Clobber people with a sledgehammer, blow up buildings and stick it to the man, all for the glory of Mars.
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Sony hopes to whisk you to a tropical paradise, where the beautiful greenery mixes with fiery explosions as you cross the finish line.
It almost seemed as if the Iron Man game would avoid the pratfalls of other boring super hero-licensed video games. After about five minutes, though, it rears its ugly metallic head. The gameplay turns mundane as you blast target after target with no real feeling of being the all-powerful Iron Man. Worse yet, it suffers from too many setbacks with its flying and ground combat. The presentation is OK, but the design is basic super-hero quality that doesn’t go the extra mile. Even Robert Downey Jr. sounds tinny and bored here as Stark’s metal-bound alter ego. Save your money and see the movie instead.
With Echochrome, some might say that what you see is what you get. But that’s exactly where they’re wrong. While this is a very simple looking game, featuring no color, no fancy visuals and a fairly monotonous classical soundtrack, the game plays on your sense of perception by having you rotate the levels in order to change your visual perspective. You’ll change distances in all three dimensions, hiding objects and linking others together in order to help your lazy mannequin friend make his way to another section in order to retrieve his “echoes,” or shadowy versions of himself. It’s certainly mind-bending at times, but also relaxing. With a level editor in tow, there’s more than enough here to warrant a purchase.