I got a chance to play around a bit with Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer on the PS3 this weekend. From what I’ve played so far, I’m not terribly impressed. First off, can 2K and Visual Concepts PLEASE find some new sound effects for the menus? We’ve been hearing these since the 2K Sports series started. It’s getting old.

The graphics for the game aren’t that bad, but they’re nothing breathtaking either. The characters do look a good deal like their movie counterparts. There are some glaring framerate issues that come about as you’re running around, particularly when you have a lot of enemies on the screen at once. The sounds are just okay. I would have though 2K would get the actors from the movie to provide voice-overs, but I guess that was just too much money. Sound effects seem bland and washed out.

The controls feel pretty good, similar to Marvel Ultimate Alliance. The gameplay though, it’s pretty boring. Even in the first level, it got so repetitive that I thought I was back-tracking in the level. Go through a door, kill 10 enemies, go through a door, go down/up an elevator… then repeat. It got old very quickly.

I’m going to keep playing through, hoping it gets better. A full review will be up later this week.