectations, to be pleasantly surprised and rewarded with a great game.

Marvel's Avengers to me is more of an Beat'n up game. GOTG is different, run and shoot, more strategy, rpg elements and with a whole bunch of cutscenes.

So happy that this game is actually good. Square did right by not turning this into yet another "games as service" trash.

The game shines the brightest in its story, the story was great and the chemistry between the characters is so good, and makes u actually care for the guardians. At first I thought the game play was a bit lackluster, because I expected to be able to play ad every guardian, but when u start matching combos with all the guardians jt really feels like team work and it's super rewarding( tip for everyone, for crowd control, use rockets gravity grenade and starlords hurricane grenade thing, followed by drax running attack, and you'll get rid of most enemies in 3 seconds)

My favorite part of the game are the team huddles, I mostly choose the wrong dialogue options on accident, but it gives me a huge smile when I hear the music

Classic Falcon with his custom pronunciations: "eee eye dose"

This game looks perfect to me tbh. Excited to pick it up next paycheck. Love the team mechanics. Looks genuinely unique for a third person action game. Glad it doesn’t have loot mechanics like every other game seemingly does right now.

I have to work in the morning, but I just played this game for 3 hours and I cannot recommend it enough. Worth the tiredness tomorrow, will probably play again at lunch and after I clock out.

Just finished the game, and the ending had me smiling and laughing like a kid! I love this game so much!

Thank you. Was on the fence but will be giving this game a shot (love that single player winning out vs games as service especially).

Been playing ever since 9 this morning. Guardians of the Galaxy is 🔥🔥🔥 can definitely tell Eidos Montreal put alot of work into it. Although I do think they missed a big opportunity of limiting the players to only being able to play as Star Lord. It would so much better as a co-op game but still really enjoying it so far. The voice acting and dialogue is so on point. Love it. Gives me alot of Mass Effect vibes.

Who's here because of this game being free in Epic games

To be honest I was never interested in playing this, it looked stiff and not fun.. But with ps plus premium I started it today and I'm really enjoying it so far

I'm excited to see all the storylines they will use for this game

The game is awesome, I’ve been having a really fun time with it. I’d liken it to Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order where people weren’t expecting much at all and it just completely exceeded expectations.

Man, I cannot say anymore how absolutely thrilled I was playing this game, upon finishing I was so overjoyed I went to go restart the game to do it differently, this game jumpstarts my heart in all the right ways. 10/10 and would love to play more from the developers!

Cosmo is in fact motion captured with the suit and and all from a real Golden retriever 'actor'... the making of-docu is interesting.

I’ve watched live stream of this game on Twitch and honestly I was pleasantly surprised. The story and the characters seem really well done! And the sense of humour is there! The voice acting is acceptable, even good at times. Everything else, fighting, mechanics, music is ok. Of course this is just my opinion. For myself I will play it once it’s on sale lol. Thank you for this video. Stay safe. ❤️

If me and falcon were friends. I’d be the worst friend. I’d just sit there and listen to him talk all day and never say a word. His voice is the best!

I'm 14 hours into the game and loving it! I get lots of star wars: fallen order vibes with this one. Exploration and the cosmetic stuff, and upgrade components. Beautiful graphics and all of the areas look amazing in it's own ways. I had no expectations going in to this game cuz actually i didn't know it existed until an hour before release. Super glad i got the game though. 9.5/10 from me.

Buy? Who said I was gonna buy it, I can get it for free

Yes!! A linear cinematic action game and it's Marvel game, with puzzles as well. Now this is a marvelous game. Especially for adults, that do not have that much time to grind on rpg games. Gameplay combat mechanic seems great and unique as well, can tell that just from watching it.

You know something Gameranx? And i never thought I’d say this after the disaster Avengers was, I’m actually excited for Guardians of the Galaxy 😊

My favorite part of the game is the music playing in combat, it’s just the biggest thrill there is. Just fun and amazing overall.

this is a rocking game, in fun and music and it makes me wonder how an X-Men game from Eidos Montreal would be

Hell yes was definitely looking forward to seeing this I'm excited to play this love hearing Falcon doing these always watch the Before You Buys 👍😃

2:20 incorrect. They are based off the comics.

Developers kinda took Kratos’ advice seriously: “keep your expectations low and you’ll never be disappointed”.

I know I’m late but, I like to finish games before I even comment. Unbelievably fun game. I had no clue it would be this cool. Best game I’ve played in awhile

I’m actually totally in love with this game I also wasn’t excited for it but I’m sooo happy I bought it

Just what I wanted to see before I buy. Make sure it was the game I was thinking while I was watching game play videos. I have a $20 reward on my Target already so I could get it for just $39.99 before Sales Tax.

