Praying favourites

Unsurprisingly, the Guardians don’t stray too far from their MCU counterparts in terms of characterisation – it’s no surprise to learn that Marvel was very hands-on in this regard – though DeMarle says Eidos Montreal has nodded towards the comics more in certain places. “Drax is very intelligent, but in the movies he’s very literal. We wanted to maintain that, but also make it [clear] that he’s a smart guy: he’s more of a tactician in the group.” One character diverges more from the films, however. “The character I liked best that we worked on was Mantis,” DeMarle says. “We put more of the character we saw in the comic books into her. She was a lot of fun to write because she’s so unpredictable.”