During the months anticipating getting my hands on the game WET I kept asking whether or not it would be able to deliver on its promise of non-stop Grind house action. Well imagine my satisfaction of running from wall to wall and power sliding my way through hordes of enemies’ all the while unloading boxes of bullets into them. Truly WET lives up to its promise of non-stop action…perhaps a bit too much.
Wet is a classic tale of betrayal and revenge. The action begins in a true Terantino style of storytelling where we literally dive right into a deal gone wrong and guns blazing everywhere. After the little chase around San Francisco Chinatown and a highway pursuit that gives us a basic tutorial lesson we are shown a cut-scene in a hospital that pretty much sets up all the characters for the chaos that will ensue. Our hard-Drinking gun-slinger heroine Rubi is a “fixer” for hire who after being paid by a client to bring his wayward son back soon realizes that everything and everyone is not what it seems and they all want her dead. Soon Rubi sets out to discover the truth of who hired her and spill their blood all over the place. Her quest for revenge takes her globe trotting from Hong Kong, London, and the middle of nowhere Texas; All the while leaving a wake of bodies behind her.
Visually the game does a great job making it look like something you would see in 70’s drive through with the film grain filter and movie theater interventions telling you to go to the snack bar and buy fountain drinks. Though the Character models do look like they could have been polished up a bit more they at least move fluidly enough to seem life like. As far as sounds go the voice acting suits most characters fairly well and you’ll feel deep satisfaction with every gut ripping slash your sword makes on an enemy’s torso. If that doesn’t work the games original soundtrack will be more then enough to keep you engulfed in the action.
Which is a good thing since game play will get repetitive real soon. Every level will be nothing more than you in a room with wave after wave of enemies coming after you. And while it is fun finding different acrobatic ways to deal with them you will eventually become too accustomed to it. Fortunately it does provide a good sense of challenge in some levels that focus more on plat forming. Also for all those who want a choice on whether or not to go into bullet time while shooting don’t expect it in this game. Whether you like it or not the minute you let the bullets fly every thing will go into slow-motion. Needless to say this gets old really fast and seems to be the only way to keep you from losing a heavy amount of health each time. Also each boss battle leaves a unfulfilling taste in your mouth since there’s not enough of them and each one is nothing more than a quick time event. The story and characters however should be enough to keep you going.
WET is like one of those afternoon television movies that you watch just to waist time. But the difference between those movies and this game is that the game’s story will actually keep you interested, instead of the repeating game play. The only real thing that would keep me going back for more is all the trophies/achievements. But that would only be for the serious hunters. Sadly the replay value of this game is near non-existent. But after you beat it once and have some time to kill why not go back and relive some of Rubi’s best kills.
In its own right WET does a great job paying homage to all the cult classic action movies that were in the category of being so bad it’s good. The story will keep you interested, but not enough to distract you from the moderate visuals and repeating game play. But with colorful characters it does deserve a once over. And if it grows on you go, go after those achievements. Although it does fall short in many categories WET is still a solid third-person action shooter with much potential to be remembered a with an ending that leaves things opened enough for a sequel that will hopefully fix the problems. We can only wait and see if we’ll have more adventures with Rubi.
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I remember Stranglehold! One of the first DLC packs of its time. A bit expensive, but cheap by today’s standards.
Another PS3 hidden gems list, and yet again Time Crisis 4 and Time Crisis Razin' Storm get snubbed. Such fun games, that shouldn't be forgotten. If only we got a home port of Time Crisis 5: Mastermind Edition.
WET is something I wish they'd remake, they had so many great ideas but not all of them were executed properly
It had a lot of potential
Also Wanted Weapons of Fate is another game that had some new fun gameplay ideas.
Nick writes: "WET was a pretty cool experimental project; a mixture of Stranglehold and Max Payne with a bullet-time mechanic and 70’s china-town movie style."
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I'll point out that these games are all from the X360/PS3 era - they've already had HD releases when they first came out. Split/Second and Blur - with the crazy vehicle physics capable today, why would we not want sequels to them?
The other games, all a matter of opinion of course, but... thank you for your ads between every single game. /s
Problem with sequels is that they aren't very likely. Activision dropped Blur like a bad habit, and Disney isn't doing games anymore. So I'll happily take the originals.
As much as I'd kill for a Demon's Souls remake, isn't likely. We'll probably get Bloodborne 2 instead.
Dafuq kinda title is that? These games were already released on HD consoles though...
