By John Walker on April 18th, 2011 at 12:18 pm.
Apparently there’s some comic called Thor. We’ve never heard of it. And now there’s to be a movie based on the little-read book.* To accompany the film comes a little bit of PC gaming advertising from Littleloud, in which as Thor you must thwack enemies with the power of your might hammer. It feels like an iPhone game, and I’ll bet my bum it is one too. You have a limited number of hammers to chuck at a level of static enemies, and the occasional lightning bolt with which to STRIKE THEM DOWN. I imagine that’s how someone in a comic might say it.
It doesn’t seem tremendously good, to be honest. The largest issue being the camera’s inability to follow the hammer back on its boomerang return. Which means you can’t see which enemies got hit on the back swing. The whole source of fun really should be aiming the hammer so it loops to take out as many as possible, and the game’s choice not to show you that means it’s all a bit dodge, really. Perhaps they can fix that.
Also, maybe more than one sting from the theme looping every ten seconds would have been nice? Lordy. Oh, and it’s five near-identical stages long. Um, yeah.
Completing a stage in two throws will unlock a micro-film clip. As to whether the film will be any good, we don’t yet know. Reviews have yet to appear. Oh, and the character details you can unlock? This one’s confusing:
*Please note this is absolutely untrue – it’s an enormously popular comic. But making Thor-comic-writer Kieron snarl is always worthwhile. You can get the latest, Journey Into Mystery, right now, which we hear is very good indeed. Kieron writes about it here.
18/04/2011 at 12:26 skurmedel says:
3 days more and it’s Thor’s day,… why release it now! You will anger the gods!
18/04/2011 at 12:30 Orija says:
Why would anyone want to have real wings on their helmet… try imagining Darth Vader with them.
18/04/2011 at 12:35 Brumisator says:
http://tinyurl.com/4yzaasb
He’s a lovely little fella, don’t try telling me his wings aren’t wonderful.
EDIT: Posted the wrong link -_-’
18/04/2011 at 13:26 Orija says:
All the cheesiness in that link gave me hernia.
18/04/2011 at 21:49 New Player says:
You don’t know about Asterix if you call him cheesy. “Childish” in a neutral meaning, perhaps, but except in its worst moments cheesiness is not really a correct use of terms. That would require that you’re supposed to take it absolutely seriously. Ah, nevermind…
18/04/2011 at 12:31 Rei Onryou says:
Thor is secretly Iron Man: http://images.wikia.com/marvelmovies/images/5/5f/IronManMovie7.jpg
You heard it here first.
18/04/2011 at 12:45 DanPryce says:
Oh, you BASTARD.
18/04/2011 at 12:32 Lewie Procter says:
Total score: 73830.
18/04/2011 at 12:33 Brumisator says:
Oh a new low quality castle crusher game, we need more of these *snarl*
18/04/2011 at 12:40 Njordsk says:
I love northern past and mythology, but this is blasphemy !
18/04/2011 at 12:46 adonf says:
Is that Jack Black playing Thor ? It seems like an odd choice.
18/04/2011 at 18:25 Cynic says:
I noticed that too! Good to see he’s expanding his repertoire beyond “Pretending to be Jack Black” at last.
18/04/2011 at 12:53 Optimaximal says:
At least he’s honest about the Kieron baiting… Nick Mailer would be proud!
18/04/2011 at 12:57 SuperNashwan says:
I think POSTS about comics should be WRITTEN in short sentences.
With that random emphasis on WORDS that screw with my brain.
Seriously, what’s that ABOUT?
It’s really ANNOYING.
18/04/2011 at 13:01 Archonsod says:
Comics you say? Was he in the Beano or the Dandy?
18/04/2011 at 13:09 Orija says:
Why does Sif have a beard, or is that the norm?
18/04/2011 at 13:12 Olero says:
Yeah, vikings and dwarves are much alike in their beardiness
18/04/2011 at 13:35 Orija says:
Explains why few can match her in ‘beauty’…
18/04/2011 at 13:15 robinlacey says:
cheat mode: press the up arrow key. it takes you to “stage 5 complete” with maximum score… that saved me a bit of time.
(tested on two macs with chrome)
18/04/2011 at 13:21 Kieron Gillen says:
I think you’ll find it’s “STRIKE THEM DOWN, VERILY!”
KG
18/04/2011 at 13:46 Rei Onryou says:
Anyone would think you were an expert on the subject of comics with hammers in them.
18/04/2011 at 13:40 malkav11 says:
It’s true, though, I never have read Thor. I have read comics in which he (or at least a robot duplicate) appears, but not his comic, proper.
18/04/2011 at 18:42 Scotterius says:
This may not be the safest place for such talk.
18/04/2011 at 14:12 Hmm-Hmm. says:
Makes me think of Stormlord. Or rather Deliverance which, as I just found out, is the second Stormlord game.
18/04/2011 at 14:12 Malawi Frontier Guard says:
How does this game compare to the standard by which all hammerplay shall be judged, God of Thunder for MS-DOS?
18/04/2011 at 14:22 Ian says:
No “Hammer Time” reference yet? Outrageous.
18/04/2011 at 15:00 telpscorei says:
STOP!
18/04/2011 at 15:05 Robert says:
I’m confused. I always thought Keron Gillan was a feisty redhead, now you show me he looks like Kurt Russel/Tom McRae(THEY ARE THE SAME PERSON).
PS: Moviefying comics/books scares me. Gamefying those, makes me pee my pants. Count me sceptical.
18/04/2011 at 15:28 Urthman says:
THOR’S HAMMER DOES NOT SPIN LIKE A BOWIE KNIFE WHEN HE THROWS IT!
18/04/2011 at 17:21 Mario Figueiredo says:
Wisecracker!
18/04/2011 at 17:54 Anaesthesia says:
I’m sure this is yet another case of a competent dev being forced to crank out trendy schtick, designed by a non gamer.
19/04/2011 at 00:22 Stijn says:
I can’t help reading the title in Starcraft 2′s Thor voice.
19/04/2011 at 01:25 Hatsworth says:
I think the DS game based on the movie might actually turn out to be good. It’s developed by Wayforward, who have made some great 2d games.
19/04/2011 at 06:13 drewski says:
Every time I see a Thor ad on TV I think “hehe, Kieron writes that.”
19/04/2011 at 08:53 Choca says:
“You must thwack enemies with the power of your might hammer”
And in the game !
19/04/2011 at 15:19 tailzdru says:
Staring eyes 5/?