Final Verdict

My reaction to The Hulk varied over the course of the game. At first I was frustrated by the control issues and the boring opening mission, where instead of throwing barrels and crates I was cowering behind them. Keyboard confusion got me killed a few times by run-of-the-mill soldiers, and I found the sneak around/solve puzzles stuff as Bruce Banner dreary. Things improved after the first half-hour or so, although I’m still unsure whether the game actually got a lot better (it definitely got somewhat better, as I soon got to toss around cars and smash down walls) or I just got used to the disappointing control system. There was always a little frustration bubbling under the surface of the cool “Man, I just knocked down ten guys by clapping my hands!” stuff. Regardless, I still have to give The Hulk a top grade. It’s a great recreation of the old Marvel comic book to which geeks like myself will quickly warm, and the best use of a movie license in at least a couple of years.

This guy's got 'boss' written all over him

So does he

Saving Betty the hard way

80% for a movie license game? Is the Toddster off his rocker? Has he taken too many knocks to the head from the Hulk, or absorbed a little too much of the gamma radiation himself? Or is it possible that a developer didn’t massacre a license? Warm up those typing fingers, because it’s time to Hulk Smash! Er… I mean uhh… Sound Off! in the news comments.