Abstract: When Platinum Games (made up of key members from Capcom's now defunct Clover Studio) announced its first title was an over-the-top intensely-violent beat-em-up exclusively for the Nintendo Wii, I must admit I was a bit surprised, and even more skeptica...
Abstract: Two things strike you very quickly about MadWorld. Firstly, it makes SEGAs recent The House of the Dead: Overkill look like a tea party in a nunnery. Secondly, its one of the most visually arresting games ever devised. These things combined, anyone i...
Published: 2009-04-23, Author: Simon , review by: tweaktown.com
The Nintendo Wii is constantly derided by hardcore gamers for having lots of shovelware and basically going after a new market. There is no doubt that the success of the Wii will change the face of gaming forever and Sony and Microsoft will factor t...
An amazing take on the beat ’em up genre, hundreds of ways to butcher enemies, awesome boss battles
Two-player mode feels cheap and tacked on, play-by-play commentary gets old, motorcycle levels are clunky
When Pat first booted up MadWorld, the ensuing screams of chainsaw mayhem brought editors and staff members a-running from every corner of the building. Every single person in the office crammed into the test cube to watch the bloody spectacle and hol...
Abstract: Mature gamers who are looking for something a little meatier on the Wii need look no further than the guts-for-glory action of MadWorld. Like something out of a Frank Miller graphic novel - all black and white angles with splashes of crimson - this he...
Abstract: If I ever said violence for violence sake made not a good game, then I am without a doubt wrong. Madworld has taken my jaded and bitter gaming soul (stricken sick by cheap imitations, god-awful movie licensed abominations, poor gameplay and dodgy conce...
Abstract: Forcing a signpost through a man’s face, then slamming him repeatedly against a wall of spikes. Tearing into a man’s chest with my bare hands, pulling his heart out, then crushing it right in front of him while he watches. Beating a man with a spiked c...