![]() ![]() What’s more, given its live-service posturing and particularly heavy microtransaction footprint, it probably should have been free-to-play in the first place…īut I digress, lest I go on yet another tangent that has little to nothing to do with my core argument here. I’m saying I already bought it once and want to play again without having to pay again. When I say I’m excited about Marvel’s Avengers being added to the service, I’m not saying it’s unworthy of being sold at retail price - although, to be fair, the original retail price was asking a bit much. Game Pass is phenomenal, but, to me, it doesn’t justify the “good for a free game” argument, which is both entitled and thoroughly unexamined. Game Pass is an incredible resource for experimenting with new games and genres - I would have never gotten into Yakuza without it, and now, after a year of religiously battering my way through all 500 million Yakuza games, it has become arguably my favourite series of all time. Bliss.įor what it’s worth, I detest the “It’s a Game Pass game” argument, which somehow suggests a game is only valid because it is available for free thanks to a preexisting agreement between the developer and Microsoft. ![]() I can just download it on Game Pass, give it a whirl, and make a decision without so much as looking at my wallet. I don’t have to risk forking out a load of cash just to learn whether I’m still ambivalent towards it or actively want to play it now. Game Pass completely alleviates the need to gamble on that. I haven’t personally played Marvel’s Avengers in almost a year, but from what I’ve read, heard, and seen of it, I’m extremely intrigued in what it’s managed to become. There have been missteps and pitfalls, sure - but couldn’t you say the same about anything? The surest way to improve is to make mistakes and learn from them. New characters and a massive expansion have been added. There have been updates and patches galore. While I recognise that Marvel’s Avengers received quite a bit of flak at launch - much of which was justified - a year on, it’s a different game. Related: Guardians Of The Galaxy Gets Why Marvel's Avengers Was A Failure After a long and arduous journey filled with review bombing, a tanking player count, and a general loss of faith in the game, this is exactly what Crystal Dynamics’ superhero sim needed. In case you hadn’t heard, Marvel’s Avengers and all of its expansions - including War for Wakanda - are headed for Xbox Game Pass, meaning you’ll be able to play the entirety of the material that is currently available for free, provided you have an active Game Pass subscription. After bouncing off the game shortly after launch last year, I couldn’t justify paying for it on Xbox or PC - now I no longer need to. The thing is, I own the game on PS4 and my base model sounds as if it’s about to go spacebound. ![]() The fact T’Challa is also played by Christopher Judge, known for providing the performance capture for a little-known character called Kratos, was almost enough for Marvel’s Avengers to sink its hooks in me again. While I didn’t play the War for Wakanda expansion, I’ve been told it leaned heavily into the elements of the base game that were actually good - the characters and story. Marvel’s Avengers, eh? There’s a name I haven’t heard for a minute. ![]()
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