Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
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Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
Platform(s) | GameCube, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Xbox |
Release | September 20, 2005
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Genre(s) | Fighting |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a fighting game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, and PSP, which ties into the "Marvel Nemesis" comic book series. It was released on September 20, 2005, in North America and October 14 in Europe. The game focuses on Marvel Comics characters facing a new team of super villains known as The Imperfects. Upon release, the game received mixed to negative reviews from critics.
Gameplay
The game pitches a series of
Plot summary
As heroes battle invading aliens, a
Meanwhile, a girl named Maya trains to fulfill Roekel's goal to create the best and most deadly warrior. She begins by destroying different alien devices. As training continues, she takes on the name
She fights her way out of the secret headquarters of the Imperfects and into the city, where Magneto finds her. So that Paragon will serve as his minion, he uses an alien device to control her. Paragon eventually breaks free of the device's control and defeats Magneto. She realizes that she is not evil and plans to stop Roekel. Roekel reveals that he is an alien, is responsible for and will spread the invasion. Maya attacks Roekel and kills him by taking away his life force. She stops the invasion, and she and the other Imperfects join to share the Earth with the heroes.
Characters
Marvel
Imperfects
- Brigade
- Fault Zone
- Hazmat
- Johnny Ohm
- Niles Van Roekel
- Paragon
- Solara
- Wink
Non-playable
Development
Rise of the Imperfects was the first game from a Marvel-Electronic Arts partnership from 2004 to 2006. From July 2005 to December 2006, Marvel Comics published a six-issue comic book limited series. Written by Greg Pak and drawn by Renato Arlem, it was a tie-in and prequel to the game.
Points in the video game story and the comic books directly contradict each other. The two still share the same characters and introduce the EA characters with, minor details aside, the same background stories and powers. Though the story implies the EA characters are part of the regular Marvel continuity, they have yet to appear elsewhere in the Marvel Multiverse due to the game's poor reception and EA's ownership of the characters.
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | PS2: 53/100[1] XBOX: 58/100[2] GC: 54/100[3] PSP: 58/100[4] DS: 34/100[5] |
Publication | Score |
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GameSpot | 6.4/10 (PS2)[6] |
The consoles and PSP versions received "mixed or average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic, while the Nintendo DS version received "generally unfavorable reviews".
The game was criticized for its poor story mode and limited multiplayer.[citation needed] Many complaints about the game revolved around the fact that AI opponents would chain-abuse projectile special moves, dealing significant damage to a player character, with the AI character immediately triggering the fatality upon dropping the player to low health.[citation needed]
References
- CBS Interactive. Archivedfrom the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- CBS Interactive. Archivedfrom the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- CBS Interactive. Archivedfrom the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- CBS Interactive. Archivedfrom the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- CBS Interactive. Archivedfrom the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ Palley, Steve (September 22, 2005). "Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects - GameSpot". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
External links
- Marvel video games on Marvel.com