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Finally, a Fantastic Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 34 / 39
Date: June 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For anyone who's played the last Fantastic Four (for the original Playstation) you know FF fans have been waiting a LONG time for a decent Fantatstic Four game. Thankfully, we get one that goes well beyond decent.

It's hard to imagine the same company published both of them. Whereas the old FF game was repetitive and the use of the FF's powers rather unimaginitive, the new game uses the FF's powers to full effect.

The graphics (both in game and in the cinematics) are better then average. It's great that the main cast did the voices for the game as they sound great. Each character has their own interesting moves. Mr. Fantastic is the most surpisingly fun, with the ability to stretch, send out exploding spider-machines that act as mines, and create a whirl-wind attack with his fists. Sue can turn invisible as well as command a near indestructible force-field around herself. She can also use this to pick up and throw objects. Johnny hovers in the air, and can be a bit unweildy in his movements at first because they are so rapid. But once you get the hang of him, he's fun. You can fly around, throwing fireballs or creating a tornado of fire. Ben is a huge bruiser of a character. He's a lot of fun to use as he's not horribly slow like some large characters in videogames can be. He has some great grapple/attack actions as well as the ability to swing cars around to attack enemies!

In addition to each individual character attacks, each character has unique abilities they can perform during the course of the game, relying on their powers. This is a way to showcase the powers that can't really translate into mere button-mashing. Reed can "hack" into computer systems with a mini-game, Thing can do some MAJOR damage, etc.

I've not played through all of the game just yet, but the attacks you can use and the enemies are varied enough that it hasn't gotten boring. The game goes well beyond the movie's scope and has the FF jetting off to all sorts of locations. There is definitely replay value, as you are scored and you can unlock a lot of extras by searching for F4 Secrets. Also, you can choose how to spend upgrades so that you can juice up the power on the characters or watch some neat bonus materials.

Peope are saying the game takes about 5 - 10 hours to complete depending on whether you seek out the extras or not. While not that huge, it's a respectable length for today's action games.

The unique 4-character mode of play is fun. Pioneered by X-men Legends (also published by Activision), you can switch between the members of the Fantastic 4 at the mere hit of the direction pad button. This is extremely useful in battle situations. This can make the camera whiz around until it finds the character you selected, which can be slightly disorienting. However, this is the only instance I can think of where the camera of the movie can be a problem.

All in all, an excellent action-adventure game, that continues to break the old theory that games based on movies couldn't be well done and fun.

Fantastic? ... questionable...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Fantastic Four isn't the best game i've played this year, but it still has quite a lot of entertainment value. In all honesty, its not a game i would buy. I rented it for a week, and that was just long enough to clear it with a couple of hours a day gameplay.

The game is basically a simple beat'em'up. You beat your way through each level (some of them are so short they don't even seem like an entire level), and gather points all along the way as you perform combos and cosmic attacks.

I felt there was nothing wrong with this, though. some levels you have only one member of the team, other times 2, or 3 - or the whole lot, and you use the directional pad to switch to each one of them while you fight against thugs, robots, monsters, spiders, villains... etc, etc...
If your a reasonably lazy gamer, like me, and you don't like too much of a strenuous challenge with the game, you WILL enjoy it. using their superpowers never gets old.
I found that i liked playing as the Invisible Girl the most, because she seemed to have the most range in cosmic power. She can send a large beam of lethal cosmic power at her enemies, bput a big protective ball around herself, fire a ball of energy which freezes her enemies, and she's also quite good with her fists.

The Human Torch, on the other hand, wasnt as good. He's weak with punches, and his powers don't have too much of an effect on his enemies.
Mr.Fantastic would be third from the top. His spinning elasticated arms arent as exciting as some of the others' powers, but he is quite good.
Second best would be The Thing. He big and strong and packs the most behind a punch.

