Fantastic Four | |
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Developer(s) | 7 Studios |
Publisher(s) | Activision |
Distributor(s) |
Marvel Entertainment 20th Century Fox |
Composer(s) | Rik Schaffer |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS |
Release | |
Genre(s) | beat 'em up, action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Cooperative |
Aggregate scores | |
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Aggregator | Score |
GameRankings | (GC) 65.02% (PC) 64.35% (PS2) 62.18% (Xbox) 61.50% (GBA) 55.50% |
Metacritic | (PS2) 64/100 (PC) 63/100 (Xbox) 62/100 (GC) 61/100 (GBA) 57/100 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
EGM | 5.67/10 |
Eurogamer | 6/10 |
Game Informer | 7.5/10 |
Game Revolution | C− |
GameSpot | (GBA) 7.1/10 5.8/10 |
GameSpy | |
GameZone | 8.7/10 (Xbox) 8.5/10 (PC) 7.5/10 (GBA) 6.9/10 |
IGN | 6.5/10 (GBA) 5/10 |
Nintendo Power | (GBA) 6.5/10 (GC) 6/10 |
OPM (US) | |
OXM (US) | 6.3/10 |
PC Gamer (US) | 52% |
Detroit Free Press |
Fantastic Four is a beat 'em up action-adventure video game based on the 2005 Fantastic Four film. Players play as the characters of the Fantastic Four using combos and special attacks to fight their way through hordes of enemies and bosses. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans and Julian McMahon reprise their roles for the game.
The Fantastic Four is an internationally renowned group of superhuman champions. Each of the characters has a special ability:
The game includes a number of villains and characters not featured in the movie, many of whom are based on their Ultimate Universe versions like the Yancy Street Gang, Nick Fury, Mole Man, Diablo, Puppet Master, Dragon Man, Blastaar, and Annihilus.
The game begins with Reed, Sue, and Johnny on a roof lying helpless after being knocked unconscious by a blast from Doctor Doom. Sue is the first to recover, so when she sits up and turns around, Dr. Doom is preparing to fire an electric blast at them. Sue holds it off with her force field and calls Ben Grimm for help. Then it cuts away to Ben, who is recovering in the transformation chamber after having his rocklike exterior genetically removed from him. As he contemplates why the circumstances have led to this, he remembers the period when all of this happens.