The top highlights and takeaways from E3 2021

Also notable was the different play format from “Avengers,” where players select a different hero per mission and your teammates played along as NPCs in the campaign mode. In “Guardians,” players take the role of group leader Star Lord, shooting and rocket-boosting around the map while ordering your shipmates to engage foes via a command wheel interface. Why is that so notable? As our Gene Park noted on stream, “Avengers” faced a challenge of trying to balance the powers of superheroes ranging from the godlike Thor and Hulk to Hawkeye, a dude with a bow and good aim. It made it seem strange since those characters are not at all balanced in the MCU, but they needed to be for a co-op combat game. The result was a weak-feeling Thor and Hulk. Simply, it was not fun. (Hulk smash? More like, Hulk inflict mild HP damage. Boo.)