The New Avengers Video Game Is Weirding Out The Internet

Avengers... Assemble

Who among us hasn't fantasized about being one of the Avengers? To fly like Iron Man, to wield Captain America's shield, to shop at Pottery Barn with Hawkeye's boring family? Well soon, fans will have the chance. A while back we learned that Marvel was partnering with developer Square Enix for an Avengers video game! One that would allow us to actually participate in the adventures of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, instead of passively observing their exploits while guzzling soda.

Now, after years of anticipation, this year's E3 played host to Square Enix giving the world its first glimpse of ... the Avengers?

Yeah, even though the visual style, costumes, and music featured in the trailer are clearly patterned after the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the makers of the game apparently didn't shell out the money to pay for the rights to the actors' likenesses. Which explains why Black Widow looks more like Lara Flynn Boyle than Scarlett Johansson, while Captain America is seemingly modeled after the stepdad you always hated.

It's fine for a game to operate in its own universe, but seeing as this is the first Avengers project to follow the blockbuster emotional roller coaster that was Endgame, maybe giving us the community theater understudy versions of these iconic characters isn't the best idea?