Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Game)

Avengers:Earth's Mightiest Heroes is a video game that was released on May 22, 2022. It's story is loosely based on the Acts of Vengeance story arc, following the Avengers form to stop Loki and his group of villains. The game has a number of side-quests alongside the main story for each of the major characters.

Hulk
Loki plots to find a way to escape his prison on the Isle of Silience on Asgard and defeat his brother Thor. He finds the hulk to be his way of doing so. As the hulk is leaping through the desert in New Mexico, Loki makes him see a stick of dynamite on the tracks in front of an approaching train. The hulk tries to snuff it out but miscalculates and crashes into the piece of train track. The hulk stops the train from crashing by propping himself on a boulder and lifting the damaged track up. Regardless of his heroic efforts, news outlets report that he was trying to destroy the train. Rick Jones believes the hulk is innocent and transmits a message to Iron Man to help him locate and protect the hulk. Loki attempts to divert the message to Donald Blake, Thor's human form. Iron Man still recieves the message as well as Blake. Blake transforms into Thor and flies off to Rick Jones' countryside house in New Mexico. Iron Man does the same. Ant-Man and the Wasp also recieve the message and fly off.

Meanwhile, General Thunderbolt Ross deploys a number of tanks and helicopters to take down the hulk. The hulk thwarts the military until a new weapon utilizing radiactive energy is used on him to get him to turn back into Bruce Banner. The hulk is forced to avoid this weapon while continuing to battle the other military forces. He eventually neutralizes the radioactive weapon and flees the scene.

Thor
The heroes all convene with Jones. During the meeting, Jones sees what appears to be the hulk outside. He goes on his own to confront him. He fights briefly before the hulk de-matieralizes out of sight. Thor realizes that his brother Loki must be up to something. He then leaves to Asgard to confront him. Upon arriving, he meets with his father Odin, who grants him permission to visit the Isle of Silience. Thor sets off in a boat. He realizes that Loki has set a multitude of traps for him. The first of which is long sprawling roots, which attempt to take hold of his boat and trap him. Thor swings past them with only a few seconds to spare.

The next trap set for him are volcanic bubbles being shot up towards him, which are capable of sapping the strength of any god. Thor bobs and weaves past them before his boat is eventually run aground on the Isle of Silience. He then begins to battle his brother Loki. Loki uses almost all of his tricks before calling upon the trolls to take Thor underground. He reveals to Thor he had promised them one of the great Asgardian gods. The trolls oblige and subdue him. Thor finds himself in a dark cavern where the trolls live. He is chained up and brought before Ulik, king of the Rock Trolls, who has led their war against Asgard since he was a boy.

Eager to prove himself a victor against Thor, Ulik attacks Thor in sheer darkness with his own hammer made of Uru. Ulik, able to see in the dark, has a clear edge, however. Thor has to summon lightning constantly in order to get sight of Ulik. Eventually the cavern walls collapse, and the two fight in broad daylight. Thor destroys Ulik's hammer and knocks him out, with the rock trolls cowering in fear. Thor says to them that Asgard has no quarrels with their people but men like Ulik will continue to make conflict inescapable.

Thor leaves to finally confront Loki. He sees Loki attempting to get away on his only means of escape, the boat Thor had arrived with. Thor strikes Loki back. In response, Loki uses his last trick of replicating himself ten fold. Thor is forced to try to find the true Loki. Eventually he does and tries to take him to show the heroes the true culprit. Loki refuses to comply and jumps off into the sea below. Thor believes him to be dead but realizes that Loki has taken the boat, the only possible mode of transportation to and from the Isle of Silience. Trapped, Thor calls on Heimdall to transport him off of the isle and back to Earth. Heimdall does so. Shortly after, Loki arrives and incapacitates Heimdall, travelling back to Earth as well.

Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man recieves news from one of his army ants that hulk is doing a circus act. He and the Wasp travel on their own to see if it is truly the hulk. Iron Man insists on travelling with them. Ant-Man and the Wasp arrive first. They succeed in trapping him but attract the circus runners, who attack them. They shrink down and flee, leaving Iron Man to bring the Hulk in.

