In short, a masterpiece. Haven't played a Telltale game in a LONG time, so this was such a welcoming and mind-boggling awesome game. From someone who's a fan of the James Gunn rendition of the Guardians crew, it was nice to see a mix of both his renditions and slightly different ones, most notable Mantis and Gamorra. Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Draxx all feel like the same exact characters from the movies which I absolutely loved, especially Rocket and Draxx. The voice actors did well mimicking Bradley Coopers Boston-esqe accent for Rocket and Draxx's deep voice who's hellbent on revenge. I liked how they didn't try and make Mantis the butt of the joke like what the movies seemed to do, she was taken much more serious and honestly I really enjoyed her character. Idk I could talk all day about how great Telltale was able to capture these characters so faithfully but keeping it their own. But anyways, another great thing this game has is the soundtrack. One of the best for sure, and there's scenes where it plays out like a action scene with these songs playing, giving me goosebumps everytime I had to do these quick time events with a badass song playing. Plus, these quick time events were so damn fun, controlling multiple guardians to attack and dodge your opponent. It was so awesome being able to shoot Thanos with Rocket's gun, or using Gammora to come in hot with her dual swords. It was just so fluid, definitely some of the coolest action in a Telltale game I've played yet.
But truthfully, the winning factor of this game is the branching story that unfolds as you make decision after decision. The story was so damn good; after killing Thanos, you find a ancient technological artifact called the Eternity Forge and must decide what to do with it, all with the return of Nebula and a new comer named Hala the Accuser. With my playthrough, I tried my hardest to get all the guardians to like me, or just tried my hardest to keep everything "fair". This proved to be difficult as Rocket and Gammora constantly butt heads, and although Gammora isn't as rash, Rocket is definitely a moody character so pissing him off was too easy. Toward the end, I decided to let Draxx "sacrifice" himself which in turn made Gammora run away, but I eventually resurrected Nebula. Those last 2 episodes were so cool as it seemed to branch a lot, so I replayed them both, mostly to see what happened if I resurrected Rocket's friend otter, and to see what happened if I didn't let Draxx "sacrifice" himself. If you enjoy Guardians at all, I definitely recommend replaying as least the last 2 episodes as your decisions change certain parts quite a bit and have some pockets of extra lore that I thought was intriguing.
In all, I spent as long as I could with this game because I knew once I finally completed my last mission and heard that title screen theme song for the last time, there was going to be a long lasting void left in me. This game was everything I needed in my video game escapades, something that was extremely focused on storytelling, had an graphic-novel art style that is a Telltale staple, just all around fun, hilarious and energetic gameplay/soundtrack, and just genuinely good voice acting and character development. I loved every character, loved every interaction, I feel like the only minor issue was some of the outdated-looking visuals, but honestly who tf cares. The game still looks great, and I'd recommend it to anyone who loves quality gaming.
