IRON FAN, by Owen Anslow

Iron Man

FORMAT: Xbox 360/PS3/Wii/PS2/PSP/DS

GENRE: Action

RATING: 12+

OUT: Now

AFTER being blown away by Iron Man in the cinema, it’s now time for gamers to Marvel at the steely superhero.
Based on the new blockbuster movie by Marvel Studios, Iron Man the video game (out now on all major consoles) allows you to become the hardest superhero of the lot to take down the bad guys.
Film-to-video game titles can often go horribly wrong but SEGA have done a brilliant job with this, bringing a good balance to the experience with original stories that draw from characters in the Iron Man comic universe. As the one-man army of Tony Stark, voiced by the film’s star Robert Downey Jr, your role is to engage with scores of enemies both on the ground and in the air.
The scope of this game is fantastic and a vast arsenal allows you to take on tanks, fighter jets and loads of super-villains.
You can even customise your suit and improve weapons as you prepare for the battlefield.
There are also some tough decisions to make as a hero—choices which affect your adventure later in the game.
Graphically, it’s brilliant, and a seamless transition between ground and air combat is another nice touch.
There’s a lot going on in this game, but hey, who said being a superhero was easy?

VERDICT: Come and 'av a go if ya think yer 'ard enough!

SCORE: 8/10

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