Another hero thrown onto the ever growing scrap heap.

User Rating: 2.5 | Iron Man PS3
Fact: the movie, upon which this game is based on is surprisingly good. Infact it is better than good it is pretty bloody awesome and alot better than the tripe that was Spider-Man 3 this time last year.

Another Fact: I'd rather sit down and watch continuous reruns of the ever so horrific cinematic expereince that was Spidey 3, that play through this jerky and uncontrolable pile of nuts and bolts.

Iron Man is the game based upon the film and what I am finding very hard to get is the massive contrast in quality between the two. The movie is an action packed CGI gorge-fest that will leaving you drooling out your popcorn into a puddle beneath your feet. It's incredible. The game on the other hand is another fine example of shocking movie to game tie ins to rake in the cash from lil' minor who nibble at mummy's kneecaps until she buys the little terror's this bile.

From breif research into game design and production and stuff, I am led to believe polygons cost when making a game. In that case Iron Man must have been on a budget tighter than Pamela Anderson's assets in an elevator, because Iron Man does genuinely look pretty sweet and on par(ish) with his movie counter part. The environments however don't. The look like brown turd smeared on a dirty bog roll. They are very brown and very uneventful. There are weapons bases, a few helichopters, cars and the odd pixelly minion on the ground and that's honestly about it.

Talking of the bases, this is kind of what the entire game seems to revolve around. "Destroy 7 bases." again and again, it's very repetitive and dull. There could have been something incredible to spice the entire game up, like the bases were bright green, and the game would be 100% more enjoyable. If I was Iron Man I wouldn't be wasting my time destroying weapons bases, I'd have a bit of fun like mow down some geese in the sky. jump on top of a Jumbo Jet and get accused of being a terrorist or go and kill some real baddies not these fake blokes from the card board weapons base.

The acting is atroshous, incredibly laughable but equally irritating and grating, obviously been taking tips from Haze then. Robert Downey Jnr. is a smooth talking, witty and funny actor in real life, in Iron Man the game, it's hard to tell wether it is Downey Jnr. or not as his performance is about as sophisticated as a tree of brocolli. It's uninspiring and nasty, and if it is Downey Jnr. shame on you!

The cut scenes look no better and more like something from Madame Thessauds if they hosted an open gallery in a greenhouse. On par with the retina offending character models of Spider Man 3 last year, Iron Man sees RDJnr's face made out of porridge and lacks any real emotion whatsoever.

Being Iron Man should be totally empowering. Unsurprisingly, the game presents it as an utter chore as you battle the schitzophrenic camera which constantly goes off on one and does whatever the hell it pleases, making flying, the one thing that should be cool, absolutely disasterous, often resulting with your head crashing into a massive poorly textured rock. His weapons are basic and lack any sort of impact, the sounds accompnying them are weak and generic. Breaking wind sounds more empowering than Iron Man's Photon Laser Beams.

Overall, Iron Man has two mildly good points, the suit looks good and flying is alright, once stabilsed and not shooting or aiming or coming into contact with anything at all. Environments are as bland as the colour magnolia and the whole game simply crashes and burns. Big Time. Unluckly Iron Man is fire proof so he could be back for more...