Best Marvel Games to Play in 2021
As of October 2021, the best Marvel games include Marvel's Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Iron Man VR and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, spanning PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch.
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AI summaryAs of October 2021, the list of best Marvel games features Marvel's Iron Man VR, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 and Marvel's Spider-Man, among others.
Marvel's Avengers, developed by Crystal Dynamics, added the free War for Wakanda expansion with Black Panther in 2021.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is a Nintendo Switch exclusive, described as especially great as a couch co-op experience.
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Marvel's journey from mid-1990s bankruptcy to global brand powerhouse is nearly an epic in itself. Thanks to the Marvel Cinematic Universe's dominance of pop culture, the publisher's biggest heroes have once again become household names and perfect material for video game adaptations. Marvel's return to video game superstardom wasn't entirely smooth, but the result is widely known to be quite successful.
With games like Guardians of the Galaxy, Wolverine and Midnight Suns on the horizon, we have put together a list of the best Marvel games you can play right now. Let's take a look together:
Best Marvel Games of 2021
Marvel's Iron Man VR
It may come as a shock, but unless you have a few billion dollars in the bank, a genius mind and a company that regularly builds cutting-edge technology, you will most likely never be Iron Man. The good news is that PlayStation VR offers a cheaper, safer and more digital alternative in the form of Iron Man VR. Giving you full access to the signature power suit of the playboy philanthropist billionaire, Iron Man VR is a great piece of work from a first-person perspective.
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2
The biggest draws here are the ability to manipulate time and a four-player competitive battle mode, along with plenty of fan service drawn from multiple comic eras and dimensions. Starring the ever-popular Danish brand, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 is pure, simple comfort food that remains a satisfying dive into familiar and fun territory. Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 is available on all modern consoles and PC.
Marvel's Spider-Man
For much of the 2010s, Spider-Man was absent from consoles. After the game tied to the Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie felt more like Peter Parkham City than a true celebration of web-slinging, which had been a major draw in earlier Spidey games, a big change was needed to bring back wall-crawling. Insomniac Games is a studio that simply understands who Spider-Man is at his core, and it used that understanding to give the character a definitive point of view.
Swinging through Manhattan felt better than ever, there was a rogues' gallery that pushed you to your limits, and the whole experience was wrapped in a thrilling, serious and equally heartbreaking story. When Spider-Man launched in 2018, that alone was enough for a Game of the Year contender, but Insomniac took New York City a step further with dozens of activities, dozens of collectible suits and post-launch DLC that hits hard. Marvel's Spider-Man is available on PS4, and a PS5 remaster was released with the console last year.
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Insomniac raised the bar with the first Spider-Man game and was tasked with following that success with a PS5 launch game in late 2020, and the studio halted its other work to do so. Miles Morales didn't take many risks in terms of gameplay, but the change of heroes shook things up, as Miles' approach to fighting crime in New York was an electrically charged celebration of power and growth.Armed with shocking abilities, dealing with his own personal problems and surviving the most dangerous odds made Miles' first outing as the lead unforgettable. It was also built to be one of the best PS5 launch games. Although Miles Morales is a shorter experience than the original Marvel's Spider-Man, it is a thrilling adventure from start to finish.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
Raven Software's revival of the Ultimate Alliance superheroes, the most ambitious crossover of the video game era, delivered more than just the promise of a top-tier action experience. By keeping the signature perspective of the earlier games and beefing up loot hunting to keep players engaged, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order offers many memorable moments, team building and catastrophic showdowns in a game that leaves almost no corner of Marvel untouched. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is a Nintendo Switch exclusive and is especially great as a couch co-op experience. It is easy to jump into, and a wide variety of heroes are available to choose from.
Marvel's Avengers
There is no denying that Marvel's Avengers has had a rocky road since its release. But 2021 has proven to be a turning point for the ambitious game starring Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Constant patches have fine-tuned the game, developer Crystal Dynamics has regularly launched limited-time events, and this year's latest expansion, War for Wakanda, added a significant slice of new content featuring Black Panther, all of it free.
Marvel's Avengers is available on PlayStation, Xbox and PC.
Marvel Puzzle Quest
The only thing stronger than the Marvel Universe is probably the legacy of Puzzle Quest, a beloved series of match-three games that are both easy to pick up and hard to master. What sets this particular incarnation apart is that it feels like a superhero game, with a tactical focus built around combo attacks, color-based power-ups and a roster of hundreds of characters.With its addictive strategic gameplay that constantly challenges you, Marvel Puzzle Quest is a massive team-up that can last for ages. Marvel Puzzle Quest is available on consoles, PC and mobile devices.
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Pitting Marvel's biggest heroes and villains against the veteran fighters of the Capcom universe, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is a high-risk, high-reward combo game whose flashy attacks will burn themselves into your retina.
Every character felt different, the move to more modern rendering techniques still preserved the magnificent animation of earlier games, and the number of significant gameplay tweaks made this the definitive Marvel fighting game of the 2010s.
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