Gameplayer's review of the Hellboy video game asks the question 'does it suck?' and then answers it resoundly by tearing the game a new hell hole.
"So then you fight. You fight and you fight. You press X and Y a lot. Well, truth be told there's no real reason to press X when you could be pressing Y. There are combos. Try XXX. Or XXXXX. Sometimes there's a monster you'll need to use a special move on to defeat. Sometimes you'll be able to do a finishing move. As there are about 10 monsters in this game and some are immune for no reason, you'll soon grow bored of it."
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."
