World Famous Comics: Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction
Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction
From: Vivendi Universal Average Rating: Binding: Video Game ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Vivendi Universal Model: 20626723169 Number of Items: 1 Platform: PlayStation2 Release Date: September 08, 2006
Features:
Explore a completely wide-open game world -- from a huge city to vast deserts, all with challenges to face
Non-stop rampaging and mayhem as you fight and smash in fully interactive and destructible environments
Use anything in the environment as a weapon, while fighting the Hulk's deadliest enemies - The Abomination, Mercy, The Hulkbusters and many more
Over 30 story missions, 40 side challenges, and 150 attack moves and combos
Crazy minigames, from winning a foot race to kicking a car as far as you can
Product Description: Hulk: Ultimate Destruction lets you take losing control to a completely new level. You'll control the Incredible Hulk, one of the strongest andmost destructive fictional characters ever created. Use his unbeatable strength to turn any object into a weapon and destroy everything in your way. The Hulk's old enemies are after him, and he must race against time while battling his inner demons. Help him avoid capture or death by some of the most powerful monsters and weapons on Earth.
Maybe I'm in the minority... ...but I found this game to be rather . . . boring. I bought it after reading amazing reviews from Playstation Magazine, IGN, and Game Informer. I just couldn't get into it. The moves seemed repetitive to me. The graphics, even for PS2, were lacking. The gameplay was very weak.
I'll play this game for a few hours, put it back on the shelf, and not touch it for 8 months. I'll give it another try, and the same thing will happen. I won't touch it for 8 months.
Maybe I'm in the minority on this one. I just regret buying this game. I really wanted to like it. I just didn't.
A HULK SMASHing Good Time The recent Hulk movie inspired me to pick this one up again for another romp as the angry man. I know the new game just came out but seeing as it copied this one almost exactly, I didn't see the point in paying the high price when I can just play this one again. Besides, from what I've seen and read about it, Ultimate Destruction does it better.
Ultimate Destruction wisely uses the open world; sand box format which allows you to go anywhere in any way you'd like throughout the city. While there is a story with missions, as well as bonus missions to keep you busy for hours on end, there are just those times when you'll just want to do it like Burger King and have it your way. It's immensely fun to run a muck and wreak havoc in the city and on it's inhabitants as there's tons of moves and attacks at your disposal. Most of them you purchase with destruction points given by completing missions, bonus missions, secrets and general destruction from rampaging through the city. The controls are well done and make it possible to easily become comfortable with Mr.Green to do just about anything you like in no time flat.
I think the game still looks pretty good and I'm usually pretty picky about graphics. While they're nowhere near what we've seen from today's games, Ultimate Destruction does support progressive scan and widescreen. So if your connected to an HDTV with HDMI or component cables, you can manage to get a fairly nice image here. Regardless though, this game is more than enough fun to forget the last gen graphics.
Sound wise, everything here sounds great. The sounds of guns, rockets, screaming pedestrians, cars crunching, exploding and all the mayhem and mass destruction make for a loud and exciting aural experience. Even the thundering of the Hulks foot stomps sound heavy and bass-y. While nice enough through regular t.v. speakers, everything here drastically imporves through a good home theater system. Yet another thing to make you forget about the graphics.
In the end, Ultimate Destruction still looks good, plays great and is great fun, even though we're now well into the next generation of consoles and games. In fact, it's hard to see when, if ever this game won't be good anymore. I mean, where else can you run up the side of a building carrying a bus, then throw it at a helicopter? Or glide around the city while holding onto a giant inflatable gorilla? How about practicing your baseball swing on cars and people with a tree trunk or lamp post? Or bowling with a giant 76 ball from a gas station? Wanna punch that rocket, sending it back to hit the guy who fired it at you? Yeah, you can do that too and alot more. This game is also a great stress reliever. Just had a bad day at work? HULK SMASH!!! Got stuck in traffic on the way home? HULK SMASH!!! Family, friends or significant other getting on your nerves? No problem, HULK SMASH!!!
Just Not Enough... The worst thing about this game is that the gameplay is just three words: SMASH! SMASH! SMASH! Ultimate Destruction is far from being bad, but many gamers will be looking for a deeper story and gameplay. The graphics are a mess, and the controls could use a lot of work. On the positive side, the Hulk has AWESOME moves and cool unlockables. Smashing everything in sight is a blast, but it doesn't last forever. The city is fun to explore, but it is not as detailed and fun as the Spider-man 2 New York. Basically the game isn't deep enough and is a bit too repetitive. This game is definately worth a rental for any PS2 owner, but if I could go back in time I wouldn't buy it again. It's the best HULK game on the market right now though. I think only major HULK fans should buy it.
Hulk SMASH Two words. Hulk Smash. And that's the summary of this game. But it only begins there. You smash everything. Go anywhere in town and just smash it. The first game that came out based off the movie was absolutely atrocious. Very cartoony and the gameplay was just horrible, not fun (except for a couple missions and some of the extra gameplay). Not to mention the Bruce stealth missions were worse.
This game ignores all that and makes a great experience for Hulk fans. It's what you're expecting pretty much. The combos and abilities are all on par with hilarious good fun and sometimes you'll just roam the city looking to try them out. Try creating a wrecking ball and then go bowling with it to see how many tanks you can take out. Or jump ridiculously high to grab a helicopter out of the sky only to throw it at another. Annoyed by the pesky human battle suits? Why not grapple with one and jump up in the air to dive bomb on its head?
The roaming feature is a nice touch, (very similar to Spiderman 2) and a great number of objects, buildings, etc. are destroyable.
Definitely worth trying out for Hulk / Marvel fans.
Destoy Everything As The Incredible Hulk My advice to all Hulk fans is to first rent then buy this game. Its the best superhero game ever. You have freedom to go anywhere, run on walls, destoy anything you see, use awsome fighting moves, fight cool bosses, great graphic and the best of all you play as the Hulk. I am an Hulk fan and he's the best superhero ever.
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Trevor
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