The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer Review (no fat)

Game Description

It wasn’t too long ago when Pixar struck gold with The Incredibles, a very popular and therefore successful superhero film. The release of the subsequent video game based on this film was not so successful however. Typically, a combination of platform action and racing elements but it had some severe balancing issues that qualified the game as way too difficult for young players. Learning from their mistakes, the game developers appear to have come back with something completely different this time in The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer.

With the titles second iteration, the developers hope that this time they will manage to deliver all the gameplay and content aspects that would qualify The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer as successful. This time, the whole game is mostly action-oriented.

Of course, there are other different-genre elements mixed periodically but that’s only to break monotony. Additionally, the game is now based on 2 characters; this completely changes the feel and the experience of the game…making it into a team oriented experience.

The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer Gameplay

The first thing to note about Rise of the underminer is that you’ll able to switch between the 2 main characters of the game, Mr.Incredible and Frozone. Each character has his very unique abilities.

For instance, Mr.Incredible is an all-muscle superhero who can do almost anything that requires power. He can lift heavy objects and throw them at his enemies or he can smash his way through big obstacles.

On the other hand, although Frozone will prove himself a very useful companion throughout the game, he can only freeze objects for Mr.Incredible to smash…a pitiable dilemma for an action hero, but it seems so perhaps because of the developer’s emphasis on tag-team superheroes.

Seriously though, this imbalance creates a serious gap in the gameplay. The role of Frozone appears to be very pathetic for the player who controls him…playing second fiddle to Mr.Incredible and freezing objects in order for his partner to break them or at most, create bridges out of ice.

Otherwise, the game is very smooth and mostly bug free; it doesn’t require much thinking but it’s mostly about running and smashing. Finally, as you progress and kill more enemies, you gain points and you can increase the strength of your abilities or even learn new skills which do their bit to enhance the gameplay.

The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer AI

Contrary to its younger brother, the sequel features enemies that are a lot easier to fight. The enemies’ tactics are very primitive; mostly missiles and melee attacks. This level of difficulty serves the purpose of the game very well; the enemies tend to be pretty close to optimal for this type of game.

The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer Multiplayer

The game supports and is mostly geared towards 2 player cooperative mode. However, as described in the gameplay part, there is a very serious issue with the game. Playing using Frozone’s character soon becomes very boring and you’ll have trouble finding a buddy who plays Frozone and doesn’t snore through.

Apart from this, the game is designed from scratch to be oriented towards multiplayer mode and the creators appear to have done a very good job on this sector.

The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer Graphics

The developers have been closely cooperating with Pixar in order to create characters that are physically and psychologically very close to those of the movie. Simply put, for this genre, the graphics are excellent.

The characters are very similar to those of the movie and their movements are very cool. All animations are smooth and the background scenery is very colorful and fluctuates constantly.

The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer Sound

The audio department comes off with flying colors as well. The soundtrack is very similar to the movie and the game features some cool sound effects as well as some good jokes by the 2 main characters.

The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer – 2cent

All in all, the game is pretty good. Being a cartoon game that it is, the game will mostly attract the hearts of small kids. Older gamers can still entertain themselves with The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer … though more balanced characters and, possibly, more competitive enemies/puzzles could have done wonders for the game.

The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer - Cost

The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer retails for $29.99US, at the time of writing.