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1942: Joint Strike
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Iron Man, an explosive third-person action shooter game that pits one of the world's most renowned Super Heroes against unspeakable odds, draws its story from the upcoming movie while also incorporating story elements from original Iron Man comic books. Using the advanced technology in Iron Man's suits of armour, gamers can take advantage of the wide array of high-impact weapons to strategically annihilate any enemy force standing in their way. Before tackling stunning and immense open battlefields, players can customise their armour suit as they encounter progressively more vicious enemies, and fight in epic battles that could challenge even the toughest Super Heroes. [Sega]
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more... 71
ZTGameDomain
Iron Man is a surprisingly deep game with some rough edges. If you can manage to get a grip on the controls and combat you will quickly grow to enjoy what the game has to offer.
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GameFocus
If you can get past Iron Man’s head-scratching learning curve, what are you left with? A game that’s far from perfect, but still better than a lot of movie and comic book tie-ins that have come before ( *wink* Catwoman).
60
Cheat Code Central
The chaotic levels are challenging, but they become far too repetitive far too quickly.
59
Console Monster
Whilst the game has some nice features in it, the overall gameplay is far too repetitive and boring.
58
Play UK
Frustrating and unpolished, it smacks of a rushed movie tie-in. [Issue#92, p.92]
56
GameTrailers
Iron Man has its occasional bright spots, but the gameplay fluctuates between monotony and frustration. With technical meltdowns, unsightly visuals, and a jumbled plot line, there are more than enough reasons to leave this junker on the scrap heap.
55
GameSpot
Iron Man's high-flying new adventure is hindered by erratic difficulty and repetitive level design.
50
VideoGamer
After the movie turned out to be such good fun, the game landed with a heavy thud, failing to offer anywhere near the same level of enjoyment.
40
GameDaily
The gameplay turns mundane as you blast target after target with no real feeling of being the all-powerful Iron Man. Worse yet, it suffers from too many setbacks with its flying and ground combat.
40
Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
The fact that I was constantly thinking about what button to push, even as I was rounding into the final set of missions, well...that's just a big design no-no. [June 2008, p.72]
40
Playstation Official Magazine UK
A lazy wasteful mess. [June 2008, p.103]
38
Game Informer
Needless to say, I played this entire game tense, angry, and praying that the next level would be the last. I never really felt like I was in control at any point during the game. The summer movie games usually bring misery, but I never expected them to bring this much pain.
38
IGN
Flying is fun, the upgrades are neat, and the game can look good. However, these pros are outweighed by the aforementioned frustration, crappy storyline and lame cutscenes.
37
WonderwallWeb
Yet another poor movie conversion, it’s hard to keep playing.
36
PSM3 Magazine UK
Overall Flying is sometimes a joy, but Iron Man is basically repetitive, confusing and graceless.
35
Maxi Consolas (Portugal)
If we add a repetitive level design, a problematic gameplay and some poor technical elements, the result is... the typical movie adaptation. And unfortunately, Iron Man stays painfully true to this rule. [June 2008]
33
1UP
We've come to expect a missing coat of polish on film tie-ins, but Iron Man seems to lack even a level of care, resulting in a drab adaptation that sinks well beyond simple mediocrity.
30
Gameplayer
This product is too crude for even the ‘mainstream’ demographic; it can only possibly appeal to the ignorant.
30
GameTap
Generic and boring visuals; ridiculous difficulty curve; weak controls.
30
DarkZero
Don’t be a sucker. Avoid, avoid, avoid.
30
AceGamez
Everything about it is unpolished (save for the bearable shooting), from the graphics to the lack of any comprehensible plot, demonstrating why you should just go and see the movie instead.
30
Jolt Online Gaming UK
Littered with slowdown, needless cut-scenes and droll monotonous play, Iron Man is as disappointing an effort as Sega has published in its entire history.
30
TheSixthAxis
The animation is basic, the environments look last-generation and the whole game just looks dead, as if it was thrown together by a work-experience lacky at the last minute when SEGA realised they'd forgotten something.
30
Ferrago
It seems Secret Level somehow managed to circumvent everything that can make games fun as they produced Iron Man. It's not awful, but its decidedly below average from beginning to end. The game is not necessarily the laziest attempt at a cash-in I've ever played, but it's certainly on the right track.
24
MEGamers
There is absolutely no reason why you'd want to play this game, no matter how big a fan you are.
Joshua B. gave it a6: Matthias L. gave it a2: Priyanth T. gave it a6: Chase K. gave it an8: Binary R. gave it a7: Clayton D. gave it an8: |
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