Wet

Wet (stylized as WET) is a 2009 third-person shooter, action video game, developed by Artificial Mind & Movement and published by Bethesda Softworks for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles. A PlayStation Portable version was planned, but ultimately cancelled.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The game is a nice homage to grindhouse films of the 70's with its film grain presentation and over-the-top action.
 * 2) The combat is a combo of hack-and-slash like Devil May Cry and third-person shooting like Max Payne. If you're close to enemies you can kill them using your sword and if you jump, slide, or wall run, you will go into bullet-time and shoot enemies.
 * 3) Speaking of the shooting, the game has an interesting mechanic called "Split Targeting". During acrobatic slow-mo, Rubi will automatically aim at the closest enemy with one hand while the player has to manually aim at another, which is unlike many shooters, even today.
 * 4) There are many acrobatic moves including wall running, sliding, diving, and ect.
 * 5) In the Boneyard, you can do challenges which can help with practicing the mechanics and try to get gold medal.
 * 6) Good voice acting especially Eliza Dushku as Rubi.
 * 7) There's a combo meter that's used as one of the two ways of regaining health.
 * 8) In some sections of the game, Rubi will go into a berserker-like rage. These sections are presented in noir style, with bold red, black and white visuals. Rubi's attacks become faster and stronger to fight against large numbers of enemies during these sections, and killing chains of enemies extends her psychotic fury. There are also motorway sections that feature shooting integrated with quick time events.
 * 9) At the end of each stage of play, the player will be graded on three different factors: Completion Time, Acrobatics, and Average Multiplier. Based on performance in these areas, Style Points will be given, allowing the purchase of upgrades to both Rubi and her weapons.
 * 10) Good soundtrack, which is includes licensed songs from many rock bands like Creepin' Cadavers, The Arkhams, The Hypnophonics, and ect.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The controls are clunky and make it hard to get into a good flow with the combat and can also get in the way when climbing.
 * 2) While it looked okay for its time, the game looks dated now and there are some low quality assets especially the character models.
 * 3) Run-and-gun challenges have really strict times to get gold, to the point that you have to be perfect or else you won't get gold.
 * 4) The story is pretty barebones and the characters are two-dimensional including Rubi.
 * 5) It's only 7 hours long.
 * 6) The game isn't all that difficult even when playing "Golden Bullets" difficulty, which is where Rubi can die in 1-3 hits depending on what hits you.
 * 7) All the boss fights are QTEs and are lackluster.
 * 8) The ending is ant-climatic since you kill Tarantula in a QTE boss fight, Rubi just cuts off Pelham's head, and then it abruptly ends.
 * 9) *The ending also hinted at a sequel but it was seemingly cancelled.
 * 10) The game seemingly forgets two specific characters that being Ze Kollecktor and Zhi, which is especially jarring since one is one of Pelham's bodyguards and the other Rubi promised to save.

Reception
Wet received "average" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Zero Punctuation, described the main character of Rubi being "as likable and sympathetic as a deepsea anglerfish in an SS uniform." CG Undertow praised the concept of the combat, presentation, main character, and homage to grindhouse films, but criticized the clunky controls.

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