On the gameplay front, Super Hero Squad mixes a few nice ideas with some spotty implementation.
The amount of fan service in the game is a nice touch, and younger players are sure to be pulled in, but the quality suffers at times. Doom snippet found in my video review – are conceptually great, others are way too cheap, showing a character and a flat color background. While some of the shots – like the Tony Stark/Dr. Most of the voice acting is well performed, the story is pretty decent with some great concepts for the actual motion comics, but the actual pre-level animation is really, really basic. Unfortunately the quality isn't always consistent. All the same interface and presentation touches are there, and for the most part, you're getting a verbatim experience to what you'd find on home consoles. In fact, as far as PSP ports go, Super Hero Squad is a nice take on what you'll find on consoles. If you've got tiny gamers in the house that love the cartoon, they're going to eat up the game, too. Characters are extremely over the top just like the show, the humor is quirky and fun, and while the source material makes some questionable decisions – Silver Surfer sounds like Michelangelo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? – the spirit of the show is alive and well in the game. When it comes to capturing the essence of the license, Marvel Super Hero Squad does a nice job. If he's going to rip you apart, at least Hulk is kinda cute in this game.
Once more content starts to get piled up, however, the game drops in quality. The game, ironically enough, is at its best when it is just a simple button masher. And while there's still some definite potential in the game – more than enough for younger players to want to jump on in and keep playing – there are also some seriously troublesome issues within the main mechanic. In the end though, if Super Hero Squad was a polished, mindless brawler, it'd be "mission accomplished" all around, but it's not. There's an extras area where you can get a few simple unlockables, plenty of voiceover and pre-stage videos for kids to zone out and watch for a while, and a constant tug-of-war between the developer's own attempt at pushing the game to its fullest and the game's inherent ability to shove the hardcore crowd away. Because it's a licensed kids game, you've also got all the main staples players have come to expect. You've got a basic attack, heavy attack, jump, grab, and finisher assigned to a quick button press. Players jump in with a computer-controlled buddy at all times sadly, the ability to play co-op on PSP didn't make the port, so you're on your own for this one. Seriously, it doesn't get much more "everyday brawler" than this. Super Hero Squad is in all ways your average two player beat-'em-up.
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