This is not a Hulk game. This is a movie game that happens to have the Hulk in it, and as such, comes off as more “hired hit” than “labor of love”. It definitely has a few amusing moments, but thanks to some underlying problems, the experience is ultimately juts mediocre. Naturally, you assume the role of the Marvel’s not-so-Jolly Green Giant as he avoids capture attempts by the U.S Army and tries to thwart the vague but clearly evil machinations of a scientists-led group called the Enclave. The plot and the characters are both paper-thin, but the story is at least coherent enough to follow.

You are better off simply roaming around the city GTA-style, wreaking as much havoc as possible. Beating the life out of the buildings and taxis actually proves to be entertaining, especially since you can unlock new moves and bonus material while doing so. Even more fun is exploiting the Hulk’s ability to leap several stories into the air and climb any building at will – a marriage of gameplay elements that fails somewhere between Assassin’s Creed and Rampage World Tour.

But even this wholesome destruction isn’t safe from the game’s lackluster technical and design work. The Al is brain-dead, the physics seem to ignore friction and gravity, and the graphics suffer from massive pop-in and bland textures. Worse, the destruction is all pre-rendered – not dynamic – meaning objects fall apart exactly the same way every time. For a PS3 title, that’s just plain lazy. But for a Hulk title, that’s utterly disappointing – the game just doesn’t live up to its potential.

[via Gametrailers]