The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (Xbox, 2005)

I remember watching the Hulk on TV as a kid, back when he was just a tiny little body-builder name Lou who had been painted green. I think he's eaten a little beef since then because now they need giant robots to take the mean green Behemoth down.

Bruce Banner's quest for the cure is interrupted and the machine that gave him hope to be free of the Hulk's curse was destroyed. But not before creating a new menace to the world at large. Now, not only does the Hulk have to fight the police, the army, certain private corporations and the Demon Hulk threatening to destroy Bruce Banner's psyche forever, he has to take on the Abomination.

As you begin the game you can wander freely around the city trying out many of the mini-missions which are ways for you to earn points. Some will have you destroy as many cars as you can in 30 seconds while others make you leap to the rooftops to save as many people as you can from the towering inferno of an apartment fire.

The more points you have, the more things you can smash because that's how you buy new and more powerful moves for the Hulk. Things like the Critical Atomic Slam and the ability to rip a car in half and make your self a set of Steel Fists are what really make this game great.

The best move in the entire game, is when you pick up one of the "puny humans" around you, you can set them back down and then pat them on the head. Yes, the Hulk even has something for those soft at heart. (For the rest of you, you can then turn around and smash them with a car - it's up to you really.)

Along the way the Story Missions will let you advance to further levels, different locations and more trouble. The longer you play in this game, the harder it is to stay hidden because everyone is looking for you. Strike teams will be mobilized if you cause too much trouble in the city, but really, that's what the Hulk is all about. "Ultimate Destruction."

Most of what I spent doing in this game was going around breaking things, so that these teams WOULD show up. It's a great way of building points for new moves to do it all over again.

Keep an eye out for Hint markers and "Comic Books" which will help you unlock tips, tricks and even some cheat codes.. (they're kinda weird) but hey, I can give the Hulk Canadian Flag shorts now. It works.

After you beat the game, you have the option to keep destroying more things and if you can get 1,000,000 points you can buy the "Savage Banner" mode. This will let you run around as a puny human Bruce Banner, with all of Hulks destructive power.

Rampage through the city as a tiny little man, beating the bejeezus out of giant robots. It's a thrill, I tell ya.

So, if you're looking for a game to spend hours running around in free roam environment, wrecking cities and tossing tanks into the ocean, pick this one up.

It's the Ultimate.

This game kicks some serious uhh.. stuff.<br> <br>

Dont get it for small kids because you spend time beating up cops and stuff, but if the child is old enough to understand the concepts of reality verses fiction, and doesn't stomp around after the cat or something after playing it, then go for it, I guess.

It's a very satisfying bone crushing experience, and really amazing... for about 2 - 3 hours.. by then you've either embraced the repetitive yet seemingly boundless game area, and/or are enthralled with eh concept of buying new powers with points gained from bashing people, cars, and tanks...

Or.. you're in a coma.. whining that the game is too repetitive and doesn't "go" anywhere.

Dude.. the hulk rips a car in-half and uses each half like a glove for punching out pedestrians that scream and stuff while you leap off of skyscrapers with then in yer hands.. If that's not for you now.. it never will be.

Here's the deal, if you stick with the storyline, you're gonna' feel like it's too short a game. If you do a lot of just beatin-the-heck-outta'-people for no reason or bus surfing, it seems to go on forever.. and indeed.. when you've gotten some of the stronger hulk powers, the free-range thing is easy to master.

There's also a lot of sub-games in there, and cheat codes that you're occassionally rewarded with which will give you hours upon hours of entertainment, UNLESS you have an issue with the repetitive nature of the game. Personally? This is one of my favorites... it's VERY relaxing after a tough day at work.

Pretty good for an old game and it works in an old xbox as well as the new one. The comic book story line is great and the hulk has a lot of muscle to destroy the enemy

HULK SMASH!!! thats all i have to say about this title if you are an Incredible Hulk fan than this game is for you You can destroy almost anything in this game the best part is you don't even have to play the story you can just smash

It an ok smash up game, but the story is not very good. Not that its a bad story. You basicaly go between two places the city and the desert and do missions. There are extra sub missions but they are stupied mini games like destroy the object in a set time limit. Its a little kids game.