Iron Man (Xbox 360) Reviews

[RobRich]

Like many tie-ins, the Iron Man video game tries to take a two hour movie and expand it into a more robust experience. So, to add a little meat to the game, the developers have tapped into a bit of the character's comic book history to include battles with Iron Man baddies like soldiers from Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.) and the Maggia, as well as arch villains such as the Titanium Man, Madam Masque, and the Controller. While these additions add a lot to the game's overall experience, tying it all together means that the central plot varies substantially from the actual movie. I've seen the movie a couple of times already and I don't seem to remember the Army of Ten Rings attacking Stark Industries either time. While I understand the need to expand on the story for the sake of the game, it's hard not to fault the game for veering a bit too far from the film a little too often.

Source: Team Xbox

[RobRich]

Held captive in a cave by soldiers armed to the teeth with weapons of his own design, Tony Stark ponders his fate. Faced with the ugly truth about the world he has helped create, he resolves to turn his genius to other purposes. Stark constructs a high-tech suit of armor and becomes Iron Man, embarking on a quest to ferret out the evil fueled by his creations and salvage his shameful family legacy. Iron Man, a game recently released in conjunction with the feature film, parallels Tony Stark's plight. Iron Man dons the high-tech suit of wide-open game spaces and shiny visual effects and tries to leave the old stigma of movie-based video games behind. Zooming around and blowing up stuff does have its thrills, but that new-suit shine grows dull about halfway through the game as the difficulty spikes drastically while the level design flatlines. After that, there's just no reviving Iron Man.

Source: GameSpot