The Incredible Hulk (2003 video game)

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This article is about the Game Boy Advance game based on the comic series. For the console and Windows game based on the 2003 film, see Hulk (video game).
The Incredible Hulk
multiplayer

The Incredible Hulk is a 2003

multiplayer
mode in which players battle against each other is also featured.

The game was released simultaneously alongside the console and Microsoft Windows title Hulk to coincide with the release of the film, but differs from its counterpart in its basis on the comics rather than the film. Critical reception to the game was mixed; while the visuals were commended, the gameplay, controls, and audio were criticized, and reactions to the multiplayer mode were divided.

Gameplay

An example of gameplay in The Incredible Hulk.

The Incredible Hulk is a

free-roaming isometric beat 'em up game in which the player controls the Hulk and guides him through a series of 33 levels.[1] The Hulk can move in eight directions, and his default movement can be toggled between diagonal and horizontal in the options menu. The Hulk can also jump, pick up and throw objects, and use an assortment of physical attacks to destroy enemies and cause damage to the environment.[2] Some levels require the Hulk to locate and destroy generators to deactivate environmental hazards that block a path through the level, and many areas contain hidden paths that can be uncovered by breaking cracked walls.[3]

Inflicting and sustaining damage increases a "rage gauge" located at the bottom-left corner of the screen, which allows the Hulk to execute a trio of powerful special attacks that slightly reduce the gauge. The Hulk's health is represented by his image above the rage gauge and regenerates automatically. If the Hulk's health is fully depleted, the game ends prematurely. Items that can restore the Hulk's health and rage can be collected from destructible objects such as vending machines and buildings.[4]

Via the

Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable, two to four players can engage in a multiplayer mode named "Hulkmatch", in which differently-colored Hulks fight by throwing large objects at each other and must either reach a predetermined number of kills or be the last player standing.[2]

Plot

During a gamma bomb test firing in a remote desert, mild-mannered scientist Bruce Banner rescues bystander

Tyrannus is holding Ross's daughter Betty
hostage in a bid to conquer the United States, the Hulk breaks into Tyrannus's palace and rescues Betty.

The Hulk bounds through a city, where Ross pits him against Banner's prototype armored robot. Ross, suspecting a link between Banner and the Hulk, has Banner arrested and detained and uses Rick to bait the Hulk's re-emergence, unaware that Banner and the Hulk are one and the same. As the Hulk rescues Rick, the Leader takes advantage of the chaos by having his humanoids infiltrate the compound to steal a gamma-absorbing device known as the Absorbatron, but the Hulk thwarts this attempt. The military uses Banner's giant T-Gun against the Hulk, who is teleported to a futuristic city ruled by the Executioner. In the Hulk's absence, the Leader initiates another attempt to steal the Absorbatron. However, the effects of the T-Gun expire after the Executioner's defeat, teleporting the Hulk back to the present day and allowing him to defeat the Leader's Super-Humanoid.

The Hulk is then teleported to an underground arena where he fights Tyrannus's Octosapien robot, and he returns to the surface to fight the Executioner, who has followed him to the present day. The Hulk once more fends off the military while returning to Banner's secret lab, which has been infiltrated by Emil Blonsky, one of the Leader's spies. Blonsky uses Banner's technology to transform himself into the Abomination, but is defeated by the Hulk. Rick reveals the Hulk's nature to Ross, and the military allows the Hulk to escape Banner's cave.

Development and release

SNES version of the 1994 game.[9] Nintendo constructed a special template for the game's retail box, which features a flap on the cover that can be opened to reveal an original four-panel comic strip that explains the Hulk's origins.[10] The Incredible Hulk was shipped and released on May 28, 2003.[11]

Reception

The Incredible Hulk received "mixed or average" reviews according to aggregator

AllGame questioned the lack of incentives that he felt would have enhanced the replay value by encouraging the player to destroy more enemies or complete a level within a certain time.[13] Reception to the multiplayer mode was divided; while some considered it fun and beneficial to replay value,[16][17][18] others dismissed it for its lack of attacks and gameplay that encourages avoiding opponents.[3][13][19]

Assessments of the visuals were generally positive. The character rendering and animation was widely regarded as well-done,

X-Play remarked that the script was "painfully hokey".[19] The reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly further derided the story as "terrible".[14] The audio was criticized for its repetitiveness,[3][13][18] with Williams describing the soundtrack as a "mind-numbing dirge",[16] though Zacarias commended the variety of sound effects.[17]

Notes

  1. ^ [3][14][15][16][17][18][19]
  2. ^ [13][14][16][18][19]
  3. ^ [3][13][14][16][17][18][19]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Harris, Craig (February 26, 2003). "Game Boy: The Incredible Hulk". IGN. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on June 4, 2004. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Azeltine 2003, pp. 13–14.
  3. ^
    CNET Networks. Archived from the original
    on June 18, 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  4. ^ Azeltine 2003, pp. 9–12.
  5. ^ "Universal's Incredible Hulk of a Deal". IGN. IGN Entertainment. January 16, 2002. Archived from the original on July 2, 2004. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  6. ^ Coleman, Stephen (June 11, 2002). "Wire: The Hulk to Rage on Multiple Video Game Systems in 2003". IGN. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on June 28, 2002. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  7. ^ Harris, Craig (May 5, 2003). "Game Boy: New Hulk Trailer". IGN. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on June 3, 2004. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  8. ^ a b Azeltine 2003, pp. 16–18.
  9. ^ Probe Entertainment (October 1994). The Incredible Hulk (SNES). U.S. Gold. Level/area: Credits.
  10. ^ "Game Boy: The Incredible Hulk". IGN. IGN Entertainment. April 24, 2003. Archived from the original on June 4, 2004. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  11. ^ Harris, Craig (May 28, 2003). "Game Boy: Incredible Hulk Ships". IGN. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on June 3, 2004. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  12. ^
    CBS Interactive. Archived
    from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  13. ^
    All Media Network. Archived from the original
    on November 16, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h Ricciardi, John; Ford, Greg; Dudlak, Jon (August 2003). "Review Crew: The Incredible Hulk". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 169. Ziff Davis. p. 123.
  15. ^ a b Reiner, Andrew (July 2003). "Reviews: The Incredible Hulk". Game Informer. No. 123. GameStop. p. 122.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h Williams, Bryn (June 2, 2003). "Review: The Incredible Hulk (GBA)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on June 26, 2003. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i Zacarias, Eduardo (June 16, 2003). "The Incredible Hulk Review – Game Boy Advance Game". GameZone. Archived from the original on August 25, 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i Harris, Craig (May 29, 2003). "Game Boy: The Incredible Hulk". IGN. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on April 6, 2004. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  19. ^
    X-Play. TechTV. Archived from the original
    on July 9, 2003. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

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