Fun and Addicting. Just Needs Tweaks – MARVEL Avengers Academy Review

I have been playing this game since the beginning. There have been some changes, and a huge update at the beginning of the year. At first I was skeptical of the update as it changed in a big way. Before missions got you money and items, which you would use to purchase and upgrade areas. These areas allowed you to do more missions, thus getting you more money. The items, as well as money, allowed you to purchase heroes, and upgrade them. Upgrading heroes changed their costumes, and they would get more money during missions. This was great, but not much variety. Then came the events. These were great in the beginning, because they added more characters to get, such as: Star Lord, Gamora, Daredevil, Foggy Nelson, Moon Knight, Misty Knight, etc. You could even get a hold of other characters like Red Falcon, Moon Girl, Spider Ham, Dracula and Satana. But these events took up most of the game, and when they were done, unless you actually got the characters (or paid with shards to get them, such as Jessica Jones in the Daredevil Event) you were usually left without anything to show for it. Most of the time the events had their own missions, so gaining money and regular experience to advance the story was pretty difficult. Now with the update, you do missions to acquire stamina (energy) to do battles to get experience and money, or items to increase attacks. You gain rarity to gain access to more attacks (such as a multi-enemy hit missile for Iron Man), but the rarity is few and far between. Since the update around January, I have not been able to increase characters such as Wiccan in rarity, since its not available. Or if it is, it’s in an area that’s impossible for me to get to. The events took a slight break, but then they came back. Again, mainly to get characters, but at least you are using your energy to do event missions, and still gain experience to upgrade your characters. Downside, you time and effort usually goes to advancing the event story line, thus your main characters are put on the back burner till its done. And the same issue of the events starting a day or two in between is still an issue. Overall, I like the game, and would love to see what I could do with all my characters, but the events are the only thing that keep getting in the way. I mean as of writing this, I trying to get Quake, but that’s taking up all my time. I guess there are worse things to complain about. I just wish the events and rarity were more balanced. If you want a game that’s addicting, play this one. Just watch out for the money spending. Not required unless you want something specific, but you can get carried away real easy.
Review by Maverick997 on MARVEL Avengers Academy.