<![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @M. Lobo:
same

discopete019

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @sargemat:

FAIL!!!!

freespeech

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> This is a pretty cool way to do a review! Just show me what it's actually like to play the damn game!

stevesan

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Mike Fahey: Played the demo on the weekend but had to come watch this video because you always crack me up. Hope you get some sleep next week. blogging can kill you remember.

[www.nytimes.com]

liquid_kore

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> The demo was all right, but as others have said, the flight control is less than ideal. If Superman Returns got one thing right, it was the flight control. I simply cannot understand the choice in Iron Man to pitch and turning on the left stick during flight. It would make so much more sense for flight to be like and FPS, with the left stick for movement and the right stick to turn.

MSUSteve

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> "Awwww?"

Doug

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> I dunno, huge Iron Man fan, even hooked on the flash game, so I see myself picking this up.

Eventually. The movie, however, I will see opening day if it kills me.

man in gauze is king ramses II, actually

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Salen: the Bioshock demo sealed the deal for me. bought the game launch day (something i dont usually do). This demo? no chance of me purchasing now (though the chances werent that high to begin with).

Crawl to China

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> It seems a bit awkward of a game. I played it and while I finished it, it just didn't grab me like say the Bioshock demo did.

Oh well. maybe it gets more fun later on.

Salen

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> "This would be the wet run" lol.

katboi

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> You are one cool cat Mr. Fahey. Nice Mandarin reference (Asian stereotypes ftw)

xSavage5x

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> NEVER use "a bit wonky" again....ever. ;)

sh0tgunn0strils

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> the aiming looks horrible (as I expected) lol

Shad0X

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Just say the words "Fahey" and "Video" together in the same post and just had to click. I love these things, but suddenly I'm reminded of the videos I was promised from the new intern. Where'd he go?

Pezdispenser

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> they vid seems to be locking up at 4:40 for me....

M. Lobo

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> My impressions from the demo were more along the lines of "good, but not great". It just felt bland to me, and the control scheme just seemed a tad bit wonky to me as well.

Movie tie-ins continue to disappoint :(

Timber317

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Eh, the demo was alright but I don't see this game keeping me occupied for more than 20 minutes. Outside of the little gimmicks like throwing rockets back, the combat consists of moving left and right while holding the right trigger until your enemies are destroyed. Granted, you have other options, but really, why bother?

GenMan

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> im sorry i was very disspointed with the demo. Thought the game pretty much sucked. After hearing all the devs on gametrailers talk about it, I thought it would be good for sure, but it ended up sucking pretty bad. (IMO)

khuntilla

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> 9mins of that was enough to make me run back to Mass Effect in a big hurry.
Everything seemed disorientating, and just too 'loose', the controls were just unresponsive and the autoaim did all the work.

CanaryWundaboy

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @MySoul7: Oooo, i went into commenter administration and hand my finger over the mouse button, but then my upcoming post made me happy and let you continue on.

The words and video go together! > :)

Mike Fahey

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> That was a rather amusing demo.

Nice vid Mr. Fahey, please do more in the future!

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Mike Fahey: I agree with everyone else (who agrees with me). The "Talking to the demo" is a success and should be continued.

Cojo21

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Mike Fahey: was that Transformers theme free? If so, what's it filed under in the marketplace?

Crawl to China

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Anyone ever watch Mystery Science Theatre 3000?
Totally same vibe. Just need little Fahey silhouettes in the corner.

Cojo21

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> My 360 went into some sort of limbo after the demo finished. black screen, unresponsive controller. that happen to anyone else?

i apologize if it happened in the vid, it kept cutting out so i couldnt see

Crawl to China

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Every-time I load Iron Man it says disc unreadable. I don't know whats going on.

TheTime

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Just played through a couple of times with different upgrades and different difficulties.
Meh.
Passingly fun (=slightly better than sitting in the dark). Not innovative. Reminds me of an old helicopter game (Huey?) at best. Unless the demo isn't very representative of the final product, not buying it. Now if someone gave it to me.... maybe I would play it until I got bored or frustrated. Not a rousing endorsement.

Cojo21

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Hopefully the actual game will be alot for fluid.

Ra is on TNG

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Noob.

Try upgrading the things that are HIGHLIGHTED???

MySoul7

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Asper:
I enjoy my Westinghouse 32"..I keep the Samsung 50 for the other stuff,but it's a cheap decent tv.

Still downloading this now @62%

enewtabie

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @AthiestJew

i've got a 42 in sharp aquos, and i was wondering could you give me some pictures setting advice or what you have yours set to

JackDaniels19

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @PapaBear434: No. It just has REALLY big levels. Which is kinda the same.

Ashurahori

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Oh, the pulsating icons can be leveled.

Knight-Zero

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Mike Fahey has the best narrator voice ever.

Knight-Zero

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @GiantEnemyCrab: I wholeheartedly recommend the Sharp AQOUS LCD HDTV's. I've got a 42" unit, and it's quite frankly the best television I've ever had in my life. Great features, gorgeous display, tons of different inputs, etc etc etc.

