Scott Amos, head of studio at Crystal Dynamics, has recently revealed some juicy details about the highly anticipated
Marvel's Avengers, clearing up some doubts that fans may have — especially in regards to the game being both a Single and Multiplayer experience.
While Crystal Dynamics has already stated that
Marvel's Avengers will be a single player campaign, the game does feature multiplayer — which is something that had fans scratching their heads, as they thought the game would offer both gameplay styles for the main story; it turns out that it does and doesn't.
According to Amos, and due to the narrative in
Marvel's Avengers, players will be introduced to each of the Avengers by having players control all or some of them during the game's campaign; with Multiplayer missions being unlocked as players progress through the story.
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We also need to reintroduce those heroes, or introduce them for the first time for those people who have never met them. That's the campaign; the narrative, bespoke campaign like you just saw in the demo where you play as a single character and might bounce between the different heroes or have specific missions just as that one hero."
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When you go past that moment of A-Day [the scene from the start of the game], the big tragedy where things change, and you go back and start reassembling The Avengers, when you find the different heroes it unlocks different branches in the world."
What's even more interesting is that players will have the chance to learn more about the Avengers by going on missions that are specificly made for certain Avengers; giving every Avenger a story arc of their own that can be played in co-op multiplayer.
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If you have Hulk, you can continue down the main campaign or you can go off and do these other areas as Hulk and explore him more and level him up. There are some story arcs that are just for him. These branches are all enabled for co-op multiplayer. Even though you have that main story arc where you'll be playing by yourself, we actually have these areas where you can bounce in and out with co-op."
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Then after you get through all of that -- the story arcs, the missions, the hero arcs -- then you get to the end and it's like, 'Wow, there's a whole world out there.' 99% of the stuff we are adding is playable single-player, but it's also co-op enabled. Now that you have gone through that story campaign that sets up the stakes in the world, the next step is saying there's all this stuff to do. Global threats are ever escalating, new levels, new heroes showing up at no additional cost."
Marvel's Avengers does sound a whole lot more ambitious than the trailer may lead fans to believe. The fact that each of the Avengers will get their moment to shine outside of the game's main campaign is definitely an interesting cocnept that adds even more reply value to the game.
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.