Anyone who played the original Incredible Hulk game on Playstation 2 knows that despite the fact that it was a solid game, it didn’t give hardcore Hulk fans the chance to totally embrace the chaotic nature that the character represents. Mixing stealth/action elements together, it made gamers rely way too much on the intelligence of Bruce Banner and not enough on the brute strength of The Hulk.
Fortunately for gamers, Sierra games has learned from the mistakes of Universal Interactive and made a Hulk game that embodies the things that make him a truly special super hero.
In the mold of Grand Theft Auto and Spider-man 2, gamers now have as much freedom as they want, using Hulk’s many powers to help Bruce Banner find a cure for his gamma radiation poisoning. Gamers that care less about Bruce Banner can feel free to wreak havoc and destroy everything in their path in the game’s free roam mode.
The single attribute that makes this a supremely enjoyable title is the relative ease it takes to make The Hulk do what you wish. It’s never been easier to take down buildings and anything else in your path as everyone’s favorite green super hero. The amount of things he can do also is pretty impressive, as almost everything in your environment is destructible. Hulk can use trucks as shields from incoming attacks and break taxi-cabs into two and use them as boxing gloves. He can even break light posts and throw them at helicopters that are attacking him. The amount of fun involved in just destroying environments is just as much fun as advancing in the games stellar and challenging story, providing solid replay value in an already fantastic game. There are also over 100 unlockables to attain through advancing in the game like alternate costumes, moves and Easter eggs.
The graphics in “Hulk: Ultimate Destruction†provide a perfect setting for the unleashing the monster in The Hulk. From military bases to the big city, Hulk’s environment looks great and just adds to the killer gameplay and control.
Anyone looking for a challenging game to kill those long autumn hours should seriously consider “Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.†The game accomplishes everything it needs to be a great action/Beat-em up that accurately represents the source material it’s based on.
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports.
Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.
Anyone who played the original Incredible Hulk game on Playstation 2 knows that despite the fact that it was a solid game, it didn’t give hardcore Hulk fans the chance to totally embrace the chaotic nature that the character represents. Mixing stealth/action elements together, it made gamers rely way too much on the intelligence of Bruce Banner and not enough on the brute strength of The Hulk.
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