Atheist Jew

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Tried it. Annoyed. First play-through--get used to horrible control scheme, wonder if the fact Iron Man seems drunk is intentional. 2nd--controls okay, gameplay repetitive as hell, nothing to write home about.

Here's the secret. Fly around in circles holding 'fire' until everything dies. Fly to next point, repeat.

And what are supposed to be cool cinematic cutscenes of Iron Man ripping the turrets off tanks and flinging men into the air (done by holding melee down) in fact look so hilariously stiff it's worth doing just for giggles.

Weaponary looks stupid, feels stupid. AI is non-existant. Here's a fun glitch. Look for a guy on the ground, and run right up to him--like, melee range. He'll stop and stare at you. and do nothing. Seriously, he'll just stand there.

Evdor

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Robert Downey Jr's dialogue is incredibly lame, stupid, and corny, and he never shuts the fuck up.

The controls are clunky, awkward, and imprecise. The gameplay is generally boring as hell.

The game's animations are crap. The modeling work is quite nice, but the animation displays an extreme lack of talen.

I would not pay more than $10 for this game, and that is stretching it.

Atheist Jew

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> I'm going to urge you guys to give it a second play through. I was very displeased with the controls at first but playing it again to try the other upgrades they started to "click".

If this game has levels/enemies more interesting than what was in this demo it could end up being fun. If not...

Quippish

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @GiantEnemyCrab: Westinghouse isn't a bad company. Westinghouse makes really good "my first LCD"-type tvs. Obviously if you've the money, I'd suggest dropping it on a more well-known name brand, but Westinghouse, Vizio, or Dynex ain't not bad.

Señor Vorpal Kickass'o

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @GiantEnemyCrab: I like it a lot, just one thing....do not leave it on a still frame. LCD's aren't supposed to burn in, but it happens a lot to mine. If I leave it off for a good long time it fades, but if you look closely at the vid you can see it.

Mike Fahey

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Talk about mediocre.

reddevil3

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Upgrading the Aux weapons gives you Guided Missles. Which just rock when you lock on to something. Other wise blind fire rockets do a larger area damage.

Wilimac

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Mike Fahey: Read comment replies before making comment replies.

Mike Fahey

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Some of you guys sound like you just aren't playing the demo to its fullest extent. Anybody else think throwing a choppers rocket back at it was badass?

Hollowcow

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @TheRemedy: Did none of you read what I wrote? There was writing there too. You should look at it. It's what I do. :)

Mike Fahey

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @TheRemedy: Read article carefully before making replies.

TheRemedy

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Mike Fahey: Also the highlighted things are upgradeable in the demo. Those would be the core systems and the aux weapons.

TheRemedy

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Hey, Mike, do you like your tv? I was considering buying a Westinghouse, but some people said they are not very reliable. How has your experience been?

GiantEnemyCrab

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Marv2: Noooo, it's Fa-Hee.

MasterDex

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @JoRo1986: did you try it before jumping to conclusions?

TheRemedy

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Is it free roaming, like Hulk: Ultimate Destruction? Because if it is, I'll end up having to buy it eventually.

PapaBear434

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Mike Fahey: ;o)
The demo looks good, although it's tricky to tell how the game will play as a whole (much more of the same could get boring quickly!).

Marv2

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Wow, this game looks like crap.
Score:
Crap movie tie-in games - 765 (+1)
Good movie tie-in games - 3

Fahey, I like how you actually talked throughout the demo, it was entertaining. All of the Kotaku staff should do it. Ya know, so we can identify with you guys more.

JoRo1986

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Marv2: o.O

Mike Fahey

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> I think the controls are fine once you get used to them, but they are definitely disorienting at first. My problem was that the game seems like it will get old really fast. All you do is fly around holding the trigger down and let the autotarget take care of all the enemies. Hopefully there are some other aspects to the full game to mix things up.

TomHayden

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @ortholomeux:

Apparently, GTAIV is doing the same thing for free-aiming, which is going to be annoying if you can't change it.

The only triggers that ever felt right to hold half-way was the GCN triggers...

@TaggarT6:

I use the Decepticon one :)

It matches my DS case <_<

Terance has Turrets

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> It's "Far-hee", not "Fay-hee".

Marv2

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @ortholomeux: I know. I didn't get it at first either. But I think GTA IV employs the same half-press control scheme for things... so it's something I absolutely must get used to.

Bluecell

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> "You'll notice long periods of silence in this video of my play through of the Iron Man demo on the Xbox 360."

Not long enough.

d3p0

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> lol "im Iron Man check me out!"

juscallmeweasel

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Bluecell: yeah, i don't want to "half-hold" a trigger. seems silly and annoying to me.

ortholomeux

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> I had fun in this demo, shooting things and flying and the little cut scene things were fun. Might actually be good.

Eschguy

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @ortholomeux: Actually, you can hover at without gaining altitude by only half pressing the left trigger.

Another thing to mention is that I didn't feel the aoe damage I was dealing was accurately represented by animation. The main blast chest thing that Fahey never did (right bumper) did AOE damage, but it doesn't look like it should. The rockets would blow up stuff it didn't look like they were hitting, and there's no real shockwave from ground pounds.

