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Expectations can be weird things. Simply thinking about something you’re going to experience can hopelessly bias your opinion of it. That kind of sucks when you think about it. How are you supposed to know whether what you’re feeling is real or colored...
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Pros: Incredibly exciting, over-the-top combat.Cons: Repetitive, especially in boss battles. There is something rather enjoyable about being a god. To be able to call down cyclones or hurl lightning bolts at your foes is just kind of cool. Which is p...
Incredibly exciting, overthetop combat.
Repetitive, especially in boss battles, There is something rather enjoyable about being a god. To be able to call down cyclones or hurl lightning bolts at your foes is just kind of cool. Which is probably why, in spite of some serious flaws, I had so much fun playing Thor: God of Thunder. That kind of power is downright intoxicating, The Basics: A Beat'em Up With Hammers and Storms, Ba...
Pros: Incredibly exciting, over-the-top combat.Cons: Repetitive, especially in boss battles. There is something rather enjoyable about being a god. To be able to call down cyclones or hurl lightning bolts at your foes is just kind of cool. Which is p...
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From the moment I received Thor for Wii, I was skeptical. I opened the package to find a four-page pamphlet. Looking at the packaging and presentation of the physical product, the game screamed “discount shelf,” which was disheartening for me. Still, I...
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An ordinary person might look at a hammer and see a blunt instrument that could be used to pound nails into a rocking horse or swing set. But if you're a Norse god, a hammer is far more useful as a bludgeoning device against your mortal enemies. In Tho...
Comic bookinspired cutscenes capture Thor's heritage, Godlike superpowers clear the screen in style.
Shallow, repetitive combat is devoid of strategy.
Thor bashes his way through a stylish adventure, but a lack of diversity and depth leads to stale action...
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The plot in Thor is fairly thin and the storytelling is predictably weak. The game takes place before the events of the movie and tells the story of how Thor must take down a massive beast that he freed in his rage. After the mighty protagonist realiz...
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Of course, the lack of depth in the combo system can also be attributed to a lacking variation of enemy types. Of the four different groups of enemies you’ll face in the game, there’s a generic small enemy, who all have about...
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1up.com
Updated: 2012-01-25 06:36:14
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As is often the case with licensed multiplatform releases, the Wii version of Thor: God of Thunder was developed separately from the other console versions and offers a markedly different experience. Whereas the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions do t...
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ign.com
Updated: 2012-01-25 06:36:14
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Thor for Wii lacks the high-definition visuals of its Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 counterparts and the old school, 2D brawler approach of WayForward's Nintendo DS version. It's also based on a movie license. You might assume the game is doomed to failure, b...
Thor on Wii gets a lot of things right. The core combat mechanic works well, even if many of your move options don’t seem necessary. It’s easy to get big chain attacks going, resulting in some flashy moves and a feeling that you truly are kicking some...
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Thor: God of Thunder for the Wii is a tad better than its HD counterpart. It's still a generic action game, but the Wii's motion controls, coupled with a tighter battle system, make this a bit more fun to play than the button mash fest that was the HD...
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