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Marvel's Avengers vs Enshrouded
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| Sep 4, 2020 | Jan 24, 2024 |
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| Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal | Keen Games GmbH |
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| Square Enix | Keen Games GmbH |
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| Action-Adventure, Brawler, Live-Service, Co-Op Multiplayer, Looter-Brawler | Survival Action RPG, Open World, Voxel Crafting, Action-Adventure, Co-op |
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| Foundation Engine | Holistic Engine (Proprietary Custom Voxel Engine) |
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| Teen | Teen |
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| 2.5 / 5.0 | 4.6 / 5.0 |
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| Free | $29.99 |
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Progression features a dual system: traditional character leveling and a massive gear/loot grind. Earning XP grants skill points used to unlock complex combos, heavy attacks, ranged mastery, and traversal options on sprawling skill trees unique to each Avenger. Separately, the 'Power Level' is determined by the rarity and stats of looted gear (Melee, Ranged, Defense, and Heroic pieces). Gear comes with specific elemental status effects (like Pym Particles shrinking enemies, or Gamma radiation causing poison explosions), forcing players to grind for the perfect synergistic 'build' to tackle endgame content. |
Progression in Enshrouded merges survival crafting with an expansive, interconnected 360-degree skill tree. Players earn skill points by completing quests and chopping down Shroud Roots, branching freely across three core archetypes: Warrior (specializing in heavy two-handed weaponry, shield parries, tank resilience, and health regeneration), Ranger (focusing on bows, specialty explosive arrows, stamina efficiency, stealth, and critical headshots), and Mage (channeling staffs, wands, healing auras, and devastating elemental spells like Chain Lightning and Meteor). The central hub progression centers around the 'Flame Altar': spending gathered Sparks, monster trophies, and resources strengthens the Flame, permanently raising player attribute caps, extending the Shroud survival timer, and unlocking access to higher-tier red Shroud zones. |
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Instead of a single open world, the game utilizes a 'War Table' hub system located on a reclaimed S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier (the Chimera). From here, players select missions in sprawling, segmented biomes across the globe. These include the dense urban ruins of Eastern Seaboard cities, frozen Siberian tundras containing hidden SHIELD bunkers, the arid Badlands of the American Southwest, and the thick, hostile jungles of Wakanda. Each region contains wide-open spaces for exploration, transitioning into tight, linear, high-tech AIM laboratories for indoor combat encounters. |
Embervale is a colossal, seamless handcrafted open world spanning diverse geographical and climatic zones. Major regions include the Springlands (rolling green meadows, abandoned farming hamlets, and the iconic Braelyn Bridge), the Revelwood (a dense temperate forest of colossal ancient trees, spider-infested hollows, and overgrown ruins), the Nomad Highlands (arid sandstone savannas, rugged canyons, and fortified Scavenger mining outposts), the Kindlewastes (a scorching desert plateau dotted with ancient sun temples and deadly dunes), and the Albaneve Summits (treacherous frozen peaks with howling blizzards and steep glaciers). Cutting across all regions are sunken valley depressions smothered in the deadly Shroud, requiring careful timer management. |
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The core of the endgame loop was 'Avengers Initiative', a multiplayer mode where up to 4 players select different heroes to complete repetitive missions called War Zones, Drop Zones, and Villain Sectors. The highest tier of multiplayer content included OLTs (Omega Level Threats) and the grueling 4-player Klaw Raid in Wakanda, requiring intense team coordination and highly optimized elemental gear builds to overcome massive health pools and puzzle mechanics. |
Supports drop-in/drop-out cooperative multiplayer for 1 to 16 players on both player-hosted worlds and dedicated servers. The game emphasizes collaborative progression: all players in a session contribute to and benefit from shared Flame Altars, unlocked craftspeople recipes, and fast-travel spires. Dynamic difficulty scaling adjusts enemy health, damage, and horde reinforcements based on party size, while complementary skill trees encourage dedicated team roles (such as front-line tanks taunting bosses while healers cast restorative auras and rangers apply poison debuffs). |
