Guardians of the Galaxy Beginner’s Guide, Tips, and Tricks

At Polygon’s WonderfulGuardians of the Galaxy beginner’s guide, we’ll show you how to make the most of your time as Star-Lord and the gang. This game is mainly focused on exploration and communication, so we will give you tips and tricks to see and hear it all. This guide also covers essential combat strategies so you can learn to fight as a team.

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Explore everywhere

Find your way on missions in Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy It is easy. Each primary goal has a helpful landmark, ensuring that you can always find your way forward. But it also has another use. If you go in any other direction, chances are you will find some loot, collectibles, or one of the many unlockable skins in the game.

You’ll know you’re on the right track to find a hidden object when one of your teammates scolds you for taking a detour. If a teammate mentions that they are going a specific path down the critical path, keep an eye out for areas outside of that path. You’ll almost always be rewarded for venturing out, even if someone like Rocket yells at you for getting rid of them momentarily.

As you explore, you may even find unique items that Star-Lord will bring back to the ship. If he finds an item like this, he will mention how he would like to follow up with one of his teammates about that item. These will appear on the ship, usually on the partner’s group member’s personal cameras. Interact with those objects when you get a chance to trigger a special dialogue and backstory.

Use your scanner to find paths and hidden objects

Star-Lord has a scanner that allows him to ping all kinds of objects. The scanner allows you to see your teammates, traditional items, collectibles, enemies, and other things that you can interact with. In the opening mission of the game, you will have to use the scanner frequently to find things that you can destroy to advance the story, but it is also useful for revealing destructible objects to create hidden paths.

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Every time you enter a new area, turn on your scanner and look for loot. This tactic becomes especially useful once you obtain Star-Lord’s Component locator benefit, which places an icon on the screen when components are close. Enable the scanner and you can more easily identify loot locations.

Hidden upgrade items and components that reveal more of the story are scattered everywhere you visit. Almost every area off the main trail is hiding something so don’t worry about wandering around a lot. You will most likely be rewarded for doing it.

Your dialogue choices matter

There are dozens of moments Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy when Star-Lord has a chance to step in and say something. Not only do these interjections advance the game’s clever jokes, but many of the things you choose to say have lasting effects.

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Siding with certain characters and making important decisions for the group can change how the characters feel about you. Certain decisions even affect the way full missions play out. There is so much talk in Guardians of the Galaxy. What you say as a team leader often has an impact on how your story unfolds.

Talk to everyone

Communicating is as important as all the fights that take place in Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy. Sometimes during missions your characters pause for a moment before you are instructed to move on. Take a moment and talk to everyone with a snack on their head. If you do, you will receive a dialogue that not only reveals more about your crew, but can even affect the story.

The same goes for interludes on your ship between missions. Before setting off across the galaxy to make some daring mistakes, explore your ship and talk to all of your teammates. Talk to everyone before moving on to your main objective. Certain conversations can only occur on the ship. Don’t miss out on these opportunities to get more stories from your gang of misfits.

Combined skills together

In combat, you take full control of Star-Lord. While his blasters and melee attacks can take out most enemies, he will need to call in his allies for special attacks. Each of your teammates has unique combat skills and functions in battle. On their own, these abilities are powerful. Together, you can take out waves of enemies and tough bosses easily.

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Rocket excels in a large area of ​​effect damage. Its special weapons and gadgets can hit multiple enemies at once. Engineer skills are best used when you want to take out a large group of weaker enemies.

Big use his body to immobilize enemies. Use it to stop attacks from multiple or single enemies that won’t get up off your back. While Groot stops enemies in their tracks, you and your teammates can attack them without hindrance.

Drax uses his powerful body to stun big attackers. Some enemies must stagger before you can damage their health. While you and your teammates have some attacks that can deal stun damage, Drax specializes in disabling huge enemies so they can be left vulnerable for the rest of the team to attack.

GamoraHis fast and powerful fighting style allows him to deal massive damage to targets. With assassin precision, direct her to lay waste to enemies. If you need to quickly eliminate an enemy, let Gamora take care of it.

Each of your fellow Guardians will fight enemies alongside you. However, when you put their skills to use, you will defeat enemies faster. The team really shines when you combine their skills.

For example, you can take out a wave of enemies quickly by having Groot pin them down. You can then make Rocket Raccoon follow up with one of his powerful weapons to take out tangled enemies. When you come across large enemies that Star-Lord can’t handle, you can make Drax stagger them. Once they are no longer a threat, call Gamora to quickly finish the job.