Hellboy has a new movie coming out. Walking around the New York Comic-Con in the Javits Center, you won't soon forget that fact. Posters, panels, interviews with stars of the movie in the IGN filming room and theater. Hellboy is everywhere, including in virtual form on Xbox 360 and PS3 in Konami's booth on the show floor.
The premise for the game is simple, the gameplay unabashedly borrows from other titles of the genre, and you get to run around as a brutish red dude with a stone fist and an attitude. How could it get any better?
Following last week’s look at the Top Ten Games Based on a Movie, this week’s Sunday Special feature is about to turn things upside down, this week looking at the top ten worst videogames based on a motion-picture release. As bad as some games based on a movie licence may be, at least most them are playable. But not these abominations.
This week's episode of Distributed failure features discussion on Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, Rune Factory: Frontier, Patapon 2, Plants vs. Zombies, Legendary, Hellboy: The Science of Evil, and much more! They follow that up with some gaming news including the closure of Factor 5 studios and the possible announcement of a "slim" PS3. After that, they dive into the "Sausage Dump" and chat up some movies, as well as the Lost finale.
Thunderbolt Games: "It's safe to say that I'm quite a Hellboy fan. The world created in the two movies is fantastic, and I just love the character - even taking the time to dabble in the comic books. Hellboy: The Science of Evil dips in to both these mediums, creating a universe more suited to the comics whilst also borrowing elements from the films. Sadly, it fails to live up to the name, descending to a place far worse than hell itself… mediocrity."
To celebrate the Big Red guys new game, Konami is planning to release a spanking new special edition exclusive to the 360...
The Hellboy RROD edition.
includes the game itself, a code to unlock a special achievement that adds one point to your gamerscore, and it all comes in a cheap white plastic collectors case that will break if used.
Reserve Now.
has an exclusive burrito faceplate that ships with the game when you pre-order the special 360 edition