Marvel’s Avengers is more Ultimate Alliance than Spider-Man

Square Enix revealed some more details about Marvel’s Avengers today, and it’s clearer than ever what it really is. Developer Crystal Dynamics is making an action role-playing game similar to Destiny, Diablo, and … Marvel Ultimate Alliance. We can’t predict how it will actually feel to play, but that isn’t always the draw for this genre. Games like this thrive on their sense of customization and progression, and the developer put a major emphasis on those aspects of Marvel’s Avengers during its War Table livestream.

But if you were expecting Marvel’s Avengers to play like Insomniac’s Spider-Man game but with Iron Man and Thor instead, you are probably feeling deflated. After all, we did just get an action-RPG starring Marvel superheroes in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order in 2019. So, how is Marvel’s Avengers going to stand apart from that? Well, Crystal Dynamics’ game is trying to look more expensive in terms of its production. And I don’t know if it’s succeeding. Avengers may also feel more exciting to play than Ultimate Alliance — but again, we’ll have to wait and see.