I have tried it, and I can say that from my perspective it was actually worse than the tepid reviews at the time made it out to be.

It was entirely a rickety scaffolding around the mtx. It felt like there just wasn't a game there. I was instantly bored the moment the game started, and what was there felt almost like an internal prototype to discuss ideals.

I suspect now that everything is free it's alright-ish, but frankly I refunded it and have 0 intention to look into it again. Companies get one chance, there will be no fool-me-twice.

I have the demo for this. I couldn't even finish it, that's how much fun it was at the time.

Glad it's enjoyable now though

Is this a Square Enix employee fishing for a raise?

Good to hear they finally polished the game up and added more to it. I played it the first week it came out and it was wet hot shit. The story and environment were absolutely fantastic, but the repetition got really old fast. I found myself getting bored of the side missions less than halfway through and continuing just for the story. I'm so glad to hear it got much better! I might revisit it just to try all the additions!

Thanks for the write-up and I too bought it before it was delisted (ie: paid < $7.00 for the deluxe edition)... and tbh, I felt I still paid too much.

As you mentioned that campaigns are simple, but I was surprised (and amazingly board ) by how simple the campaigns were. (disclaimer : I did only play for about 2 hours before I got board and never came back). I was hoping for some sort of brawler type game, but the enemies are few but often respawn. I was hoping for something like Shadows of War, but was greatly disappointed. The campaigns were disconnected from each other and the objectives are simply: defeat this enemy, then destroy these targets... there is no real flexible or room for thought, outside of the prepared script you need to follow until the campaign ends.

... and the controls, I found, are quite janky. I was iron man and I found that the movement never really "flowed" into each other, there was always a delay between animation... I really didn't find it fun. It wasn't a brawler, it really was a Pay-to-Win platform... even with all the pay gates removed.

People often mention that Guardians of the Galaxy is better... and it is on my wish list, but I'm really suspicious (I hope they improved the controls).

Extra: Marvel's Avengers lack of success led to less than stellar initial reception to another Marvel game of Square Enix, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021). The devs had to spend time before release clarifying that GotG is purely single-player, with no microtransaction whatsoever.

GotG is a fantastic game that was inspired by the MCU but still offers a distinct experience due to its heavy comic roots (Drax the Destroyer instead of Drax the Dadjoke, for example). If you want a more focused Marvel experience, GotG is the game for you.

Maybe dumb question, but if I bought it I get everything that was in the store, even after delisting? Are there any risks this will become unplayable later?

I remember checking out this game and decided it's not for me because of the microtransactions. Now that the microtransaction stuff is gone, this changes everything.

wish i could play as spider-man. damn sony

I played it on Game Pass when it was available there and found the campaign to be an worthwhile experience with some nice set-pieces. I agree with OP that treating it as single-player is the best way to enjoy this game.

The endgame grind grew tedious real quick and I stopped playing after a couple of hours of that.