I just played this game a couple weeks ago for the first time. It's got to be the most addictive game I've ever played; I played it non-stop for two weeks. It was only after I finished the game twice that I finally got sick of it.
It's basically Grand Theft Auto if you were a superhero with super strength, speed, and the ability to leap small buildings in a single bound. It takes place in a vast open-world city of three zones controlled by three gangs. You're basically taking down a series of boss characters surrounded by thugs.
I tell ya, nothing is more fun than leaping up tall skyscrapers searching for agility orbs, shooting down on random thugs from great heights. Endless fun.
And there's ten ways to get to any of the bosses. You can choose your path and skills and strategy. You can go in the front door and mow down a hundred guys. Or you can leap around the high points to get the drop on him unawares. There's also a super secret short cut to most of the early bosses.
It is a shame there wasn't more content to the game, though. Aside from the bosses and the random crime, the only thing to do is roof-top and car races, which I sucked ass at and never bothered attempting. And the driving was worthless. Who wants to drive when you can go bounding around rooftops?
Also, the bosses are never anything more than another thug with more hit points. There's never anything spectacular, like an enemy with the same super powers as you, or a massive multi-story robot/monster. Oh well.
The graphics were great. The city is vast and unending with no load times and looks great. The characters are cell-shaded like a comic book, so it's not amazing next-gen looking but it still looks great.
I pray they make a sequel (they won't soon but maybe in the future) with improvements!
It's basically Grand Theft Auto if you were a superhero with super strength, speed, and the ability to leap small buildings in a single bound. It takes place in a vast open-world city of three zones controlled by three gangs. You're basically taking down a series of boss characters surrounded by thugs.
I tell ya, nothing is more fun than leaping up tall skyscrapers searching for agility orbs, shooting down on random thugs from great heights. Endless fun.
And there's ten ways to get to any of the bosses. You can choose your path and skills and strategy. You can go in the front door and mow down a hundred guys. Or you can leap around the high points to get the drop on him unawares. There's also a super secret short cut to most of the early bosses.
It is a shame there wasn't more content to the game, though. Aside from the bosses and the random crime, the only thing to do is roof-top and car races, which I sucked ass at and never bothered attempting. And the driving was worthless. Who wants to drive when you can go bounding around rooftops?
Also, the bosses are never anything more than another thug with more hit points. There's never anything spectacular, like an enemy with the same super powers as you, or a massive multi-story robot/monster. Oh well.
The graphics were great. The city is vast and unending with no load times and looks great. The characters are cell-shaded like a comic book, so it's not amazing next-gen looking but it still looks great.
I pray they make a sequel (they won't soon but maybe in the future) with improvements!
There's nothing more addicting than running leveling up your abilities. Jump up a roof, grab an orb, and you just went up 1%! Kill a squad of gangsters and your weapons just went up 2%!
