Thor: God of Thunder

 DS
Metascore
64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
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  1. IGN
    May 3, 2011
    80
    WayForward's Thor is truly remarkable, as it stands not only as a great movie-based game but an extremely competent one as well.
  2. GamingXP
    May 23, 2011
    75
    Overall Thor's adventure is not as good as the comparable Batman: The Brave and the Bold, but it is a nice side-scrolling brawler with a nice story and gigantic bosses.
  3. Multiplayer.it
    May 18, 2011
    75
    Thor: God of Thunder for Nintendo DS is a pretty enjoyable, "old school" 2D side scrolling beat'em-up. Beautiful from a technical standpoint, with high quality bitmap graphics, the game becomes very repetitive after a couple of levels.

Awards & Rankings

26
#26 Best DS Game of 2011
15
#15 Most Discussed DS Game of 2011
17
#17 Most Shared DS Game of 2011

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 51 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 51
  3. Negative: 1 out of 51
  1. lebk2440
    Nov 20, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Thor God of Thunder for the DS is the true definition of a Hidden Gem. A very good game, I’m quite impressed with WayForward’s work. This game is so unknown to people I can barely find anything online, like walkthroughs etc. It’s short, took me 4h25 to complete it. It shouldn’t be longer than that though, the combat can get repetitive especially if you don’t use the combos. If you do manage to figure out the combos then you’re in for a treat, it’s very satisfying to pull long combos. I had a hard time putting the game down to be honest. The game never really tells you about these combos, you have to discover them yourself, which was a shame because I would’ve like to use them from the beginning. Even the instruction manual had nothing about combos. There was a digital manual at some point on Sega’s website but I couldn’t find it. The pixel art is superb, what a beautiful game. The sprites are so good looking. And don’t get me started on the bosses, they are enormously beautiful! The dual screen feature is used in smart ways. I love that you can just fly into the top screen, stay airborne for a bit while kicking ass and throw Mjollnir around then dive bomb into the bottom screen. The touch pad is only used for the God Powers and that’s it, which is good in my opinion. I typically don’t like the touch screen features in video games. The game never gets too difficult. I died 10-15 times at most. The boss fights were the most challenging, especially the final boss. I kept dying within 10 seconds, then learned the patterns and voila, easy peasy. It’s weird that the cover on the case is the one of Chris Hemsworth because the story is not of the movie. It’s closer to the comics from my understanding. This game is still super cheap and it’s probably because people think it’s based off the movie when it’s not, and when that is the case it’s usually a terrible game. In this case, WayForward just did their own thing and absolutely nailed it. A co-op mode would have been a great addition. Awesome game. 8/10.… Full Review »
  2. DVitreous
    Jun 21, 2020
    8
    Es un buen juego, creo que el mejor juego de la adaptación de la película, sin embargo hay partes un poco repetitivas y una curva deEs un buen juego, creo que el mejor juego de la adaptación de la película, sin embargo hay partes un poco repetitivas y una curva de dificultad simple. Pero eso es todo lo malo realmente, el juego es mucho mejor de lo que podría esperarse de una adaptación de película. Esto es posible gracias al buen diseño de WayForward, genial animación y gran gameplay. Muy recomendable este juego.… Full Review »
  3. Moony545
    Jan 7, 2020
    8
    Динамичный экшен платформер про скандинавского бога грома в видении Marvel.
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