The Evil Dad reviews Energy Hook for the PS4 so you don't have too. The worst PS4 game of 2016?
Arturo Bory writes: "Energy Hook, the swinging parkour game, finally saw its long-awaited release last week. Whether it's any good, well...be happy it came out at all."
Once in a while, an indie game is created that breaks the mold of what you'd expect. Energy Hook has you control a stuntwoman equipped with a grappling beam and jet pack. The question is; do you have what it takes to be a master swinger?
Back in the way back, in the long long ago when you could consider the PS2 and Gamecube the newest kids on the block it was fair to assume that all superhero based games were steaming piles of poorly thought out ideas and phoned in gameplay which barely reflected the incredibly expensive licenses. Spider-Man 2, the game based on the movie of the same name generally got off light however and is fondly remembered for being the game with the swinging mechanic that wasn’t totally rubbish.
For the time it was an incredibly fun mechanic that saw Spidey flinging himself between the Manhattan skyline as he set about beating up criminal folk and having a good time just being a swell guy. Here’s the thing though, remove those rose tinted spectacles of yesteryear and you soon realise that Spider-Man 2 is nowhere near as good as you remember it to be. This is a harsh reality that you must face when diving into Energy Hook.
