Eidos Montreal Looks Back at the Late Success of Guardians of the Galaxy
After the dismal critiques of Avengers: A-Day, Marvel followers weren’t so eager on entering into Sq. Enix’s Guardians of the Galaxy when it was introduced. Oddly although, the sport has been receiving nice critiques and word-of-mouth, and Eidos Montreal has ‘no regrets’ in relation to the sport.
Speaking to Eurogamer, GOTG senior inventive director Jean-Francois Dugas explains:
“I’ve no regrets… We did every little thing we might however that’s the truth of the market… And let’s not overlook it’s a brand new IP. Though we are saying all ‘Guardians [of the Galaxy] are identified’, it’s nonetheless a brand new IP [in the video game market]. It may very well be lots of people don’t even know that the sport is out but, or they’re unsure precisely what it’s.”
When the sport launched again in 2021, it had admittedly underperformed when it got here to gross sales, and lots of followers thought it additionally had one thing to do with the horrible reception of the Avengers recreation. Regardless of the industrial lack of success, the sport nonetheless managed to realize nice critiques, and its inclusion on Xbox’s Sport Cross allowed it to get much more gamers and enhance gross sales.
Whereas Dugas’ assertion doesn’t actually verify a sequel, the fan reception alone might be a touch that individuals might need extra of this model of the Guardians to come back again for a follow-up. With Marvel Studios able to wrap-up the story of the onscreen Guardians, Sq. could be sensible to attempt to preserve the hype going for slightly bit longer.
Sq. Enix’s Guardians of the Galaxy is now playable for Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X|S, PC, PlayStation 4|5, and the Nintendo Change.