Fantastic 4 Game suffers from imprecise controls, a lackluster presentation, a few bugs, and other issues that make it difficult to recommend.
Fantastic
4 is a beat em up based on a movie of the same name, which is in turn
based on a comic book series created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. The
game takes some cues from X-Men Legends in that you can quickly switch
between up to four different heroes and upgrade their abilities as you
battle your way through Dr. Doom's legions of robots and other monstrous
foes and minibosses. Unfortunately, the game suffers from imprecise
controls, a lackluster presentation, a few bugs, and other issues that
make it difficult to recommend.
You'll control anywhere from one to all four of the titular heroes in each level.
In
the game, you'll control four different heroes (hence the name), each
of whom has unique powers and abilities. Mr. Fantastic is able to
stretch and deform himself, which allows him to reach far-away objects
and attack enemies from a great distance. www.muhammadniaz.blogspot.com
The Invisible Woman is a relatively weak hand-to-hand fighter, but she
can turn invisible and perform abilities that freeze opponents in place.
The Human Torch is extremely fast and can ignite enemies, while the
Thing is a large brute who can dish out tons of damage, as well as take
it. All four heroes won't be available to you at all times. In most of
the levels you'll be limited to only one or two characters, as the
game's storyline will often depict the foursome splitting up and taking
on tasks in parallel. Switching between heroes can be done quickly by
tapping on the D pad in the console versions of the game, while in the
PC version, each character is mapped to a key.
Each character has three special cosmic powers
that can be unleashed with double button presses, as well as combo
moves that can be done by pushing the two attack buttons in different
orders. Unleashing a cosmic power is quicker and easier than performing a
combo, but these cost energy, which recharges slowly or can be
replenished from broken items or defeated foes. If you play your cards
right, you can recharge as much energy as you use, so in enemy-rich
areas, it's possible to unleash one cosmic power after another, making
them somewhat imbalanced. There are other interesting aspects to the
fighting system, such as the ability to grapple or combo-grapple with
your teammates.
Sure there are special abilities and combos, but Fantastic 4 still plays like a run-of-the-mill beat-'em-up.
However,
in a practical sense there really isn't as much variety as you might
think in the fighting system. Just about every character has a ranged
attack, an area attack, and powerful moves for single foes. In most
cases, the game is designed to reward strength over other abilities, so
you'll usually use The Thing or Mr. Fantastic when they're available
since they're the best melee fighters. It's also worth noting that both
the cosmic powers and the combo abilities in Fantastic 4 can be upgraded
using points you earn as you fight enemies and make your way through
levels. Points are shared across characters.
There
are also other special abilities that are context-sensitive to the
environment. For example, you can use Mr. Fantastic's computer savvy to
hack into computerterminals. Leaky pipes can be welded shut by the Human
Torch, and piles of rubble can be pushed aside by the Thing's brute
strength. Most of these special abilities are controlled via simple
minigames, such as rotating the analog stick or pounding on a
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you to use these special abilities in sequence, but it's usually easy to
figure out where to go and what to do, because hot spots in the environment will light up as you approach them, signifying that something special can be done.
Fantastic
4's biggest failing is that it lacks a lot in the overall feel of the
gameplay, which is important for a beat-'em-up. While you can see
onscreen that you're picking up barrels and
cars and throwing them at legions of foes, the controls don't make you
feel all that powerful. What's more, the controls feel imprecise and
floaty. The targeting system in the game is clunky, and it's sometimes
difficult to lock on to anything, let alone switch between targets.
Characters sometimes clip through solid objects, and enemies can get
stuck in the air or in corners that they should be able to navigate.
Unleashing combos in combat can also feel robotic and
formulaic over the course of the brief, eight-hour campaign. Though the
levels attempt to show some variety at the end, allowing you to man
turrets or remotely control mechs, the gameplay in Fantastic 4 is
largely running from one room to the next, smashing everything in sight,
and then moving on.
To its credit, the game does include a good number of minibosses, and
each of these fights requires a slightly different strategy.
The game's graphics are far from fantastic.
You
won't find much salvation in the game's presentation either. The
graphics engine allows for some destructibility in the levels, letting
you smash furniture and other objects, but the levels look rather bland
and are laid out in a boring manner. Things often look so similar that
after a long fight in a room you can forget which door you entered from
and which one is the "exit." There's no minimap to help you out with
that either. The game's sound palette includes voice acting from the
stars of the Fantastic Four film, but these don't really make up for the
lack of impact in the generalsound effects, the tepid soundtrack, and a bug that sometimes causes sound to cut out during cutscenes.
The
game does include a two-player mode that lets you make your way through
the game with one friend (but not four) or battle each other in an
arena. Playing the game cooperatively is marginally more fun and
interesting than single-player, but the arena modes aren't all that
compelling.
Though
Fantastic 4 does offer all the elements of a good beat-'em-up game on
paper, the execution of those features leaves something to be desired.
The result is instead a short, bland-looking game that doesn't give many
compelling reasons for a purchase. If you're really into the movie or
the comic and can look past drab environments and controls that aren't
as crisp as they should be, then Fantastic 4 might be worth a rent, but
not much more.
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