Thus, the player is required to perform frequent emotional maintenance to try and keep the group’s connections in place all while protecting the galaxy on the side. Still, with the emotional weight of using it for themselves in play, the player finds them trying to weave through keeping the group together and deciding the fate of the forge knowing that not everyone can be pleased. Things get even more complicated when an example of how the relic’s power could be misused shows up in the form of Hala the Accuser, a Kree alien who wants to revive her fallen race and has a superweapon to potentially fuel the Eternity Forge if she gets her hands on it. For a group of bounty hunters going up against some of the galaxy’s greatest threats, it’s fairly easy for a few members to immediately imagine people from the past they can have back while others recognize that the death toll of a revival makes it a dangerous tool. Anyone who has previously died can be brought back to life with the relic, but someone else must die for the ritual to work. The five individuals who make up the Guardians have a run in with the galaxy conquering titan Thanos as he pursues a relic known as the Eternity Forge, and when the Guardians get it their own hands on it, they soon learn of its incredible power. One way Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series makes this uneasy alliance even more turbulent is with the premise of the plot.

The small band of misfits seen in Marvel’s 2014 science fiction film are all humorous and likeable in their own ways, and with their conflicting personalities, it turned out to be easy to create situations where you will struggle to balance the group of endearing but often ideologically opposed hotheads. Some of the tension would be lost as your choice could really come down to who you like more, but that’s why Guardians of the Galaxy was a brilliant choice for one of their interactive stories. In most of the properties they chose to adapt though, you often found yourself speaking with characters you might not be too bothered to upset. In Telltale Games’s choice-based narrative adventure format, you’ll often find yourself asked to make hard decisions that won’t please all the characters you’re interacting with.

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