


There are two big fights in Guardians of the Galaxy's first chapter, but its real conflict is spoiler-proof: The team is, big surprise, at each other's throats. Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series’ first chapter is perfectly that. The developer’s narrative catalog, spanning The Walking Dead, Batman and Borderlands, is best when I feel myself leaning into it, like reading a good paperback, or a captivating comic book - but when the story starts to slip in a direction I don't like, I get to put a thumb on the scale to bring it all back.

Telltale put me among a gang of misfits who really need each other, and threatened just enough to break that all up that it influenced my decisions. Yet as all this was going on, Guardians of the Galaxy radiated a good-times vibe worth preserving.
