My final review for Avengers reads more negative than how I feel about the game, but it's important to take the game to task for what it gets wrong in the final analysis.

I'm still playing it nonstop and want to because there's a lot to enjoy and praise.https://t.co/IZFo2GlJEP

— Gene Park (@GenePark) September 8, 2020

There's a lot to like about "Marvel's Avengers." It's just too bad there's also so much that's half-baked.https://t.co/fwqHycQOG1

— Launcher (@LauncherWP) September 8, 2020

i'll end my final #AvengersGame thread on a positive note: They did do one live service thing right. I'm actually looking forward to future heroes like Kate Bishop, Spider-Man, etc. The final game leaves me wanting more. I just wish it had more.https://t.co/IZFo2GlJEP

— Gene Park (@GenePark) September 8, 2020

Another thing I hate: I get that they're trying to sell me on the "experiential" factor of playing a Marvel game. But ffs just call health "health." they gave all these fancy names to basic things like "ability meter" and "health meter" and it's maddening https://t.co/IZFo2GlJEP

— Gene Park (@GenePark) September 8, 2020

so despite all the marketing, i am enjoying the Avengers immensely for the game i see it as: high-budget scions of Double Dragon brothers Bimmy and Jimmy.

The Avengers is the most expensive brawler I've ever playedhttps://t.co/IZFo2GlJEP

— Gene Park (@GenePark) September 8, 2020

The single-player campaign showcases Crystal Dynamics strengths in telling thrilling setpiece stories. The multiplayer has none of that flair, and could've used maybe even just a little bit of it. As such, the game's strengths only underscore its faults.https://t.co/IZFo2GlJEP

— Gene Park (@GenePark) September 8, 2020

There are superhero games that offer superhero costumes for free, as opposed to this one. That's not a great way to move superhero games forward.

Games full price need to offer out-the-box quality, not a carnival where the rides on offer vary in qualityhttps://t.co/IZFo2GlJEP

— Gene Park (@GenePark) September 8, 2020

And it's too bad, because what "Avengers" is ... is quite good.

I like to review games on what they are, not what they could be. But it's also impossible not to think of what it could've been instead, because the foundations are solid. https://t.co/IZFo2GlJEP

— Gene Park (@GenePark) September 8, 2020

The game's marketing felt off because the "Avengers" video game, like Barack Obama in 2008, was marketed for a broad, general audience on vague promises that sound familiar, with an uncertain future.

Live service games sell us on promise, not what is.https://t.co/IZFo2GlJEP

— Gene Park (@GenePark) September 8, 2020