Iron Man 2 PlayStation 3/Xbox 360/Wii

Sega

May 22, 2010 Web Exclusive By Nick Hyman

The Iron Man 2 video game had a really good chance at being better than the film of the same name. Unfortunately, the developers did not hold to their promise to make this game better than the lackluster video game tie-in from the last movie. It doesn't hurt as badly this time since the new movie isn't nearly as good as the original one in the first place. As soon as you start the game, it looks as if it was made for the original PlayStation, not the PlayStation 3. Blocky character designs are compounded by poor character controls, glitchy animation, and omnipresent bugs. The lack of compelling story and the monotonous destruction of tanks and other mechs gets boring fast. Robert Downey Jr. wisely didn't voice Tony Stark in the game, but cool guest vocal appearances by Don Cheadle (War Machine) and Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) do little to lift the game to higher ground. Another exclusive is the inclusion of Lamb of God single "Hit the Wall," which makes sense since that's what this game does over and over again. Licensed movie video game tie-ins rarely work since they are often too rushed, but developers should look to the X-Men Origins: Wolverine game-one of the rare games to surpass the film it was based on, and be a pretty damn good game to boot. (www.sega.com/ironman2)

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