Moving Beyond Bereavement: Throughout the game, everyone is forced to confront their grief with the " Promise." Being given the chance to potentially undo all their pain and suffering proves too much for the galaxy that it gets to a point where nobody is immune. What makes the Guardians become more resistant to it is by confronting their demons and accepting the loss. The villains are so deeply entrenched in the "Promise" that they deem anyone who rejects it a heretic. Peter has to destroy Nikki's illusory birthday party just to be able to talk to her about Ko-Rel's death and Raker dies believing it was Worth It to see his dead son again.

You're a valued member of the team". It's almost Quill's Catchphrase throughout the game, which he uses multiple times both in mandatory and optional conversations with the Guardians. It begins as a somewhat awkward reassurance, then largely devolves into a platitude highlighting Peter's flaws as a leader (namely his fear of confrontation and toxic positivity) and towards the end of the game it becomes a genuine shared sentiment of the whole group. No Item Use for You: The last level starts you off fighting waves and waves of enemies without Peter Quill's casette tapes. Without those, you can't use the Huddle abilities to get a bunch of free uses of the Guardians' special abilities. In the game, it's established that Mantis was a key figure in Gamora's emotional development after breaking away from Thanos and regards her with lots of respect, a bond that they don't share in the comics.

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The game's version of the Chitauri draw primarily from their MCU counterparts, but are mentioned to be genetic offshoots of the Skrull, as in the Ultimate Marvel continuity. He's a great competitor. I like going against him. And he was hooping tonight for sure. He shot the ball exceptionally well and kept them in the game,” James said. James scored 13 points in the fourth quarter and gave the Lakers their fifth win in the last six games. For some reason or another, the Guardians really like using Peter's toothbrush for cleaning purposes emphatically not dental in nature, much to his annoyance. Either way you cross, once you reach the open area on the far side of the chasm, your objectives will be updated.

Choice-and-Consequence System: Similar to the Telltale Game, the group will get into disagreements and leave it to Quill to make the final call, leading to different dialogue and paths based on the decisions you make. Decisions that change more than dialogue generally come with a red box in the corner of the screen describing the change. Examples include: All Your Base Are Belong to Us: In Chapter 12, the Church of Truth take over Knowhere and the Continuum Cortex with it. Mantis here is an alien, like her MCU self, but retains her comic book status as the Celestial Madonna, her full suite of telepathic and prophetic abilities, and her skill in martial arts. Mundane Utility: Peter can direct his teammates to use their talents in non-combat contexts to overcome obstacles. There is a hidden Shower Scene in the game which is a shot-for-shot recreation of a similar one from one of Eidos Montreal’s previous titles, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

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Barred from the Afterlife: A large part of Drax's grief is the knowledge his wife and daughter can't be in his people's afterlife, Ultath, due to suffering meaningless deaths. Those who don't complete full lives are kept from Ultath. Adaptation Species Change: Mantis is portrayed as an alien, as in the MCU, but rather than retaining a more human skin tone, she's portrayed with bright pink skin. Similarly, Drax maintains his Adaptation Species Change initiated in the movies, though he's a Kathatian rather than a Kylosian this time around. Corrupt Church: The Church of Universal Truth is a massive cult bent on brainwashing people into feeding all of their "Faith Energy" to the church's priests so they can gain more powers and brainwash even more people. Those who do give up Faith Energy in this way die from the process, and those who refuse to give up their energy are killed. The Guardians frequently refer to them as scam-artists and vampires. Their resemblance to any real-life churches is pretty downplayed, only the Grand Unifier really uses any religious language and even then his Motive Rants have more in common with a generic necromancer's than any real-life sermon. Boss-Arena Idiocy: The Dweller-in-Darkness would be able to crush the Guardians under it's tentacles unopposed if the battleground wasn't filled with puddles that Quill could freeze to trap and shatter it's tentacles.

The Collector’s Emporium pretty much exists just for this (and to sell you a Guardian Collectible for Gamora), being a collection of artifacts from across the Marvel Universe. It also includes a nice tribute to Stan Lee. Holy Hand Grenade: The church uses faith energy to power their technology and weapons. The fact they use it to forcibly convert... okay conquer the Galaxy means that everyone stands a chance of dying from holy relics. Video Game Dashing: One of the few ways you can use Peter's jet boots out of combat is to give yourself a briefly boost of speed. You can also do this mid-air for platforming or in combat to initiate an Unnecessary Combat Roll. Another example is optional. For one reason or another, it’s possible to lose a bit of the units scammed off of Lady Hellbender on Knowhere. As there are no other means of earning units in the game, this means the scam was pointless, as the resultant funds are less than the 7,000 to 9,000 unit fine.Drax's mental projection of Thanos is an In-Universe example, stemming from Drax's sincere belief that he didn't actually kill Thanos during their apparent Duel to the Death and thinking he's still out somewhere in the galaxy.

Tentacle Rope: Groot can use his vines to restrain a staggered enemy, prolonging their helplessness for a bit. Multiple Endings: Sorta. During the post credits "Where Are They Now" segment, the length of each Guardian's epilogue depends on how much you invested in building a relationship with them, gaining up to 3 notes. Unrelated in the Adaptation: Despite the fact that Heather "Moondragon" Douglas exists in this continuity, it seems that she’s not Drax's daughter, as he’s no longer the reincarnation of a human but an alien. Furthermore, this Drax had a wife and daughter whose deaths he still grieves to this day. Moondragon's existence is relegated to a single Novacorp log with no mention of Drax in it.

The Blood Brothers wear suits of high-tech armor that render them immune to all harm. Fortunately, the armor only activates when they're near each other. Houston, which did not have a timeout left, got the ball to midcourt, but Brooks' 3-point attempt was offline.