Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth

 Wii U
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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 30
  3. Negative: 13 out of 30
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  1. TheQuietGamer
    Mar 8, 2013
    5
    I've been wanting a good fighting game that features my favorite Marvel characters for a long time, and I was hoping/expecting this game to finally be just that. Oh well, maybe next time. The problem with the game is it's noticeable lack of depth that becomes apparent right after you get over how great your favorite Marvel superheroes look in the cel-shaded art style. Every character playsI've been wanting a good fighting game that features my favorite Marvel characters for a long time, and I was hoping/expecting this game to finally be just that. Oh well, maybe next time. The problem with the game is it's noticeable lack of depth that becomes apparent right after you get over how great your favorite Marvel superheroes look in the cel-shaded art style. Every character plays exactly the same and every fight is a boring experience. The action takes place entirely on the Wii-U gamepad, in order to use attacks you have to tap icons on the gamepad. This sounds like an interesting idea at first until you realize that fights become simple experiences that rely on you spamming super attacks until the battle is over. It's got several different modes typical of fighting games along with unlockables and multiplayer content, but the game is just so repetitive and boring there's really no point in playing with them. In the end Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth is a disappointing and lackluster fighting game that takes some of the best Marvel superheroes and makes them completely undistinguishable, and that might be it's worst offense.… Expand
  2. frofrozzty
    Sep 24, 2014
    5
    I wanted so bad to like this game. I tried so hard to like it. I found myself in my usual predicament; I could barely put more than 30 minutes at a time into the game solo, yet could put a solid hour or two when playing with friends. The gameplay is repetitive and uninspired, the story is unimaginative and played out, and the animation is sloppy and choppy. The one thing I can praise isI wanted so bad to like this game. I tried so hard to like it. I found myself in my usual predicament; I could barely put more than 30 minutes at a time into the game solo, yet could put a solid hour or two when playing with friends. The gameplay is repetitive and uninspired, the story is unimaginative and played out, and the animation is sloppy and choppy. The one thing I can praise is the art and graphic design. That is the one of two things about this game that saved it from me rating it a 3/10. I commend the graphics and their likeness to comic book art styles. However, this game would've scored much much higher if it was launched as a downloadable $20 game. But the fact that they tried (and failed) to pass it off as a $50 hard disk triple A game was risky and inevitably unfruitful. Before I conclude this review, I would like to say that the other reason I bothered to rate it above a 3/10 was because Iceman was a playable character, who has been my favorite marvel hero all of my life and was happy to see him included, unfortunately in such a sub-par game.… Expand
  3. gabriot
    Jul 11, 2013
    0
    This game is as bad as it gets. What is redeemable about this game AT ALL? Hmm? It's so blatantly obvious they just wanted to crap out some game with a marketable cover pic (The Avengers, following the release of the movie a couple years ago) so they could sell it as a lunch title for the WiiU. The gameplay is beyond awful, even the worst NES games I've played dont' compare. All youThis game is as bad as it gets. What is redeemable about this game AT ALL? Hmm? It's so blatantly obvious they just wanted to crap out some game with a marketable cover pic (The Avengers, following the release of the movie a couple years ago) so they could sell it as a lunch title for the WiiU. The gameplay is beyond awful, even the worst NES games I've played dont' compare. All you do is move side to side and then use any of your generic attacks, some of which require you to play a "minigame" where you draw some outline on your wiiu to execute the attack. It's like I'm playing some awful flash RPG from some flash game site, except at least those are fun for a good 30 minutes. How can anyone give this game higher than a 1 or 2 for a rating? What is fun about this game? There is literally no real gameplay elements at hand here, it takes ZERO skill and is basically just a "play this drawing minigame over and over again" type game. It's actually depressing to me that a triple A title like Ubisoft can get away with releasing this garbage. I heard bad things about the company but never really noticed it until now, and I will surely stay away from anything with "ubisoft" stamped on it from here on out.

