Deadpool is the only thing stopping me from completely hating Deadpool
About a year ago I was salivating at the idea of a Deadpool game. "It's gonna be great because we're gonna have a ton of cameo's and probably even references to other marvel games"
I was so young...and so stupid...
So the teaser trailer dropped and we get a dose of what seemed to be an epic game. I'm still feeling it like " Yeah, this is gonna be as dope as x-men origins: wolverine (which is a great game btw) nothing can go wrong here."
Then we get another trailer highlighting the characters, I'm still saying " Yo this is gonna be badass still." Somehow i keep overlooking the game itself because I didn't see gameplay trailer until the game was a month away from launching.
Say it ain't so Wade, say it ain't so...
That's when my faith in wade starts to waiver. The gameplay trailer shows deadpool in a very poor looking hack and slash game. with loosely trickled in stealth elements. Yeah there were some impressive kills but the overall game with hordes of enemies was very...lacking.
At this point I even gas myself up because my Girl has pre-ordered it for me like "Well, the graphics may not be there but the gameplay itself is still gonna be dope right?....RIGHT???"
So I try to put it out of my mind until I actually get the game and sit down to play it. As expected DP is making me laugh every other minute. I'm loving this guy. Nolan North is showing his ass right now. the writers are making me fall in love with this game. Then the first level starts..
Cutting and shooting, with a teleport as your counter... oh my.
The combat system is really really shallow. I'm walking through the level fighitng baddies who seem to easily kick my ass because their counter system is really REALLY crappy. No amount of button mashing works in this game. DP's healing factor is pretty much a joke given that while you're fighting the guys onscreen there could be a dude who is blazing you off screen with a machine gun that's doing critical damage on you. It's very frustrating. Also, lets not even talk about the aiming system.. Oh, you think you want a headshot but you want to hit this guy in the body and waste the last 3 bullets you have. You can forget locking onto a target you're not already lined up with as well.. What makes it even more frustrating is that while you're fighting these guys Deadpool has no other counter aside from his teleport so if that's down well... you're pretty much screwed.
These are some of the lamest bad guys I've seen in a while...
The boss battles are extremely mediocre. The music makes me want to rip my hair out... Duke nukem 2 probably want's it's soundtrack back. The Deadpool antics are the only reason to stomach this game, this is a downloadable bargain bin title at best...
Seriously, why can't Activision release a quality Marvel title? They all seem to keep falling short with these suspect studios.
Don't waste your money unless you have copious amounts of disposable income.. in that case my album is almost done and I could use an investor..
Watch out for the head kick joe... (ufc undisputed 3)
Ok, lets get this straight off the bat. this is not a formal review, (you can read those anywhere) This is more of an opinion column. as with all the games featured here. I'm going to start off by saying this game takes a huge dump on ufc 2010. But only manages to get a hard fought unanimous decision over EA MMA.
I think once the boys at thq found out about the EA game back in 2010, they were probably ordered (by dana white) to completely suspend production to watch and see what EA did.
They really watched the message boards then probably played the EA game and saw what the fans responded the most to then implemented that. like the submission system. everyone hated the shine method ( I know I lost a controller to it) but they tweaked the EA sub system a bit and made it their own. While hearing Mike Goldberg explain things to you as if you are as dumb as he is detracts from the experience I would strongly advise you to implement the mute button on your TV. Another addition is the simulation stats which were something EA did great. in this game you need to really time your shots and make sure you're not just spamming hooks... well unless you play on default.
I've dabbled into career mode as well... honestly its the only thing I play. With so many of my favorite fighters ACTUALLY in the ufc now there are few people left to make so I have to make fictional characters like Baki Hanma. next I'll probably make a character from tekken or something. The career mode is cool but it's a little bit harder to get skill points now. They have a variety of mini games that you can do to switch things up (granted I suck at like 70% of them) It's still pretty fun. The other cool thing is the fact you get to join a camp permanently. You build up loyalty to that camp and you'll get access to learning more moves. An added touch would be if you got your loyalty high enough you could have one of the premier fighters from that camp walk out with you. (i'm just nitpicking at this point)
overall it's a solid game, I'm not much for online play outside of MMO's so don't expect any comments on that, but if you're an MMA fan this is definitely a solid buy.
also if you have a game (new or old) that you think I should be playing tell me about it in the comments below (I'm an rpg, fighting, and action adventure guy with occasional sports title thrown in.)
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