Today's least wanted expansion: Rocketmen: It Came From Uranus

by Jem Alexander { May 3rd 2008 at 5:00PM }

We'd be surprised if any of you reading this enjoyed Rocketmen: Axis of Evil long enough to suffer through all ten levels, but if you did then you might like to know that the game is getting an expansion pack. That's right, more camera issues, bad animation and boring gameplay are heading your way. And you have to pay for it.

Rocketmen: It Came From Uranus (yes, very clever) will be available from the American PSN Store on May 15th and will cost you $4.95. In exchange for that you receive three new levels of gameplay (if you can call it that) and five new weapons; three primary and two secondary. You must have Rocketmen: Axis of Evil in order to play It Came From Uranus and can play the new levels with your old character. As you can probably tell, we're not particularly fond of Rocketmen. You can find out why in our review.

[via Press Release]

Tags: capcom, rocketmen, rubbish

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Popfrogs @ May 3rd 2008 5:17PM

What a stinking turd. It came from Uranus, indeed.

kevin @ May 3rd 2008 5:42PM

lol thats so funny rocket man came from your anus hahhahhahahahahahha aaaaaaaaaahh hahhaha

massive_98 @ May 3rd 2008 5:19PM

Tags: rubbish

Lol.

chimaera9 @ May 3rd 2008 5:43PM

My 5-year old enjoys playing it with me, and it's something we can do together (there aren't enough offline multiplayer games on the PS3 yet). She'll love it that there are more levels coming. For $5, that should hold us until Monster Madness, which looks like it will be an improvement from Rocketman. For all the negativity surrounding this game, I've enjoyed playing it with my daughter, so it was worth the money for me. I just wish there were more offline multiplayer games available!

Matt @ May 3rd 2008 10:39PM

Star Wars Lego The Complete Saga would be good if you haven tried that. Endless hours of gameplay.

Matt @ May 3rd 2008 10:40PM

*multiplayer gameplay

The_Punisher @ May 4th 2008 12:12AM

I'll be a man and say it. I like Rocketmen. Sure, the camera blows, and the cutscenes are lifeless, but they're at least funny, and i love the gameplay. I'll go crawl into my corner now.

chimaera9 @ May 4th 2008 1:44AM

Thanks for the recommendation, Matt, that one slipped past me somehow--I'll look it up. She loves legos, so that should be a hit.

Punisher, I'm glad I'm not the only one that enjoyed the slightly tongue-in-cheek humor in Rocketman. I've enjoyed playing it, too. It's no masterpiece, but it is fun if you give it a chance.

Popfrogs @ May 4th 2008 8:34AM

I couldn't deal with the camera, the awful and tedious dialog in the cutscenes, the bad graphics, the way the game shoves you forward forcing you to miss items and powerups, etc. etc. I guess it's a kids game or something.

The demo sure did seem like shovelware though. After you complete it, it asks you to buy it, and the Yes/No for purchase are reversed to trick you into visiting the PSN. Ghetto.