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Oct 12 2005
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects Review
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Usually, movie to game translations suck (not that this is one), but any game that says Marvel on it lately has actually turned out to be quite good. Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a fighting game brought to you by EA and Nihilistic Software, boasting over a dozen characters (Spiderman, Elektra, The Thing et all). This game was also heavily collaborated with top industry talent as there are not only Marvel characters but new ones as well, with all of this going on how can you not be excited? Well I was excited, but my excitement and anticipation led me to dissapointment upon playing this Thing.
I was almost not going to do a review on this game because I like to play games through thoroughly to make sure I give the game a fair shake and unlock most of what I can, which brings me to my first gripe, unlocking. I, like everyone else, love a good unlock here and there. When unlockables are done properly, there's a sense of accomplishment and progression to keep on playing, especially when the gameplay is fun, but MN:ROTI does neither of them properly.
When you first boot up this game you have a selection of 2, yes you heard me right, 2 fighters; and of them is the very un-nimble and repertoireless The Thing. Ok, fine EA, we can unlock some other fighters, this might be fun. Let's get to playing. What you can do with fighters which I actually liked was adding special abilities, known as cards, such as thunder bolts and defensive moves which can be used by assigning them to your D-Pad, fighters are controlled with the analog nub. I like the idea of adding special abilities, I dislike the idea of using the D-Pad for them. You have to unlock cards as well through story mode, grrrr.
So after some grumbling and unlocking readiness, you start your first fight in a burnt-out Manhattan Street. Cars are flaming and you can actually use objects on your opponent while fighting. For example, The Thing can hurl cars, cool!
Speaking of hurling, after a quick pause and quick trip to the toilet, you realize that the gameplay is just plain bad, and the graphics aren't that great and are stiff. We've also seen decent effects on other games as well, and even the special card abilities aren't spectacular or exciting at all. The sound is ok, but let's face it, you didn't buy this game for sound now did you? Load times are fine as well. They're long for certain levels which doesn't add to the pleasure, but they are ok.
The camera can be controlled by a button, remember this fighter is in 3D, and it auto scrolls as well, but even the camera is clumsy. I really, really wanted to like this game. Control of fighters tends to be sloppy as well unfortunately. Street Fighteresque moves are hard to pull off, and there just isn't a whole array of moves for each individual fighter as well.
Remember the unlocking part? Well, because the whole package just isn't fun to play, it takes you a great deal of matches to unlock things, and it feels longer than it takes because of this aspect.
So is there any redeeming qualities for this game? Well, I really try to include some positives but other than load times and assigning attributes to fighters, there just isn't much here, and I really wanted to like this game. At best, MN:ROTI should definately be rented first before you buy, and it isn't worthy of a purchase at all. The idea sounded great, but it ends up being nothing more than a bad mish-mash of Gameplay. It definately is Imperfect.
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I been playing this game for two days now and still has not been able to unlock other characters yet still working on completing The THING.
Three more fighters to fight before finishing The THING hope that will give me another character to play instead of cards(which sucks).
This game is too long and starting out with two fighter is one of the biggest mistake EA can make.
Also like the review above the camera angle is very bad the graphic is nothing but decent.
The game so far seems like a one button game meaning just tab push hope that will change when I get Venom or Spidy.
I am a big marvel fan so I will contiune and bear with this game or until x-men lengend II comes out next week for PSP.
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thanks for the review! i was thinking about getting this game since i'm a huge marvel fan myself.. but i've heard nothing but bad reviews so i'll keep my $50.
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a gaming mag i read said almost the same thing.it sure does look good though.
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Its actually fairly addicting, me and i friend of mine bought it and cant stop playing it. So far ive unlocked spiderman, venom, wolverine, brigade, and ironman. By the way, iron man owns, because you can jus fly around the map with no limits, is really cool. Its a decent game, and a definate rent atleast. Check it out before you read the reviews, its a good game for marvel fans.
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Whose played this for Xbox or PS2?
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i gotta say, i like what i've played so far... I understand what you're saying, but i still like it. It's just not for everyone.
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I like it, but the thing that kind of ticks me off is the one boutton to attack, my X boutton is really getting a beating.
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this is worst game i have played for the psp. it gets so long and it's so unbalanced and bland. i am returning this, on account that it sucks.
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This game is only $39.99, I boght it today, and I like it. But the Grphics is like, xbox stuff, Recommonded! :D
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your subject doesn't make any sense.
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