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After
the dismal
Thor:
God of Thunder
that Sega has teamed
up with Next Level
Games to give
Captain America his
turn on a video game
console with
Captain America:
Super Soldier.
It’s a bit of a
frustrating affair
too, but it’s
superior to
Thor:
God of Thunder
and it’s got quite a
few unique ideas to
go along with a
great story.
In
Captain America:
Super Soldier,
Cap gets dropped out
of a airplane to a
Hydra castle/complex
in Germany. It’s
Hydra so we see all
of the typical
suspects here
including Madame
Hydra and of course
eventually the Red
Skull. Cap gets
dropped at the
complex ahead of an
American invasion so
he can clear the way
of anti air-craft
guns and other
defenses allowing an
effective invasion
for the Americans.
He crushes Hydra,
but he also gets way
more than he imaged
on his mission.
Captain America:
Super Soldier
is great for a
couple of reasons.
The number one
reason is it’s well
written, brilliantly
written even. Writer
Christos Cage
captured the Captain
America/Hydra period
of Marvel perfectly
and he wrote a great
plotline for the
game. It’s also
great because Chris
Evans provided the
voice work for
Captain America. The
dialogue isn’t
fantastically
written with his
voice work, but it
works well enough
for what it’s
intended to be. The
game also has some
great level design
including structure
and textures. The
character designs
are hit and miss;
Captain America,
Bucky, Dum Dum, and
Madame Hydra all
look great. The Red
Skull looks like a
Nintendo 64 version
of that. Not good.
The
new ideas for
Captain America are
prevalent and it
begins with the
control scheme. It’s
got an
Ocarina of Time
control scheme-
there’s no jump
button but there’s
an action button
that allows you to
jump and swing on
things when it’s
necessary. It’s not
great in every part
of the game here,
but for the most
part it works. The
other new idea that
Captain America:
Super Soldier
has is in the
puzzles to open
doors and control
panels- basically
their
A
Beautiful Mind
type puzzles where
you find matching
characters in two
puzzles. Early on
it’s incredibly
easy, but as you
advance in the game
it gets a little
more challenging.
There
are tons of
frustrating things
with
Captain America:
Super Soldier-
one of which is the
terrible upgrade
system where you get
new powers and
abilities based on
how you fought
enemies and did the
efficient climbing
parts. BUT you also
have to do a ton of
obsessive collecting
to get enough points
to get upgrades too.
The collecting can
get a bit ridiculous
from time to time
and the upgrade
system just isn’t
fun to follow or try
and upgrade because
it’s really not
altogether that
necessary.
Captain America:
Super Soldiers
has some great new
ideas, but it also
has some of the same
old boring ones too.
It’s a decent game
that was well
written and has a
decent control
scheme to it and its
fun to play too.
It’s not a terrible
game but it’s not
great either. It’s a
good pick up for a
Marvel nut.
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