Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death

Marlow Briggs and the Mask of the Death is an honest hack'n slash game with varied action and nice combat system. What it lacks in style and in the technical department is fully compensated for by the overall quality of the action.

Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death is just a fast paced action game, full of no-sense situations and very very funny to play.

Hits an unexpected sweet spot of Hollywood-style bombastic entertainment. [Dec 2013, p.86]

This is absolutely not the blockbuster you are waiting for, but still it's an entertaining game that keeps you busy for a few hours. The action is there all the time and so are the many many clichés.

This is just one of those games meant to be fun and entertaining, without anything too fancy or special. If you like action games, this one may deserve your time.

Marlow Briggs isn’t perfect but for all its faults it is important to always keep things in perspective.

Stuffed full of big explosions, frantic combat and wilful bombast, Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death is a surprisingly enjoyable action-adventure that remains just about competent enough throughout to justify the fun it has at the expense of its own genre.

Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death sounds like a straight to VHS (DVD or Blu-Ray for the kiddies) action movie starring a washed up 80s action star *cough* Carl Weathers *cough*. But this doesn’t make it any less fun. In fact for anyone searching for a quick God of War-type fix, I can’t recommend it enough. I had fun from beginning to end, and the cheese was just the right amount of thick.

It’s so resolute in its silliness, it’s also nearly impossible to dislike. Sure, its an imperfect game, but amidst the cynicism and midlife crises of other recent video gaming juggernauts, it was exactly the game I needed.

Derivative to say the least, Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death clearly owes God of War for many of its characteristics. Nevertheless, it's an entertaining ride while it lasts and a good example of how, sometimes, action games can lean just on their button-mashing basis to be fun.

Apart from some death-by-bad-camera-angle moments and a few aggravating perfection-focused “challenge” sequences, Marlow Briggs is enjoyable enough. Just don’t expect to remember any of it next week.

This is a game that could have badly used more polish. Still, it does many things I like, and if Zootfly brings this hero back for another colorful adventure, I'd be willing to give him a second chance.