“Give me smallest finger on man's hand. I'll produce information. Computer unnecessary.” Rorschach
First of all I must admit that Watchmen graphic novel is a real classic and a masterpiece on many levels. Even the movie adaptation was great and pretty close to a novel itself. So in case you missed them - go and check them out and you will not regret.
The most notable about Watchmen franchise is its tough, grim and semi-realistic approach to the superhero genre. Though this atmosphere along with two main heroes from the story Rorschach and Night Owl are the only similarities between the game and the novel/movie.
Because the game is a simple 3D beat’em up, like Final Fight Streetwise(PS2), Fighting Force(PS, N64) and many many other games made before HD generation. And at this point we come to the main benefit of this game - it is its HD-ness. This is true that even after two years after release of this game we still don’t have enough HD beat'em ups.
Graphics in the game is very impressive for the downloadable title, with PhysX engine, smooth animation and descent art-style. You will not find anything bright, cute, motley here at all, everything here is dark, rough and faded. Backgrounds and characters are well performed. Uncompromising rainy and depressive atmosphere is supplemented with Rorschach grim commentaries. Between levels there are some motion comic cut-scenes, though you won’t find any kind of serious plot in this game. Which at my opinion isn’t a big flaw for a brawler.
Gameplay is simple and straight-forward, yet a little repetitive. But its a fine button-masher with a single-player where you play with AI partner and descent split-screen co-op mode as well. Simplicity of the gameplay is especially good because you don’t have to explain much to your partner. But the walkthrough is pretty intensive and there are some bloody combos to watch at while rushing through enemy lines. So if you want some mindless fun after hard day this brawler is just perfect for you.
My verdict - give this game a try if you're looking for some descent beat’em up in HD. Download the demo and you will be surprised. The game is available at Steam, XBLA and PSN. Publisher released 2 parts of the game separately and the price is $20 each, which isn’t cheap though fans of genre don’t have much choice but to help Rorschach kick some bad guys asses.
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