    AVOID THIS GAME AT ALL COSTS IF YOU ENJOY GOOD VIDEO GAMES.    … Expand
  4. ZombieAxeHero
    Mar 1, 2013
    4
    I really wanted to like this game. I really did. There are some great things about it, but the negatives really outweigh the positives here. For starters, the fact that this is a port of a game originally for Kinect will instantly drive people away from it. The controls, while functional, just don't really seem to fit, and I can definitely say this would have been much better as a standardI really wanted to like this game. I really did. There are some great things about it, but the negatives really outweigh the positives here. For starters, the fact that this is a port of a game originally for Kinect will instantly drive people away from it. The controls, while functional, just don't really seem to fit, and I can definitely say this would have been much better as a standard 3D fighter. And of course, there is a serious lack of content. There's no worthwhile story, and while Ubisoft did manage to scrape together a large number of well-known Marvel characters (and they look pretty good in a celshaded art style), they overlooked other famous ones like Deadpool, Juggernaut, Carnage, Ghost Rider and Cyclops in favour of characters like Scarlet Witch who most people have never even heard of. And locking content on the disc and making us pay for it as DLC? Really, Ubisoft? I thought you better than that.… Expand
  5. terrisusann912
    May 16, 2016
    3
    I wanted this game so bad I am truly a marvel geek so it saddens me to say it but this game sucks! it to me is a lazy persons game of tekken with avengers, im more annoyed at this poor excuse of a game then I was when ben Affleck became batman.
  6. Stlouzilla
    Oct 1, 2016
    4
    Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth is a missed opportunity. The art style of the game is striking and the concept of a fighting game featuring Marvel's now all-star cast of characters is more relevant today than it has ever been. Unfortunately, simplistic combat and a gamepad-only presentation (the game does not play on the TV) drags down the whole experience.
  7. lelbro
    Sep 23, 2021
    3
    I finally played this game after seeing it so many times back in the wii u era. I always thought the game looked terrible, and I was right. This game is, honestly, simple enough to be a mobile game, but that would be an insult to other marvel mobile games, which aren't that bad for being free. The only things this game has going for it are the characters, the opening cinematic, and theI finally played this game after seeing it so many times back in the wii u era. I always thought the game looked terrible, and I was right. This game is, honestly, simple enough to be a mobile game, but that would be an insult to other marvel mobile games, which aren't that bad for being free. The only things this game has going for it are the characters, the opening cinematic, and the graphics. But, none of these things matter since the gameplay is so basic. The gameplay of the story, and pretty much the entire game, is all just two-v.-two battles with the challenge mode just barely changing the gameplay by changing the objective to something other than just plain winning. There are only 5 attacks (plus an ultimate and "combo" breaker) with only 3 of them being fundamentally different from each other, so it almost comes down to a game of "rock, paper, scissors" in terms of strategy (i.e. there isn't much). Literally every character plays the same with those same attacks, so all the characters may as well just be skins of one character. The story is pretty much nonexistent except for the ending cutscene which basically says "yay the heroes won". The graphics don't matter if the gameplay is monotonous and repetitive. The opening cinematic is the greatest prank, as it makes the game look action-packed, but once the game starts, it becomes a snooze fest. This game should have just been a normal fighting or adventure game, but since it was originally a kinect game, the ubisoft developers must have been very limited. My recommendation is to just watch the opening cinematic and continue on with your day. If you still want to play a marvel game, play ultimate alliance, or a mobile one, or marvel vs. capcom.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#30 Best Wii U Game of 2012
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#24 Most Discussed Wii U Game of 2012
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#11 Most Shared Wii U Game of 2012

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50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 4 out of 10
  1. Official Nintendo Magazine UK
    Feb 25, 2013
    45
    We applaud Battle For Earth's unique approach to simplistic fighting, but its lack of content and depth won't impress anyone but the most junior gamers.
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  2. Eurogamer Italy
    Feb 20, 2013
    50
    The game is a strange rock-paper-scissor like beat-em-up, too simplistic and too naïve. Even with Avengers and Marvel Secret Invasion license it does not have any appeal, if you aren’t a strong fan of the series. It’s evident the effort made by the developers in order to improve the game, implementing a new control system dedicated to WiiU’s GamePad, unfortunately this was not enough to improve the game itself.
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  3. SpazioGames
    Feb 12, 2013
    45
    Limited in every aspect. This game doesn't offer a decent amount of content, nor fun gameplay.
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