Hercules: The Official Game Review
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Version Reviewed: 1.0.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 5
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Later this month, Dwayne Johnson, once known as The Rock, will be doing his thing in the movie "Hercules." So it makes sense that there's an official game to tie-in to such events. Titled Hercules: The Official Game, unsurprisingly, it's a fairly formulaic hack-n-slash game powered by an energy system that means you'll never actually get to progress particularly quickly.
Mostly though, it's the same old action at all times. Fighting involves swiping at the right time to either defend or attack. In early levels an indicator is produced to show you when to swipe to defend a blow but that goes away in later missions, proving to be trickier. Attacking is a matter of swiping repeatedly in any direction you want, but it's only truly effective after defending a blow or two.
There's a shield button as well as a rage attack button, adding to the variety of moves, but it's still roughly the same kind of experience.
Hercules: The Official Game is pretty harmless for the most part, being briefly fun but ultimately nothing special. Being a little too easy early on and a little too tricky later on is an issue, but really it's the fact it's all a bit forgettable that causes greater problems.