After years of fans waiting to finally see Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics' Avengers Project, the developers finally released a trailer for, the now officially called,
Marvel's The Avengers. The trailer, however, also showed us that one of the Avengers was not going to make it alive in the game: Captain America.
Captain America has always been the leader of the team, and Crystal Dynamics deciding to kill him off, even more so feature his death in the first trailer, was definitely a bold move — but there might be more to this, as the developers planned to have the game's plot around this important event.
In a recent interview with IGN, Lead Creative Director at Crystal Cynamics, Shaun Escayg, has revealed that having Captain America die in
Marvel's Avengers was all part of the game's intended narrative — as something that drives the conflict the Avengers go through as a team.
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Well, Cap went down with the ship. The Avengers’ leader is Cap. The guy who always is logical, who always is able to bring this dysfunctional family together. Without him, how do they cope? … This is part of the set up, part of the conflict. It's, to me, the most exciting part of the story. What do the Avengers do without their beloved Captain?"
When asked whether Captain America's death was to be ever-lasting throughout the events of the game, Escayg doesn't confirm this will be the case — however, he doesn't deny the fact that this may, indeed, end up being the case.
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You'll understand more once you play the game. The Marvel universe is huge. Will it resolve in this game? Who knows. Is this something else? Who knows. The things that we draw from, it's so big. We can pull from multiverses at this point. It's a great question. You're going to have to play it to see it."
We only got to see the official trailer for
Marvel's Avengers earlier this week, and the game is still quite a few months away from releasing, so we will be getting a lot more details about Crystal Dynamics' long-awaited title in the coming months, that's for sure.
Marvel’s Avengers begins at A-Day, where Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Widow, and Thor are unveiling a hi-tech Avengers Headquarters in San Francisco — including the reveal of their own helicarrier powered by an experimental energy source. The celebration turns deadly when a catastrophic accident results in massive devastation. Blamed for the tragedy, the Avengers disband. Five years later, with all Super Heroes outlawed and the world in peril, the only hope is to reassemble Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
Marvel's The Avengers will be available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia on the 15th of May in 2020.