Everyone knows at least one Marvel superhero. The American comic book publisher is one of the leading brands in pop culture, ranging from comics to movies, series and major video games. In partnership with major studios, the publisher took the adventures of their characters on different consoles.
However, among several titles released, of course something similar is happening with the big screen: there are the big hits and the absolute failures. Fortunately, there are more successes than mistakes, and that’s what we’ll be talking about here. To remember and discover the great successes, the Canaltech has separated five excellent Marvel games, of different types and for different platforms.
5. Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000)
Starting with a punch in the face (literally), the franchise that pitted Marvel’s greatest heroes and villains against characters from street fighter, Mega man and even mesmo Resident Evil, is one of the most popular among fighting game fans.
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The game was originally released for Dreamcast, but then received PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions in 2002 and a remake for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2009. In all versions, the game has a main campaign with a story, a mode arcade and a competitive room. . Classic!
4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Despite many reviews of the original hero film, released the same year, the game from Raven Software and Activision was a pleasant surprise. Released on PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Nintendo DS, Wii, and Xbox 360, the game follows the plot of the film, showing Logan’s trajectory as a soldier in the Canadian Army until his bones are covered. adamantium.
Back then, the game had some of the best graphics, something that was heavily explored in cinematic scenes and bloody combat. The title has a third person view, the mechanics of hack and slash in battle and even some classic visuals of the immortal character.
3. Marvel Ultimate Alliance (2006)
Members of the Fantastic Four, Avengers, X-Men, and other heroes and anti-heroes team up to defeat Doctor Doom, passing through several iconic comic book locations. Also developed by Raven Software, the game is one of the first that comes to mind when it comes to the best hero games. Additionally, each character has costume variations, which also change appearance and abilities.
First released on PC, PS2 and Xbox, the game also had a “weaker” version with inferior graphics and different gameplay on the Game Boy, and improvements on the PS3 and Xbox 360 ports.
2. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)
The game recently released by Eidos-Montreal and Square Enix captured the hearts of many, delivering a very entertaining storyline, which managed to overcome the somewhat confusing matches (and what Avengers It was not). The story shows Star-Lord, Drax, Gamora, Rocky, and Groot on a journey against the space cult of the Universal Church of Truth.
In the game, you can only control Peter Quill and use the other heroes in combos, which in theory doesn’t sound so cool, but works great in practice. Another highlight is the soundtrack, with classics from the 80s and even songs created exclusively for the game. Marvel’s Guardians of The Galaxy is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC. The Nintendo Switch version works via the cloud.
1. Marvel’s Spider-Man and Miles Morales (2018 and 2020)
The all-new Peter Parker’s New York Story is one of the best hero games ever – and even the best of the stubborn, and also an iconic PlayStation 4 exclusive. Along the way, you’ll meet other famous villains from all over the world. their stories.
With a very realistic city, several references and side quests as good as the main ones, it was easy for the title Insomniac Games to fall into the good graces of the public and the critics.
In 2020 the studio released a remaster for PS4 and PS5 with improved graphics and also the separate adventure. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, set in the same universe and putting the hero of Harlem in charge of the city as Peter travels through Europe. Even with a shorter story, this one manages to be as good as the original and has even cooler powers.
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