Joystiq impressions: Hellboy
Like so many licensed games, Hellboy simply doesn't feel original or engaging. Although designed exclusively for PS3 and Xbox 360, the graphics are mediocre at best. The battle system focuses on Hellboy killing everything in his way. The environment features fairly standard items to pick up and use as weapons, and the battle system is systematically formulaic.
Fans of the franchise will be comforted to know that Mike Mignola does have involvement with the game. However, strictly speaking, the Hellboy game failed to grasp our attention amongst a slew of much more interesting, original, and involving games.
Gallery: Hellboy: Science of Evil
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
zwarrior @ Jul 13th 2007 8:51AM
Is it me or does it look like Fable from the pic above?
tlang1982 @ Jul 13th 2007 8:51AM
This is a disapointing one for me. I really think this could be a succesful series with a good fresh fan base from the 1st movie and an upcoming 2nd movie. It looks like nothing more than a button masher from 4 years ago. It's too bad.
baby sea tuna @ Jul 13th 2007 8:54AM
It's Mike MIGNOLA, not Magnolia. You might wanna fix that.
Lijik @ Jul 13th 2007 10:46AM
So it's just Hellboy killing everything in his path?
Sounds like the best damn rental ever.
razer @ Jul 13th 2007 1:03PM
I knew once I saw the Hellboy video of the OXM disc that it was going to be crap. This is "next-gen" and if has a "next-gen" price of $60 you better make it worth it and not try and pass off some PS2 graphics on the system. I can see scores of 6.0 for this stinker.
CaptBlackheart @ Jul 13th 2007 3:37PM
Mike Mignola also had a hand in the god awful anime they produced for Hellboy. Surprise, he likes $$$!!
Blinkus @ Jul 13th 2007 9:49PM
Man, I REALLY wanted to like this.