Thursday, May 24, 2007

Be Prepared To Be Silver

Written by GL

These days, super-movies like Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer are almost guaranteed to be released with a video game to enhance and expand the experience of seeing your favorite characters brought to life.

Visual Concepts are the developers of the Rise of the Silver Surfer video game (actual game image picture above). The team also got to visit the movie sets on numerous occasions and were given full access to all pre-production artwork, 3D models and special effects information. Published by 2K Games and available on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and DS, Rise of the Silver Surfer hits stores June 15, the same day as the film.

Relying on each of the four members' unique abilities, players can smash, crash and bash their way through fully destructible environments. That kind of freedom is going to be nice, because this game is full of nasty enemies. Guaranteed Dr. Doom is going to make life extremely difficult (as usual) for players. And the Silver Surfer too is sure to provide players with some incredible visuals as well as unique gameplay opportunities. "We wanted to make a rich, varied experience for the fans and chose villains who are both some of the most infamous bad guys the Fantastic Four have faced, but they also had to fit within our plot line," said the head developer from Visual Concepts.

Rise of the Silver Surfer The Video Game offers players the chance to go toe-to-toe with enemies who aren't in the feature film, like...

The Skrulls, a race taken straight from the pages of the comics, get paid a visit on their home planet by the FF, a decision that brought some unique opportunities. The Super Skrull actually exhibits all of the Fantastic Four's powers; he can stretch attack, he flies, he can launch huge energy and firebomb attacks, turn invisible and can cause a shock-wave by slamming his fist into the ground. However, he's also an incredibly cool boss. Himalayan rock monsters, whether in their more vicious humanoid form (complete with rock-sword arms and shurikens) or their simpler pile-of-granite look, can also be found.

Ivan Kragoff, former cosmonaut and current psychopath going by the name Red Ghost brings an unwelcome element to the battlefield in the form of his army of intelligent Super Apes. Players are guessed to have the most fun fighting are Red Ghost's Super Apes.

Digging even deeper into the Galactus storyline than the movie, developers give comic fans a chance to fight another cosmic-powered herald of Galactus, Terrax the Tamer. With a giant axe and a penchant for manipulating rocks, Terrax is a formidable foe.

So after you see the movie and your thirst for intergalactic justice hasn't been quenched, pop in your copy of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - The Video Game and see if you have the mustard to go against all this baddies mentioned above.

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