Quick Look: Deadpool

Saints Row 3 is also quite self-referential but it executes on its humor way better. Execution is key here and it's what separated the Call of Duty games from many of the imitators you saw this generation. Granted, I also didn't find Saints Row 3 to be as funny as the Bomb Crew did but I definitely feel that they did a much better job than what I've seen of this Deadpool game. Of course humor is a very subjective thing so if you like it here then more power to ya but I'm gonna stay the hell away from this. To be fair, the rest of the game (gameplay and graphics) seems fine (though the camera could use some work). Not great or terrible, just average, which isn't a bad thing but there's not enough here to make me interested in trying it out.

Despite the clunky controls, looking forward to the crazy in this as it does seem entertaining.

Admittedly I am not a big comic guy, but it always seemed to me that the popularity of Dead Pool just came out of nowhere one day and then all of a sudden I started seeing people talk and pics of cosplay DP everywhere and I never understood where it came from. If this game is at all an example of Dead Pool's personality and writing I think its starting to make sense to me, this character is made for 15 year olds. Even if the timing were not off and they slowed down the pace of the relentless one liners, everything seems rather immature and basically fell flat (I like a good dumb joke, but this was all stupid dumb jokes). That dick joke at the end was especially terrible . If that side of the game were good and genuinely funny then maybe I could over look the lack luster generic combat like I could with Spec Ops or Bioshock Infinite, but it doesnt. This game doesnt look like the worst game in the world but there is nothing about it that makes me want to play it even if it goes on sale

This game isn't any different then all the other juvenile (Duke)(Saints Row the third) smartass comments and turd joke games....Deadpool is a juvenile comic character and acts the same in this game....the controls are not that bad.....It isn't Ryan's cup of tea.....I like it and I have laughed out loud a few times....does that make me a juvenile (YEP!) but I am 53 years old and have played almost every game on the planet x2.....to each his own. Play on gamers...play on!!

nothing special, but i'll buy it when it's around $10 or less on Steam.

@circlenine: I think you mean Raven. I'd rather go back and play that game too.

I like the idea of a superhero who makes bad decisions and does stupid stuff like sings in an elevator and only survives because of luck. Deadpool doesn't seem like that hero.

I remember thinking Portal 2 was the funniest game I'd played. Sam & Max does well at breaking the fourth wall. Frobisher Says could be pretty funny in its own way.

Seems like the Lollipop Chainsaw of superhero games. Although that game felt pretty complete even though it was short.

Eh, looks pretty fun. Especially if you're a fan of the character.

I have to say that despite listening to Ryan and Jeff give their very tepid response to this game, I found myself laughing and smiling while watching this.

Yeah, maybe should have been a Tick video game.

Ryan spams the same move while Jeff asks if there's any kind of dedicated combos in the game.

Ryan - "There could be."

Lol, I can understand being too lazy to play through a mundane level but how hard is it to open up the menu to give a definitive yes or no answer. At least be funny if you're going to make games look worse than the dreck this apparently is.

My face is permanently stuck in cringe mode after watching this.

@themightyskullboy: I love Gerry Duggan, you should listen to the Nerd Poker podcast where him and Brian and freinds play D&D, its great.

@ike7779: Ooh, yeah. The Tick is great.

If Microsoft had told me that their DRM scheme would have prevented this game from ever existing, I'd have gladly preordered an Xbox 180.

I bought Magika yesterday and that game is way funnier than anything I've seen here. And they don't even speak the same language.

I think Deadpool would be better off trying to copy Devil May Cry combat.

The very definition of a generic, licensed game, the we know and love. This surely can't be a $60 game can it?

Will pick it up when it gets cheap. Doesn't look that bad but I wasn't expecting Bioshock either.

@shadow961: He shows how to purchase combo's later in the quick look.

Exactly.

This seems no worse than any other Marvel game produced this generation or the last. Personally I believe the supposedly "groundbreaking" Marvel games like Spider-Man 2 or Ultimate Alliance were nothing majorly special.

@doe3879 said:

I think Deadpool would be better off trying to copy Devil May Cry combat.

Dear Lord, this image makes me imagine a game where you play as both Dante and Deadpool, summoning Amaterasu on occasion. And yes, I did ignore Spider-Man; couldn't find a place for him in this dumb fantasy.

I'm sure they picked him just cause he's the marvel fan in the group.

Yeah. I think it's telling that we've had three great DC-based games this generation (Arkham Asylum, Arkham City and Injustice), but Marvel remains something of a wasteland. Perhaps there's something to the rights holders self-publishing their own properties instead of licensing them out...?

Yeah, you can't go half way on comedy stuff. Comedy dialogue and music over a very generic third person action game isn't enough. No amount of crackin' wise can cover up the fact that you're pretty much just running around fighting dudes with boring mechanics the entire time.

Not once did I see a man killed with a bullet what was sliced in half. No sale, sir.

