Panda Genome Project

Avengers assemble! This is like a treat for me, since I was an avid comic collector back during the school days. Although I used to only buy X-men or X-Factor comics whenever I had the chance, I wished I could read every issue from every single Marvel heroes back then. That's not possible since I could only afford back dated issues from the mama shop with my own pocket money!

If this title were to be released 10 years ago, it would have been a smashing side scroller. Innovative beat-em ups style accompanied with upgradable special powers on every hero makes this a delicious reason to gather your friends over the weekend. Variable combos, melee weapons and multiplayer just add to the punch.

The game hold a load of playable characters - heroes and villains alike. However, some of the characters will have to be unlocked, as well as bonus power upgrades and extra comic missions, which are something I really admire. You get to play a hero on a single mission based on the original comic storyline and battle the arch enemy. I've had a hard time defeating Winter Soldier in Captain America's comic mission.

Every character is upgradable, and you can unlock outfits and a number of gears after some time. Every outfit has different bonuses that can be upgraded, I especially love Iron Man's War Machine and Cap's U.S.Agent outfit.

Among the dozens of characters, you can create your own team of Superheroes. Pick Thor, Iron Man, Ms Marvel and Captain America and you'll get The Avengers. I suppose you know who's in the team of Fantastic Four too. Gain team reputation and unlock bonus upgrades when you play the story mode with your team, however should you need to replace a hero then it'll cost you 50 points.

This is probably the most playable game I've ever owned on the platform, and downloadable content on Live Marketplace makes this game a treasure to own.