Others say...

"Jarvis we have a problem..........."
http://boards2.sega.com/sega_board/viewforum.php?f=60

Update: The Sega forums suggest some solutions to the glitchy scenarios which you might want to try. The following is a list of keyboard controls which is different from (and more complete) than the game manual. HTH:

Iron Man Keyboard controls

W Move Forward
A Move Backward
S Move Left
D Move Right
Mouse Move Camera / Target Enemy
Left Mouse Button Fire Weapon
Middle Mouse Wheel Next Weapon
Right Mouse Button Afterburner
Space Bar Hover Up
X Freefall (when hovering)
F Punch / Contextual Action
Shift Dash
1 Propulsion Energy
2 Armor Energy
3 Weapon Energy
4 Even Energy
Escape Pause Menu

Left Alt: Afterburner flight



The game starts off nicely enough with a "bash through the tunnels and kill the bad guys" scenario. Simplistic controls, dated graphics but not bad either. Second scenario is flight and weapons testing, an overly long tutorial as you learn the basics of flight and weapons with the suit. Not bad either but then the scenario doesn't end, you can't get out of the warehouse/target range to move on to the next scenario. The walkthrough that's posted online is for the console version, NOT the PC version (appears to be major differences) and there are no patches posted, I'm writing this on May 24, 2008 and hoping that they'll fix the problem and post a patch for it. So far I'm very disappointed, I have to agree with the poster who said this looks like a "rush job" rather than a finished product. I haven't returned it because I'm hoping that they can fix the problem with a patch, I've been an Iron Man fan for many years and am still looking forward to playing this game.

"METAL FATIGUE..."
Superheroes make good movies but usually awful games. Someday this rule will acquire an exception. But that day is not today.

IRON MAN suffers from more than the problems of a bad port. Sure, controls are awkward but one eventually gets used to them. The missions seem childish but I had no higher expectations from a game released only to ride the blockbuster movie wave.
What I could not get past was how underdeveloped the graphics were! Yes, I turned all options to their highest setting. No matter, graphically the game is comparable to 5-6 year old releases! HALF LIFE2 had much better surfaces, environments and effects. The same is true for DOOM 3 and QUAKE 4. I had to go back to UNREAL 2 to find something to compare IRON MAN with - and even that 6 years old game wins hands down!

The gameplay never takes off either. Flying is fun but only within the (very limited) confines of the predesigned area. All in all, IRON MAN demonstrates all the characteristics of a rush-job carried out by the developing team's bench-warmers.

Only for very dedicated Iron Man fans. And even then, a masochistic streak is required...

"Buyer beware"
Please note that the PC version of the game is a port from the PlayStation2 version of the game. The in-game graphics are "old gen" as a result, and poorly ported at that! If graphics are important to you, you'd be better off purchasing the 360 or PS3 version of the game.

A few other differences between the next/current gen version of the game and the PC/PS2 version:
* Upgrades are not purchased, the items you use the most are automatically upgraded.
*There are fewer unlockables and missions in the PC version.