The Incredibles

"This game's good, but its difficulty is incredible."

The Incredibles is a game about four superheroes: Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl (Mrs. Incredible), their son Dash, and their daughter Violet. Mr. Incredible has super strength, Elastigirl can stretch really far, Dash can run super fast, and Violet can become invisible and generate force fields. Now onto the main part of the review.

Graphics - 9/10
The graphics of this game are great. This game has caves, bases, forests, a volcano, a city, just about everything, and the graphics match it all.

Gameplay - 8/10
The controls can be a little hard to understand at first, but it's easy to get used to. Mr. Incredible can punch and throw enemies and objects. He can also swing across rooms, Incredijump, and roll. Elastigirl can grab enemies from far away, throw them far, and she has several attacks. She can also grapple off certain points. Dash has no attacks, and his levels mainly involve running as fast as you can down an obstacle course. Violet has just one level, and it involves getting through the jungle without getting hit once, as that kills her. To do this, you must turn invisible and run past them. She has absolutely no attacks whatsoever. The majority of the game's levels make you play as Mr. Incredible, which can get a bit tiresome, but you can get used to it.

Cutscenes - 6/10
This game's cutscenes are mostly scenes from the movie, but there are a few that weren't in the movie. What makes me give it a 6/10 is that the scenes from the movie tend to drop you into it without explaining what's going on. This is ok if you've seen the movie, but if you haven't, it can get confusing.

Difficulty - 9/10
Nine out of ten for difficulty is not a good thing. Take the Omnidroid bosses, for example. It takes a long time to take down his health bar to zero. But when you finally do it, what happens? He jumps toward you with a brand new health bar, and a higher difficulty level! Each one has three health bars, and they're both very hard. There's also some hard to figure out puzzles.

So that's the review. The game is great for the most part, but it's just too hard.

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 02/06/05