Just jettisoned Jedi Survivor so I could load this game. Best decision I have made in years, honestly. Substituting hype and crashes for pure fun. Shocking hidden gem of a game!

Want to give you some praise, I watched 2 other “before you buy” videos that didn’t change my mind but after your video I have decided to wait until it goes on sale then purchase. You helped change my mind, bravo sir. 👏🏻

if you're a marvel fan, this is a must buy. the combat isnt that good, but the story, reference and the way crew interact with each other are what makes it so good

It's also a completely original story from what I've read. Definitely helps. Just beat the game and if they make a sequel its an instant pre order for me

Honestly i think the only improvements that i'd want from this game would be a collection of post game missions where you and the guardians just casually do missions or try and find a rare object to sell, the classic "heroes/scavengers for hire" game

To make it short. Just loved this game, play it and its fun. Slow from the start but then i played 13 hours straight to finish this game. Kind of feeling like im a kid again, like getting games to play on vacation and friends watching us play. No multiplayer, only good old single player third person view vibes.

When I heard they were making a guardians game the first thing I said was “I want to see what playing as Groot is like.” I don’t get why you couldn’t play as any character and command the rest of them.

Ive played for 4 hours straight yesterday, the game is great, I hope they add DLCs. I didnt mind that we only control one character.

pre-ordered this and absolutely love it so far... chapter6 and I can't wait to get back to it after work! Definitely recommend this one... o and the music is right up my alley so that's a bonus :)

This is the first game in a while that was able to keep my interest for more than 2 hours, and my first run I’ve played 8 hours straight so far.

Surprise hit of 2021

Just finished this game and it was well worth it. Great story, music, and characters, I honestly prefer several of them over their movie counter parts, I'm looking at you Mantis! That said it is a very easy game, even just cranking the difficulty to max never really provided a challenge. But that's fine, the rest is top tier, including the humor. There is 1 scene that reminded me of FFX, but I think it served the same purpose of forced laughing while facing impending doom. So that works in my book too.

I love how mantis actually has a bigger part in the story than she ever did in the movies,and even though she looks different and has a different voice she still has that mantis is adorable crap going on

One of the few games I bought for full price and didn’t regret it

A nice surprise that the game is actually good. I'll pick it up as soon as it's on a bit of a sale.

So can we say, the most contributing factor to a player's experience playing a game is their own expectations? Btw: "E. I. Dos." It's in the game 😁

Honestly this sounds like a really solid tonal adaptation of a comic book world to a game. Marvel has some of its best moments as character beats and banter rather than just relying on spectacle and heroic feats. Plus I am always down for more single player action focused games. It kinda gives me the vibe of what XCOM Declassified wanted to be.

After RDR2 , GOTG is the game I actually felt sad when it ended

I thought the opening chapter was magnificent, so I'm looking forward to the rest of the game. :) EDIT: I don't want to cry, but I know its coming later on.

This game came with my wife’s new laptop, so I’ll probably try it this week. Want to go in blind though, so I’ll come back to this video after I get a little way into it!

I never thought i needed drax in a tuxedo from the thumbnail until now

and the fact i got that game free from Epic game this week😂

Imagine if insomniac did the Avengers, it would've been the game of the year

This is seriously one of my favorite games in a long time. It’s so fun and the guardians really do feel like living a breathing characters. Plus the fact that it’s in the marvel universe makes it all the merrier

Ye came here after seeing the epic games leak lmao

Before You Download from Gamepass

Am I the only person who had literally NO IDEA that this game was coming? Like not a clue that it was even in development until I saw people playing it on YT and talking about it on socials?

I just logged 25 hours in one playthrough this last weekend. Picked it up last week from game pass and omg. I can't get over how much fun this game is. Everything is just on point. This is what single player games should be. The comedy, lore, combat, storyline, is just out of this galaxy. Highly recommend this game to anyone on the fence.

I feel like this is what they should’ve strived for in the movies. More action, everyone’s not a clown.

This game was so surprisingly great. Several times throughout I just said to myself, this is so flarking cool.

it feels like Fallen Order with a mix of Mass Effect. I love this game! Nuff said!

Will be free on epic from jan 4. Happy new year 2024 to you all ..

NO WAY WE GOT THIS FOR FREE

SPOILER The seen where you shoot quills mum is one of the best scenes in gaming history IMO, it’s rare I feel emotional in video games but this scene had the rivers flowing