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Suiting up with Iron Man

By Chris_Watters

This Friday heralds the release of Iron Man into movie theaters and video game retailers nationwide. It also marks the arrival of Iron Man on my desk, six platforms deep and ripe for reviewing. Sega was hesitant to send copies out for fear of spoiling the movie, and 45 minutes into the PS3 version...

This Friday heralds the release of Iron Man into movie theaters and video game retailers nationwide. It also marks the arrival of Iron Man on my desk, six platforms deep and ripe for reviewing. Sega was hesitant to send copies out for fear of spoiling the movie, and 45 minutes into the PS3 version I can safely say those fears weren't unfounded. I've thus far managed to (don't worry, no spoilers to follow) escape from my cave/lab prison with the help of a few missiles and a flame-thrower that puts TF2's pyro to shame. Then I took the Mark II Flight Suit out for a spin that felt vigorously projectile in a manner befitting Iron Man, and was gleefully tearing apart tanks and snapping helicopters in two until an enemy I had destroyed failed to register as eradicated and I was forced to restart the level. I'm back at it now, feeling a little less shiny about the whole thing but determined to score myself a Mark III and throw some missiles around. I'll be at it all weekend so I can give you the word next week, but until then you'll just have to content yourself with seeing the film. Or playing some other game. There were a couple that came out this week, right?

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Chickensoup911
Chickensoup911

The movie was awesome and in one weekend earned $109 Million. So it's working its way up the biggest box office list and so I have high hopes for this game.

ishasan00
ishasan00

I saw the movie 2 days ago. It was decent fun and entertaining. Sure Mr Robert Downey Jr helps to deliver credibility to his character (although its a Sci-Fi title). I hope the game delivers too and not to be another commercially necessary movie tie-in.

bacchus2
bacchus2

I haven't really followed it, but I was wondering if this game was any good; I'm sure a previous Gamespot preview indicated there were hopes this might be a good movie tie-in game. I looked at the back of the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS2 covers side by side. The pictures on the Wii box look significantly worse than the PS2 box (Australian versions). That does not seem promising for the Wii version.

Chris_Watters
Chris_Watters moderatorstaff

This Friday heralds the release of Iron Man into movie theaters and video game retailers nationwide. It also marks the arrival of Iron Man on my desk, six platforms deep and ripe for reviewing. Sega was hesitant to send copies out for fear of spoiling the movie, and 45 minutes into the PS3 version I can safely say those fears weren't unfounded. I've thus far managed to (don't worry, no spoilers to follow) escape from my cave/lab prison with the help of a few missiles and a flame-thrower that puts TF2's pyro to shame. Then I took the Mark II Flight Suit out for a spin that felt vigorously projectile in a manner befitting Iron Man, and was gleefully tearing apart tanks and snapping helicopters in two until an enemy I had destroyed failed to register as eradicated and I was forced to restart the level. I'm back at it now, feeling a little less shiny about the whole thing but determined to score myself a Mark III and throw some missiles around. I'll be at it all weekend so I can give you the word next week, but until then you'll just have to content yourself with seeing the film. Or playing some other game. There were a couple that came out this week, right?

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