In the end Igor ends up being that typical movie-based video game that GameZone used to hate playing. Sure the key ingredients are included such as playing as the four main characters and having a solid look that mimics the movie. However, the game probably should have stayed in the oven a little bit longer since the gameplay is a repetitive mess that never comes together. If you enjoy the movie then you'll probably find something to enjoy with the game. However, if you want to play the game first before seeing the movie, then you might want to try and forget the game a few days before the movie.
Gameplay: 5.2
Graphics: 6.5
Sound: 7
Difficulty: Easy
Concept: 5
Overall: 5.9
411mania writes: "You know movies games have a bit of a bad rap, they are often buggy, half assed, cheap, and not very fun at all. The sad thing abut this is that video game movies usually earn every single point of their bad raps. Game developers aren't even trying to hide the fact that these games are mostly just made for cash-in purposes and half of the time they are just slapping the name of the movie onto another game and changing the characters.
This is the exact same case with Igor, a game that pretty much has little or nothing to do with the actual movie outside of the setting and a needlessly complex "gotta catch 'em all" aspect. Once you strip all of that away you have a very mundane and much slower version of Super Puzzle Fighter II."
Igor the Game DS really swung for the fences, but it struck out nonetheless. The puzzle fighting is sloppy and extremely slow paced. Grinding is essential to progress, so expect a lot of long and boring battles. The story sequences are just long enough to irk you, and the interesting upgrade system is simply overpowered by the terrible gameplay. At the end of the day, Igor the Game (like a real corpse) should be left in whatever ditch you found it in.
Presentation - 4.0
Graphics - 3.5
Sound - 4.0
Gameplay - 4.0
Lasting Appeal - 4.0
Overall -
Monster creation is a matter of bolting together limbs, but the graphics are so poor that even if you try to build something graceful it'll end up looking like a pile of boxes. Monster-battling is carried out via the Dr. Mario bits – clear colored blobs in a grid to fill boxes for punches and kicks; tap a box to do the move and your creature lumbers into life.
These encounters don't half go on, and GamesRadar lost one fight even though they were sure they didn't see the opponent hit theirr creature once. It doesn't help that the cutscenes are pretty lame, too.
