Nintendo DS

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects

So what are we left with? Basically, all of the projectile attacks are fairly easy to dodge by sidestepping, so using them is usually not going to get you very far, so battles are a matter of trapping your opponent, as I said. Once trapped, it isn't overly easy to escape, so one good trapping can decide the battle. This being said, in multiplayer battles, going near the walls is a very bad idea. But, who wants to play a fighting game like this when there's better available? I've not, as of the time of this writing, had the chance to play Shrek Superslam, but I have played Guilty Gear: Dust Strikers, and it leaves this game in the dust in terms of quality. So, if you're desperate for a fighting game for the DS, I'd go with Guilty Gear or wait until a really good fighting games gets released on the system.

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a game that doesn’t really fit the Nintendo DS. The game doesn’t take advantage of the Nintendo DS hardware’s unique capabilities at all. It lacks presentable visuals and a decent combat engine as well. Only the most diehard Marvel fans should consider looking at it and even then, only for the unlockable content.

Essentially Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a game that just doesn't fit the DS. The game makes practically no use of the handhelds unique design and abilities and this results in a disappointing experience. The enemy AI is rather weak and has tendencies to do strange things. There's no real story to string the various battles together and to top it all off the game and the process by which you unlock the characters is simply drawn out. Had the game been enjoyable this wouldn't have been a problem. With a host of great games appearing for the DS this Christmas, it's difficult to recommend a game that just doesn't do the console any justice at all.

Comment Electronic Arts a pu valider un tel produit, bâclé jusqu'à l'os ?! Tout, du gameplay à l'IA des combattants en passant par l'aspect graphique, nous fait dire que les développeurs ont travaillé à la va-vite. Problèmes de délais ? D'ambitions ? Impossible à dire mais le résultat est là. Ce n'est certainement pas avec un tel "joyau" que le jeu de baston va se démocratiser sur Nintendo DS. Ca me donnerait presque envie d'aller pleurer dans les jupes de Stan Lee.

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects shouldn't have been made for the Nintendo DS. The system doesn't have the capabilities to display the other versions' main strengths, which lie in their graphics and online multiplayer modes. Add this to the fact that this game is clearly an unfinished product (that still costs $35), and you've got a real lemon on your hands. Don't buy, rent, or otherwise play this game. You'll regret it.

There's no ifs about it: Marvel Nemesis is easily one of the worst Nintendo DS games released yet. It's extraordinarily hard to see any good in all this bad, and honestly I can't imagine any DS owner working their way through the progression because they're enjoying the clumsy, clunky, chunky, buggy, and most likely unfinished gameplay. If you like this game then you clearly enjoy being tortured.

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is quite imperfect at that, lacking in any real reason to play unless you're an absolutely Marvel nut, in which case Ultimate Spider-Man will provide far more entertainment. I don't think that any of Marvel's do-gooders could save it from itself.