Fantastic four - Rise of the Silver Surfer (PS2)

Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer (PS2)

Marvel's first family of Super Heroes faces its greatest challenge yet as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction.

As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, the team must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confront the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost.

One of the great things about games is the way they allow you to recreate dangerous situations without ever putting yourself in jeopardy.

In the case of the Fantastic Four, sure, we've all thought about rocketing ourselves into space on top of tons of explosives to get bombarded by cosmic rays that might set us on fire, but surely just playing Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer's a safer idea?

This adaptation of the second Fantastic Four movie sees a mysterious silver-domed chap descending from the heavens on a surfboard to cause all kinds of havoc.

Naturally, the Fantastic Four can't be having any of that, so they jump into the fray. The game features a 50/50 split between following the film's plot and providing new content. While the film is at least nominally grounded in reality, you'll see the additional content taking its lead from some of the crazier content in the comics, without losing the feel of the movie.

Much of the game's appeal is in the range of abilities on offer. All the characters will have fully active powers from the word go, although power levels can be increased throughout the game.

Players will be able to wade in - huge, rocky feet first - with the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing, flame-on and zip around the screen as the Human Torch, get all stealthy and fling forcefields around as the Invisible Woman, or stretch like..well, a crazy stretchy man as Mr Fantastic.

Not only will you be able to tackle different problems in different ways as you switch characters, but you'll also be able to match up their abilities to create combos.

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