These usually revolved around beating all the enemies within a certain time limit or with a certain alien form.īen starts off with only three forms to play as. Along with that, many of the combat encounters offered up a challenge that could reward Ben with more green orbs. It adds a bit more to it than just button mashing. These upgrades usually come in the form of harder hitting attacks, but each alien form varies much like their attacks do. This can only be used when his Omnitrix bracelet’s bar is filled, which can take some time.Įach of Ben’s alien forms can be upgraded up to three times using green orb currency that is dropped by enemies and from beating items in the environment. It was a move that I used that I actually said to myself “Ok, that’s actually really cool.” But his best move is the ultimate attack that screen clears all the enemies. XLR8’s ability slows down time in an area and he can just race by enemies beating the crap out of them. These are usually crowd control abilities that can damage and knock enemies back when Ben is overwhelmed. He will also have to change forms in order to reach different areas of a level.Įach alien form has a special alien power that uses up a meter that is filled while attacking. Ben transforms to fight his enemies using different attacks. As far as a gameplay standpoint goes, this is the main mechanic. Ben wears an alien bracelet that allows him to transform into 10 different alien forms that gives him extraordinary power. I figure “why not?” Now that I’ve played it, I really didn’t mind it at all.īen10 is a 2.5D side scrolling beat ‘em up where players control Ben as he traverses levels pretty much beating up anything that he comes upon. All of a sudden, my Editor-In-Chief asks me to review a new Ben10 game. I know it was a cartoon show on Cartoon Network for years and then they created a reboot of the franchise.