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Marvel's Avengers originally launched in 2020 with Standard, Deluxe, and 'Earth's Mightiest' Collector's Editions. Before being delisted in 2023, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics released 'Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition', which unlocked nearly every premium cosmetic outfit, emote, and takedown animation for free for all owners. As of September 30, 2023, the game has been permanently removed from Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox digital storefronts, though existing owners can still download and play it. |
Enshrouded is available on PC via Steam at $29.99 USD ($23.99 during periodic sales), which includes full access to all Early Access updates and the upcoming Version 1.0 commercial launch on October 15, 2026. A planned 'Flameborn Supporter Edition' ($39.99 USD) packages the full game alongside the official digital orchestral soundtrack composed by German composers, an interactive digital lore and concept art book, and exclusive cosmetic building block materials (such as Imperial Marble and Gilded Stone bricks). |
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The game adopted a 'free DLC' model for playable heroes and story content. Major expansions included 'Operation: Taking AIM' featuring Kate Bishop, 'Operation: Future Imperfect' featuring Hawkeye, and the massive 'War for Wakanda' expansion adding Black Panther, new jungle biomes, and Klaw as a villain. The Mighty Thor (Jane Foster) and The Winter Soldier were also added. PlayStation players famously received exclusive access to Spider-Man. With the final update in March 2023, development completely ceased. |
Keen Games has maintained an aggressive development cadence driven by player-voted features on Feature Upvote. Major updates leading into Version 1.0 include the introduction of dynamic weather and water biomes, animal husbandry and pet companions, musical instruments with bardic buffs, customizable server world modifiers, instanced dungeon Hollow Halls, and expanded mountain regions. Post-1.0 plans include seasonal festivals, community building contests, and official modding support. |
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Running on the Foundation Engine (previously used for the Tomb Raider reboots), the game features high-fidelity, highly detailed character models, cinematic lighting, and beautiful, sweeping environments. However, this fidelity comes at the cost of visual chaos; during multiplayer combat, the screen becomes a blinding soup of particle effects, explosions, and UI numbers, severely hindering visibility. The cosmetic skins, ranging from MCU film-accurate suits to deep-cut comic references, are meticulously crafted. |
Rendered in Keen Games' proprietary custom voxel engine, Enshrouded produces breathtaking vistas with painterly fantasy lighting. Realistic day-night cycles illuminate rolling hills and ruined castles, while dense blue Shroud mist blankets low-lying valleys with volumetric godrays. The voxel tech allows micro-level architectural detail where bricks, wood grain, and carved stone blend naturally into the natural terrain without jagged blockiness. |
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The game features a sweeping, cinematic orchestral score composed by Bobby Tahouri, capturing the grand, heroic tone expected of a Marvel property. The sound design of combat is exceptionally punchy: the metallic clang of Cap's shield catching a robot, the heavy thud of Hulk smashing concrete, and the distinctive whine of Iron Man's repulsors are all incredibly satisfying. Voice acting is a major highlight, featuring industry veterans like Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, Nolan North, and Sandra Saad. |
The soundscape evokes a rich sense of ancient mystery and high adventure. Acoustic guitars, lutes, and gentle orchestral strings create a serene, pastoral ambiance while building and tending settlements in the sunlit Overworld. In contrast, descending into the Shroud immediately transitions the score into haunting, dissonant ambient drones punctuated by eerie whispering winds and screeching mutants. Combat audio delivers crunchy satisfaction: booming shield parries, resonant bowstring twangs, and the thunderous crumbling of voxel terrain under heavy hammer impacts. |
