PS3 Fanboy review: Rocketmen: Axis of Evil

12 March 2008 No Comment

Filed under: Reviews, e-Distribution Games

At one point in Rocketmen: Axis of Evil, the main character sighs, shaking his head, wondering “why do I’ve to do this?” At that one moment, I drop my controller — it was then that I felt like the game had starting talking to me. Yes, you’re right, game! Why do I have to play you? Why must I struggle through level after level of insipid, unimaginative game design? How long will it take for me to finish you, so I have the ability to write a review and inform our PS3 Fanboy readers to avoid this at all costs?

Paying $10 for a game like Rocketmen is an insult. You’re essentially paying for a student project — however, college professors get paid thousands of dollars to play and critique such amateur work. This is no joke: but at one point, I actually fell asleep while playing the game.

There are a number of things Rocketmen does wrong — impressive, considering how easy the genre of the dual-analog shooter is.