ANOTHER MOVIE TIE-IN DESTINED FOR THE BARGAIN BINS.(Features)

GREEN lANTERN **

360/PS3

RUSHED out to coincide with the silver screen premiere, low budget movie tie-ins rarely match up to their source material.

So it is with Green Lantern, a mish-mash of ideas with a hint of God of War-style brawling and on-rails shooting action.

The combat is repetitive fluff, with your character able to beat down gruff-voiced foes with a variety of superhero style moves and powers.

The fixed camera allows the developers to concentrate the player's focus on set piece thrills, but it does little to enhance the combat, which sees the emerald protagonist put the frighteners on generic looking foes - the Manhunters.

The game does try and keep things fresh by delivering new styles - it even has drop-in, drop-out co-op - but it quickly becomes a repetitive slog which lacks much-needed verve.

The visuals are bogstandard, with the environments looking as generic as you would expect, while the experience falls on the short side and isn't that difficult to overcome.

Bockbuster films such as the Green Lantern deserve a sparkling tie-in, but yet again, we are given a weak and scruffy title which is destined for bargain bins across the country.

CAPTION(S):

BOLD: The Green Lantern

ANOTHER MOVIE TIE-IN DESTINED FOR THE BARGAIN BINS.(Features)

GREEN lANTERN **

360/PS3

RUSHED out to coincide with the silver screen premiere, low budget movie tie-ins rarely match up to their source material.

So it is with Green Lantern, a mish-mash of ideas with a hint of God of War-style brawling and on-rails shooting action.

The combat is repetitive fluff, with your character able to beat down gruff-voiced foes with a variety of superhero style moves and powers.

The fixed camera allows the developers to concentrate the player's focus on set piece thrills, but it does little to enhance the combat, which sees the emerald protagonist put the frighteners on generic looking foes - the Manhunters.

The game does try and keep things fresh by delivering new styles - it even has drop-in, drop-out co-op - but it quickly becomes a repetitive slog which lacks much-needed verve.

The visuals are bogstandard, with the environments looking as generic as you would expect, while the experience falls on the short side and isn't that difficult to overcome.

Bockbuster films such as the Green Lantern deserve a sparkling tie-in, but yet again, we are given a weak and scruffy title which is destined for bargain bins across the country.

CAPTION(S):

BOLD: The Green Lantern