History VideoGame / MarvelNemesisRiseOfTheImperfects

* RealIsBrown: In full display. Since the game was meant to be more "mature" and "realistic," that apparently meant everything needed to be dipped in mud. Also, several X-Men aren't wearing their colorful superhero costumes, instead going for street clothes or ridiculous-looking bikinis or long johns. Overall, the costumes seem like they were influenced by the more subdued and realistic designs of the Marvel movies that had been released at the time (such as the Creator/SamRaimi ''[[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spider-Man]]'' movies, the Creator/BryanSinger ''[[Film/XMenSeries X-Men]]'' movies, ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' and so on), which is especially obvious in the outfit designs for characters like Magneto, Daredevil and Elektra.

* RealIsBrown: In full display. Since the game was meant to be more "mature" and "realistic," that apparently meant everything needed to be dipped in mud. Also, several X-Men aren't wearing their colorful superhero costumes, instead going for street clothes or ridiculous-looking bikinis or long johns.

* RealIsBrown: In full display. Since the game was meant to be more "mature" and "realistic," that apparently meant everything needed to be dipped in mud.

* RealIsBrown

* PoisonousOrganism: Hazmat, whose attacks can make people sick, currently provides the picture.

** This is required more or less for gameplay purposes. When 4 Marvel heroes' storylines have been completed, a "sacrifice" mission is required to be completed before the story as a whole can continue. These missions involve the player taking control of an Imperfect (using the Wink against Electra or Hazmat against Venom) or a corrupted hero (Spider-Man vs. Human Torch or Wolverine vs. Storm) to kill off a hero. By the end of the game, only 3 characters can survive. One more thing: out of all the Marvel characters, Magneto never survives despite the player's actions. His sacrifice mission is needed to process.

The game structures itself around the city of New York falling into chaos with an alien invasion, where heroes such as Captain America (depending on the console) and the Hulk are seemingly [[KilledOffForReal killed]], and the appearance of a mysterious new superpowered group called the Imperfects. This also sets the game up for its [[DarkerAndEdgier dark tone]].

** Used to with Captain America, the Punisher, and the Hulk, the last of which is barely shown, to establish just how dangerous the aliens are.

** Used to an absolutely shameless degree with Captain America, the Punisher, and the Hulk, the last of which is barely shown, to establish just how dangerous the aliens are (despite the fact that they are pretty much much a joke).

* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Honestly EA basically spit in the Marvel characters's face just to make [[ItsAllAboutMe their newbies look awesome]]..... [[LaserGuidedKarma It's a good thing they failed miserably]].

'''''Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects''''' (2005) is a game that was launched for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]], UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, {{PSP}}, and UsefulNotes/NintendoDS and was promoted by a comic miniseries. It is most similar to ''VideoGame/PowerStone, VideoGame/{{Ehrgeiz}}'', and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' Gameplay consists of a fairly free-form fighting system, complete with dodges, blocks, get-up attacks, uppercuts, and air tackles. Using the super button allows the super version of each of these abilities, being more powerful but also depleting the super bar.

* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Honestly EA basically spit in the Marvel characters's face just to make [[ItsAllAboutMe their newbies look awesome]]..... [[LaserGuidedKarma It's good thing they failed miserably]].

** Honestly EA basically spit in the Marvel characters's face just to make [[ItsAllAboutMe their newbies look awesome]]..... [[LaserGuidedKarma It's good thing they failed miserably]].

** Used to an absolutely shameless degree with Captain America, the Punisher, and the Hulk, the last of which is barely shown, to establish just how dangerous the aliens are.

* TheWorfEffect: Used to an absolutely shameless degree with Captain America, the Punisher, and the Hulk, the last of which is barely shown, to establish just how dangerous the aliens are.

'''''Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects''''' (2005) is a game that was launched for the [[PlayStation2 PS2]], {{Xbox}}, GameCube, {{PSP}}, and NintendoDS and was promoted by a comic miniseries. It is most similar to ''VideoGame/PowerStone, VideoGame/{{Ehrgeiz}}'', and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' Gameplay consists of a fairly free-form fighting system, complete with dodges, blocks, get-up attacks, uppercuts, and air tackles. Using the super button allows the super version of each of these abilities, being more powerful but also depleting the super bar.

''Nemesis'' was supposed to be followed up by a sequel in 2008, but [[Creator/ElectronicArts EA]] and Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} terminated their partnership following the game's disappointing critical reception. Many early announcements identified the game as "''Marvel vs. EA''", and if you're having trouble naming any iconic EA characters ([[VideoGame/MaddenNFL John Madden]] aside), then you understand the initial skepticism the game received before it was announced that the non-Marvel characters would be all {{original|Generation}}. It sank so hard, Marvel ultimately cut all ties to EA and returned to Creator/{{Activision}} for video game business.

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: [[spoiler:The homeplanet of the BigBad was subjected to this. His entire plan is to raise an army or create a weapon capable of retaking his home world.]]

* FinishingMove

''Nemesis'' was supposed to be followed up by a sequel in 2008, but [[Creator/ElectronicArts EA]] and Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} terminated their partnership following the game's disappointing critical reception.

* EvilCounterpart: Many of the Imperfects are clear parallels to the Marvel characters. Hazmat's a gooier Spider-Man or Venom, Solara's an alien-empowered Human Torch, Brigade is Wolverine with guns instead of claws, etc. The Wink is the only such character whose heroic analogue (Nightcrawler) isn't in the game.