Stuntman: Ignition (Xbox 360)

During each scene you have a chance to mess up five times before the director calls for a re-shoot. There is an option to activate the easy mode which allows you more times to screw up but this really doesn’t help you if you are trying to progress to the next movie because your score is marked down 50% for using it, harsh I felt but that is the case. In order to progress to each movie you have to get a certain rating on each scene so this 50% penalty on your score for taking the easy route is even more irritating than just gritting your teeth and trying to progress through the normal difficulty rating the game comes with. It is not simple enough just completing the scene either, in order to score at least about two stars (five being the maximum) you have to impress the director in some way by stringing together stunts outside the ones already set for you. There are objects littered around the set to accomplish this but it can become tiresome when you are just trying to remember the main stunts let alone coming up with new ones on the spot!

Overall Stuntman Ignition is a highly addictive game; I couldn’t fault it on that at all. No matter how many times you mess up and have to restart a scene there is always that thought of ‘just one more time’ in your head that keeps you going back. To progress with new stunts later on in the game is a nice touch but the rest of it can get a bit repetitive, turn left here, power slide here, jump this bridge etc etc but then there is only so much you can do with a game of this type and it is done very well. It will not last you all year round and most likely you will finish it within a week, but there are multiplayer online options on there and small extras that can still keep you going if you find you finish it and haven’t had enough.