So you came in here watching the screenshots (and possibly gameplay videos) and say for yourself. Hey! This game looks great! Then you watch the reviews and seem to be mixed a bit because it seems the "old fans" hate this game because of reasons. Still not convinced dig deeper and got to here, my review. So why does this game suck? Well assume that you are a complete newbie to the EE franchise. Assume that you do not hold the same sentiment as old EE fans have, assume that you want to try EE and EE3 will be your entry game. Why should you skip this. For starters, the game is PLAGUE with TECHNICAL ISSUES. No really it does. Basically if you have an Intel iGPU you're screwed. Although the game plays and runs fine for the next few minutes, you'll soon realize what I mean when you start to encounter things such as crashes with no details on how to fix whatsoever. Then you also have AMD issues with regards to frame rates and (also crashes). Tough luck. What about Nvidia? well it has its own problems too. Personally what I am experiencing (as an Nvidia user) is that... I CANNOT MAKE SHADOWS WORK. I have it toggled but no shadows. Nothing The only redeeming factor of this game is the graphics and even that I cannot have because of some weird reason? Tried looking all over the internet for fixes and turns out nobody bothers making fixes on this game because there are no die hards fan of this game bother figuring out how to make things work (it doesn't help that Mad dog closed 6 months after releasing this game) Tried several ways trying stuff like dgvoodoo, wine wrappers to no avail, So if you still are not discourage on buying this game, then just bare in mind that think of it as playing an early access game that was long abandoned by the developers. Because that exactly what you get from buying this one.
The game pays homage to the silver age of superhero comics. The art style and story writing are made to reflect on this. Despite being a game made in 2002, the graphics didn't really wane out and is still appealing to this day (which is funny because this is a 3d game mind you) When playing the game, it feels just like reading a comic series with several issues and each connected to one another but the only difference is you have granular control on who the teams are and how they will engage in battle. How granular? You can hop and destroy buildings, throw cars, boulders and stuff, recruit heroes and choose which heroes goes into missions. Clearly it is a game ahead of its time and it even won the strategy game of the year and other awards. So if you want a super hero game that has the atmosphere of the silver age of comics, this is a must buy for you. Don't get discourage just because this game is from 2002 because I tell you, you are missing alot of fun on this. By the way, this game is made by Irrational games, which developed Bioshock.