There's a good 40 or so missions, and it really is quite entertaining. But as I said, if you're looking for a challenge, this game probably isnt for you.
For those of you like me, here's the

INFINITE COSMIC POWER CHEAT:

UP, SQUAREx3, LEFT, RIGHT, CIRCLE.
.....Enjoy..... ;-)

Horrible Horrible Horrible.....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: November 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is absolutely boring. The reason why I gave it two stars overall is because there is so many bugs and glitches, and long loading times. The graphics are pretty good but you don't get to choose who you want to be. Also, why is this only two players????? It's called fantastic four not fantastic two. Also, for some reason this game always gives me a huge headace when playing the game. I tried giving it a chance but I gave up. PLEASE don't waste your money on this crappy game.

Fantastic game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The fantastic four is an awsome game if you'v ever wanted to have the powers to be invisible, stretch to no limit, smash all the bad guys, and flame on and shoot fire balls out of your hands. But its not one of those games that you'll wanna keep on playing unless your a huge fan of the fantastic four. If you play the game non stop you will beat it in less then a day or two. Other then that its a great game, but I recomend renting it not buying it...

More than Fantastic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: July 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Fantastic Four is probably the best superhero game on the market. I haven't played the original FF game but it sound like a lot of hooey. The NEW Fantastic Four, on the other hand, outshines even X-Men Legends. The graphics are amazing, the story follows the movie well with a couple of classic villian detours, and the sound is superb. You can play as Mr. Fantastic who can strech his body to amazing lengths. Don't be fooled, it's fun to use and the creators got...well...creative and gave him spider mines to toss around. Next is the Human Torch. He's a fast mover and generally gets the edge in combat. He shoots fireballls, creates and fire vortex and can even send a swirl of fire on a certain enemy. Sue Storm, The Invisilble Woman. Now, don't let the woman thing fool you. She is the most powerful of the four. She can turn invisible, sneak behind enemys and kill them or freeze them. Her force powers lets her scatters the enemies all around and create a 'force wall' which, if aimed properly, can kill a foe in one or two hits! And let's not forget Ben Grimm, the Thing. Because of his bulk, the think has around 75-100 more health than the others. He can preform a bull charge, jump into the air a come down with and awesome shockwave, And slam his fist together to make a mini explosion.

All in all, the powers are handled wonderfully, the graphics are stunning, the story is compelling, so don't rent. BUY! As the Thing would say:

"IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!"

Hits and Misses

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The problem with this title is the lack of innovation and polish. Four fantastic characters, yet game play is slack, cliché', and redundant. The individual powers are unique, but overall they feel very similar. The story and fun of the game would be incredible if the powers and personality of the characters were exploited in the game play. However, it all feels the same: boring. These are classic characters with distinct personalities, and that should be read in the game play. Take Sue, for example. In the comic, Sue, the "Invisible Woman", is the strong one, the glue that holds the team together. In the game her character is rendered weak and ineffective. The Fantastic Four comic made Sue just as important as the male characters, but in the game Sue is semi-super. Her invisibility power is ultimately useless, they should have made stealth-centered game play for Sue. It would have been a great contrast to the brashness of some of the other characters. After all, Sue is intelligent, lacking in physical strength, and has telekinetic attributes. She is the ultimate spy, and who wouldn't want to sneak around a bunch of mutated lizard-mole dudes to avoid danger? Unless of course you could set yourself on fire and fly around. . . like the Human Torch! His special power moves were very cool, but they only served to whet the appetite. He hovered over the ground the entire time like an out of control science fair project. I really craved a flying level, with much more freedom in movement. I always thought that flying is about being free, and the man was grounded, not entirely cool. Also, he was on fire the whole game! How on earth does the man take a shower? Super hero is about super hygiene, unless of course you are wolverine or Austin Powers. The Best part about being the `real' Human Torch is his transformation, which is (I think), what fans identify with. The "Flame On!" command symbolizes the emotional part of being Johnny Storm. He's young and successful, he thinks he is invincible, and with a command He nearly is. It symbolizes his heroism, his feeling of invincibility, and his youth. I enjoyed the Thing the most. It's always fun to run down the street at night in a hat and trench coat, throw cars around and beat thugs with lamp posts (in the game I mean...hey it's what disgruntled super heroes do). Reed was ok, but his fighting style was a bit of a stretch (I know,bad joke). Reed's computer hacking mini-games were fun. I liked the different music with the various characters too. Overall Fantastic Four is a fun 2 player game for an evening with a friend, but I wouldn't purchase it at full price. It doesn't have a huge replay value...although sometimes I do get a hankerin' to throw some cars and rip out lamp posts...(sigh)oh well.

