After making fans wait, and wait, and wait some more, Marvel and Square Enix finally announced an open-world Avengers video game at this year’s E3.
Thew news of the impending arrival of Marvel’s Avengers on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and Google Stadia was met with much joy.
Then everyone watched the trailer.
And… ummm… who are these people and why do they sound so odd?
Granted, no one expected a Avengers video game to have the characters look and sound exactly like they have for the past 10-plus years (okay, EVERYONE expected that), but still, why do they all look and sound so… generic?
https://twitter.com/ScottWamplerBMD/status/1138268696068141056
I could get over them not looking like the actors if they didn't look so damn weird.
They got Cap looking like an over the hill trainer at Planet Fitness.
— Troynelious Q. (@TheArnold_SoM) June 11, 2019
Why do they all look like they just got off a hard shift at the local factory? They don’t even look that great in their costumes, the color is so muted. These are Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and they look like bootleg knockoffs.
MARVEL: We wanna use ya'll likeness in the new Avenger's game.
AVENGERS CAST: Cool. We each need $576,275,592.48
MARVEL: Cool. Lemme hit ya'll right back… pic.twitter.com/hsDeGcsMSL— Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi (@roywoodjr) June 11, 2019
Marvel's Avengers (Dev. Crystal Dynamics.) pic.twitter.com/VrbnlM4zE1
— Matt Kim (@LawofTD) June 11, 2019
Superb effort, really. #SquareEnixE3 #Avengers pic.twitter.com/rhMkKdp9KK
— Nightquaker (Rifle Dynamics RD-704 arc) (@nightquaker) June 11, 2019
Sure, the game will probably end up being pretty awesome, but first impressions are everything, right? And based on the reactions to the trailer on social media, first impressions are mostly filled with a feeling of being let down.
https://twitter.com/CharlotteBeyond/status/1138273200515665920
I didn't think seeing the avengers not looking like the MCU versions was going to be so weird for me. But it is.
They look like a strange bootleg Avengers in my brain.
Major U.S.A
Steel Guy
Dark Spider
The Bulk
NotThor pic.twitter.com/O4YmteY4vk— Max 'Millbee' Boardman (@Millbee) June 11, 2019
marvel fans pretending tony stark and captain america look good in the new avengers game pic.twitter.com/17oKLzfLZi
— 🌸alexis moore🌸 (@alexisparade) June 11, 2019
Well, they finally announced the avengers games, oh boy, that announcement was something else, haha#SquareEnixE3 #Avengers pic.twitter.com/JdCw44Bidw
— BenTheSadfleck (@BenSadfleck) June 11, 2019
excited to share this concept art for the new avengers game pic.twitter.com/RLcujTd2xa
— Luke Plunkett (@LukePlunkett) June 11, 2019
Cap look like a PE teacher pic.twitter.com/Ev8404WB4v
— Young Person (@EricTrillman_) June 11, 2019
Chris Evans watches the Avengers game trailer: pic.twitter.com/kKjBg5Zi5A
— Mike LeMieux (@Than_Kyou) June 11, 2019
She definitely called the cops the first time she saw Black Panther and Falcon outside the headquarters pic.twitter.com/OMznRwHZD8
— The Feds (@Sophia_Loren89) June 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/ibdwrTV/status/1138276784976408578
https://twitter.com/HumbleTeej/status/1138282084626194433
https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/1138282733745127424Also… where is Hawkeye?
I see why Hawkeye didn't show up. pic.twitter.com/8mSOD57RYK
— smilesmorales 🌹 (@mode7heaven) June 11, 2019
hawkeye appears in the avengers game at the pause menu, fucking off and doing something completely unrelated
— E3 2021 News (@E3NewsLive) June 11, 2019
Oh, well, at least Keanu Reeves looks like a total badass in the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077.
Marvel’s Avengers is set for release on May 15, 2020.