Iron Man Game Demo Impressions

From the Vault — originally published April 20, 2008. Some links, videos or prices may be out of date.

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The Iron Man demo is available right now on Xbox Live. My overall impression of the game is that its not the worst game ever its kind of fun but it still needs work. The flying mechanic of the game is fun although the control scheme seems a bit convoluted. Every button on the Xbox 360 controller seems to do something. The controls were a slight problem. They didn’t feel tight enough but I think that one could overcome that with practice. In the video above you will see me fly into shit over and over.

The other issue was just the graphics in general. There was ALOT of screen tearing and I guess it has something to do with the fact that theres alot going on at once during the demo. The screen tearing made it seem like it was a early build and not a demo of a finished game. After playing the demo I wont be buying it and if I do it will be because it was on sale. It does seem fun and hey, the “controlling Iron man factor” is the redeeming factor of the whole experience.