Guardians of the Galaxy game almost had a chonky Drax The Loadout The Loadout Guardians of the Galaxy game almost had a chonky Drax In a recent interview with Edge, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy developers open up about how their versions of the Guardians came into being Aaron Down Published: Jul 20, 2022 09:52 ET Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Marvel's Guardian of the Galaxy game was very much one of 2021's surprise hits. Eidos-Montréal's rendition of the hit franchise successfully managed to put its own twist on Star-Lord and his motley crew of vagabonds. However, as a recent interview with Edge reveals art director Bruno Gauthier-Leblanc's initial plans for how he wanted the Guardians to look "scared the hell out of" Marvel. "The way I like to work is to turn the dial up to 12 on the concepts", Gauthier-Leblanc says, "and then bring it back, instead of going 'one, two, three, four'." According to the developer, this led to some rather striking concepts for the gamified Guardians, which included a "scary" Groot, a cosmonaut-clad Star-Lord, a human-sized Rocket, and a portly Drax. While these first-impressions didn't go over particularly well with Marvel, it didn't take long for a happy compromise to be found, especially when it came to picking out alternate costumes. Gauthier-Leblanc says Marvel was "almost fanboying" and pitching various attires from numerous comic editions. However, there was still one more Guardian to materialise: Gamora. "For the longest time, we were struggling to really understand Gamora", says narrative lead Mary DeMarle. As perhaps the most complicated character among the Guardians, the studio had to be meticulous in how it approached her story. "She's the one [character] who has a lot of different versions", Gauthier-Leblanc notes, making her just as difficult to design visually as she was narratively. How teamwork (and a handful of '80s hits) brought Eidos Montreal's MCU-beating misfits to life in Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy. E374 is on sale now: https://t.co/BCwLOqZYGZ pic.twitter.com/LkpoN1B18U - Edge (@edgeonline) July 20, 2022 Fortunately, as DeMarle notes, Gamora's voice actor – Kimberly-Sue Murray – played a pivotal role in shaping Gamora, and so the not-so-fantastic five was formed. Though it seems that Gamora remained somewhat normal from an initial design point of view, it would've been hilarious to see a six-foot-tall Rocket scurrying around, or squaring up to Quill when they had yet another dispute over the ship. Meanwhile, the prospect of Groot being embodied as some sort of eldritch horror, and fighting alongside a XXXXL Drax is something we never thought we'd want to see, but by J'son we hope the early concepts come to light some day. You can check out edition 374 of Edge right here. More from The Loadout Bring peace to the universe with 50% off Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy preview - a journey fit for a Star-Lord The FIFA 23 meta has quickly become all about Lengthy players Blizzard assures Overwatch 2 players their OW1 skins aren’t lost EG Inspired is "not scared" of G2 Esports Worlds 2022 rematch FIFA 23 players find easy ways to get 350k of free packs in FUT Aaron Down Aaron was an adventurer like you, until he took a footballing injury to the knee. Having retired from his glittering Sunday League career, he now writes about everything from Genshin Impact, to League of Legends, to Valorant (He/Him) Popular now Orianna has been disabled for League of Legends Worlds 2022 The FIFA 23 meta has quickly become all about Lengthy players Blizzard assures Overwatch 2 players their OW1 skins aren’t lost Network N Media earns commission from qualifying purchases via Amazon Associates and other programs. We include affiliate links in articles. View terms. Prices correct at time of publication. More stories Odoamne says Rogue is taking LoL Worlds 2022 “one game at a time” Best Warzone Loadout of the Week – battle with Modern Warfare’s best The LoL Worlds 2022 final is headed to a cinema near you More from The Loadout Follow us for daily videogame news on Facebook, Twitter, Steam, and Google News. Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy review - a memorable adventure Guardians Of The Galaxy Game Pass: is the game coming to Game Pass? Guardians of the Galaxy Archives locations - where to find all the archives? Free shooting games Best PS5 games Best Xbox games