Iron Man PS2 game - what did I do to deserve this?
I’m not buying a Playstation 3. I can’t afford one right now, I don’t really have the need for one and honestly it would be wasted on my current television. That does not however mean that game developers should be punishing me.
So I came down off the high that resulted from seeing the Iron Man film and picked up the PS2 Iron Man game after some debate over the sense of buying it now and how long it would be before it came down in price. Unfortunately I forged ahead.
It’s not that it is a particulary bad game in that it just isn’t a really good one. I couldn’t find any reviews on this version but did find video of people saying wonderful things about the PS3 one, I figured this would just be a lower resolution version of the PS3 with some of the features removed or shortened or whatever.
What I got was this clunky game that handles badly and won’t let you skip long winded dialogue. There is no spark in the game that makes it even vaguely fun or captures even the slightest joy found in the film.
It generally follows the plot of the movie and you start off in the Mark 1 Iron Man armour as you make your way through the terrorist camp. It took me all of a minute to realise that this game was not going to fullfill any sense of fun. It won’t allow you just to learn as you go and forces you almost literally jumping through hoops. When I was eventually able to actually punch I thought awesome I’ll hit something and watch it go smash. Hey!? My fist just passed through the wall and did nothing? Oh wow it’s Super Nintendo quality nothing breaks and when you hit an enemy he just disappears *rolls eyes*.
The controls are unnatural, there is no jump button for instance!? Sure you can fly but it is a standard thing to be at least able to jump up a step!!!
Flying is no fun at all, if you use the afterburners you fly straight up and get told off for leaving the battlefield, they are just really hard to control.
The game itself involves blowing up Stark weapons in various battlefields that essentially are long strips with nondescript enemies and remarkably boring level bosses.
I wonder if Sega actually should this version to Marvel or if they just presented footage of the next generation console versions?
Rent this game, don’t buy it!!! You’ll knock it over in a weekend and be glad you only paid the rental cost.
One very minor positive, when you smash through the first iron doors the Black Sabbath song Iron Man strikes up as it does in the trailer. Oh and apparently you can unlock other armours but as far as I can tell all that changes is the skin not the abilities or features… yawn.
Popularity: 59% [?]
To me, the high water mark for superhero games at the moment is The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction. Great smashing, decent story and nice freeform environments and some awesome learnable moves. But even at the beginning, you can smash a lot of stuff without the special moves.
I am sorry that Iron Man the game didn’t meet your expectations… but generally games based on a current movie sort of suck no matter how great the film is.
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Though I guess I have some good news… the PS3 version isn’t any better (35% at Gamerankings)
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MC - I really enjoyed the Justice League game, mainly because Tracey would play with me, which is a rarity.
It is a small comfort that the PS3 game still sucks, I’m sure it LOOKS better though
I’d rather have a passable looking game that had great gameplay than a pretty hunk of crap any day.
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I saw a small clip of this game and it looked kinda dodgy. I’m not sure there’s been a good movie to game adaption? Maybe it’s impossible?
I’m hoping they put out Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 or something. That game was fun. Stupid and simple, but fun.
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Swollenpickles - Oh yeah Marvel Ultimate Alliance is fair bit of fun, I really like Rise of the Imperfects too.
Oh yeah I haven’t forgotten about taking a look at that theme - I’ve just not been in the right head space - plus it seems really weird why it won’t work.
Swollenpickles: The quality of a movie based game is generally inversely proportional to the amount of time that has elapsed between when the movie came out and when the game came out. For instance, The Warriors is a rocking game, and the Godfather isn’t half bad either.
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Im playing this game right now and to say its awful is a major understatement. Everything feels like a chore from shooting something to turning around, there is just nothing there to make the game fun. There is also no sense of achievement either. If you bought this game then you poor person you, take it back and get something worthwhile, like Prince Of Persia, least thats fun and you can bet it will be cheap in game exchange places.
3/10
MC - then I hope the Ghostbusters game follows your formula!!!
Daz - preaching to the choir here! I’m just glad I’m not alone in my opinion on it!
Well, it does have some definite pluses in both the acting(Ramis, Ackroyd and Murray) and writing(Ramis/Ackroyd) categories. But it is also made by Sierra, so that may be a negative factor.
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http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/features/21636/Iron_Man_Review.html
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Not everyone will have the same experience playing Ps game,but never the less it is the best gaming console out there today.
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We have a PS2 at home and so far, Dance Dance Revolution is the most popular game my kids play.
I heard Iron Man is really good in the theaters; last week I saw Speed Racer. Now *that* was a great movie.
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