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Thor:
God of Thunder
struggles. It’s not
altogether awful,
but it definitely
struggles. It
struggles with bad
voice work. It
struggles with some
poor graphics work
in and out of
cut-scenes. It
struggles with the
camera problems. And
it also struggles
with control,
frame-rate, and
concept. It
altogether
struggles.
The game does not
follow the plot of
the movie. So there
are no spoilers
here. Thor is the
Prince of Asgard and
when his realm gets
attacked by the
frost giants and
they slay his friend
Sif. Thor gets angry
and then manipulated
by Loki into
bringing about the
apocalypse and the
end of the nine
worlds while trying
to take the frost
giants out of
existence. Thor and
his trusty hammer go
on a slug fest to
bring on the end of
the frost giants and
later save all the
realms from
Armageddon.
As noted before,
Thor has plenty of
struggles, but I’d
be lying if I didn’t
enjoy playing it to
some extent. There
are several parts of
the game that are
incredibly
frustrating. But the
story was well
written and it’s fun
to follow. And while
the control scheme
has its fair share
of problems, that
same control scheme
also makes this game
a huge challenge.
Because you’re
unable to duck and
dodge away from
every enemy attack
you have to
incorporate a little
strategy into what
you’re doing. The
camera is also a big
problem. It’s
incredibly stubborn
and it routinely
takes important
things out of the
screen. BUT it also
captures the
environment that
Thor’s in very well
and gives it a God
of War type look.
Thor:
God of Thunder
has its problems.
It’s not worth a
full price tag. I’ll
scream that at
somebody
emphatically. But if
it’s in a bargain
bin or you can pick
it up used then it’s
worth a look. Plus
if you see the
movie, (and it rocks
by the way) and you
haven’t had enough
Thor, you can smash
some frost giants
with a hammer. It’ll
fill a need.
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