Justice League Heroes
SCORE: 62
I have to admit something to ya’ll - I was a comic book nerd before I
got into video games. But there have been very few video games based on
comic book characters that have been worth our time or money. Part of
that has to do with - there are very involved story lines, and a lot of
talking in the comic books. Too often video games are constantly only
about the fighting, and not about the story. Well Warner Brothers
Interactive tried their hand in Justice League Heroes on the Nintendo
DS. Please note this game is based on the comic books, and not the
cartoon series.
The graphics are done in a top down view that reminds of the old
Gauntlet video games. Levels fall into two categories; regular, and
boss. Regular levels consist of running around a level destroying all
the generators, whereas boss levels consist of killing the boss
character of that area. The cut scenes look like they are a frame or two
from a comic book, which means certain female characters are lustfully
represented. The camera behaves for the player, but much of the graphics
are rather bland. In fact following the radar on the upper screen makes
more sense when trying to find the way around.
There are a lot of smack, pow, and bam's as the player crushes their
hundredth robot, or mind controlled villain. The music at the entrance
of the game is rather majestic, as is the voice acting there. Which is
exactly where it ends as well. The story is then given in a few words
between characters - which turns into mainly our next area is here
because of this lead. I did not hear any offensive language in this
game.
Justice League Heroes has some excellent level sizes, and plenty of side
quests to complete for anyone interested in finding all the hidden
devices/people. I found it hard to care after a couple of levels since
it was the same thing just a different name to the hidden items. The
leveling up of the super heroes is nice, but almost seems pointless. I
found little advantage to being a higher level, and the differences
between the characters is minimal. There is a nice commercial to some DC
superhero DVD’s in the extras.
The controls are just weird. Targeting, and then using certain attacks
does not always work well. In fact I would have been concentrating on
destroying a generator, and it would instantly swap over to the closest
enemy without my input. This was frustrating when I wanted to take one
thing out, and then move on. The touch screen controls are also poorly
designed.
It is cool that the story has the heroes trying to free those from mind
control. It made me think of the mind control that the entertainment
industry tries to use on us. Justice League Heroes felt like a complete
chore, and not much fun at all.
- Paul
Graphics: 55%
Sound: 67%
Replay/Extras: 69%
Gameplay: 59%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%
System: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Warner Bros Interactive
Rating: 'E10+' for Everyone
10+
{Cartoon Violence}
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