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A good four player game that isn't just minigames!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 24 / 27
Date: June 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I like this game because it's a multiplayer ACTION game for the Wii, not just bowling or wario type minigames. The graphics are good, four player is fun. You can join in at any time which is nice. Really fun to play with other people - a great parent-child game. Kind of like a more action-oriented version of XMen Legends or Marvel Ultimate Alliance. A good, fun action game - not too deep, but definitely a good time.

It's CLOBBERIN' TIME! Or at least FOOM time

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

For all you old timers who actually know what FOOM means (Friends Of 'Ol Marvel) or MMMS (Merry Marvel Marching Society), here's a decent entry for your Wii library. It's a level by level smash the scrulls game that most six-year olds can play. My son got the hang of it after one session and was hooked.

Downsides:
Be forewarned, it does not follow the traditional story line. If you're a fan of the comic book, leave them by the side of the video monitor. You won't get cool villans. Just some very fuzzy scrulls that appear quite insect like. In the comic book, these suckers actually invaded Earth from outer space. If I recall correctly, it was Mole Man who resided under Earth.

It can get mighty repetitive. After the umpteenth time of destroying scrulls, you have another level and guess what--more scrulls!

The characters are given some powers that they are "supposed to have" and other times, it's like what is going on here. For example, Mr. Fantastic stretches--cool. But, he can also emit LIGHTENING BOLTS from his hands to open draw bridges--huh?

The dialogue boxes that pop up can be sort of like watching a bad version of VH-1. The jokes are not funny. And, they send the wrong message to kids. Imagine your child repeating these obnoxious lines to their siblings, parents, teachers...etc.

Like most branded character games, you don't get a sense that much was put into this. There's no grand imperative like being good or learning responsibility with your new found powers. It's just a fight and puzzle game in disguise. I mean come on programmers, you're dealing with one of the finest intellectual properties in the world--can't you make it a little worthwhile for the true Marvel and new Marvel fans?

Upsides:

Multi-player game. You can activate two Wii controls. Change your character. Only one person can be a character at a time. It's good that way. Each superhero has its own personality and power. Thing: smashes stuff. Mr. Fantastic: Stretches (though those lightening bolts out of his hands were a little far-fetched)...you get the idea.

You get to see the Thing in action. He's strong. He smashes.

It takes you into a world where you have to figure out how to get to the next place. Pretty simple stuff.

Spoiler (I think):

We were talking about new games at our local game store when the manager of the store said, "Too bad--there's no Silver Surfer in it." My six-year old's jaw practically fell to the floor. He said, "Dad, is that true?" I replied, "How would he know? Do you think he actually got to the end of the game?" So, I have no idea if Silver Surfer appears or not. But, we are crossing our fingers. If he doesn't, we're going to send Galactus to Earth and have him insert Silver Surfer into all existing copies of the game!

Have fun. And, remember to smash those green cannisters when you can so the scrulls don't come back.

Needs more power cosmic.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Based (somewhat) on the film, and (somewhat) on the comics, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer finds the super powered family fighting an army of Skrulls, rock monsters, Doombots, and some other robots, to find the Silver Surfer so he can save the world from Galactus.

So the story is crap. The writing is crap (I cringed as the Invisible Woman complained about her wedding plans throughout the first stage). The gameplay tended to feel repetitive as the main objective is to go into a room, smash all the bad guys and move on the next room, and smash all the bad guys. The only bit of challenge comes with figuring out which Fantastic Four's powers unlocks the door to allow you to move on to the next room (Johnny's fireballs, Invisible Woman's force bubble, Thing's fists, or Mr. Fantastic's electric glove thingy).

Not the best game, but I could imagine a younger player having a ball. Definitely not the kind of game you want to play through for more than 30 mins to an hour.

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