10 Marvel Superhero Video Games You Never Knew Existed
3. Ironman X-O Manowar In Heavy Metal
This 1996 game by Acclaim Entertainment saw fan favourite Iron Man team up with the lesser known X-O Manowar to stop a team of super villains reconstructing the Cosmic Cube. Released for the Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation and PC, it tied in with a specially made Marvel comic book series.
You can play as either character, but it really makes no difference who, as they are pretty much exactly the same. They can both jump, punch and shoot their laser weapon and they can also fly, although this is strangely limited by how much fuel you have. Your laser weapon can be improved, among other things, by collecting power-ups dotted around the levels.
At the start of each level you are presented with a mission screen telling you about your objective. But they don’t vary that much and are all pretty generic in nature. Fight bad guys, find something and then defeat boss – very paint by numbers.
Although it looks really nice the game just feels like it wasn’t quite finished. Some levels are a bit empty, you sometimes get stuck for no apparent reason and the controls are not the best either. It’s a shame because this had the making of a really great game.