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The UI suffered from significant 'looter-shooter' clutter. The menus were heavily cursor-driven (even on consoles) to navigate massive inventories of gear, artifacts, and skill trees. During combat, the screen was flooded with damage numbers, status effect icons, objective markers, and cooldown timers for three distinct Heroic abilities (Support, Assault, and Ultimate), often making the actual gorgeous combat animations hard to read. |
The game features a sleek, modern fantasy UI designed for seamless controller and keyboard/mouse navigation. A prominent countdown dial indicates remaining Shroud survival time when venturing into the fog. The inventory system features clear rarity color-coding (Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary), stack-sorting buttons, and quick-deposit hotkeys for base storage chests. The building interface offers an intuitive visual block selector allowing players to place individual voxels, pre-fabricated walls, staircases, and ornate architectural trim with snap-to-grid accuracy. |
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The game included a decent suite of accessibility options upon release. This included highly customizable subtitle sizes and backgrounds, high-contrast UI modes, toggleable aim assist, options to change rapid button mashing (QTEs) into simple button holds, and fully remappable controls for both keyboard and gamepad, allowing players to customize the heavy combat mechanics to their physical needs. |
Keen Games has implemented comprehensive accessibility settings: fully customizable controller and keyboard keybindings, toggleable camera bobbing and screenshake sliders, adjustable FOV up to 110 degrees, dedicated colorblind presets (Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia) that enhance HUD reticles and Shroud boundary markers, scalable interface text, and extensive server world settings (including custom death penalties, stamina drain rates, and daytime length sliders). |
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| 1080p (Full HD) - Recommended (High Preset, 1080p (60 FPS Target)) CPU: The official recommended processors that provide enough threads to handle the chaotic 4-player co-op encounters seamlessly. CPU (Laptop): Provides excellent frame pacing, critical for maintaining combos during intense fights. GPU: The official recommended GPUs provide sufficient VRAM to load high-res textures and process massive amounts of combat VFX. GPU (Laptop): An excellent card that guarantees locked 60 FPS at 1080p when paired with DLSS. RAM: Highly recommended to prevent stuttering when the game dynamically streams in new sectors of the map. Storage: SSD is officially recommended due to the massive size of uncompressed high-res audio and texture files. | |
memoryCPU: Intel Core i7 4770K, 3.4 Ghz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 3.2 Ghz developer_boardGPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 480, 8GB laptop_macCPU (L): Intel Core i7-9750H / AMD Ryzen 7 4800H laptop_windowsGPU (L): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile layersRAM: 16 GB saveStorage (Tier): 110GB SSD space | memoryCPU: Intel Core i7-8700 (3.7 GHz 6-Core) / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (3.7 GHz 8-Core) developer_boardGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (6GB+ VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (6GB+ VRAM) / Intel Arc A770 laptop_macCPU (L): Intel Core i7-11800H / AMD Ryzen 7 5800H laptop_windowsGPU (L): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile (85W+) / RTX 4060 Mobile (80W+) layersRAM: 16 GB saveStorage (Tier): 60 GB NVMe M.2 SSD |
| 1080p (Full HD) - Minimum (Low Preset, 1080p (30 FPS Target)) CPU: The official minimum CPU requirement capable of running the baseline game logic and physics calculations without instantly bottlenecking. CPU (Laptop): Entry-level quad-core mobile CPUs will struggle during highly populated chaotic combat but can manage the single-player campaign. GPU: The absolute official minimum to render the game, requiring all settings to be turned to low to avoid exceeding the 2GB VRAM limit. GPU (Laptop): Capable of providing a playable 1080p 30-45 FPS experience on low/medium settings. RAM: Official minimum required to prevent constant game crashes due to out-of-memory errors. Storage: Official minimum storage requirement, though mechanical hard drives will result in incredibly long elevator loading screens. | |
