Thank God I rented it first.

User Rating: 5.5 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer PS3
By SilverKeyMan | Review Date:
X-Men Legends and Ultimate Alliance were fun, so I'm sure this is too, right? Wrong. Not only are you (obviously) limited to the same four characters, but they each only have four powers, which you have BARELY any control over upgrading. You see, at the beginning of the game you are limited to one rank in each power... by the time you are far enough in the game to be allowed to purchase a second rank, every power is maxed out for each character. Also no items to equip, no health/power icons... not much of anything.

Unfortunately multiplayer is horrible beyond belief. It is VERY possible for the second player to be off the screen, or for the computer AI to slow down both players by refusing to hop on an elevator.

Thankfully the graphics are great. Like the level my wife is currently playing (single-player), it really DOES look like she's fighting in the dark with limited visibility. If you're not using the Human Torch on this level, you don't stand a hope in hell of knowing where you (or the enemies) are. Again... multiplayer is a real peach with features like this (there's only one Human Torch).

Yep, this ranks right up there with "Spider-Man 3" as the biggest videogame letdown I've had this year.

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