So the Game for the Fans of Fantastic 4 it's just plain fantastic!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I watched the movie the other day and was amazed with everything it was a good movie and i havent seen one of these movies for a long time. Then i heard there was the PS2 game i knew i had to get it. I bought it and started playing and it was sooo brilliant that now finally they have made a good game that goes totally well with the fantastic movie. Most good movies have seriously rubbishy games but this is a first where the movie and the game is totally fantastic. It is amazing that the fantastic 4 movie has gotton some really low reviews but i just dont understand what they think is wrong with the game OR the movie? Totally a must buy for all fanatastic 4 fans and people who want the game of the year!!!

Not too Fantastic at all

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Activision's past track record of Marvel Comic to film games has been quite great the past few years (X-Men Legends, Spider-Man 2, etc.) which leads me to wonder what went wrong with Fantastic Four. The movie was, well, lacking to say the least, but there was so much potential with the game that was wasted. Playing as Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, the Thing, and the Human Torch, you play in some nicely designed and somewhat destructable levels that are taken from the movie, as well as some levels and bosses included here for fans of the comic series. However, this is what absolutely kills Fantastic Four; it's a button mashing beat 'em up that doesn't offer anything new and becomes real repetitive real quickly. There are some mini-games available depending on who you play as, but there's not enough of them, and the voice acting during the cut-scenes is surprisingly bad. The graphics are decent enough, and the controls won't really matter because Fantastic Four is a pure button masher plain and simple. Co-op mode is a bit fun, but the ball was really dropped because there could have been some great multiplayer modes that would have spiced things up a bit. All in all, this is worth a look if you're a fan of the FF or for simple and easy beat 'em up's, but for all others this is better left on the shelf, and if you're craving a really good beat 'em up, check out the Warriors.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It's a lot of fun, just by moving the characters with the super powers you saw on the movie. For my self and my 8 yr old kid, It's a very entertaining game. The graphics are just OK, but I still like the game.

Fantastic 4......

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: July 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As it states in the Fantastic 4 game manual, the game is an action brawling game and it is just that. An action brawling game that puts you in the shoes of Marvel's Fantastic 4. Where you can play as one or switch between them all in battle against Dr. Doom and all his evil cohorts, or share a two-player cooperative experience. Out of all the games that's come out based on Marvel Properties, I have to admit that I've played better games than the Fantastic 4(like X-Men Legends, & X2: Wolverine's Revenge) but, for what it is...a traditional action brawler, it is a really good one. It's about time videogame developers gave us games based on our favorite superheroes that truly do them justice and not suck horribly like games of old. Us comic book fans want to live out our favorite comic book moments in videogame form and 7 Studios does an admirable job at recreating that for us. The control is solid. Graphically, the game sports decent textures and fluid animation(but not quite top PS2 graphical standards). To me, the icing on the cake is the unlockable extras(which includes cast interviews, bios, other Activsion game trailers and more). The only pitfall to the game is the camera, which can go absolutely bonkers sometimes in the heat of battle and whatnot. Although not enough to kill the game completely, it does get annoying when you're doing your best to get through battle. Overall, Fantastic 4 is a decent game..lying somewhere between Fighting Force and X-Men Legends as far as action games go. Decent enough to please any comic-book fan, that's for sure.

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