In this acrobatic shooter, you play as Rubi Malone (who's voice is provided by Eliza Dushku, most recently of Dollhouse fame). Reminiscent of Kill Bill, you find yourself in China seeking revenge due to an unsuspected turn of events. Rubi has her many guns to choose from and her trusty sword to slice-n-dice through enemies rather quickly. Apparently she is also an alcoholic since a shot of Quebec helps her regain health. There are other ways to accomplish this - for instance, you can increase your multiplier score by performing acrobatics such as wall-running and killing your enemies as quickly as possible. Increasing your multiplier increases your health.
"WET" presents you with different fighting scenarios throughout the game. You have your typical run-and-gun, a rage scene where everything on the screen is red (like in Kill Bill) and you just go on a rampage while blood is splattering everywhere, the highway scene where you jump from car to car in order to catch your enemy, turret section and a finally a part where you have to disable all spawn doors and kill all remaining enemies.
I am all about girl power and was super excited that a game came out with a Heroine instead of a Hero but once I played this game, I was disappointed. I was expecting more out of this - it became old and boring rather quickly. The game play became monotonous. The story line wasn't the greatest, but it wasn't the worst. The only reason I finished WET is because of the achievements, other than that I would have put my controller down within 10 minutes. It's definitely a rental (for the achievements) but not a buy since it would be a waste of money. Hopefully the sequel will be better.
Tips
- Never stop moving. It is harder to be shot at if you are on the "go"
- Upgrade your health - This is something you will need later on in the game
- Upgrade your machine gun ammo capacity and the hit damage - It's very helpful when fighting against a mob of enemies
- Do a lot of acrobatics. The higher your multiplier, the faster you regain your health when there is no liquor around.