Iron Man
The hulk manages to escape and the two engage in a chase across the desert. Iron man has to dodge multiple items which the Hulk lobs at him along the way. The hulk nearly destroys a plane when he springboards off of its left wing to evade Iron Man, destroying it in the process. Iron Man is able to lift the plane safely to the ground. His fight with the hulk comes to a head at a tire processing plant. As he is outmatched in terms of strength, Iron man uses his ingenuity to trap the hulk with a metal piece. The hulk breaks free eventually and grabs Iron Man by the throat. Thor arrives just then with news that his brother staged hulk's crash into the train track in hopes of defeating his brother and escaping his prison. Now he is on Earth plotting his next steps. The hulk finally transforms back into Bruce Banner and he is taken to New York City

Ant-Man and the Wasp regrow to their normal size and meet once again with the other heroes. They decide to call themselves the Avengers and stick together to see to it that Loki is defeated. Meanwhile, Loki, disguised as a stranger, coerces a number of villains to join him in defeating the new group of heroes who have formed and strike back at his brother Thor. Among this forming group are the major villains Kingpin, Red Skull, Mandarin, Wizard, Namor, Obadiah Stane and Abomination. Loki plans to break out a plethora of lesser villains to be broken out of the Raft to be directed at the heroes first.

Captain America
Captain America and American soldiers assault a Hydra missile base led by Red Skull. As he pushes past German soldiers, Captain America realizes that a nuclear missile launch is imminent. Suddenly, Red Skull gets the jump on him and the two begin to fight. As the missile begins to take off, Rogers jumps onto it with a grenade in hand. He lodges it into a compartment into the missile. As the missile is blown up, Rogers is launched into the sea, kept frozen for half of a decade.

He finds himself being thawed by the Avengers. Nick Fury director of Shield arrives, having been informed by them of Captain America resurfacing alive. Rogers talks with Fury briefly and surmises that the Nazis must have won the Second World War. He attacks the heroes and attempts to flee. Hank Pym decides to show off his newly perfected pym particle formula by growing to 30 feet tall and subduing Rogers. Nick Fury comforts Rogers afterward by saying the allies won the war.

Rogers is introduced to the new base of operations for the Avengers, a mansion leased to them by Tony Stark, which is cared for by a butler named Jarvis. The Avengers then recieve news of an outbreak at the raft from Nick Fury. Bruce Banner had chosen to leave New York City beforehand, leaving him out of the fight. Captain America and the Avengers arrive at the prison and are attacked by a vast array of foes who are escaping their cells. The Avengers go against the villains who were sent by Loki to begin the prison break, Mandarin and Wizard. Captain America is pitted up against the villains escaping, the first of which is Whirlwind, who is able to rotate at supersonic speeds. He can only travel in a straight line or go into the air for a few seconds. When rotating, he can send strong air currents. To defeat him, Captain America has to dodge his attacks and toss his shield whenever he has to cooldown.

Another escaping villain emerges from his cell, that being Grim Reaper. He has a magical scythe, which can send out energy blasts. His abilities include summoning demons and creating illusions. After defeating them, he tries to join back up with the other Avengers. Eventually the prison begins to collapse for some reason, causing Captain America to flee into the sewers.

Iron Man
Cutting back in time, Iron Man and the other Avengers are arriving at the prison. They see Mandarin and Wizard responsible for the prison break. Iron Man is able to choose a course of action for the team to collectively take against the villains. Regardless of how the team defeats them, during the fight the Wizard causes the floor to collapse in on itself. Iron Man tries to find the rest of the team but eventually finds his suit critically damaged. The Mandarin destroys his arc reactor and leaves him to die. S.H.I.E.L.D agents arrive on the quickly escalating scene, recovering Iron Man from the rubble. Meanwhile, prisoners from the raft envelop the city in chaos. As the agents carry Iron Man away, they attempt to take him helmet off. He stops them and jumps out of their helicopter. He takes refuge at the Avengers Mansion to repair his arc reactor and suit.

Ant-Man
Ant-Man, in his shrunken form realizes that he has been unconcious. He sees that the Wasp is wounded. He takes her and flees the Raft. A state of emergency is declared in New York City as this happens. Loki is content with his plan, and orders the other villains to now set in motion the defeat of the Avengers.