Doesn't look awful, worth a weekend rental or maybe pick it up when it gets cheaper. I don't mind the dumb humor.

Skip from 12:45 to 12:50 if you don't want to hear Deadpool say "I know I said just the tip." I know he's got his swords out, but even Duke Nukem wouldn't say that. Gross.

I find this to be more entertaining than the Last of Us. Games should be fun and this plays out like a weekend vacation where you come back home asking yourself "What the hell just happened?"

The game isn't all that bad. It's not worthy of 40 bucks, but it's good fun if you're in for a laugh. That is, if you're not a humorless old grinch/diva with questionable standards. Especially Ryan. I have no idea why he's still working for giantbomb. It seems as he wants to do anything else but play games.

I've played worse superhero games than this, like Edge of Time. At least this game controls pretty well ( I don't know why giantbomb calls this clunky, they have no fucking clue what clunky is I guess ) and is pretty entertaining. It is generic, not very good looking, and quite linear, but it's fun. It could have ended up WAY worse than what it is.

I'm all in to bitch and mock bad games like Aliens: CM and War Z, but this game deserve credit for being quite different, funny, and very surprising. Credit given where credit is due, that's all.

this game reminds me of the professor genki stuff from saints row the third.

I think that's the ultimate insult with this game. It's not good, but it's not bad, either. It's not particularly funny, but it's not particularly unfunny. It is wholly unremarkable in every aspect except its Deadpool-ness, but it could have been so much more.

I blame Activision for butchering High Moon during development.

Hell yeah Comix Zone!

Yeah comic book video games, hoorahhhhhhhhh Go Batmen and Superjoker and Deadface whooooo

super powers yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy when's the next spiderman movie whooooooo!

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I don't get how Jeff can scoff at this games humor, but love Saints Row?

Maybe I'm off the mark here, but I think it's a little hypocritical when Jeff and Ryan gripe about low humor given the poop conversations and sexual innuendos that occur regularly on the Bombcast. I know it's different when you have 4 or 5 friends goofing around vs something scripted - but still they go there often for humorous effect (which I'm totally ok with, I have nothing against low humor), so maybe they shouldn't be overly judgmental about the odd dick joke.

@gave1: Portal 2 springs to mind as a game with very well done comedy, even if the game isn't a "comedy" overall. But yeah, I can't think of too many either. There's all the old Lucasarts adventure games of course, but they're sort of more subdued chortle than loud guffaw.

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I agree. Game seems fine. Entertaining enough for a playthrough and doesn't play like poop. Not talking about GB in particular but a lot of people act jaded or over critical about video games.

A chuckled at this more times than I'd like to admit. Nolan's got some incredible range. I'd never guess that was him.

I could really use a big dumb fun game right now as I am playing The Last of Us and replaying Dark Souls. This however, does not seem to be for me. Comedy is one of the hardest things to write. First, you need a good writer. Borderlands 2 picked up some game journalist and it's comedy was, well, bad. As a writer, you write what you know. No shock a game journalist from a website fills the game with internet memes on their first game. Second, one of my favorite comedy shows was Monty Python. One of the golden rules of comedy is not to overstate it. Even the best crude jokes are inferred. The combat looks to pull from many sources, but falls short of hitting any of them. Not as fluid as Batman, not as precise as Ninja Gaiden, and not as stylish as Metal Gear Rising. Seems like a swing and a miss. I hope this sells for them and I am just not part of their target market. It does look like they put a lot of hard work into it.

With the camera angle and the gun ballet, I'm getting a very Drake of the 99 Dragons vibe from this game.

It looks fine. There are some parts here and there that made me smile and laugh a bit. I could use some random silliness after playing The Last of Us.

The whole bouncy castle bit and the score tally cutscene nearly sold me, but maybe after a price drop.

@teekomeeko: Yeah like some sort of Marvel vs Capcom game. Perhaps it could also be the ultimate version of the third game.

@ghost_of_perdition: Try Devil May Cry if you want this type of game done right and with some due silliness.

Started playing this earlier today. It definitely has it's moments and the gameplay isn't quite as bad as they make it out to be in the quick look, unless of course you're comparing it to something super polished like the batman games. I would say it's definitely passable and enjoyable enough to fly through the gameplay on the easiest difficulty, though I wouldn't suggest buying this full price.

TLDR: Wait for this to drop in price, some of the comedy is definitely worth a weekend.

"This game seems really dependent on you...liking Deadpool"

What a concept for a game called Deadpool

I'm glad a character like this exists, even if the execution isn't perfect for everyone 100% of the time.

I think there's something healthy about being comfortable lampooning your own licensed products, and a lot of industries could probably benefit from something like it. I still haven't seen Deadpool REALLY realize how dumb Deadpool is, so I get the impression the writers think he's cooler/funnier than he actually is or fancy themselves the Marcel Duchamp of comic books.

Maybe I'm a bad person. The Nolan North call made me laugh. How often do you see anything like that in a game?