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This week's Zero Punctuation has Yahtzee taking on the recently released multiplat game, WET.
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"You really have to approach WET exactly as you would a grindhouse film. It's violent, ridiculous and prefers style over substance one hundred percent of the time. Case in point: Rubi herself. She's an unfeeling killer with an awful attitude—a real cold, hard bitch. The developers dangle her in front of you as a desirable sex object, even giving you a tantalizingly brief chance to fetishize her during a torture scene when she's wearing only a tank-top and thong."
All Age Gaming's John Elliott takes a look at the world of Rubi. You take her role in Bethesda's latest game, WET. With her gorgeous looks and the games Quentin Tarrantino-esque style action, does WET shine or does it leave you dry? Read our full review to find out.
"WET’s protagonist Rubi might be the love child of Max Payne and Laura Croft. She is a sexy, acrobatic and violent female mercenary out for revenge. Except Rubi doesn’t need wussy health packs to restore energy.
No, she takes a swig of whisky, throws the bottle in the air and shoots it.
WET is evocative of the work of Quentin Tarantino, specifically Kill Bill. The story, penned by 24 writer Duppy Demitrius, is thick with stylized violence, adrenaline-pumping action sequences and over-the..."
"It should come as no surprise that a game with as blatant a title as WET contains absolutely no subtlety whatsoever. Thankfully, as a counter to all the innuendo, WET is defined at the beginning of the game as ‘hands wet with blood;’ everyone is guilty, or something over wrought like that. This is not a game about water skiing or the creepy girls from Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (though Rubi does fill out her leather pants quite nicely). WET is a game about shooting people, often, i..."
"Artifical Mind and Movement, the developers behind such kid games as Happy Feet, Chicken Little, and Ice Age are straying from their normal formula with WET, an action game published by Bethesda Softworks. Does this foray into the unknown end with success, or should the sword be put away?"
"As Rubi, you’ll make use of a variety of impressive maneuvers in bullet time to annihilate waves of enemies throughout the campaign that has her caught in the middle of a war between two drug syndicates. The foes that you’ll encounter aren’t overly cunning or difficult and you’ll be able to take them out with relative ease. But the goal is to do so with STYLE."
Gametrailers recently reviewed WET, and they thought it was okay, saying that "if you don't take the game too seriously, you will have some fun with it"...
WET is a highly-stylized third person shooter that seamlessly blends gun play, sword kills and over-the-top acrobatics to create the interactive action experience, but is it good?
Not exactly the most highly anticipated game of 2009, WET was originally dropped by Activision Blizzard in 2008, then picked up by Bethesda. Released on Tuesday, there's still very little out there relative to other titles.
Well, it's a decent game, but there are so many flaws that cannot be ignored; every game has its ups and downs. Glitchy walls, cumbersome controls, an amazing soundtrack and a rather neat use of film scratch...
"WET is the culmination of many years worth of investment in adapting that which makes movies successful into videogames. With character structure and plot development as familiar as any Action-Thriller, Artificial Mind & Movement have created a game that any adult will understand within seconds, and be able to enjoy within minutes."
"We've seen this layout; a girl with two pistols, a bad attitude and who seems pissed at the world, can only lead to one thing. She’s Danger to anyone who stands in the way, but before you think this is just another game with a badass chick, you might want to think again.
Rubi, a mercenary, who isn’t much the cutesy, lovable character, is voiced by Eliza Dushku the star from Doll House. This foul-mouthed babe uses guns and a sword to get the job done. When a wealthy man hires her to get his..."
![Box shot of WET [Europe]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvUGxheXN0YXRpb25fMy9BY3Rpb24vU2hvb3Rlcg==/wet_frontcover_small_nmCYQ7FY48aYESM.jpg)