In recent years, the Avengers have become household names. In fact, the success of the MCU has been so great that even fairly obscure characters like Rocket Raccoon and Erik Killmonger are well-known. These movies have launched the Marvel heroes into the mainstream in the same way that the Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man films popularized the web-slinging wall-crawler.

In 2018, the Spider-Man game for PS4 perfectly brought Peter Parker to life. Soon, the Avengers will also get their own video game, scheduled for release on September 4, 2020. These are things fans can’t wait to see in Marvel’s Avengers and stuff they hope won’t happen:

10 Can’t Wait: Kamala Khan

Marvel’s Kamala Khan is one of the coolest comic characters to emerge in recent years. She is a super excited fangirl who gains superpowers, capturing the “Peter Parker experience” for a new generation as she balances home life, personal responsibility, faith, and the excitement of youth with the joys and struggles of being a hero.

Kamala is a playable character in the game and her nerdy knowledge about all things involving superheroes seems to be the key to finding the Avengers and bringing the team together. Playing as her will make for a marvelous gaming experience.

9 Hope Won’t Happen: MCU Tie-In

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a major success and is now the largest movie franchise in the history of the world. It is also just one interpretation of the Avengers team. and the events of the comics.

The upcoming Marvel’s Avengersgame clearly is capitalizing on the popularity of the MCU by using the same lineup of heroes that starred in the 2012 Avengers film. However, this is an opportunity to go in a new direction. The evil organization AIM is a new foe for the team to face, offering great possibilities. Hopefully, the game will focus more on the new elements rather than trying to rehash what the movies have done.

8 Can’t Wait: Assembling the Team

“Avengers Assemble.” This iconic catchphrase has been the team’s motto since the early days of the comic. The phrase is so important that it can become the title of both a comic and an animated TV series about the team.

The whole point of the Avengers is that the heroes work better together. Watching the team come back together gradually will be fun. Seeing the whole team fight side-by-side in the climax will be the definitive gaming experience that comic fans have waited their entire lives for.

7 Hope Won’t Happen: Grimdark

In the 1980s, a new trend began to develop in superhero comics where brilliant writers took these brightly costumed heroes into new directions, exploring darker motives and consequences within their narratives. These early stories inspired a trend in lesser writers to flood the market with joyless grimdark tales of torture, woe, and despair–a trend that got even worse in the post-9/11 atmosphere of the 2000s.

The trailer for Marvel’s Avengers looks like it is exploring some pretty dark themes. Hopefully, it will remember that the whole point of heroes is escapist fantasies about the possibilities of good overcoming evil. Now is not a time to overindulge in despair.

6 Can’t Wait: Villainous Twist

There is a big tradition in superhero stories where the villains throw a wrench into the heroes’ plans somewhere near the end of the story (either at the end of the second act or in the climax, if not both). The best villains of the MCU–Thanos, Loki, and Killmonger–were not merely relatable and complex, but able to surprise audiences in unexpected ways.

This game is going to have the evil organization AIM, known for its mad scientists, as well as the crazed genius MODOK and the strategic mastermind Taskmaster. Whatever plans the villains have up their sleeves is bound to make things more interesting.

5 Hope Won’t Happen: Too Many Cameos

The Spider-Man game for PS4 featured an abundance of cameos from different characters. Beyond the villains–which included the Sinister Six, Tombstone, Wilson Fisk, and Mister Negative–there was Mary Jane Watson, Miles Morales, Aunt May, and even Captain Watanabe!

Doing the same thing with an Avengers game would be ridiculous. There are six heroes in this game, each of whom must have a complete story arc for the narrative to feel complete. While some cameos are expected, cramming in too many will make the game feel crowded.

4 Can’t Wait: Hulk Smash

The Hulk is the strongest there is. At least, that is how he tells it, and he is certainly one of the strongest Marvel characters. Unleashing the full might of the green rage monster is pure wish-fulfillment come to life, allowing players to indulge in the ultimate power fantasy.

Just as important is giving the Hulk an enemy worthy of his strength, which the game’s developers have done by pitting him against his long-time foe, Abomination. This raises the stakes and ensures that the gamma-powered Avenger still will face a proper challenge.

3 Hope Won’t Happen: Campy Humor

Jokes are important to any superhero story. They break up the tension and offer insights into how the characters operate. Tony Stark is a wise-cracking guy who alleviates tension because he can always out-think his opponents, but a more serious character like Black Widow is more likely to be too focused on the mission to think up one-liners.

While there should be some humor, the last thing this game needs is corny jokes undermining the drama.

2 Can’t Wait: Divine Power

Thor is the God of Thunder, an Asgardian whose powers are divine and whose raw strength is quite literally the stuff of legend. Long before the first Vikings set sail in their dragon-prowed ships, Germanic tribes worshipped the mighty god and called on him for protection.

Marvel’s version of Thor has some major difference from the Teutonic deity, but he should still strike fear in his opponents, smiting them with his stormy wrath. Seeing Thor in action could very well be the most exciting part of the whole game!

1 Hope Won’t Happen: Denial of Magic

There is a popular trend in many Marvel stories to dismiss magic and try to explain it away through science. The MCU did this by reducing the Asgardians to mere aliens. In the Marvel’s Avengers, the main enemies are AIM, an organization of scientists, while most of the heroes gained their powers through scientific methods (Tony Stark’s Iron Man suit, Bruce Banner’s gamma bomb, latent powers in Ms. Marvel’s DNA, etc.,).

Science will obviously play a key part in the game’s sci-fi aesthetic. Hopefully, that does not come at the cost of dismissing magic, especially since Thor is one of the main characters and his powers are of a mystical nature.

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