So like so many others right now, I've bought the Avengers game. I've not played much so far, but I have observed something: this game doesn't know who it's aimed at. Combat is crowded and a little frantic but instead of plowing through like you'd think for a game with mass appeal, you are supposed to dodge and parry based on fairly short warnings that are almost constant when surrounded by enemies. Fail to do so and you are not only injured (as one would expect) but your attacks are interrupted. You're supposed to play like an expert or you'll just keep stumbling around feeling far from a super powered hero.
Then there are the skill trees and gear systems. Playing the story missions requires a "power" level otherwise you'll be unlikely to succeed, but gear and skill management is one of those annoying things that gets in the way of pursuing the story. And you have to constantly manage gear, because you have so little inventory space, most equipment will just become fodder for deconstruction, because multiple resource systems are also another thing that is present but interferes with the average person who just wants to play the story.
The game keeps throwing this and tutorial missions at you to teach you the systems you'll be diving into when you "finish" the game and focus on grinding the multiplayer. But why does the multiplayer need to intrude on the story for a single player experience? It seems like a lot of the multiplayer is recycled missions and assets from the story anyway, but in an effort to drag out the content and squeeze it for all it's worth, the game has an unintended (or perhaps not) side effect of alienating someone who just wants to see a story and feel like a superhero.
Perhaps it's just me, but it seems like games are being designed now where the closest to "fun" you can get is just picking the lowest difficulty and hoping it's not too aggravating.
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