Buy Deadpool

I love Deadpool, and I loved Nolan North's take on Deadpool, but honestly, this game is just eh. It's just a lot of running around spraying n praying, with Deadpool cracking the same two jokes over and over again. Just watch a playthrough of it on YouTube. $40 for a 8 hour game tops is just too much.

If you like Deadpool and shooting stuff for 8 hours then you'll enjoy this. If that doesn't sound even remotely good, then you shouldn't bother.

Every once in awhile I get the urge to play a mindless beat-'em-up and get a few hours of enjoyment out of it before I move on to something deeper. There are few games out there that can scratch that itch quite as well as Deadpool. The gameplay and humor were enough to keep me hooked and playing throughout the entirety of the game.

The mechanics of Deadpool are enjoyable but lack any real innovation or depth. You're able to seamlessly combine a melee weapon and a firearm of your choice without having to swap between them. In fact, the best combos in the game regularly rely on this to string together wild attacks. The pairing of weapons is up to your own preferences and you have the capability to acquire three melee weapons and four ranged weapons to choose from and upgrade as you see fit. These upgrades can be earned using your awesome points and purchased from something resembling a messy skill tree that is unique to each weapon.

It's doubtful that the story will blow you away but cameos from other Marvel characters are enjoyable and the humor is definitely on point for Deadpool. For those who are fans of Mr. Pool already, you'll find plenty more of what you like here. There are few other games that have made me laugh as much as this one did.

Though the comedy does not disappoint, the length of the game may for some people. I completed the game in about eight hours and that included some unnecessary exploration and messing around. I definitely recommend this game to anyine kiijung for a good beat-'em-up action game, and to Marvel and Deadpool fans with only one caveat: buy it on sale. In my opinion, the current asking price is far too high for a game as short as this one is.

if you love the deadpool kind of humor this is your game. not the best game play ever but a really really awesome game.

My wife got me this game after we saw Deadpool in theaters and I hoped the humor would match the movie. Not disappointed! Hilarious and outrageous! Controls are really only for controller, so that annoyed me as a mouse + keyboard gamer, but it worked well enough. If you're a Deadpool fan, totally worth it.

Funny but really boring gameplay and WAY too short to warrant paying $39.99. There's also 0 replayability. Don't pay more than $5 for Deadpool.

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Deadpool is a serviceable hack and slash game. If you're a big fan of the character like I am, it's a must buy. If you're not, there are much better options.

Deadpool is an action beat'em up game based on the Marvel Comic book character. The game was developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision. The title was released on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in June 2013. Due to a licensing issue, the game was later taken off sale digitally in January 2014, before being re-released on Steam in July 2015. Deadpool will also be seeing a re-released version on the Ps4 and Xbox One in November of 2015.

The gameplay in Deadpool is a very basic hack and slash style. You have quick and heavy melee attacks, whilst also having a selection of guns to choose from as well. You are able to combine the quick attacks and heavy attacks together to make some interesting yet powerful combinations. Throughout the game you are also able to purchase upgrades and learn further combos allowing you to pull of some spectacular looking attacks in the latter stages of the game. As you pull of more and more complex combos, you are rewarded with more of the in game currency, allowing you again to purchase upgrades, new weapons and side arms, such as grenades and traps for instance. There is so much to actually upgrade in this game; and you may even find it hard to purchase the majority of the skills too; so it may be wise to plan out how you envisage you playing the game at the very start of your play through - whether it be melee based, or more focused on guns and ranged attacks.

There is a small element of platforming to be seen in Deadpool, but nothing that gets too annoying, yes the jumping puzzles are very prominent in some stages, but as you get further into the game, you will also learn a teleporting ability which makes small work of any platforming problems.

Graphically, Deadpool takes on the same sort of style as you would expect from the comic book series. Nothing majorly fancy, just your standard looking last generation title. The cut scenes look far worse than the actual gameplay which is something I am becoming increasingly aware of given the fact that they also run in a lower frame rate as well. All of the animations of everything in the game are stellar though, when pulling off the crazy combo attacks, it looks so fluid and I cannot fault the animation in Deadpool in anyway.

The plot in Deadpool is also very inline as what you would expect if you have any knowledge of the comic book series. Deadpool continuously breaks the fourth wall, referencing you, the player on a frequent basis, making comics on the game design and the developers. Having only read a couple of the Deadpool comic books, I still felt as if I had known this character for years, and even someone who has no knowledge of who Deadpool is, will surely appreciate the comical value on offer here. The lewd comments, the toilet humour and the staple one liners all make an appearance and had my chuckling along throughout my play through.

At no point throughout the game did I feel challenged though; I was playing on the normal difficulty and really felt a bit let down with the foes in front of me. Once you learn a few combos and upgraded a few bits of equipment, there is really no challenge at all in the fighting scenes as you plough through squads of enemy troops without any issues. I would strongly suggest that you play this game on the highest difficulty to get any sort of challenge out of the gameplay though.

All of the levels within Deadpool have a lot of items which you can pick up, such as ammo and collectable items and not to mention plentiful amounts of the in game currency to use on them precious upgrades. I found myself at times venturing off the main path just to collect more of this currency and this can sometimes lead to a few little Easter eggs to be found. That being said; there is only one way to complete a level, one entrance, and one exit; a completely linear experience - I didn't find this to be a bad thing; it just would have been nice to see a couple of other ways to complete a few of the stages.

I have played through Deadpool twice now, once when it first came out, and a second one recently. Each play through took me roughly 12 hours to complete; that's quite a long time for a linear single player game of this type, but with the lack of any multiplayer, there isn't any replay ability and no other reason to play through a second time unless you are going to ramp up the difficulty like I did on a second run through.

Whilst playing I had a couple of technical issues, none of them were game breaking problems, just little annoyances. The first one being that sometimes after interacting with an object, whether it be a lever or opening a chest, Deadpool would for some reason start moving in a direction on its own, and it takes a couple of key presses before it stops and you then have control over the character again. Secondly, there is a huge amount of invisible walls throughout most of the levels too; you can be trying to jump up a wall and suddenly you will hit a wall of nothing and will completely mess up your jumping puzzle just because the developer didn't want you to go down that path. Thirdly, the lack of any graphics options when in game is a real pain as well; you have to completely back out right to the main menu before you can make any changes - this is just annoying and shouldn't be something we see in common day PC releases. I will say though, I did play Deadpool on 4k resolution, with all the graphics setting on max and was able to get a steady 60 fps MOST of the time. I did notice a few drops sub 60, but these were few and far between and only on the highly graphically intensive scenes.

To sum up, I would simply recommend Deadpool, it's not a fantastic game, but it will certainly wet your appetite for more games of this style. The comical value alone for me made this a worthwhile experience. It is certainly not worth the full price tag of £29.99, no no no no. That is day light robbery right there, the lack of any real replay ability and 12 hour story mode is a real warning sign and you should only consider picking up Deadpool when it goes on sale for anything less than £15. I would also just put it out there; that I would pick it up sooner rather than later before another issue with licensing arises and Deadpool is removed from Steam again - this may only be relevant for game collectors though.

Tom's Score Card
1) Stay away
2) Not Recommended
3) Only recommended when on sale
4) Recommended
5) Highly recommended
6) This is a must play

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If you're a Deadpool fan in the mood for mediocre gameplay carried by superb voice acting and some decent writing, then it's worth picking up on sale.