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Title: Hellboy: The Science of Evil
Format: Video Game
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Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: Konami
Hits: 52

Review of Hellboy: The Science of Evil

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• Posted on 2009-10-05
  Hellboy: The Science of Evil
  
  With his Right Hand of Doom and his trusty hand cannon, the Samaritan, by his side, Hellboy stands ready to pound the ever-lovin' crap out of any evil that stands in his way.
  In the game, you control the titular character as you get to smash through an assortment of enemies like werewolves, frogmen, Nazi robots, and cybernetic gorillas in order to stop the Nazi scientist Hermann von Klempt from doing...something involving creating a new creature.
  The game itself is a fairly standard beat-'em-up. You go through various stages and attempt to clear out rooms filled with villains. However, this can get quite tiresome, as Hellboy himself has a limited set of combos, of which are all available from the beginning of the game. Of course there's also the Samaritan and a variety of ammo you can use to defeat your enemies, some more effective than others. There's also a light bit of puzzle solving, which basically boils down to finding a lever, and pull it, or using a specific kind of ammo from the Samaritan to clear obstacles.
  The graphics are nice, and all the cinematics are with in-game graphics, but I think it looks like it's just a short step up from any higher caliber Xbox games. Having Ron Perlman (who played Hellboy in the films) lending his voice talent to the game helps, along with veteran actor Jurgen Prochnow lending his voice as the villain von Klempt, makes the game feel as if it is right out of the del Toro films. I haven't played through multiplayer, so I can't really say how well the other actors played (Selma Blair as Liz Sherman, Doug Jones as Abe Sapien).
  Overall, the game is just okay. It seems the main draw to the game is the multiplayer aspect, but I'm not really able to take advantage of that. The game feels really repetitive and limited, but can be quite fun if it's played for a few minutes at a time.
  
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• Posted on 2008-12-12
  Hella Cool
  
  So this isn't that bad of a game, well rounded, there are a lot worse games out there that are liked better then this one.
  
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• Posted on 2008-11-02
  Hellboy The Science of Evil
  
  While the separate stories seem disjointed the overall game is fun if you're a fan of Hellboy. Non-fans might not appreciate the game near as much. So, Hellboy fans = 4-5 stars, casual fans probably = 3.
  
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• Posted on 2008-10-09
  The Hell of Hellboy
  
  Hellboy: The Science of Evil is a very basic brawling/beat em up game starring the cat loving anti-hero, Hellboy. I thought the game was good, not great, but not completely horrible either. I love the Hellboy movies and the comics, so it's probably a good idea to be a fan of Hellboy before considering this game. I also love some games that are sort of mindless and don't bother with litering the game with puzzles.
  
  The graphics are kind of bland, but at least Hellboy himself looks great, especially with his big Right Hand of Doom. You'll visit some locations like a castle, an old creepy villiage, a Japan like forest, a lost desert, and some others.
  
  The game itself is rather easy to play, because it's just a simple beat em up. You just run from one area to the next, beat up all the bad guys in that area, and then move on to the next, and to the next, until finally you come to some boss that only takes a little more thought to beat than the regular baddies. And if you get beat up too bad and take too much damage, you just avoid enemy attacks for a moment and you're health will completely regenerate, which kind of makes the game easier than most games of this type.
  
  The sound was mostly generic, but at least they got Ron Pearlman to voice Hellboy. I've yet to play multiplayer, so I don't know how the other movie star voice actors held up in the game.
  
  Basically, if you're a fan of Hellboy, love the idea of wielding the Right Hand of Doom, and don't mind some simple mindless repetitive action, then you've at least got yourself a good weekend rental. Everyone else should probably stay far away though.
  
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• Posted on 2008-08-09
  Worse, even, than your "typical" movie adaptation game
  
  I think we all know that movie adaptation games are normally so-so at best, but this game is terrible. Graphics: Horrible. One of those games where you can't really control the camera, and sometimes your character gets "lost" on the screen. Plus everything is vaguely "fuzzy". Game play: BORING. Same thing over and over again. Plot is completely not engaging in the least.
  
  Let me put it to you this way. I was 40 points away from 10,000 XBOX achievement points. Looking at the achievements in the game, it would only have taken completing a few levels on any setting to get that benchmark...just plowing through 1/4th of the game would have given me 10,000 points. And I didn't do it. I'm not a points nut, but wow. If I can't be bothered to get 40 points from a game, it probably stinks.
  
  
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