Let me start by saying I LOVED Captain America : The First Avenger. It was a great movie.
I wouldn't say I the same about Captain America : Super Soldier. I enjoyed it, but I didn't love it.
The game takes place on one of Steve Rogers secret missions for the US goverment, but before the end of the movie. Most movie licensed games tend to follow the path of the movie it is based on, so this was quite a nice change of pace. Captain America finds a Hydra conspiracy, and sets out to solve it. Along the way he is joined by his buddys, in various situations, and he takes it upon himself to steal priceless artifacts from these peoples homes. Though I am confused as to why there is so many priceless artifacts just lying around. I think by the end I had something like forty faberge eggs, which is just crazy.
That is about it for story I am afraid.
There are some neat set pieces in the game, but over all you spend a large amount of time running all over a European villa, which feels like a weaker version of Arkham Asylum from Batman : Arkham Asylum. IN fact, just under the surface, there seems to be a bit of Batman envy going on. The fighting system is similar, allowing you to bounce between enemys and even counter them in creative ways. I enjoyed Batman : Arkham Asylum, and this game does a fairly decent job emulating it in all the right ways. But that is, unfortunately, really all that is fun in the game. I spent about thirty percent of my 8 hour play through running in circles and trying to figure out where I am supposed to be at.
The controls are strong, and the game looks alright, but evokes more of a playstation 2 feel then a current gen version. The voice acting is great, actually being voiced by most of the people who played the roles in the movie, and the sound is good as well. There are a handful of unlockable costumes, tons of collectable things through out the game, and a variety of enemys.
Nerd Credentials : Upheld, but just barely
-Anthony Hale
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