Hellboy: The Science of Evil is a game that had the potential to be a Devil May Cry-esque beat-'em-up title that should have been fun to play for those both familiar and not familiar with the comic book series. Instead players are treated to ugly graphics, button mashing gameplay and a fixed camera that makes you want to throw your controller at the TV set in frustration. In all honesty, you're better off walking up to a random stranger and handing over all of your money rather than shelling out your hard earned dosh on this title.
Today we're taking a look at 10 comic book characters that would make fantstic protagonists for their own superhero video games.
Following last week’s look at the Top Ten Games Based on a Movie, this week’s Sunday Special feature is about to turn things upside down, this week looking at the top ten worst videogames based on a motion-picture release. As bad as some games based on a movie licence may be, at least most them are playable. But not these abominations.
This week's episode of Distributed failure features discussion on Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, Rune Factory: Frontier, Patapon 2, Plants vs. Zombies, Legendary, Hellboy: The Science of Evil, and much more! They follow that up with some gaming news including the closure of Factor 5 studios and the possible announcement of a "slim" PS3. After that, they dive into the "Sausage Dump" and chat up some movies, as well as the Lost finale.
