Ironman PS3 and Superhero Games review

Ironman, my favorite Marvel hero of all time. Due to Ironman… I now love Maroon & Gold. I have toy figures of Ironman at home and work. No matter where you see me, I always carry something in Maroon and something in Gold! I play every game that have Ironman on it. I am crazy about Ironman! So Ironman PS3 everyone that knows me will think… Pointless to read a review by me since I am a fanboy and I will be blindly loving it for no reason… ANSWER WRONG! I am a fanboy but I am a professional game developer so I will be fair and pro on reviewing it… So let get started.

Ironman PS3: http://ps3.ign.com/objects/864/864868.html
IGN gave it a 3.8, that is a PRETTY FREAKING LOW SCORE! Average Press review is 4.3 and reader at 5.7… Compare to my favorite MGS 4′s IGN 10, Average Press 9.5 and Reader 8.9. Is it really that bad?

First one thing that is interesting to me is, it seems there aren’t any Super Hero base console game that got a great score. Hulk (PS3) is at 6, Ironman (PS3) is 3.8, Spiderman (PS3) is 5.5, Batman (PS2) is 6.8 and so on… Why? It seems Super Hero games are like Super Hero movies both DOOM by professional reviewer. Yet like this years Oscar, Super Hero Movie are BIG BUDGET production and have enormous captive audience! Well, for movie I don’t know why. However for games I have a pretty good idea… NONE OF THEM ARE DONE RIGHT!!! I play HULK, I sold it in 5 days. I play Ironman I want to kill myself but I will keep it because I am a fanboy. I play Spiderman, I sold in 3 days… NONE of the Super Hero game is made with passion or heart I must say.

All of them are just made with the SAME idea/gameplay. Big City like New York setting, Super hero runs around, throw bunch of enemy and let him destroy or kill. Seriously none of them have depth in it. Nothing is spectacular, almost is like no thought is put into it. Seriously if one put more thought into the product I believe any product can be great, now working on a “Super Hero” titles should even be easier as you have all the guide line you need already. Now lets go into the review of Ironman.

Ironman, if you have play the PSP and think it is “great” or “okay” stop right there. Why? PS3 is the same game just remapped the control and a “SLIGHT” enhance of art work. When I mean slight I really mean slight. Is almost like bumping up the texture and use automatic function to bump up polygon counts. The PSP is already kind of a let down but given the limitation of hardware I let it slide. PS3 is the most powerful machine, there should not be ANY limitation… I expect to see super HIGH res model with crazy texture detail… So here is what we got here:

CG cutscene 1:

CG Cutscene 2:

For a PS2 games I can accept this… for a PS3 game this is far off the mark. Especially when the developer claims they have help from ILM… The CG is crap and the graphical quality in game, when you fly into an object in HIGH speed. You actually see the object in low res model and pop into high res right in front of you on your big 40″ TV!

Gameplay, seriously the gameplay of PSP and PS3 is EXACTLY THE SAME !!! The hook, mechanic, excitement and everything is the SAME… The level design is also very lame, there are no thought or depth. Is just placing lots of enemy on the screen shooting at you in all direction. If I were the CD, I will fire the level designer the first day I saw something like that. The only way to play the game is hide and try to find way to lure enemy and kill them off slowly. THAT IS NOT IRONMAN… the essences should be your Ironman always have some sort of gadgets to counter this kind of circumstance? It should be matter of controlling the gadget to get into this hot situation but not sneaking in… that is more a Spiderman or Batman approach.

Lastly the Sound and Music… my god… I actually need to start a new paragraph for you guys… CRAP CRAP CRAP AND CRAP… in fact is not crap is just port from the PSP game right? it really sounds the same…

Bottom line, a game on PS3 should not remain anyone the experience he has on a PSP…