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Buyer beware

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Please note that the PC version of the game is a port from the PlayStation2 version of the game. The in-game graphics are "old gen" as a result, and poorly ported at that! If graphics are important to you, you'd be better off purchasing the 360 or PS3 version of the game.

A few other differences between the next/current gen version of the game and the PC/PS2 version:
* Upgrades are not purchased, the items you use the most are automatically upgraded.
*There are fewer unlockables and missions in the PC version.

METAL FATIGUE...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Superheroes make good movies but usually awful games. Someday this rule will acquire an exception. But that day is not today.

IRON MAN suffers from more than the problems of a bad port. Sure, controls are awkward but one eventually gets used to them. The missions seem childish but I had no higher expectations from a game released only to ride the blockbuster movie wave.
What I could not get past was how underdeveloped the graphics were! Yes, I turned all options to their highest setting. No matter, graphically the game is comparable to 5-6 year old releases! HALF LIFE2 had much better surfaces, environments and effects. The same is true for DOOM 3 and QUAKE 4. I had to go back to UNREAL 2 to find something to compare IRON MAN with - and even that 6 years old game wins hands down!

The gameplay never takes off either. Flying is fun but only within the (very limited) confines of the predesigned area. All in all, IRON MAN demonstrates all the characteristics of a rush-job carried out by the developing team's bench-warmers.

Only for very dedicated Iron Man fans. And even then, a masochistic streak is required...

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