WET - Xbox 360

I am going to cut to the chase here...If you are looking for a game with a great deal of substance... Look Elsewhere. That being said, if you know anything about this game and you are still reading, you are probably in the right place.Wet takes the best parts of your favorite John Woo, and Tarantino films and brings them to life. In the same style made famous (or in some opinions, infamous) by Max Payne, and Stranglehold. The story leaves a lot to be desired, but that isn't the point of this type of game in my humble opinion.The controls will take you some getting used to as they feel... outdated. This works with the motif of the game though. There is a nice coat of crusty blood and seedy 70's action to be seen on everything. Even the film grain effect is a nod to 70's action films; it can however be turned off, (and the controls can be adjusted in options).I am halfway through the game now, and the action never stops. I haven't even started the challenge modes, or working on harder difficulties, but I see myself wanting to do this. Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, Max Payne, Stanglehold... These names will make a hardcore action gamer imagine ways to gracefully slaughter 100's of enemies in minutes, and soon enough Wet will incite the same images.*Edit*I have beaten the game on hard and golden bullets now, working on ultra hard. My feelings on this game have only been re-affirmed. Any true action game fan is doing their self a disservice by avoiding this game. Give it a rent at the very least, you wont regret it (once you familiarize yourself with the controls)!*Edit*If you have played any of those games and had a good time, you should be right at home with Wet.Graphics 4/5 Environments and ambience are great, some models could have used work. Otherwise perfect and unifmorm thus far.Sound 5/5 Great DD and sound effects, all with a 70's film noir tinge to them. Soundtrack is excellent.Controls 4/5 Would give them a 5, but there is an outdated feel... like stepping back in time to play Max Payne.Gameplay 5/5 I love the bullet-time style of the game. You are rewarded for being acrobatic and slowing things down to kill mobs of badguys. If this is not your thing, avoid like the plague.Replay 5/5? I am playing through on normal now, but as I said I see myself playing through several times to unlock the highest difficulty and play through the challenges. Will update when I have done it all.Final thoughts.... If you are looking for a stylish action game, even if its just to kill time before other games this season, pick Wet up or at least rent it if you can spare the cash. DO NOT just take the negative opinions at face value. It's not perfect, but what game is. Definitely a great time. (<-----DEFINITELY)

This was a game we had borrowed just randomly as we had never heard of the game. After playing through and beating it once we decided we wanted to purchase it and play through it again and get many of the secrets throughout the game.It is a fairly straightforward game that plays kind of like Prince of Persia had a baby with Max Payne. Any time you fire your weapon from an acrobatic maneuver you go into a sort of "bullet time" and allows you to wipe out many enemies at once. For larger scores you need to chain these bullet times together to allow more kills in a single run.Overall the music is stellar and fits the mood of the game quite well and the controls seem to be very intuitive. There really aren't many areas where you completely get stuck, but there is always room for improvement to better dispatch the enemies for a higher score.

This game was hard to play at first but once you get the hang of it, it becomes pretty fun. I thought the music would be better but I turned it, down there is a lot of bad garage punk. You have no control of the save spots so sometimes when you die you have to go really far back and start over, which takes time to load and can really suck. She is hard to see and I like the view of the charactor in first person shooter games to be a little closer to the back of the character. You can really only do two slow mo moves when you are on the ground fighting so it can be repetitive. But the slo mo is the best part of the game so once you get a hang of it that is really fun. The movies in between are really cool. There where rave reviews about the music but once again I wasnt impressed the same songs just keep playing and playing if you have to redo a level, uugh but just turn it down.I think the game is worth 30 to 40 bucks not the sixty I payed.

I didn't know what to expect from WET, and when I started playing through the first level, I was not very happy. However, once I got the idea of how the combat system worked, it was (no pun intended) a blast.I found myself enjoying this game despite minor flaws in it. Yes, the story line is slightly weak, but honestly, the gameplay is so fluid and action-packed that you don't really focus on that. Believe me, I love a good story line, so a game lacking that better be strong everywhere else for me to enjoy it.There are multiple types of levels to go through, along with a sort of "just for funsies" string of levels at the junkyard, where Rubi Malone hangs her hat. It's more of a tutorial/challenge area, and it is pretty difficult and sometimes frustrating, but not overly so.At first I thought the often-used slow-down mode of shooting/fighting would get old, but it takes more skill than you would think. If you've played any of the Max Payne games, it's a lot like "bullet-time", except with much more eye candy. You are doing wall runs, slides, spinning off of poles and down ladders, among many other things. All this while taking out as many unfortunate enemies as you can. There's a multiplier for getting consecutive quick kills, and bonuses for creative or skillful kills such as head shots or combo moves, like going from a dive right into a slide while killing. It's pretty damn fun, in my opinion.Throughout the game, you get new weapons, moves, and upgrades, which keeps the gameplay fresh and invigorating. Being rated at the end of the levels gives you motivation to use creativity and speed to take everyone down within a reasonable amount of time.All that being said, it is definitely not for young people, to watch or play. The language is just about as strong as I have ever come across in a game (Rubi loves dropping the f-bomb), and the gore and violence are extreme. I loved both of these features, but just beware that this is not appropriate for kids. The "Mature" rating is not an exaggeration.One note, and just as a random thought, really: Once you finish the game in the hardest mode (and it's not impossible, as some games make it), you are able to play through the game in what's called "Golden Bullets" mode. I actually found this mode to be easier than the previously hardest mode. And one last note: Eliza Dushku's voice acting is phenomenal, and gave Rubi Malone substance.