steven787

User Score
8.7

Presentation - 8.5
Gameplay - 7.5
Value - 9.0

Pros:

• Visuals are good
• The levels are well design and mostly both fun to play in and seemingly functional (for believability).  The designers based around diffent paths
• Level up system is good.
• Easy is easy enough for a button masher to get through, I am working through hard and you have to be smarter about avoiding damage.
• Combos, Throwing, Countering, "Riding", and basic mashing are all used differently against different opponents.
• Special moves are varied.
• The main boss battles are very well scripted with just the right amount of QTE (with one exception, more on that in the notes) and unique strategies.
• Enemies are cool looking and have cool skills.
• Excellent voice work and script
• You are expected to do some puzzles during battle a few times.

Cons:

• Lack of enemy variety
• Same 2-4 mini-bosses over and over. (Mini bosses become standard enemies)
  
• Linear, using your senses can make finding stuff too easy
• Visuals are clean and well done but nothing amazingly new or inventive
  
• Crate pushing puzzles.  
• Some lines are really cheezy.

Notes

• The story goes places where the movie didn't and does similar points in completely different ways, though if you don't see the movie there will be some major holes.
• There's a little more post-movie ending, which is pretty cool and kinda hints at an independent game sequel... which would be great.
• There's one boss battle where the QTE is to press rapidly for several seconds, I am very bad at this, but for this boss battle it was even faster and longer than the standard for this game.  PITA
• Unlockable costumes are unlockable.
• Gambit boss battle is one of the coolest boss sequences involving the environment I have seen.
• Sentinels are awesome!
• Will.I.AM is shown in more action (finally) at the end of the game.  I thought it was cool to see him snap a neck.
• Blob battle was cool, though I am still trying to figure out what his X-force team power was before he was fat.
• Zero is cooler in the movie.
• Lack of Ryan Reynolds is disturbing.

I wish I had bought it (instead of renting) because I could see myself going through it again. :(