"Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a two player action slash head to head fighter that truly delivers on all that is promised."

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a two player action slash head to head fighter that truly delivers on all that is promised. You can choose from multiple Marvel Characters and either fight along side other Marvel heroes to thwart the scourge that is the Imperfects or just beat the crud out of your friends in multi player. This in all honesty is where the game truly shows its grit.

Graphics- 9
The graphics in Nemesis are an absolute joy to look at. The characters are very well planned out and executed. The levels while a bit tedious and repetitive, also have a high level of detail and interactivity. While the latter mostly includes picking up things and tossing them at people, still it's interactive. Pretty much everything in this game looks great and the Marvel characters are dead on accurate, though don't go looking for classic costumes, new game, new look.

Game play- 8
There are two sides to the game play in this title. Single player while fun, is not this games high point. The single player bit consists of an exclusive story line introducing the imperfects and explaining their wants and needs, blah, blah. You know the drill bad guys trying to take over the world, good guys trying to stop it. It has a great little two sided tail, meaning you get to play both good and bad guys, but still it's nothing new action game wise. But the single play suffers from repetitive level design and a pain in the butt A.I.. That makes it tough, but some times makes it pointlessly tough. Still its fun and you're playing as a super hero, so win some lose some. Multiplayer, now that's where this game shines. You and a friend can just go at it in a classic super hero fight and for once you actually feel like a super hero. Depending on who you are you can fly, shoot fire, throw cars, sling webs, fire laser beams, call forth lighting, pretty much what ever your super hero character can do in the comics, you can do against your opponent. The game allows for timed matches or life matches, so you can go at it for as long as you want. Also, if you're friendless at a particular time and still want to get some clobbering time in that game allows for bot matches, so you can always play.

Sound- 6
The sound in Marvel Nemesis is not very enthusiastic in the way that there's nothing too special. The Characters all have voices, but no real scripts, just smack talk. The special powers all sound good, but nothing great. And the music, well that's very bland, again not bad, just nothing super cool or anything. Just your basic video game sound. I do give it a little extra due to the object throwing and bashing does sound really well, it's just not enough to merit the rest of the boring sound.

Control- 9
Controls are simple, yet effective. You have your attack, block, jump, and grab buttons. A trigger for running and a trigger the makes all the pervious buttons mentioned super. So you can be throwing punches one second, hold down the super button and be setting people a blaze in the next second. It all works out really well surprisingly and is not that hard to figure out. Plus once you get it down you start to feel really cool when you start running up walls and grabbing people out of the air. Takes a few minutes to get down, but eventually your flying like a true hero.

Overall- 8
All in all Marvel Nemesis needs to be in anyone's collection that likes fighters, comics, or the two combined. Even people with no prior fighting knowledge or who missed out on the comics should pick this title up. It truly gives you the feel of being a super hero and gives one a good view of what a fight between giants would be like. From throwing a taxi at a friend, to raining down lighting you really feel as though you are who you picked. Be it The Thing, Wolverine, Storm, Iron Man, even Magnito, you'll feel like they just plugged in a comic and let you go wild. Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a great title for any one looking for a good two player game and a must own for any true comic fan.

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 01/25/06