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WET is a fast paced, action packed, adrenaline fueled rollercoaster ride that keeps the player on their toes the entire way. This is the story of Rubi Malone, a cold blooded killer with a taste for blood whom a man named Pelham made the deadly mistake of crossing. Rubi could be considered the new Lara Croft, she’s is just as acrobatic, beautiful and deadly though much more rugged, angry, and violent. There will be lots of bullets fired, swords swung, and bodies dropped and while you might make it out alive, no one makes it out without getting…WET.
I’m sure I don’t have to tell you about how well stylized the game is, the fact that it has a unique visual appeal that separates it from most of the games we have seen recently was one of its selling points. With a game that touts its visual distinction the way WET did, it would be easy for it to feel like they were trying to do too much, but it never feels like they are. What WET is full of is memorable moments and excellent action sequences including one of the greatest car chase scenes I have ever seen in a video game.
The game will draw a lot of comparisons to Afro Samurai because of the amount of violence and the sword play, and while we actually enjoyed Afro Samurai this game definitely has much more depth. The game features controls that are well thought out and for the most part easy to master. While the game features an array of weapons, the two primary weapons for most players will be the basic pistols and the sword. The game has a nice upgrade system that is powered by the player collecting style points for dispatching enemies. What makes WET unique is you can get even more points for eliminating them with flair. While you could just shoot a bunch of guys, why not jump up in the air and shoot two guys then bounce off another guy and shoot two more dudes and then slide across the floor and take down three more guys and then rise up with a devastating kill blow on the last one?
- One of the best car chases ever.
Over the last few years there has been an interesting trend in video games where it was almost impossible for characters to die. Examples include the systems that were seen in two of the better games of the past year, Prince of Persia and Batman. The system was widely panned in POP because you couldn’t die and thus gamers felt like there were really no consequences for your actions. While Batman featured something similar, at times you could die and it was overall much better received. I say all this to tell you that WET is not like this and there are definitely consequences.
In fact, I initially saw this as a negative until I realized that this was not a design flaw, but rather a deliberate design decision and upon further review a refreshing one. At first, I thought that one of my major criticisms of this game would be bad checkpoint placement; however, as you play it becomes apparent that the placement of the checkpoints is a deliberate attempt to make you aware of the choices that you make. When you die, they actually make you start from the beginning of the level or from further than you would expect to. WET actually made me realize how spoiled and lazy some of these other games have made me and that hasn’t happened to me in a while. In WET, if you get ahead of yourself or make a bad decision there is a consequence which is what gamers have been asking for. I wonder how well we handle it now that we have it.
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