Video Games | Captain America: Super Soldier | Wii Hydra Base Walkthrough Part I
Xbox 360 | PlayStation 3 | Nintendo Wii | PC Games
Video Games | Captain America: Super Soldier | Wii Hydra Base Walkthrough Part II
Xbox 360 | PlayStation 3 | Nintendo Wii | PC Games
Video Games | Captain America: Super Soldier [...]
With the Captain America film hitting theaters on July 22, it makes a lot of sense that the game will arrive around the same time -- July 19, actually, as revealed this morning by Sega. Alongside the new release date, Sega handed over several new screens of the Captain in action on Xbox 360/PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, and Wii.
There's also the totally sweet shot of Cap hanging out in an airplane -- straight chillin' -- as seen above. You just know that any second he's gonna totally flip out. Aaaaany second now ...
#screens
When Captain America: Super Soldier hits on July 19, he's hitting hard, carrying America's flag to five different game consoles. Here's a look at four of them. More »
Product Description
Become Captain America™, the ultimate Super-Soldier, in the darkest days of World War II as you face the Red Skull and his army in this epic third-person action adventure. Wield Captain America’s legendary shield to take out multiple enemies at once, deflect incoming fire back at your enemies, solve puzzles, and scale walls. Above [...]
#sega
No matter how good or bad Sega's movie tie-in for Marvel's Captain America movie ends up being, at least we won't have to deal with a crappy Chris Evans sound-alike. More »
- Not a port of the PS3/360 versions
- Made specifically for Wii
- Over-the-top cartoonish graphics
- Focuses on Wiimote gameplay
- High Voltage is the developer
- Takes place during World War II
- Captain America is infiltrating a castle that Hydra has made into a base
- Enemies from the comic books in the game including Lady Hydra
- Aim [...]
#preview
My starting point for thinking about a Captain America video game was a bad one: That guy's pretty boring, right? He's a strong man who punches, kicks and uses a shield. How do you make a special game from that? More »
Iron Man and Iron Man 2 haven't inspired much confidence in Sega's ability to make good Marvel games; however, its approach to Captain America: Super Soldier might just have a fighting chance. Why? It takes heavy inspiration from the comic game to beat: Batman Arkham Asylum. While the early, pre-Alpha preview we saw at New York Comic Con felt derivative, there are far worse games to aspire to.
The comparisons between Super Soldier and Rocksteady's brawler will be immediately evident during combat. Like Batman, Captain America isn't a particularly fast fighter. Instead of relying on fast multi-hit combos, you'll perform heavy punches, and use enemies to your advantage. The Captain is quite adept at countering enemies, disarming them, and jumping over them. By timing your dodges correctly, you'll be able to string together various acrobatic moves around enemies, attacking them in context-sensitive ways. You can even throw the Shield, much like Batman would his Batarang. It looks almost entirely like the "FreeFlow" system implemented in Arkham Asylum.
Combat isn't the only more-than-familiar facet of the game. Captain America has access to his very own version of "Detective Mode." Tactical Vision will paint the scene in a blue filter and will highlight important interactive objects throughout the environment. The psuedo cel-shaded look coupled with the color palette make no effort to hide its inspiration -- although developer Next Level Games assures us the current visual implementation is simply placeholder.
Penned by Marvel scribe Christos Gage, Captain America: Super Soldier lets players become Captain America, the ultimate super-soldier, facing the red skull and his forces.
