Good day.
Deadpool is probably one of the better comic characters used in a video game adaptation.
Why?
Because he's actually different from the base video game character hero norm.
He's actually completely bloody insane, but the hilarious kind of insane, not the kind
that makes you feel like a bastard for playing the game.
Now, Deadpool is basically a character that is kind of like Wolverine, just completely
crazy.
Even though one could that say Wolverine himself is kind of crazy, but oh well.
Essentially, he has a super healing factor that combined with cancer and thus made him
really, really ugly.
so basically, he's got voices in his head, he's ugly, and he can regenerate all damage.
Hmmm.
What makes him different from the norm again?
Now the game itself ranges from mundane to completely awesome.
Now, the cutscenes for the game are really quite good.
They showcase just how great a character Deadpool is and can do a variety of things in the game
that actually are quite hilarious, like slapping the crap out of Wolverine.
And the game just goes with this, cause it knows you don't want to stop, so you just
keep slapping and slapping until finally the game lampshades itself.
Now the base gameplay for Deadpool is completely industry standard, third person hack 'n slash,
BUT here is the main difference between this game and a lot of the other hack 'n slash
games out there: It, like Space Marine, allows you to switch between ranged and melee combat.
Now this game can be played entirely like a third person shooter and you just duel wield
machine guns and pistols and shoot all the enemies you see.
Or you can just go the hack 'n slash route if you want to be boring and just slice everyone
up.
Both are viable methods, although there are times where you will have to mix it up a bit
and use a little bit of hacking and slashing and a little bit of shooting.
For me, I like to just shoot everything.
why?
Cause it's a lot easier than using the bloody combos and things of that nature.
I am not really a fan of hack 'n slash games.
Never could really get into it, but I do like going around and shooting various mooks here
and there.
Graphically, the game looks really quite good.
It looks current gen, blah blah blah blah blah, every game these days has pretty much
good graphics, except for the ones that don't, and those we don't like to discuss around
these parts.
Now in addition to all the other basic third person hack 'n slash elements, the game also
has... upgrades!
And you can get them by collecting Deadpool points.
And the game thankfully lampshades this, as well, by saying it makes no sense that you
could increase your abilities by collecting little spinning tokens.
You could of course get new moves, new weapons, all the same stuff we've seen before.
Now what we're looking at here is the PC version of Deadpool and the controls are absolutely
perfect.
Now you might think a third person hack 'n slash game might require a controller, but
when optimized appropriately, you don't actually need said controller to play the game smoothly
and accurately.
The keyboard is mapped fairly well and everything is easy to reach.
Although the 'Counter' key is B, and it can be sometimes difficult to actually get to
it in time to pull off a counter.
In the end, Deadpool is a great game.
Highmoon Studios did a great job bringing Deadpool to the video game realm.
It's got good gameplay, if a bit basic, it's got an excellent story that is absolutely
hilarious... overall, the game just has a sense of fun that's not really seen in many
games today.
And so, this is Jon, signing off.