Review: Deadpool for the PS3

Deadpool is probably the funniest game I have played this year and even
this generation

I am a huge comic book fan, especially when it comes to Marvel, my favourite ever comic book character is however Deadpool and when I heard that they were making a Deadpool game I was more than excited. I was waiting for the game to go down in price but after the whole ordeal where some licensed games have been taken of the online stores on consoles and PCs, I felt now was the time to just take the dive and purchase the game and *Spoiler Alert* I am so glad I did.

Deadpool (a.k.a. Wade Wilson) is the Merc with a Mouth who has a tendency to break the fourth wall, regardless of medium and originally appeared in New Mutants issue #98. Deadpool is based on the DC Character Deathstroke (a.k.a. Slade Wilson) however, is not quite as serious as Deathstroke.

Deadpool is obsessed with Pancakes, chimichangas and boobies and has a tendency to speak his mind, but with all that being said he is still one of the most utterly entertaining, Wolverine-Hating, comic book characters ever created in the Marvel Universe or otherwise

*Warning if you do not like childish vulgar you should stay away from this game and any Deadpool comic*

Deadpool is a beat’em up shooter which has a 3^rd person camera angle. It was developed by Highmoon Studios and published by Activision and was released for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in June of 2013. So let’s begin the review…

Story

C'mon, in what other game will the main character ride
 a rocket during a important speech?!

Wow, this is the first time I have reviewed a story arc… oh well, here goes nothing.

This is one of the most insane storylines I have ever heard of in a game, Deadpool wants to be in a video game and so writes I letter to Highmoon studios asking them to make him a videogame starring himself as the lead character, when the initially turn down Deadpool’s idea he makes everyone at Highmoon into a hostage whilst they make "the most awesome game ever starring himself", he even hires Nolan North during the game to voice him!

Anyway Deadpool receives the script that Highmoon have made for his game but he doesn’t read it because there are too many words and it’s too serious, so he improvises the rest of it. The main plot starts off with Deadpool being hired to kill Chance White, however, white Is saved by Mr. Sinister (A long standing enemy of the x-men) and then killed by the very same person, this upsets Deadpool so he decides to get revenge. There are some guest appearances from the likes of Wolverine (which leads into a hilarious slapping scene) and other characters from the x-men universe throughout the game.

Overall, for a game the story is pretty much non-existent after the first 45 minutes to 1 hour of the game and the rest is pretty much a brawling beat’em up until you finish the game. However, those how are familiar with the works of Deadpool will understand the charm of this, throughout the game, Deadpool knows he is in a game and therefore keeps commanding the player and Highmoon to do things within the game. He has conversations with the voices in his head about the things he is doing and whether they are good or not and who really cares because GUNS!

I must admit, this game is not for everyone, not many people will appreciate the kind of humour that comes with this game and will probably either find it vulgar, offensive or just down right stupid. So checking out the trailer which can be found on www.deadpoolgame.com would be a good idea, if you like the trailer, you’ll love the game.

Gameplay

To quote "BANG! BANG! BANG!"

Deadpool is a beat’em up shooter which has a 3^rd person camera angle. Deadpool does move a little bit sluggishly and jumping initially does feel very weighty but this is something you get used to when playing the game. Deadpool cannot sprint nor can he dodge in combat, however, he can teleport which is a lot more helpful as you cannot get hurt when teleporting… plus, you can teleport and that’s always fun.

As a standard Deadpool comes with two swords and guns, both of which are upgradable through the course of the game. The swords have two types of attacks, light (dealt by pressing Square) and heavy (Dealt by pressing Triangle) and the guns have one, which, in case you didn’t know, is shooting. You can chain the light and heavy attacks together and sometimes you can even throw some shots in there at the same time.

As well as the two swords and guns which come as standard, there are also another two types of swords, three types of guns and 4 miscellaneous weapons ranging from bare traps to hand grenades, all of which are upgradable using ‘Deadpool  Points’ these are gained from killing enemies, level progression and kill streaks, they are pretty easy to pull off so if you play it right you'll be rolling in the points. 

The aiming system is similar to that used in Activision's major license, Call of Duty where to aim you would hold down L1 and to fire you would click R1. Ofcourse you can still fire your weapon just by using R1 but in this game aiming will do more damage which can pay off in the long run as bullets can be scarce at points in the game. Personally, I have not really played many FPS games other than Halo so it took some getting used to for me, however, if you do like FPS games then you should be very comfortable with this system. 

Visuals

Any scene in the game with Wolverine included is Hilarious

Deadpool is a pretty dark game but this just reflects the tone of the game at points, although it is funny it does have a very serious undertone and the visuals of the game really play into this. 

Deadpool himself is pretty vibrant in his bright red merc suit that he is known for wearing. 

The graphics are actually really nice in the game and do a lot of justice to the art style which is used in the comics. Visually it is not the best looking game which has come out this year but it is pretty impressive and that really should not be overlooked. 

Score

Deadpool for the PS3 is an amazing game which has been overlooked over the last year because its target market is those people who love Deadpool and his humour. Any fan of Deadpool should really pick this game up ASAP before it disappears from store shelves as well as the virtual ones. My final score for the game is:

 8.5 -  Great!

Deadpool can currently be purchased physically in any good game stores but it find it new is now very hard. If you aren't sure of you will like Deadpool, watch the game trailer at www.deadpoolgame.com, if you like the trailer, you'll love the game.