Marvel`s Avengers isn`t out until May 15, 2020, but Square Enix has already encountered one big issue: struggling to bring clarity to what the game actually is. At E3 2019, a trailer and description of the game left a lot of people confused. Explaining that it featured a `bespoke campaign,` cooperative play, and additional heroes who are not the core members of the Avengers didn`t help matters. At Gamescom 2019, Square Enix provided a much closer, less muddy look at Marvel`s Avengers, and now we have a much better sense of what it is: Think Marvel`s Spider-Man meets Destiny, and you`re pretty close.We played the opening 20 or so minutes of Avengers at Gamescom, which consisted of the prologue portion shown at both E3 and San Diego International Comic-Con 2019. The A-Day level, which introduces the story of a mentally anguished and disbanded Avengers team who are trying to deal with the loss of Captain America, isn`t anything new. But actually putting hands on Avengers really cleared up how the game will play on a moment-by-moment basis, and Square Enix`s presentation helped us to understand what the larger picture of Avengers looks like.The A-Day level takes you through a cinematic battle on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, which is a fairly on-rails experience. As minions of Taskmaster attack the bridge, you take on the role of each of the Avengers in turn and get a sense for how they handle. The combat is mostly of the melee variety, and each Avenger has a light attack and heavy attack, as well as a quick dodge move that lets them get out of trouble. Incoming enemy attacks are marked with indicators on the screen to tell you when to move, and holding down the attack buttons triggers different versions of the attacks. In the case of Thor, your first character, holding down the light attack lets him spin his hammer around to pummel enemies with rapid hits, while holding down the heavy attack triggered a blast of lightning along the ground that could zap ...
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