Marvel's GOTG isn't afraid of real emotions, mind you. RELATED: We Played Some 'Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy,' and It's Pretty Flarkin' Fun
It's a big hug from the best big brother imaginable. While its gameplay and tone may strike you as ' Unchartedin space,' its overall embrace of wholesomeness, friendship, sappiness, and straight-up love ensure its pleasurable uniqueness. But all of this agony made my experience playing Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxyfeel like such a breath of fresh air. I love many-to-most of these games (well, sorry Cyberpunk), and I love seeing how talented game designers and writers burrow into complicated, agonizing, brutal experiences in the service of pushing the medium as far as it can go. Many of our big, prestigious, AAA video game titles are interested in complex, emotional explorations of the most morally ambiguous experiences of humanity or, to put it into LEGO Batman Movie terms, DARKNESS! Recent titles like Far Cry 6, Cyberpunk 2077, and Doki Doki Literature Club plunge into emotionally gutting experiences as their raison d'être, using the inherent interactivity of gaming to eradicate any feelings of comfort or safety in the service of culpability.
