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Oct 18 2005
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects Review
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| Summary: Imperfect, but fun
86
Marvel Nemesis is a game that both suffers and benefits from its ambitious gameplay goals. The developers obviously wanted to translate the titanic battles of comic books into a 3D game without creating a rehash of other games (SF3 or Tekken) -- in this respect they've succeeded.
Without having to memorize an array of complicated moves, the developers place at the gamers fingertips the casual power that one would imagine their favorite superheroes have. The Thing and Brigade pick up cars and other giant objects like paperweights, while Iron Man and Spider Man can flit about the environments, raining blows upon their opponents whenever they can exploit an opening.
The controls are simple. One button attacks, another throws. There's a block button and a jump button. However, string any of these together with each other or with the superpower button and it's possible to unleash a vicious combo without having to memorize a specific sequence of button-presses. The addition of a mobility button is great for when your hero/villain is getting smashed against a wall.
The A.I. Opponent, although not consistently challenging (or intelligent) possesses an amount of power equal to the player's. One can easily find the tide of the battle turning as the A.I. unleashes a devastating salvo of superpowers (battles versus Dr. Doom or Solara pop to mind).
The graphics may not be showstopping, but they run at a consistent clip. Little details, such as deformable terrain make up for the lack of poly-density and high-detail textures.
Although it may not be the greatest comic game ever made, Marvel Nemesis has a good deal of content to unlock (it only starts you off with two characters: The Thing and Johnny Ohm). As a fighting game it has an ambitious design that may not turn genre-fans' clocks. The free-roaming 3D aspect and lack of combos may not appeal to that hardcore demographic, but the simplicity of the combat and the sheer ease of stepping into the shoes of a superhero are more than enough for this reviewer.
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10/20/05
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adhesivehog
| Missouri USA
10/20/05
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LordByron
| New Jersey USA
I liked it, but now that I have X-Men Legends there really isn't any comparison. Nemesis is good, but if you compare the two X-Men Legends would still get a 96 and Nemesis would be somewhere in the high 70's.
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10/21/05
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overachiever
| Maryland USA
I like incredibly long combos. My dexterity (which also contributes to my good handwritting, and therefore elegantly composed sentences to match) works well with those games. In fact, now I beat my StepBrother in Soul Caliber II every single time, whereas I used to win only once out of fifty times, at least.
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