Watchmen MMO.. or not.
So, last night, I downloaded the Watchmen: Justice Is Coming game for the iPhone. It's purported to be an MMO, with customisable characters, etc.
I'm so fucking glad I spent $1.20 on this piece of shit. Seriously. First ten minutes I was playing? It locked up and rebooted to the iPhone's main screen *four times*. Once because my *character's name* was a character too long. As in, "type type type type REBOOT".
Did I mention the shockingly jerky fight animation? Or how after each fight, it goes back to the "loading city" screen.. which takes about two minutes? It's even the exact same scripted pan down the street every fucking time.
"Customisable characters"? Well, you start in jeans, a jacket and sneakers. So far I've found some different coloured jeans and jackets, and a baseball cap. Not QUITE the urban vigilante look I'm after, more of the "guy who totally wandered into the wrong side of town oh god I'm gonna get raped or something" style. (Actually, one jacket looks like Marty McFly's, so there's a slight nod to the 80s, I guess).
There's also about one piece of music in the game, which is looped.
I seriously have had MORE fun playing the Double Dragon style beat-em-up flash game on the movie's official website.
I'm so fucking glad I spent $1.20 on this piece of shit. Seriously. First ten minutes I was playing? It locked up and rebooted to the iPhone's main screen *four times*. Once because my *character's name* was a character too long. As in, "type type type type REBOOT".
Did I mention the shockingly jerky fight animation? Or how after each fight, it goes back to the "loading city" screen.. which takes about two minutes? It's even the exact same scripted pan down the street every fucking time.
"Customisable characters"? Well, you start in jeans, a jacket and sneakers. So far I've found some different coloured jeans and jackets, and a baseball cap. Not QUITE the urban vigilante look I'm after, more of the "guy who totally wandered into the wrong side of town oh god I'm gonna get raped or something" style. (Actually, one jacket looks like Marty McFly's, so there's a slight nod to the 80s, I guess).
There's also about one piece of music in the game, which is looped.
I seriously have had MORE fun playing the Double Dragon style beat-em-up flash game on the movie's official website.