Thor: God of Thunder
| Thor: God of Thunder | |
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North American cover art
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| Developer(s) |
Liquid Entertainment (PS3, Xbox 360) Red Fly Studios (Wii, Nintendo 3DS WayForward Technologies (Nintendo DS) |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Distributor(s) | Marvel Studios |
| Producer(s) | Matt Powers Robb Alvey (Nintendo DS) |
| Writer(s) |
Matt Fraction Austin Ivansmith (Nintendo DS) |
| Composer(s) |
Inon Zur Jake Kaufman (Nintendo DS) |
| Engine |
Unreal Engine 3 (non-Nintendo versions) Infernal (Wii and 3DS versions) |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS PlayStation 3 Wii Xbox 360 Nintendo 3DS |
| Release | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS Nintendo 3DS |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Review scores | |
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| Publication | Score |
| GameSpot | (PS3 and X360) 2/10 (DS and Wii) 5.5/10 |
| GameZone | (PS3 and X360) 3/10 (DS and Wii) 7/10 |
| IGN | (PS3 and X360) 3/10 (DS) 8/10 (Wii) 6/10 |
Thor: God of Thunder is an action video game based on the Marvel Studios film Thor. The game was developed by Liquid Entertainment and co-written by Matt Fraction. Thor: God of Thunder marks Thor's first standalone appearance in a video game and features the voices of Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Jaimie Alexander, who reprise their roles from the film. The game was released on May 3, 2011 in North America and is available on Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and Nintendo 3DS. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game can be played in 3D on 3DTVs and on 2DTVs via TriOviz Inificolor 3D glasses. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions were met with unfavorable reviews, while Wii version was met with mixed reviews and the DS version was met with favourable reviews. *Victor Von Doom is mentioned in the game.
The game begins in medias res with Asgard being invaded by the Jötun (frost giants from Niflheim). Thor, meanwhile, is training with Sif and his brother Loki. Their training is interrupted, however, by the arrival of the jötuns. While Loki leaves to inform Odin about the invasion, Thor is left to fight alone after Sif is frozen by one of the arriving jötun. After quickly fending his enemies off and setting Sif free, Thor goes to Odin's castle to defend Asgard. The invasion is stopped, but Sif is fatally wounded in the process. After Thor is denied retribution for the invasion, and Sif's condition, by Odin, Thor disobeys his father's orders and travels to Niflheim aided by one of Loki's projected clones (who is revealed to be the mastermind behind the invasion). While Thor tavels to Nilfheim, it is shown that Odin anages to save Syf from dead and then he proceeds to enter the Odinsleep. As Thor arrives to Nilfheim Loki tells him to find Ymir, Lord of the Jötun and Ruler of Niflheim. Thor finds and, after a long battle, defeats Ymir inside the Cave of Ages. There, Thor finds the source of a power that, as Loki says, can destroy the entire realm of Niflheim. Ignoring Ymir's warnings, Thor activates the source which transforms into a golden, metallic, minotaur-like creature known as Mangog that instantly vaporizes Ymir. Loki then sends an unaware (and guilt-ridden) Thor to Vanaheim instead of Asgard, as Thor originally wanted, as Loki (who wants to prove himself to Odin as a rightfull heir to Asgard's throne) had previously stroke a deal with Ulik (Lord of the Vanir-trolls-and ruler of Vanaheim) for him to "delay" Thor's return to Asgard (while Loki stops Mangog) and, in exchange, Loki would repair Vanaheim's Frostgrinder (the Vanir's faulty replica of the Bifrost) and allow Ulik to leave Vanaheim.
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