Marvel’s Avengers Game Characters Redesign Shows New Thor Look and Other Changes

The latest trailer for Marvel’s Avengers is out and judging by the “old” footage shown off in it, it would seem like Crystal Dynamics has heard some of the fan’s feedback and have once again done some Avengers game characters redesign/changes.

When Crystal Dynamic’s Marvel’s Avengers game was first fully revealed at E3 2019, many were quick to criticize the game’s visual, especially with how some of the character models looked. This was mostly directed towards Black Widow’s “Manly” look, which as we saw last year has actually gone through slight improvements. It now appears that after closer examination of the latest pre-order trailer, Thor now has a new hairstyle along with some general improvements to other areas in the game. Take a look down below at the collection of images we created to show these differences.

Quick note: The changes down below may have in fact been added last October, but due to the limited footage the studio had released we only got a small look at the new revised Thor and could not provide a side-by-side comparison. The latest Pre-order trailer shows the exact same scenes that were present in the original 2019 reveal trailer.

As you can see his hair is now styled and also appears to be softer. One could say that the 2019 version bears a resemblance to Thor’s first introduction in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) and his 2020 version goes for the style he had in Avenger 2: Age of Ultron and at the start of Thor Ragnorok.

We included this one as it’s the actual in-game model versus a similar scene from the 2019 trailer.

Next is The Hulk.

General lighting has been changed, though that may be explained by the less dense smoke that is now present in this scene. Besides that, there are some minor differences between the 2019 and 2020 build of The Hulk. Like Thor, his hair has been adjusted slightly to give it more details. The “big” difference comes in the Hulk’s chest hair which is now gone in the newer build.

This 2020 build added a focus blur, a very minor change there. The environment, however, is a bit different as the car in the background has more details as does the street. There’s even a very visible puddle (Puddlegate!) of water near Iron Man.


No major changes when you see it as a still image outside of the different lighting. Particle effects do appear to be downgraded a bit when you see it side-by-side in motion, mostly seen in the effect under the carrier. A bit of color was added to the carrier.

An interesting one as the 2019 build featured some very tall hills or mountain ranges in the background. The 2020 build gets rid of these and trades it for taller trees and more man-made structures.

That’s all the changes that we could spot in the trailer, though we are sure there are more smaller ones in there. Sadly we couldn’t get a better look at Black Widows character or Captain American, and for the most Iron Man appears to hold the same visual appearance. Overall we do feel that there have been some improvements (debatable) made, and in the least, it shows that Crystal Dynamics is still hard at work at polishing.  It’ll be even more interesting to see what the team does with the additional months they have received due to Marvel’s Avengers delay. It was originally going to launch this May but has since been pushed back for a September release.

What do you guys think of Thor’s new hair? Did you prefer the old one more or the new one?

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Scott Bakula
Scott Bakula
4 years ago

No. More blonde, bigger beard, longer hair. It’s definitely worse than 2019. Stop moving closer to the MCU and be more comics-focused. Although I assume there will be comic skins/outfits like other games.

Titan
Titan
Reply to  Scott Bakula
4 years ago

Yes, move away from the MCU, the one most successful thing to ever happen to Marvel and made billions upon billions of dollars and move closer to the comics, you know, the one thing no one gives a shit about and put Marvel into near bankruptcy. Real smart. REAL smart. I say we fire Kevin Feige and put you, Scott Bakula in charge for being REAL SMART.

AndroidVageta
AndroidVageta
Reply to  Titan
4 years ago

He’s so smart. Bakula for President I say!

Xashru
Xashru
Reply to  Titan
4 years ago

Yeah no one gives a shit thats why it existed in comic form before the films for over 50yrs and still continues today.

Titan
Titan
Reply to  Xashru
4 years ago

It continues to exist today in spite of the comics. Had it not been for the gamble on the MCU, every Marvel character would have belonged to a bank who would have sold it to bunch of other companies to recoup their money. So yes, no one gives a shit about Marvel comics.

Alex
Reply to  Titan
4 years ago

I’d personally want more MCU-themed skins. :}

D-_-RAiL
D-_-RAiL
Reply to  Scott Bakula
4 years ago

The other head is probably still in game and we just saw one of the skins

D-_-RAiL
D-_-RAiL
Reply to  Scott Bakula
4 years ago

I think you are color blind the hair is still blonde

suli559 .
suli559 .
4 years ago

Game is gonna be crap regardless

kornick
kornick
4 years ago

Still looks like s*it

ELIZABETH BOOTCAMP
ELIZABETH BOOTCAMP
4 years ago

they still look terrible.

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