Spawn: Armageddon

THE BAD:
Dissapointing graphics, bad camera system.

SUMMARY:
Although initially dissapointing ( graphics almost at PS1 level, Spawn is not glossy and shows his cool cape only when gliding and a pretty bad camera system) after playing it for a while Spawn:Armageddon kind of grows on you (disgusting as that may sound) the camera is easy to fix by pressing the R trigger (the camera goes behind you so you can see what you are shooting at) the battle system while simple gets interestiing thanks to different weapons, powers and enemies requiring different strategies (this is namco remember? they do know how to make games) suddenly what appeared to be a quick cash in, turns out to be pretty fun.

The enemies and background get more interesting and the game gets more challenging and darker. The first time you check the dead scene (malevolgia reaching from hell and grabing Spawn) you will get a quick glimpse of what the game is really about..

The game is not as gory as advertised though and definetily it doesnt look or play at all like DMC (get LOK-defiance for that) but is no mario sunshine either, it does contain a good ammount of gore (you can rip apart a large enemy with your chains per example) heaps of violence and a LOT of satanic and (anti)religious content (just like the comic) make sure you (and those watching) are comfortable with that before playing.

While LOK: defiance is mostly about solving puzzles to uncover the well crafted story and cinemas, spawn is about laying mayhem with combos hell powers and machineguns trying to discover the best technique to blast the new enemies that appeared. you wont care much about the story, you will just want something else to put in front of your guns and chains and rip apart!

Spawn is a game that came quite a few notches below the quality expected, but it still manages to be a furious blast of fun and horror. If you are not familiar with the spawn comic or movies it would be a good idea to give it a rental first, if you get quizzy or offended with RE or LOK this is definetily not for you, but for any fan this is the best game featuring Spawn ever (without counting soul calibur 2) and a good action/horror game overall.

Final rating: 8 out of 10

q: Worth getting?
a: If you are a spawn/horror/action fan, YES although I hope the sequel features a better graphics engine, However If you only can afford one game, you should check LOK-Defiance first.