Although there are a handful of sequences where you’ll battle on foot, the majority of your time is spent in a Wanzer, the name of the giant mechanized robots. Your mech is extremely ponderous in its basic state and to counteract that you’ll constantly be “skating,” which is where your leg thrusters engage and allow quicker movements. Unfortunately, your mech only has a limited burst, and once your meter is drained you’ll need to wait for it to refill before engaging it again. During this time you’ll slowly lumber around as an easy target for nearby enemies, which can be frustrating. I also didn’t care for clicking the left stick to engage skate mode, especially when the “B” button is used sparingly.

After an initial mission that takes place in your soon-to-be-cancelled comic, the game brings you into a central hub, which includes things like a break room for out-of-work villains to hang out in, from which you’ll jump into the guest starring roles. Each such appearance will last a total of three issues, giving the game a total of 11 missions, and you’ll also unlock two additional challenges per comic (eight overall). It’s a good amount of content to be sure, and the replay value is high as you try to improve your score as well as complete the secondary objectives (such as take no damage while fighting a boss) contained in the missions.

Where the game has issues is with its occasional inability to distinguish between the point-to-point and freestyle web slinging. In theory, pressing it once will snap you to an object, while holding it down lets you swing from unseen items above. In practice it’s imprecise, leading to some undeserved damage and unplanned tumbles. Mercifully, they’re rarely fatal thanks to a recovery prompt.