Hellboy: Web of Wyrd Looks Like a Comic Book Fan's Dream for PS5, PS4

Get Wyrd with it

by Khayl Adam Wed 12th Jul 2023

Hellboy: Web of Wyrd tells an original story written by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola in the format of a roguelike action-adventure brawler. We got a new trailer (that forgot to tell you this one is coming to PlayStation platforms) in which we see Hellboy solving problems the best way he knows how, and is ably voiced by the late-great Lance Reddick himself.

The art style is going to immediately appeal to fans of Mignola's work, and while we'd like to see some uncut gameplay to better understand how it all works, it seems pretty cool. Apparently, the story here ties together several independent tales from the Hellboy universe into a single unified experience, which sounds like a draw in its own right.

What do you think of Hellboy: Web of Wyrd? Are you a fan of the big friendly fellow and the source material from which it pulls? Debate whether Hellboy would beat The Thing in a fight in the comments section below.

Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.

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SuperiorSpidey
Wed 12th Jul 2023

I’m excited for this one! Hoping the combat/gameplay systems are interesting enough to keep you invested (gameplay has seemed veeery simplistic from what we’ve seen). Otherwise the art style looks great, and it’ll be excellent to hear Reddick’s voice again!

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MightyDemon82
Wed 12th Jul 2023

I can't wait for this one. Huge Mignola fan here. Looking forward to diving back into comics in general, as I've been collecting rather than reading them.

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Cordyceps
Wed 12th Jul 2023

Art style makes it a day one purchase. Been wanting a fluid comic book style game, this nails it.

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NinjaNicky
Wed 12th Jul 2023

Looks ok. Need to see a lot more gameplay because it looks a bit flat at the moment. Also some of the animations look very janky. Watch how he loads his gun, his hand floats next to it while the gun closes on its own, reminds me of old PS1 cut scenes.

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dudewithcioc
Wed 12th Jul 2023

Wait is not Ron Perlman voicing the character?

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SeanOhOgain
Wed 12th Jul 2023

This isn't looking too great imo. Weird, limited animations and the voice acting sounds very poor. I think this really impressive art style is hiding that this might be a very simple and disappointing title

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Markatron84
Wed 12th Jul 2023

The art style is utterly gorgeous. Everything else looks... iffy? The animation is stiff, the combat (well, what little we've seen of it, anyway) looks clunky. I dunno, I just think people should temper their expectations with this one.

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DETfaninATL
Wed 12th Jul 2023

I’m very much looking forward to this. I’ve been a big Mignola fan since before he ever created Hellboy and I dig rogue-likes / lites so I’ll be very interested to play this. Would love to see a release date on it. And I get the feeling this is going to be a ‘budget’ title along the lines of ALIENS: Dark Descent, where it releases at a price of $40 or something to that effect. I just don’t see this being a full blown $70 game for some reason……

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J2theEzzo
Wed 12th Jul 2023

The style is cool, but I think it'd be a bit much on the eyes... people struggle enough with motion blur, as is, so don't see how a fluid comic-book approach will go. And yeah... that voice just doesn't do it for me! If it ain't Perlman, it ain't Hellboy.