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Can the Iron Man game beat the movie tie-in curse?

It was tough being an Iron Man fan back in the day.

While the kids who were into Wolverine got to see their boy slice up hordes of awesome ninjas, Iron fans got to see beads of sweat roll down alcoholic alter-ego Tony Stark's forehead as he fought off Jim Beam. While the Spider-Man crowd was thrilling to Todd McFarlane's exciting new style, we were watching Stark's own armour give him crippling nerve damage.

The indignity extended to video games. During the Atari 2600 era, you could have a bleeping, blorping, barely comprehensible adventure as Superman, or you could scale the Daily Bugle building to do battle with the Green Goblin as Spidey. As an Iron Man fan, I had to use my imagination - I taped a hand-drawn Iron Man logo over the label on my Berzerk cartridge, and pretended the sentry robots were AIM Mandroids. Good game.

PirateThom5842d ago

I played the demo... HELL NO. It's terrible.

ravinash5842d ago

Its the same old thing as all the other movie tie in games.
Main character, 3rd person perspective, blow things up and do easy puzzles if any.

himdeel5842d ago (Edited 5842d ago )

...and it's okay to mess around with on a weekend, when you're sick with the flu, and it's already in the 360/PS3 because someone rented it and left it in the drive. If you're an Iron Man fan or a little kid you will buy it, and probably get sick of it. This game wont be for the casual PS3 gamer and I suggest you rent before you cry...I mean buy.

"FROM THE DEMO ONLY." The visuals are decent. The controls can be a bit loosy goosy, and the targeting system is flawed. I never really felt like I was targeting enemies but more so shooting around them and they just so happen to explode or die. Flying didn't seem too intuitive and was frustrating at times but I did get the hang of it eventually. I had to invert both axises before it seemed manageable. I don't know if the actual mission will be timed but in the demo it is, and that sucked BIG TIME. I hope by this time in the game you would've gone through those training type missions to learn the controls but who knows. It just wasn't a fun experience, if you can recall a time when you saw something and just said to yourself, "Uh-huh?." That describes my feeling about this level of the Iron Man demo.

It will not break the movie tie in curse. I cannot recall a single movie tie in game that was good. Ever! This one has more flash and flare but no substance.

omoshiroi5842d ago

Goldeneye on N64.
But that was just a phenomenal game, tied to an average Bond film.
Was a classic though.

MK_Red5842d ago

Sorry but NO.
It already has a 4/10 and a 3/10(This one is fresh):
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

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Iron Man Game Will Be Written by Squirrel Girl Writer Ryan North

EA Motive's Iron Man game will feature writing from Ryan North, the Canadian author behind The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl.

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RiseNShine183d ago (Edited 183d ago )

wtf? He has also written in a ton of Marvel comic books, and you quote Squirrel Girl? Click bait at its best.

Alexious182d ago

What? He is most known for Squirrel Girl. How is that clickbait?

CrimsonWing69183d ago

Is that a good thing? 🤷‍♂️

FinalFantasyFanatic182d ago

I honestly don't know since I'm only a casual Marvel fan, do people like Squirrel Girl?

autobotdan182d ago

Better have the real Mandarin in the game. No fakes

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Motive Studio's Single-Player Iron Man Game Being Developed In Unreal Engine 5

Motive Studio, which released this year's Dead Space remake, announced this Iron Man game in September of last year.

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Ninver190d ago

Wait for gameplay first. Why do people blindly hype games without any solid video evidence?

tbagmonster190d ago

like exomecha, game looked amazing, they even showed unreal engine 5 updates, meanwhile its year and half later, company is gone, website is for sale and the company is gone

DOMination-190d ago

Wow.. Where have I been to completely miss this.. haha

Glad to see EA Motive getting more responsibility after the good work they seemed to have done with the Dead Space remake. A well-done Iron Man game has the potential to be REALLY good fun!

mkis007190d ago

Watch them recycle anthem into it.

Seraphim190d ago (Edited 190d ago )

Wouldn't be an entirely bad thing if we're talking about using the flight from Anthem. The up and go/flight was pretty solid. It was the shooting and other aspects that made Anthem subpar imo. So if we're talking combat then they need to do some work. Granted, even if they opted to use flight from Anthem some work would probably still need to be done regarding fast paced aerial combat. 2 cents

raWfodog190d ago

I agree. Anthem’s flight mechanics were smooth and responsive. This Ironman game needs to take that and improve upon it further.

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Why Iron Man Coming Before Dead Space 2 Remake is a Smart Choice

EA Motive choosing to release its upcoming Iron Man game before the Dead Space 2 Remake is a wise decision for the developer's future.

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