WET is an over-the-top action game that stars Rubi Malone, a gun-for-hire that will do anything to get the job done. With stylish mechanics, sword fighting, and acrobatics, WET is absolutely an action game that shouldn’t be missed.
The story in WET was written by Duppy Demetrius, well known for his work with the T.V. show 24, and his talent shines through in the game. While it isn’t the most engaging story, it’s told in such a way that keeps it interesting and action-packed. The story starts off with Rubi helping a man to get his son back. The mission doesn’t go exactly as planned and gets betrayed along the way. Rubi is now set on revenge, tracking down the man who betrayed her.
WET really has the mood nailed down. The grind-house look and feel is spot-on with the film scratch, aesthetics, and original soundtrack. The film scratch really helps get the look right, because if you turn it off everything seems a tad bland. The soundtrack is 70’s inspired and sounds like something you’d hear in a southern bar.
There’s no other way to describe Rubi than to just call her a badass. Leaving behind a sea of bodies, Rubi can take out enemies in a variety of ways. The first way is to shoot them with her pistols, shotguns, sub-machine guns, or crossbow. If guns aren’t doing the job, Rubi also has a sword for close range attacks.
Throughout most of WET you’ll be fighting henchmen and never once did the combat become boring. WET does a great job of keeping everything entertaining up until the end. Normal combat sequences are broken up by other action scenes, such as hopping from car-to-car shooting baddies, quick-time events, chain gun sequences, and in a few levels Rubi enters Rage mode; where everything is red except for the blood, which is white, and Rubi becomes stronger.
A big selling point in WET is all the style the game provides. Just about everything Rubi does in combat is acrobatic, whether she’s doing a wall run, doing a back flip off of a wall, diving, sliding, it all looks great. If Rubi is shooting and executes one of her acrobatic moves, time will slow down and she’ll pull out a second of whatever she has equipped. Rubi will automatically aim the second weapon at a nearby enemy and shoot. Doing acrobatic moves in combat is almost essential since shooting with one weapon is slow, and having two weapons will clean out a room faster, obviously.
WET has 12 levels to go through and should take about six to eight hours to complete. When you’re done with the campaign, Point Count and Boneyard Challenges unlock. Point Count has you going through levels in the campaign trying to get the highest score. The Boneyard Challenges are set in Rubi’s junkyard and it’s filled with time trials for you to complete. Each time trial has a different path and uses a different weapon.
Even though WET looks and plays great, it isn’t perfect. Some animation weirdness is noticeable during some slow-motion sequences and they sometime seem jumpy. Perhaps the worst part about WET is these parts in certain levels where you’ll need to destroy “spawn doors” in order to proceed. These are basically arena events where enemies will keep respawning until you close the doors. The spawn doors aren’t really that bad, but they got annoying after a while.
If there’s an action game that you should check out this year, it should be WET. It’s a fantastic experience that’s fun until the end. The game kept me laughing and on the edge of my seat the whole time. WET deserves to be checked out.
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