PowerUp Heroes
SCORE: 70
The best way I can think of describing
PowerUp Heroes is a Street Fighter game mixed with Mega-Man on the
Kinect. You might be wondering what I am talking about. So let me try
and untangled all of that. This is a fighting game where your Xbox 360
Avatar gets amazing powers. You fight other people or computer
controlled characters. Many of the moves remind me of Street Fighter.
After you defeat an opponent you get the powers from their suit. This is
where Mega-Man comes into play.
Players can bring two suits with them into a battle. The cool thing is
they can be swapped at any time during the battle. Well there are two
instances where you can't swap - close combat, and when you are knocked
down. I started with a lightning suit that granted me a lightning whip,
medium sized balls of lightning, and some monster sized balls of
lightning.
The visuals in PowerUp Heroes are stunning. The graphics look great in
this Xbox 360 game. There is a fair amount of violence which families
should be aware of. Fighting games consist of hitting your opponent
enough times that their health bar vanishes. PowerUp Heroes does allow
players to dodge attacks. I found the best fighting technique in PowerUp
Heroes is to use those powerful attacks. Combos can bring a KO quickly.
The voice acting in PowerUp Heroes is stellar. I enjoyed hearing about
the story of this universe. The entire Green Lantern style of starting
the story was interesting as well. I felt like I was actually cleaning
the world up from all of those who were enslaved to the main evil
character. Yes there is some bad dude to take out.
PowerUp Heroes includes twenty powerful super suits. Finding the best
combination can take some time. The necromancer suit is one that I
avoided, but a comet suit was interesting to play with. The same goes
for things like the fire suit. Two players can enjoy PowerUp Heroes
locally, and up to four online. There are also leaderboards to see where
you rank in the world. If you are into that sort of thing.
The controls for PowerUp Heroes are shown on the screen in a little
window. Once a super attack is used it takes so long to power it up back
up. This is where I would swap suits. I learned to be careful because an
opponent could dodge just as I was unleashing an attack. Which meant a
wasted attack on my part. Small energy blasts can be thrown to knock an
opponent out of a powerful attack as well. I enjoyed the strategy and
work out that PowerUp Heroes gave me. I did have some issues with the
game not recognizing my commands in the close combat portion.
There are some enticement to lust issues in PowerUp Heroes as well. The
violence in PowerUp Heroes never felt personal. The reason is I was
throwing fireballs, or other such powerful attacks at them. There is
some hand to hand combat, but I tried to avoid that whenever possible. I
found PowerUp Heroes to be an interesting blending of styles of
concepts. I hope to see sequels to this franchise in the future.
- Paul
Graphics: 68%
Sound: 76%
Replay/Extras: 76%
Gameplay: 69%
Family Friendly Factor: 61%
System: Xbox 360
Publisher: Ubisoft
Rating: 'E10+' - Everyone 10+
{Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes}
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