Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
Most might not have the best memories of Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, but it’s undeniable that now might be a great time to revisit its concept.
A relic of the sixth console generation, the game saw Marvel heroes pitted against a new team of villains while also allowing players to duke it out against one another. The game’s roster included mainstays like Spider-Man and Wolverine, and seemed poised to kick off a promising new fighting game series.
Or at least, it did until people got their hands on it. While it had decent enough fighting game mechanics and balancing between characters, the punishing and spam-happy AI made the single player a nightmare. Multiplayer didn’t fare any better either, with limited options and poor online play functionality.
As a result, it was maligned by critics and all but the most die-hard Marvel fans, left to be forgotten to time.
And yet, given the state of Marvel properties now, it might be possible to salvage the idea. Marvel’s mainstream popularity has opened the floodgates for who might pick up a fighting game featuring popular and obscure characters alike.
Likewise, this increase in popularity means more skilled and experienced developers could be enlisted to the project, reducing the chance for issues which plagued the first game in the series to occur.
Top it off with the fact that Marvel vs. Capcom is low-key going on a hiatus due to its most recent entry’s crash in popularity, and there are more than enough reasons to think the Imperfects should rise from the dead.
