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I want this game pretty bad but with Nintendogs and Advance Wars DS out it's going to be a tough choice.
I played a bit of it and it's fun as hell. It's pretty much GTA + Rampage + Spiderman 2. I was thinking about getting the X-Box version since I hear the GC one has more slowdown than the other versions but then again I like the GC's sharper picture quality/brighter colors.
Anyone have impressions and such so far?
I have heard that this game rates on the Richter Scale, amirite??
I picked this up with trade-in credit, and I really like it. It's fun to just run around and destroy stuff. I'm not very far into it at all, but I already have a ton of moves at my disposal. I like how you can jump incredibly high and run up\climb up buildings. You can also do cool stuff like use missile silos as giant rocket launchers and rip cars in half and construct a pair of metal boxing gloves. The missions have been fun so far. The game is a good action game in general, but if you like the Hulk, the game is awesome.
Is this game centered on the comic or movie hulk?
I think its cool that you can make Hulk hide from enemies Metal Gear box style, flipping over the back of a dump truck and roaming around with it over his head.Quote:
Originally Posted by elfneedsfood
More on the comic actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by voltz
Yeah, it's definitely centered more on the comic. You can collect comic covers as extras and such.
Tried the OPM demo, and I didn't really like it. Don't quite remember why, though.
But I want to replay the MK: Shaolin Monks demo, and Hulk's on the same disc, so maybe I'll try it again.
I play the demo constantly at work for GameCube (no demo on the Xbox kiosk). I just enjoy it as a good "Rampage with Hulk instead of Lizzie." I'll be picking it up at some point, but unfortunately not anytime soon since I have too many games I need to beat still (currently working on Shadow of Rome), and I've got to save, save, save for the 360.
Rented it. Really liking it so far, but I can already tell I made the right choice in not buying - it's shaping up to be one of those games that are a lot of fun until you do all there is to do, and you end up doing that a lot sooner than you'd have hoped.
That describes 95% of the games that come out these days, and is the main reason I never buy anything new anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by LordPerrin
Has anyone else noticed that everything is off centered when playing in 720p? Argh, the annoyance. Otherwise it's pretty fun so far.
I'm playing it, rented it last night. Its fun enough, but its not better than Spiderman 2 was last year at making you feel like you were that hero.
I picked the game up for Gamecube last night, it's good destructive fun. I'm up to the 3rd mission. The graphics are really nice and all the stuff you're able to do as the Hulk like the charged combos and building climbing/vertical running is great, it's just the type of stuff that comic fans will get a blast doing like the trademark super jumps and thunderclap. I could wreck a whole level and still not be bored.
The missions do seem like they'll be over soon though so it'll probably be like Spider-Man 2 (which I still play). Hulk gives me a different satisfaction from Spidey's awesome web swinging and it's pure freedom to destory stuff.
It's not really meant to make you feel like a hero though since Hulk's not really a superhero per say. He's Marvel's Jekyll and Hyde so he's supposed to play like an out of control monster unless it was the other personalities like Joe Fixit or Banner HulkQuote:
Originally Posted by Error
I love the reaction you get from the city dwellers, they run, cars and buses swerve out of control....it's great.
I disagree with you, you are a superhero. A misunderstood one, that occasionally goes off on rampages, but in the game you are controlling the hulk with hynotic suggestion and such or so the story went if i recall, so you're basically the smart hulk.
And you missed my point, anyway. I was saying the game doesn't make me feel like the Hulk in the same way that Spidey2 made me feel 'ok, this is what it would be like to be spider-man'. I got that feeling sometimes, but not enough when i played.
LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Error
C'mon man this is totally the savage Hulk given hypnotic suggestions, he never speaks or anything. As Savage Hulk, he's always being chased around by the military so what superheroic things has he done aside from kicking people's asses who fucks with him?
:p
No I know what you meant but how else is playing Hulk supposed to feel like?Quote:
And you missed my point, anyway. I was saying the game doesn't make me feel like the Hulk in the same way that Spidey2 made me feel 'ok, this is what it would be like to be spider-man'. I got that feeling sometimes, but not enough when i played.
OK, fair enough. I did say what I was thinking wrong. Its not Smart Hulk. It is Savage Hulk. But with you in control thanks to the hypnotic suggestions etc.
And as for why I think this isnt giving a true feeling for what it's like to be Hulk, its hard for me to say. I agree that things like having buses and cars slam on the breaks and even back up when you approach gives you something like that feeling, along with being able to destroy just about everything in your path. But running is really poorly done. So too is the hopping from place to place. And not once when I was playing did I hear a "Hulk Smash!"
Look, I'm not the worlds biggest Hulk fan, and if you are and this game makes you feel like him, great. I'm just not feeling it.
First I read progressive scan on GC chugs, and now this on Xbox... this does not make me feel confident in buying this game.. and fuck you to anyone who says "just get PS2"Quote:
Originally Posted by Riptwo
Hmm, I thought the running and the jumping were fluid and true to the character. I guess you didn't like the way the controls were mapped or how Hulk controls when doing those moves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Error
Hey, I'm not a hardcore Hulk fan or anything but I just felt that it nailed the character the same way Spider-Man 2 did justice to the character.Quote:
Look, I'm not the worlds biggest Hulk fan, and if you are and this game makes you feel like him, great. I'm just not feeling it.
I understand if it's not your cup of tea or if you didn't agree with certain elements of the controls.
TobalRox: I'm starting to think that the off-center issue might just be my TV freaking out since nobody else has said anything about the issue. Then again, Freedom Force runs fine in 720p, so I have no idea what's up.
Well, we finally got it in at work, and it's on sale.... tempting heheh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Riptwo
For anyone who doesn't know, Joe Fixit is playable in the game. It's awesome, he spouts one-liners constantly, a lot of them even tailored to the particular mission you're playing at the time. You can get him during or after the mission where you have to destroy three Division buildings, the second guarded by a Destroyer and the last by two of them. The comic cover to unlock Joe is hidden in the rubble of the last building.
Fixit was in the last game too... same deal with the one liners and whatnot.Quote:
Originally Posted by LordPerrin
I just got the PS2 version of this game (I'd rather have XBox version, though), and I agree with Will.S 100%. This game has captured what it feels like to be The Incredible Hulk perfectly. Many of his animations are taken right out of the movie and they look awesome here.
I've heard complaints like "it takes a long time to reach a boss" and "he doesn't do all the things The Hulk can do from the start of the game", which to me are all null and void to anyone who's played GTA III - SA, PS/DC Spider-Man or Spider-Man 2 (which ironically, I've played none of those games). Hulk looks, sounds and acts like Hulk should, and you gain many abilities like Sonic Clap and Air Drop very early on.
I thought that, too, in the beginning, but the Challenges and comic finding side games keep it interesting. Some Challenges can't be completed until you gain a certain ability, so that may keep the game from falling into the above category. The Hulk Float and Soldier Swat Challenges were pretty funny, and the Cab Fare and Protection missions were good ways to practice your moves as well as get a good handle on timing, distance and map awareness.Quote:
Originally Posted by LordPerrin
Anyway, I'm loving this game. It's the best thing that's come out (for me, since I'm more into comics than games now) since X-Men Legends.
Best super-hero game ever?