Fantastic Four

The final level and a couple of bosses show good, team-based FF action ; Lots of extra stuff to keep you playing ; Stan Lee acting goofy in unlockable videos

Buggy, boring gameplay ; Maddening control problems ; Unplayable co-op mode ; Low-grade visuals and audio

Most people, I expect, will not enjoy playing Fantastic Four. It's a dry, repetitive game with glaring design flaws and even some programming bugs. But then again, a lot of people apparently enjoyed the movie this game is based on, which performs...

So Fantastic Four isn't quite fantastic. It lacks the push that made other Activision/Marvel products so amazing. Maybe it's the way Seven Studios made it so simple, but the game is still leagues above Acclaim's travesty, and should be given a rent...

Faithful to both the comic and the film; lots of bonus content

Problematic camera angles; gameplay feels repetitive after a while

Great special effects and characters are good

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Excellent Map Maker ; Tons of play modes ; Great online support ; Good Humor ; Tons of unlockables

Can't Jump ; Horrible Clan Support ; Smaller Online Community ; Unlocking gets Tedious

Although this game received generally poor reviews in the mainstream Playstation 1 magazines of the time (in 1997), this is in fact a most underrated side-scrolling "beat 'em up" game. Possibly two reasons for its poor ratings are that the Fantastic...