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Here is a pictorial of those who choose to dress up in their Starfleet uniforms and take a picture of themselves in their domiciles.

I got my 1K on Iron Man last night. The most frustrating part was I was stuck on level 7 on the hardest difficulty for a few hours. It was disappointing as I could have been gaining achievements in any other game but no, I wanted the last 150 GS from beating on formidable (the hardest difficulty). I found that the classic red/yellow suit and the hulkbuster were the best for a variety of different levels. When you play easy the game just lets you walk over it. No looking before you leap just simply run and gun. The game reminded me much of Blast Corps for the N64 (don’t get me wrong NOTHING can compare to that game it was simply AMAZING!) except with unlimited bullets and missiles as I just pretty much blew up anything that moved in each level and when they said “you weren’t supposed to kill those civilians” I just replayed the level and blasted everything but them!

I’ve got to hand it to the game. It made me hate it [and Sega]. I was reminded of Monkey Ball style missions where if you make the wrong move it laughed and said “Haha you’re dead start all over loser!” I have to give props to World Series of Poker 2008 for keeping me sane while I tried to beat the stupid artic level as right before I’d want to throw my controller at the screen I’d stick that game in for awhile and continue my “Battle for the bracelets” as the game touts.

So what’s it all mean? I think I would give Iron Man a 7.5 out of 10 for what it was worth. The main game on Easy is awesome! It’s a very arcadey style of gameplay that I enjoyed last time from State of Emergency. There were a few flaws like missing a grab for a missile results in a rocket to the face which on Formidible you can take about 3 of those on average from all the suits. The game is well designed and functions properly unless you’re trying to walk without firing where the game has Iron Man constantly moonwalking around the screen as the rockets pulverise you. No lock on system prior to firing your weapon was a bit of a pain but overall I enjoyed he game… unlike King Kong.

So last night I was thinking about the fact that I needed another game to relax me from Iron Man. Then I started thinking that I’m not really just playing one game at any given time for achievements. This past weekend I played rock band with Seal and Chase, Guitar Hero with Mike about 2 weeks ago, Lego Indy with Kim, Army of Two with Trimmer and WSOP 2008 when I couldn’t take any more Iron Man.

I guess it breaks down to this:
1K goal: Shrek the 3rd
Long Term: WSOP 2008
Co-op: Lego Indy
For fun: Soul Calibur 4 (yea it comes out today and I’m actually excited.)

Inspired by actual events. The shirts were changed to protect the innocent. No clowns were harmed during the making of this comic, only bats.

WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS KING KONG MOVIE GAME SPOILERS. DO NOT READ IF YOU STILL PLAN ON SEEING THE MOVIE.
I completed King Kong. It took longer than I would have liked thanks to the game-lacks-an-autosave feature. It was a very disappointing hit for movie games. Seeing that GS gave it an 8.2 makes me disappointed in them as well.

King Kong follows the two-hits-you-die health bar that flashes after you’ve been hit almost to the point you can’t see what’s going on and starts playing dead people music. The weapon system is smart to the point where you can carry one gun, one spear/bone and one puzzle item. The people around you commonly carry a spear/bone and there’s one guy (who dies toward the end) who almost always has a gun. The nice thing is you can select one of them and they’ll throw you whatever they are carrying. Enemies include raptors, t-rexes (dubbed v-rex), bats and bugs. There are really only twi types of puzzles. Distract the spiders so they don’t kill you and find the stick that lets you open the door. Unfortunately once you find out you need the stick to open the door you usually have to distract the spiders to get the stick…

The best part of this game comes from the last two levels. King Kong running around a very small version of New York City. You finally get to smash cars and airplanes! Every other level is just a pain and king kong battles are pretty jerky at best.

Lastly, I’d like to note this was a release title and had some neat cinematics from the movie with Jack Black. The achievements are straightforward where you only need to beat the game to 1K it. It’s probably less than 5 hours but took me a few days because I don’t usually have 5 hours to play games much anymore. I’d recommend a FAQ because you’ll anger yourself when you can’t find the stupid stick.

Next up: 1K in Iron Man

K-dog out!!