Games that Made You Feel Like a Superhero
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
The Incredible Hulk has a less extensive video game legacy than one would think but left an impression nonetheless. The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction came out in 2005 for the GameCube, PS2, and Xbox, and sees the Hulk battling with Abomination and General Ross.
In Ultimate Destruction, much of the Hulk’s movement is, fittingly, tied to combat which tends to cause damage. Even his basic running and jumping causes damage to whatever he’s standing or lands on. This, of course, gives an appropriate sense of barely controlled chaos that is synonymous with the Hulk. If crushing everything in your path sounds like a good time, The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction is for you.
As Hulk, you can run up the side of buildings and jump off the top of said buildings with minimal effort and no consequence to Hulk’s well-being. The game makes you feel big and invincible, and it’s awesome. You unlock more physical abilities with currency you earn by destroying things, in a fun gameplay loop that you can use to expand your movement options even further. As you progress, these abilities allow you to destroy more things on a grander scale, jump even farther, and give you a suite of inexplicable mid-air moves. Although some of it doesn’t make complete sense, there’s no denying how fun it is to run around as the Hulk in this game.
