Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects pits fierce Marvel superheroes against each other in a 3D fighting game. You can assume control of heroes such as the Punisher, Spider-Man, and Captain America, and duel…

55 20 September 2005

Fighting Action Science fiction

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a fighting developed by EA Canada, released 20 September 2005 on PlayStation Portable, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The main story takes about 6 hrs to finish.

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What Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a fighting game developed by EA Canada and released in 2005. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation Portable, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It runs on Havok.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects pits fierce Marvel superheroes against each other in a 3D fighting game. You can assume control of heroes such as the Punisher, Spider-Man, and Captain America, and duel with them in interactive and destructible environments. A new team of superheroes called the Imperfects joins the mayhem. You can play in single-player story mode to unlock collectible awards, or you can play against other gamers in multiplayer modes.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Marvel series

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is the 109th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse in 2005. Its critic score of 55 is 9 points below the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.

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How it was received

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 16% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 12 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 6 hrs.

What it launched against

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects launched on 20 September 2005, within three weeks of Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.