TLDR: A tragic game to play with mounds of untapped potential, Marvel's The Avengers is still worthy of your time given its awesome production values, fun roster of heroes, and fan service.

Pros:
- Absurdly good-looking game with top tier presentation values
- MOSTLY fun combat/gameplay. Combat has a surprising amount of depth
- Characters are treated well with great fan service. I was skeptical of some of the newer heroes, but they were presented in a way that made it easy to root for them
- Plenty of content for the cheap price of admission

Cons:
- The game is clearly unfinished as developers were forced to stop before their visions came to fruition; it's sad
- Some visual bugs that will never be patched detract from the experience
- The late game becomes a bit of a grind with repetitive side missions
- Many upgrades require an obscene amount of grinding; which is particularly frustrating in a 'dead game'

I really, really wanted to like this game. It had charm, good voice acting, some decent designs, and overall- who wouldn't wanna play as an Avenger? My disappointment hit me a few hours in. I kept thinking the game was building up to the main ♥♥♥♥, the good ♥♥♥♥, the stuff you wanna see. Villains, awesome action, cool bosses, none of that is here. The story is beyond mid, if not downright bad. Every character you play as basically works the same other than special moves- the finishers feel okay but somewhat unfinished and not quite impactful, and don't get me started on the live service.
They took what could have been the peakest, most amazing avengers game and they wanted their greedy lil live service aspect so badly that it makes me wonder if they even knew what they were doing after they'd made the first few missions. Most of said missions don't consist of much besides a couple unique areas you don't get to fight in later on- but that's just...kinda it? There's no villains all that much either- we had a like what- four or three in the base game? Only the first and last boss are actual unique enemies- one of the bosses was literally just a reused mech enemy with a bigger healthbar. I didn't even get into the other added stories sections of the game because of how damn difficult it is to set them up too- overall very confusing UI.
The combat itself isn't all that bad, but it's not all that great either. It feels like your basic ass rpg but with an avengers skin over it. It kinda just feels like this endless repeating cycle where you beat up the same boring robotic enemies over and over. I wish they'd focused more on making the gameplay loop fun, because i'm not gonna buy your gambling schemes and overpriced skins if i'm not even having fun. Now thankfully, they've made the game solo or co-op with friends, the live service aspect is down and its somewhat better now, but i still wouldn't recommend it. I bought this game for 7 dollars as a steam key and that's honestly what it's worth- 7, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, dollars.

This game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid, and it hurts to see it fail when it could've flourished.

"Avengers Disassembled"

As a huge Marvel fan during the pandemic, I went into Marvel’s Avengers with sky-high expectations. I was so excited, I even gifted copies to my friends, thinking we’d all assemble like the Avengers. Spoiler: It was more like assembling the Infinity Gauntlet—except all the gems were missing, and instead of power, it just gave us a constant feeling of existential dread.

Imagine assembling Earth’s Mightiest Heroes… only to make them grind for stat-boosting kneepads in missions so repetitive they’d make watching the She-Hulk series feel like a high-speed chase.

The loot system? Pointless. The endgame? Nonexistent. The live-service model? Deader than Uncle Ben (and trust me, I’ve spent almost 500 hours trying to revive it). And just when it couldn’t get any more soul-crushing, Square Enix threw in the towel, shut down support, and dumped all the overpriced skins for free—like a restaurant burning down and the owner casually saying, “Yeah, take whatever’s left... we’re closing early today.”

The multiplayer lobbies? A ghost town. The AI teammates? They have the problem-solving abilities of a potato. The villains? There are literally three of them. Good luck saving the world from the same identical robots in every mission!

After almost 500 hours of pain—fighting for that sweet, sweet loot that was basically just shinier kneepads—I finally realized: I’ve spent more time grinding in this game than I have on my actual career. If you’ve ever wanted to witness the slow, painful death of a AAA game in real time, Marvel’s Avengers is a masterclass in disappointment.

⭐☆☆☆☆ – Thanos was right.