Iron Heroes Attack

Iron Heroes Attack is a game of wasted potential. Sure, it’s a movie licensed game, but at first glance, there’s quite a bit going for it.

The suit animation looks absolutely gorgeous, the combat is actually pretty fun when you get a hang of it,

and upgrading the suits results in tangible and enjoyable expansions of Iron or War Machine’s movesets.

The game also shows you all of the unlockable suits and how to obtain them from the get-go.

The alternate costumes are primarily pulled from the comics, and for me, that’s a big plus.

I spent most of my time playing as the straight-from-the-70s “Golden Avenger,” which definitely put a smile on my face.

As mentioned before, the combat is actually pretty solid. Playing as Iron in a man particular was a pleasure.

Fully upgraded, the game almost feels like a side-scrolling Devil May Cry.

I was launching enemies into the air, following them up with a shoryuken-like uppercut,

and blasting away at them with repulsors, until finally delivering a hadouken-esque coup-de-grace.

However, not everyone will play the same way I will (although they should try to, because I am obviously the king of gaming),

since the game allows a certain degree of customization, even with all of the upgrades purchased.

There is a little poorly-designed menu screen that allows you to choose your abilities out of a number pre-set groups of three as you choose your suit.

It’s a nice touch, even if it isn’t well implemented.

There are some interesting ideas at work in Iron Heroes Attack for man.

In some of the levels, there are sequences in which the game becomes a side-scrolling shoot-em-up.

These aren’t generally well put together and can be incredibly annoying if you aren’t playing as the touchscreen-aiming-enabled-War Machine,

since you have enemies coming from every angle, and attempting to turn around as Heroes in these sequences is a slow and soul-scarring ordeal.

The game also has challenge rooms, which are short little bursts of combat in a small, enclosed room.

In my opinion, these controlled experiences are the best way to play the game,

so you don’t generally have to worry about the game’s frustrating level design.

Of course, you’ll probably have all of the challenges unlocked and beaten by the time that you beat the game,

and there’s no reason to go back to any of them afterwards.

Still it was nice of Griptonite games to attempt to shake up the game’s sidescroller formula a bit.