Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet

Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
PS3 / XBox 360 / Wii

Ok, I’ll admit it. From 1995 to 2008 I was a big comic geek. Over those years I racked up over 7,000 comics. Because of this I’m pretty much about to buy any games that Marvel releases. Yup, I’m easily swayed by Marvel games.

The Infinity Gauntlet was an event during the early 90’s, which saw Thanos (an insane demi-god, and lover of Death) gain the power to pretty much control the universe. It’s a good read and I’d recommend it.

Marvel Super Hero Squad is a kid’s animation…I haven’t seen it, but have seen the “cute” little figures that Hasbro produced.

Slap the two together and…you get a new cutesy video game that resembles a PS2 Lego game (if only Travellers Tales had got the Lego / Marvel license!). The storyline has been altered to include more characters and events (even a loose Annihilation tie in!).

As I said, graphically it looks a lot like a PS2 title, with some very nice laid out levels. However, the camera can be a massive pain in the bum as it is zoomed to far out and blocks the views of some objects.

As it’s a kid’s game I started playing this on the hardest difficulty before getting to most annoying boss fight I’ve played this year. A quick restart (there is no changing game difficulty mid-game) later and the same level is just as annoying on easy.

The game has a free-play mode where players can return to completed levels with different characters to complete more challenges, but I really can’t see many people playing through the game too many times. I can’t even call the game a good brawler as enemies don’t exactly flood the screen and most of the time the player is completing simple puzzles.

Would kids like it? I don’t know. Would adults? Probably not.