This review works for the PC, the PS2 and the Wii versions.

I remember watching reviews of this game, they stated that the game was quite fun; but instead I found a very rough game that feels like it needed polish.

The bad

• The scenarios. Most of the time the scenarios feel small, so you can't fly and go crazy as much as you like. The big scenarios do give you more freedom, a lot of it in fact, but most of the time you can't use afterburners without hitting an invisible wall
• The music. It is not memorable at all and it doesn't have the tunes of the movie even, the only song I can remember is the song that plays in the first stage, IRON MAN by Black Sabbath
• Sending power to weapons is useless. The game has a mechanic where you can divert power to different things in the suit, but I noticed that diverting power to weapons is useless because it forces you to use the Unibeam, which causes Iron Man to get stuck in place for a few seconds and get destroyed by enemies
• The Melter boss fight. This fight is a pain because his weapon causes massive damage and you are stuck in a tiny room with almost no ability to dodge, the game forces you to play peek-a-boo with him (Try to get him from behind, fly away and repeat)
• Iron Monger is disappointing. He only tosses cars, shoots missiles at you and punches you, the scenario is way too small, he doesn't fly and he barely moves. The PS3 and Xbox versions had a way better boss fight because he can actually chase you down

The good

• They got the actors from the movie. Most of the cast of the movie came back to voice the characters, and they did a decent job; they emote correctly and do it way better than earlier entries
• The flight gameplay is solid. Iron Man is fast, responsive and his weapons are all distinct; he can dodge fast, accelerate,melee enemies, finish them off with quick time events, and the transition from earth to ground is speedy
• Diverting energy. Despite that diverting the power to weapons is useless, diverting to armor or afterburners works quite well; diverting to armor causes you to take way more damage and heals you faster but messes up your repulsors, diverting to afterburners allows you to escape faster so you can heal back up but messes up your armor
• The difficulty is well balanced. The enemies at first struggle to fight you, but eventually they catch up when they steal Stark's technology and they can shoot you down. You do get stronger weapons too but the enemies advance faster
• The plot is a bit better. The movie had a slight plot hole with the Iron Monger suit, Stane somehow built it in a few months without Stark noticing, in the game AIM is the one who builds the suit which would explain how Stane managed to keep it hidden

If this game fixed The Melter, made Iron Monger actually feel like you are fighting a mirror version of yourself, made all scenarios bigger and had the score of the movie at least. This would be one of the best superhero games I ever played, instead I got a game that feels and plays like it was rushed