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Rating: - Great GAME get hooked on Fantastic Four
I'm writing this review because like everyone else...I love the comic book universe. I'm also writing this so that it helps people make up there minds on whether to purchase this game or not. Because I'd like to assist in boasting sales for this game so that a sequel can be made. The last Fantastic Four game was made back in the Playstation 1 era nearly 8 years ago. There is no reason why nearly a decade has to pass by before a new FF video game was made. Just to give you a brief summary Marvel Enterprises was in bankruptcy hell back in the late 90's cause it seems like no one buys comic books anymore & that industry seemed to be dying very slowly. Comic book stores are like Kentucky Fried Chicken. You love it but there's not too many around. Its Marvels fault anyways because all the good artist went to Image comics & they got nothing but LOSERS to draw their iconic titles such as (X-Men, Fantastic Four, Spiderman, etc). So Marvel was brought out & now it was more accessible for their characters to hit the big screen as oppose to the mid 90's where it was just so difficult for movie comic book projects to get off the ground. The loss for Marvel is that they only get 5% out of all movie earnings. So if Spiderman 2 raked in 280 million in US movie ticket sales Marvel would only receive 5%. Anyways let me get to the game. It's a GREAT GAME. Since the end of the 2-D era it's just been so rare to find a good or decent Action Adventure side scrolling beat em up game. The days of great action/ beat em up games like Streets of Rage 2 & Gunstar Heroes were gone. Almost every comic book tuned video game ends up being a TRAGEDY (BATMAN, SUPERMAN). I have no idea why. This is a great game & very fun in 2 player mode. Even when you're playing alone its still great cause you get to change between all 4 characters to solve a mission or stage. So during a mission you get all 4 characters on screen fighting even though you're only controlling one heroes the computer controls the other ones. The game design is great but I feel it could have been better & prettier considering how far we have come in the video game industry. Games like Zelda look beautiful & sometimes I wish more detail & artistry would have been brought into the manufacturing process of this release. The game seems to follow the movie story line but adds in multiple enemies from the comics to not ruin the game. Because it would be boring if it was only Dr. Doom you were fighting against. You get a numerous amount of villains from the comics making an appearance in the game to bring down the Fantastic Four. You also get all the actors from the movie voicing their video game counterparts. Each character has special abilities & talents which you need to complete certain stages. For example Mr. Fantastic AKA Rich Reed is a computer wiz & can unlock certain doors. Sue Storm AKA Invisible Woman gets to use her invisibility & force field wielding powers to complete her objects & it goes on. You get to choose between the 4 characters in certain stages you can switch between them anytime or have your friend join in. Johnny Storm AKA Human Torch never stays on the ground. He hovers & flies & attacks from above without his feet ever touching the ground. What is great is that they didn't make the THING move slow. If you look at past games like the HULK on XBOX or the HULK in Capcom fighting games they made him move really slow. With huge characters from comics it always like that including the Juggernaut. So the THING moves really fast & has great strength to his advantage. Along the way in completing your fight stages you get to unlock new moves. Just a great game overall & what's great is their POWERS. You get to utilize them so well & it's not like some other games when it's so hard to execute the hero's special moves. You also get to run around famous Manhattan locales beating up everything including totally destructible environments. You can tear up trash cans, mailbox's, pick up cars & Etc. It was great to fight Mole Man in Grand Central Station because I have to pass that terminal everyday to get to work. AMAZING!!!!! Out of 5 stars I give it a 4.5. Very minor flaws & there's always room for improvement in the sequel. I prey there's a sequel to the game & movie.

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