As the player fight enemies, a meter will build up and allow players to unleash a special ability known as "Team Huddle", which briefly stops combat and prompts Star-Lord to make a motivational speech and play a song to inspire his teammates. These points can be used to unlock new abilities for both Star-Lord and other Guardians. As the player progresses in the game, they will earn experience points. Once the enemy is defeated, they will drop health pick-ups, which will refill Star-Lord's health. Once an opponent's stagger bar is depleted, they will be temporarily stunned, opening a window for players to attack. Once the player has maximized the team's momentum, they can perform a "Call-to-Action" attack, which deals significant damages to stronger enemies. Īs Star-Lord and the Guardians engage in combat, the player's performance will be rated using the Momentum gauge. For instance, players can instruct Drax to hurl a large boulder at enemies. Guardians can also use environmental hazards to their advantage. However, these abilities have a short cooldown time. Drax can easily stagger enemies, while Gamora can use her sword to deal powerful damages against a single opponent. Groot has excellent crowd control abilities in which he can use his roots to immobilize enemies, while Rocket Raccoon can deploy various explosives and bombs. Each character has four unique skills and abilities which can be chained together to inflict more damage. Players can enter Guardians Mode in order to issue commands to them during combat. Other members of the titular team, which include Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax the Destroyer, are not directly playable as they are controlled by artificial intelligence. Ice shots temporarily freeze enemies, lightning shots stun them, wind shots pull enemies far away towards Star-Lord, and Plasma shots induce fire damages to boss characters. His blasters have four alternate firing modes. The player can utilize Star-Lord's elemental guns to defeat enemies. In Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, the player assumes control of Peter Quill / Star-Lord from a third-person perspective.
The player can use their weapons to destroy parts of the environment,