| Megadude said: This game is not a rental. It's longer/better then Fallout 3. Got about 20 hours on it and am about 60% done. Then when I finish it I will be playing it again as a bad guy. |
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I've got the game, and I like it, but I just had to laugh at this statement (the first one). This is a fun superhero game, and stands up well in comparison to some other open-world superhero games. My wife is absolutely loving it, and I had a blast in teh hour or two I played for, but a few doses of reality:
-Just like any sandbox game, you could play right through in about 8 hours. There's only about that much actual story. If you're a completionist, or just F-off running around blasting stuff, you could conceivably play for the rest of your life.
-The game has its flaws, and deserves its 8.5 metacritic score. That said, that puts it in fairly solid company with the rest of the genre, above stuff like the Hulk or Superman movie games but not quite top of the superhero heap with Crackdown or a couple of the Spider-Man games. Impressive for a game starring Simon Pegg in an ugly jacket.
-I'm too busy playing UFC to really put any time into it so far, but outside of the well crafted pre-title sequence, it's a bit generic... like, all-around. He even moves like he wishes he was in a Spider-Man game.
Some positives, though:
-The city looks ten times better than it did in the trailers, which made it look bland to the point of annoyance. There are some beautiful vistas and some impressive architecture. That said, the buildings are unnaturally far apart and it overdoes the "barren wasteland" effect, making it look empty and fake.
-Manhatten. Come on, people... "An island? I thought it was a city!!" We've got a few of those in real life...
-Explanation of why he doesn't take a care to get around, like a GTA game, was brilliant fun in-game. I believe they also use the "short circuit" explanation for why a guy that can leap up the side of a building can't just swim to one of the other islands. The fact that he can't climb fences, though, is a little retarded.
Personal ranking: 8.5
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