We recently received a distressed message from loyal Joystiq reader, Thundercizzle. His message was simple, "Don't Buy Marvel Nemesis!" Indeed, the Marvel vs. EA fighting game landed in stores this week amidst sub-par reviews. We didn't even consider the releases to be newsworthy until Thundercizzle hit us with his desperate plea. We've reproduced it below for your reading pleasure. Our advice, heed his warning…
?As a loyal reader of Joystiq, I am begging you to please warn my fellow fans NOT to buy Marvel Nemesis: Rise of
the Imperfects. Rise of the Imperfects is right, because this game is the epitome of imperfection. Okay,
so the graphics are PSOne quality at best. But everyone knows gameplay is what really makes a game. Unfortunately,
gameplay falls even shorter.
Playing the game, you don?t get the feeling that you?re playing any of the comic characters. It?s more of the sense
that you?re playing the same character with slight differences. Each character basically has two ?special moves.? One
is a glorified throw move, and the other is supposed to be a signature move, but it?s very bland and no fun at all to
execute. On top of the limited moves, you run out of your ?special move? meter pretty quickly. (Since when does
Wolverine run out of energy to use his claws?!) The gameplay is slow except when a move has FINALLY executed, and then
the gameplay skips?A LOT?and an unnecessary amount of time is spent waiting for the game to auto save and load.
To add more seasoning to this overcooked steak, I traded in the game today and the maximum amount I could get with my
perks membership was $24! Mind you, the game just came out only yesterday, but apparently the retailers know how bad
the game sucks now. So, friends, this is a fair warning to NOT buy Marvel Nemesis. You won?t get the feeling
that you?re playing your beloved comic characters, and you won?t get your money?s worth. I?m very disappointed in
Marvel for allowing this highly anticipated game to be released AS IS, and I won?t be getting the PSP version now
either.
Your padre, Thunder?
[Link below is to Metacritic?s PS2 reviews]