Bluecell

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Mike Fahey:
@Terance:

Neato! I knew about the Transformers: The Movie Themes but I had no idea they released retro "Robots in Disguise" themes. Awesome!

TaggarT6

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Interesting enough. For some reason the jerky camera movement and stuff had me thinking "Oni".

And I know no idea why I brought that game up.

AuraHACK - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> I played through the demo about 4 times already.

Once you get used to the controls it is a very fun game.

It is one of those demos I don't delete right away, always keeping on the HD for a quick play.

I Spit On Your Comments

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> well, if you can't make flying fun in an iron man game, you've lost the plot.

seriously, you should be able to hover without falling and having to constantly correct your altitude. boner move, secret level!

ortholomeux

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> I was expecting so much more. Well at least the movie looks class. The only crappy movie tie in game I liked was Enter the Matrix. Escape from Butcher Bay is still the benchmark though.

Nexus6

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Oh, and anyone know what Countermeasures (X) does? I couldnt figure it out.

Bluecell

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> No fahey, noo! The blinking sections indicate parts you can customize!

rdj

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @HobbaHobba: Crecente and McWhertor have been out this week for...reasons. This is why I've been going insane all week long. :)

Mike Fahey

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Round 1 : Fahey vs Mindless AI things that shoot !!

DING DING!!

FINISH THEM!!

merck

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @WhaleMenace: Last time we had a Fahey presents: Masterpiece Theater, it was on Pirates of the Carribesn and a good time was had by all.

Thanks Fahey! You da man!

William Killer Shatner

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> In my previous comments about the game I was worried about the ground controls. Turns out they're fine, it's the flying that's shit. Or moreover, the transition between flying and ground, ie. the point of take off. I spent a lot of time flying into the ground and whatnot. Control remapping would be nice.
But like you mentioned, I did get used to it and it became a bit easier, though there was the odd time I went head first into a fence.

I also agree with you on the grapple "takedown" moves. They're pretty jarring. There seems to be a single animation for each type of enemy, which essentially equates to mashing the B button as he separates part A from part B. It got old fast.

And it's a giant open space, so of course the first thing I did was fly as high as I could. And I was disappointed to find an invisible ceiling. Would have been nice to have some sort of thruster failure at high altitudes or something. And the lack of environmental detail is forgivable because the place is huge and you're not looking at the ground anyways. Unless of course you're flying into it awkwardly.

Bluecell

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Nice Demo. Thanks.

Off-topic: You guys noticed that Crecente doesn't post blogs as much anymore? What's going on? Is he moving on to better things?

HobbaHobba

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @TaggarT6:

Well, my interwebs is acting funny, but I do know there's a Autobots Dashboard and of course, you can make your own custom ones.

Terance has Turrets

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @Mike Fahey:

I was highly entertained by that, this type of thing should occur more often.

WhaleMenace

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> I played the demo and this is one of the worse games I have EVER played. Its just so bad.

sargemat

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Hunh. Didn't know there was an AI called JARVIS in it. For a brief, shining moment I was hoping they casted Jarvis Cocker for the role. I would have been endlessly amused to hear his half-mocking sneer denigrating me for my performance, or to hear him take a puff from a cig before rambling on about some filthy sexcapade of his.

If only this was a PC game. Then I could patiently wait for some other geeky Britpop fanatic to mod it in. Sigh.

JustThisGuy

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> @TaggarT6: It was available in the Marketplace. I was poking around bored one day and there it was!

Mike Fahey

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> I did not like the demo, I think it was an epic fail. But they didn't give much to work with, so I can't fully dismiss it yet.

Ulquiorra Schiffer

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> I liked the demo. Ddn't love, but I'm willing to give this game a try.

Ashurahori

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Where did you get that awesome old school Transformers background?

TaggarT6

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Just noticed that on the demo at the upgrade screen you can upgrade the items that are flashing. This is how you get counter measures.

Hoot508

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> u can upgrade the 2 things that are flashing white in that upgrade screen

Lanhoj

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Thanks for this Mike! I really appreciate it since I don't get the chance to play it myself till it hits the PSN.

Jandlecack

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> Just noticed on the demo that at the upgrade screen you can upgrade the systems that are flashing. Thats how you get the counter measures.

Hoot508

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> I'm more likely to buy a tv/movie game with its original cast than one with an imitation crew. I'm looking at you, LOST: Via Domus...

thebetamax

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> As much of a fan as I am of Iron Man, compared to Spidey and Hulk, the first thing that comes to my mind is how freaking rich he is, not anything fun that he can do (for crying out loud the origin of the suit was meant to let him live on).

Still, appreciate the vid.

Truvill

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> The most coolest part of the movie?

The optimus prime dashboard...

exkon

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> i liked it, but i like all games where i have a "giant laser" and can fly :P

Firvulag

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> I actually just started DLing this. Glad to hear it might not be sucky. You know how the movie to game thing usually goes...

ILikeToLevelUp

]]> <![CDATA[Talking To The Iron Man Demo]]> I think it looks nice, I will judge for myself when I play through it before I buy it

Seiven

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