Guardians of the Galaxy Performance Analysis

The Marvel-inspired game looks great and plays well. Developed by Eidos Montreal, Guardians of the Galaxy is a game which appears stunning even at low settings, thanks to its punchy colours and great level of detail.

Both textures and effects look very modern. The character models are impressive, even though they have a distinct comic-book look. Thanks to a mix of very well-made cutscenes and great background music, Guardians of the Galaxy is able to create a very dense atmosphere.

The developers behind the game (Eidos Montreal) deserve some praise for the well-made graphics menu. Some settings can be changed via the game launcher, while other settings can be adjusted in-game. In the Graphics tab, there are more than 10 settings (consisting of sliders and toggles). You can change the resolution, adjust the field of view, enable vertical synchronisation, and set the resolution scaling in the Display tab. The title supports such modern features as DLSS.

With the exception of the two RT settings, which affect the reflections, all other settings can be changed via presets, which have some peculiarities, especially the low and the high one. The fact that changing the texture quality requires a restart is not likely to please anyone, given that the introductory videos cannot be skipped.

On a technological level, Guardians of the Galaxy does not appear to be particularly polished. We experienced many crashes–especially when launching the game. The fullscreen mode also did not always work well (black screen).

Thankfully, Guardians of the Galaxy features a one-minute built-in benchmark (perfect length). Loading times are not super fast, though. During the benchmark, which takes place in a market, there are no performance statistics. However, upon completion, the benchmark provides the data such as minimum, average and maximum FPS. There is also a VRAM meter.