Beautiful and Bloody.
posted by aenderw (GREENSBORO, NC) Mar 12, 2009
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MadWorld is a must play for Wii owners (over 17, of course), plain and simple. The game's artistic flair and over-the-top violence have garnered jeers from the "opposition" (PS3/Xbox-only owners) claiming that its critical praise is unjustified. I'm here to debunk those rumours. The gameplay is solid, the story is better than average, and the art style is amazing.
You play as, "Jack, just Jack" in a city taken over by terrorists and turned into the game show "Death Watch" where anything goes. The plot initially resembles the film "Running Man", but as the game progresses, turns into a web of betrayals and underhanded dealings. It really is comparatively good to what you might expect from a beat-em-up title. You begin the game in a tutorial level of sorts and work your way through different parts of the city, each with its unique set pieces/bosses and finishing moves.
The Wii gesture controls work fairly well here, though side-to-side movements and uppercuts sometimes are convoluted by the sensor bar. Granted, the bad guys go down regardless, so it isn't a big gripe. The finishers are brutal and bloody, some even being restricted to certain areas of the game in order to prevent total monotony (even though it is inevitable in a brawler title.)
The soundtrack to the game features several hip-hop artists lending tracks to create an overall fantastic backdrop to the black and white world. What I first thought would be ridiculous turned into one of my favorite parts of the game.
While MadWorld is by no means perfect, lacks a co-op mode, is terribly short (6 to 8 hours), and will inevitably become stale to some, it remains a unique experience that most Wii owners will be enthralled with. If you own Nintendo's white box, you are no doubt looking for something unique to make it worth while. MadWorld fits that bill perfectly.
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