Watchmen: The End Is Nigh

 PlayStation 3
User Score
6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 5 out of 16

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  1. DeucePlanter
    Mar 20, 2009
    3
    Long loading times, a high price, very little to do with watchmen, crap story, short and more redundant/simple than any other game I have played in the past few years.
    The one decent thing is the graphics but they're incredibly smoke and mirrors(relying on UE3 shine). This game is a waste of time and money. It really shouldn't even appeal to the typical watchmen fan...
  2. rcoberle54
    Nov 1, 2020
    2
    What an absolute travesty of a game. The only redeeming factors is that they actually got Jackie Earle Haley and Patrick Wilson to voice their characters, the dialogue lines are spot on for the characters, and the motion comic cut scenes are colorful and interesting. Other than that is game is absolute hot garbage. One of the worst, rushed, unfished messes I've ever played. It's soWhat an absolute travesty of a game. The only redeeming factors is that they actually got Jackie Earle Haley and Patrick Wilson to voice their characters, the dialogue lines are spot on for the characters, and the motion comic cut scenes are colorful and interesting. Other than that is game is absolute hot garbage. One of the worst, rushed, unfished messes I've ever played. It's so repetitive and boring. The level design is crap and levels hardly look different from one another. The graphics are garbage and it's ugly looking as it's all brown and green. Actually Rorschach is pretty well animated but Nite Owl isn't.

    This is a linear game where you mash square to punch bad guys, move forward, pull a lever, rinse and repeat. That is it. There are no puzzles, or stealth, or any variation on that. It even came out before the Arkham games so it couldn't quite copy their combat system. This is clearly a product of rushing production to meet the release date of the movie and they couldn't even get that right as the second half of the game was released half a year later after the first part came out. I'm glad to have added this to my collection as I love collecting both superhero and movie games but wow this sucks. If you've played this game for 5 minutes you've played the whole thing. I couldn't finish this. This might have snuck into my top 5 of worst games ever.    … Expand

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#58 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2009

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Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 30
  3. Negative: 7 out of 30
  1. GamePro
    80
    So, is Watchmen worth your hard-earned cash? I'm going to have to give a resounding "yes" to this expertly crafted beat-em-up. Even with its' shortcomings Watchmen always feels fresh, and really stands apart as a downloadable title.
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  2. IGN
    55
    Though the very idea of a Watchmen brawler may sicken some, this could have been a good game. Unfortunately, the design lacked any imagination whatsoever. Add Watchmen: The End is Nigh to the long list of movie-licensed games that aren't any good.
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  3. 1UP
    67
    Objectively, this first Watchmen episode is just an average brawler that looks fantastic at times, and has some good voice acting to boot.
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