memoryCPU: Intel Core i3-4160 or AMD equivalent developer_boardGPU: NVIDIA GTX 950 / AMD 270 (min 2GB video ram) laptop_macCPU (L): Intel Core i5-8300H / AMD Ryzen 5 3550H laptop_windowsGPU (L): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / RTX 3050 Mobile layersRAM: 8 GB saveStorage (Tier): 75GB HDD space | memoryCPU: Intel Core i5-6400 (2.7 GHz 4-Core) / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (3.5 GHz 4-Core) developer_boardGPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 580 (6GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A380 laptop_macCPU (L): Intel Core i5-8300H / AMD Ryzen 5 3550H laptop_windowsGPU (L): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile (6GB) / RTX 3050 Mobile (6GB, 60W+) layersRAM: 16 GB saveStorage (Tier): 60 GB available space (SATA SSD / HDD) |
| 1440p (QHD/2K) - Enthusiast (Ultra Preset, 1440p (60 FPS Target)) CPU: Modern mid-to-high end CPUs provide massive overhead, ensuring AI pathfinding and physics don't halt the render thread. CPU (Laptop): Easily powers the game's logic while driving higher resolution laptop displays. GPU: Required to maintain a sharp 1440p resolution without losing 60 FPS when all particle effects are enabled. GPU (Laptop): Provides the necessary compute overhead for 1440p rendering on portable panels. RAM: Mandatory for handling higher resolution texture caches. Storage: NVMe SSD highly recommended. | |
memoryCPU: Intel Core i5-10600K / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X developer_boardGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT laptop_macCPU (L): Intel Core i7-12700H / AMD Ryzen 7 6800H laptop_windowsGPU (L): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile / RTX 4060 Mobile layersRAM: 16 GB saveStorage (Tier): 110GB SSD space | memoryCPU: Intel Core i7-12700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D developer_boardGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (12GB) / AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT (16GB) laptop_macCPU (L): Intel Core i7-13700HX / AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS laptop_windowsGPU (L): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile (115W+) / RTX 3080 Mobile (130W) layersRAM: 32 GB saveStorage (Tier): 60 GB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD |
| 2160p (UHD/4K) - Ultra (Max Preset, 4K (60 FPS with DLSS)) CPU: Ensures absolutely no bottlenecks at the highest visual fidelity during ultimate attacks. CPU (Laptop): Desktop-grade performance in a mobile chassis. GPU: Powers the grueling 4K resolution, requiring heavy use of DLSS/FSR to maintain 60 FPS in dense War Zones. GPU (Laptop): Required to maintain a stable 4K frame rate on an external display. RAM: Optimizes system stability and ensures zero background application interference. Storage: Gen4 NVMe SSD. | |
memoryCPU: Intel Core i7-12700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D developer_boardGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT laptop_macCPU (L): Intel Core i9-13900HX laptop_windowsGPU (L): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile layersRAM: 32 GB saveStorage (Tier): 110GB SSD space | memoryCPU: Intel Core i7-14700K / AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D developer_boardGPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (16GB) / AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24GB) laptop_macCPU (L): Intel Core i9-14900HX / AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX laptop_windowsGPU (L): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile (175W) layersRAM: 32 GB saveStorage (Tier): 60 GB PCIe Gen4/Gen5 NVMe SSD |
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Spec: 75GB HDD space (110GB SSD Recommended) Note: While 75GB is the minimum required install size, an SSD with 110GB available space is officially recommended to prevent abysmal load times and severe texture streaming hitches. Type: SSD | Spec: 60 GB available space (Solid State Drive Recommended) Note: Solid-state storage is strongly recommended to prevent asset streaming hitches during high-speed gliding and fast-travel transitions. Type: SSD |
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| Spec: Windows 10 64-bit Explanation: A 64-bit operating system is strictly required for addressing the high memory overhead of the game's high-resolution superhero models and massive levels. | Spec: Windows 10 64-bit / Windows 11 64-bit Explanation: Requires a 64-bit Windows operating system supporting low-overhead multi-threaded graphics APIs and modern memory addressing. |
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| Spec: DirectX 12 Explanation: The game was built heavily around DirectX 12 to handle efficient multithreading and the immense amount of on-screen particle effects during ultimate abilities. | Spec: DirectX 12 / Vulkan compatible Explanation: Utilizes modern low-level graphics APIs for high-performance multi-threaded draw calls, dynamic voxel chunk meshing, and volumetric fog scattering. |
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