September 5th, 2008

Incredible Hulk Multiplayer

Superheroes are one of those things from the childhood you'll always remember, and I see nothing wrong with adults collecting stuff with their favorites, especially comic books. Comic books rule, but so do computer games, most of the time. Unfortunately, computer games with and about superheroes are not that great, especially because you know what's going to happen, in most cases. Even worse, the release of such games is sometimes rushed by the producer, just to match the launch of the latest movie in the series or so. Anyway, The Incredible Hulk is not a bad game, not at all, and since it got with a free multiplayer patch now, it seems we're talking about more than just "another superhero game," after all...

About three months after the original release, The Incredible Hulk got a free expansion for its Xbox 360 version, coming with five arenas for multiplayer combat. Sega's update has no less than 525 MB in size, but since it seems to provide quite a punch, I don't think this is too much. After all, the Dial-Up era is almost gone(if you're still one of those using slow Dial-Up connections, believe me I think of you every day, before saying "Oh, my, these Japs have insane connection speeds!"), and downloading large files is no longer a nightmare.

The story is pretty short - you get five large arenas, so you can face others in minigames of "speed, strength, and skill." Unfortunately, only a few two-player battles are provided by this expansion pack, so no co-op multiplayer. What a pity...