This one feels like a tough game to rate. The voice cast and dialogue are amazing, the music is excellent, and the story is pretty fun.
However, the gameplay is just plain mediocre, and I encountered a lot of really annoying bugs that required me to restart quite a bit, such as battles hanging where I couldn't do anything, characters deciding to stop talking (but other ones would keep talking to them like they were), and characters spawning where they shouldn't and ruining scenes.
If I were rating this just on gameplay, it would probably be one star. It's one of those games where you try it on normal difficulty, realize it's just not fun, and then crank it down to the easiest you can make it just to get through the unfun battles and back to bonding with your teammates.
The game also ends really strongly, and I flew through the last few chapters, while it took me a long time to get through the ones before that since I'd just lose interest in playing. I'm glad I kept going, though, because the end of the game is worth it and is really well done.
Overall, I'd say definitely play it if you're a fan of the source material. The writing is top-notch, and there's obviously a lot of care and love that went into the script. I just wish the gameplay were better and that more of the bugs had been ironed out by the time I played. And I wish I could have played as anyone other than Starlord!
However, the gameplay is just plain mediocre, and I encountered a lot of really annoying bugs that required me to restart quite a bit, such as battles hanging where I couldn't do anything, characters deciding to stop talking (but other ones would keep talking to them like they were), and characters spawning where they shouldn't and ruining scenes.
If I were rating this just on gameplay, it would probably be one star. It's one of those games where you try it on normal difficulty, realize it's just not fun, and then crank it down to the easiest you can make it just to get through the unfun battles and back to bonding with your teammates.
The game also ends really strongly, and I flew through the last few chapters, while it took me a long time to get through the ones before that since I'd just lose interest in playing. I'm glad I kept going, though, because the end of the game is worth it and is really well done.
Overall, I'd say definitely play it if you're a fan of the source material. The writing is top-notch, and there's obviously a lot of care and love that went into the script. I just wish the gameplay were better and that more of the bugs had been ironed out by the time I played. And I wish I could have played as anyone other than Starlord!