Ant-Man shrinks down and traverses the pipes sprawling across New York City apartments, aiming to arrive at the Avengers mansion. A gang of stray cats cross paths with him in a delapidated apartment. Ant-Man has to fend against them and is eventually seperated from the Wasp. The Wasp flees and eventually arrives at a meeting taking place between the Kingpin and his expanded gang, which includes a new cabal of escaped villains. He announces his intention to make the city his at last. The Wasp is discovered by the villains and is attacked. Meanwhile, Ant-Man escapes the stray cats and sees that the Wasp is in trouble. He arrives and battles the villains. The Kingpin leaves his gang to taking care of the two heroes.

Among the villains the heroes fight are Stilt Man, the Human Fly, Scorpion, and the Grizzly. After dealing with them, Ant Man and the Wasp continue to pursue the Kingpin. Their chase continues out on the street. The Kingpin sends the Taskmaster to keep them at bay. The Taskmaster fights the heroes while on the roof of the Kingpin's car, with Ant-Man and the Wasp dodging his attacks midair. Due to Taskmaster's ability to mimick any attacks made by his opponents, the only way to defeat him is to fluke attacks, which will allow for the Taskmaster to get hit. After the Taskmaster is defeated, the Kingpin rips open the roof of his car and jumps out. The car crashes, leaving Ant-Man and the Wasp injured before they can react. The Kingpin leaves the scene to continue his criminal operations.

Captain America emerges from the sewers and helps Ant-Man and the Wasp up. They then make it to the Avengers mansion. When they do arrive, they see the true identity behind Iron Man, Tony Stark, who was working on his damaged suit. The fractured team wonders what to do next with the city in array and a number of villains loose. Iron Man says that they need to find Bruce Banner and Thor if they hope to restore order.

Thor
Thor emerges from the rubble and searches desperately for his other team members. Suddenly, he witnesses a villain creating an ice bridge leading to New York City.

Moves
Thor's main moves come from his hammer. Using Mjiolnir itself, Thor can toss it at an enemy from afar or hit a foe directly with it. As well, he can throw it and call it back to his hand, in the process of doing so he can snag an opponent by the foot with the strap and make them fall onto their back or launch them away. Mjiolnir can also block energy projections and explosions when it is spun in a circular motion in front of Thor. If objects are thrown into it, they are able to be grinded and spit back out. Spinning Mjiolnir before throwing it can alo amplify the damage it does when it strikes an enemy.

Only with Mjiolnir equiped can Thor summon lightning attacks. There is the standard lightning bolt which can be summoned to hit an enemy. As well, a mini-storm can be summonned even inside enclosed enviornments, which deal a flurry of smaller lightning blasts. Another lightning based move is a lightning net, which can confine an enemy and continually electrocute them.

Moves
The first suit that is playable is basic in terms of abilities. It can deploy a heavy machine gun, which can potrude from either arm. As well, it is able use a mini-flamethrower and send out tear gas and explosive pellets. The suit can use simultaneasly use the repulsors in both hands, while the repulsor in the center of the suit coming from the arc reactor can be the only repulsor used. As well, it requires a cooldown after being used and it cannot be aimed.

As the story progresses, the suit can be further upgraded using XP to include various abilities including retractable blades, smoke bombs, EMPs, wrist-mounted lasers and missiles, taser-guns, a should-barrage, high-speed thrusters, heat-scanning, and suit manipulation.

Moves
The hulk mainly specializes in melee combat. This can entail a number of special moves. These include using a thunderclap to stun an enemy, stomping feet on the ground to disrupt an enemy's movement, being able to grab hold of and use almost anything as a weapon, and grabbing an enemy by the legs and bashing them into the ground from left to right. When the hulk grabs an object to use as a weapon, in some instances, particularly with cars, he can split it in half and attack with the object in both hands.

Using his speed, the hulk can also do other moves, such as running into them head on. This move can also be used to break through walls and obsticals. He is also able to grab flying objects fast and change their course, such as missiles and artillery shells. His leaping can be used to great effect as well. He can break through roofs when in an enclosed enviornment and can also leap great distances when in the open world. When faced with hostile vehicles, such as tanks, he can leap vertically into the air and return to the ground, crushing the vehicle.