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Why Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy changes Groot and crew

The game's art director both shows and explains why Star-Lord and the other misfits look the way they do.
Eirik Hyldbakk Furu Editor-in-Chief Norway 12 August 2021

It's clear that Square Enix either can't afford or want to make the characters in Marvel's Avengers and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy look like the actors in MCU, which has added an extra challenge for the developers. Crystal Dynamics has received a lot of flak for the character designs in Marvel's Avengers, so it's smart of Eidos-Montréal to explain why the crew looks the way it does in its upcoming Marvel game.

Today's Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy video has Bruno Gauthier-Leblanc, art director on the game, sit in front of the camera to both show how Star-Lord, Drax, Gamora, Rocket and Groot look and explain why that is. Personally, I find it interesting to learn how their designs are based on a nice mix of lore and gameplay reasons. What do you think?

Editor-in-Chief Norway Eirik Hyldbakk Furu wrote for Gamereactor from around 2015 to 2026, first as news editor and from 2022 as editor-in-chief of the Norwegian edition. He covered video games across news, previews and reviews for both the Norwegian and international sites.
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