Yeah, except you'd have to use them to wind up punches, and you'd be fighting the rabid ARMY, not just one-on-one. It really was quite neat. Obviously though, the control scheme changes when you get on a spider or something.

But it never happened... DARN YOU UBISOFT! YOU DESTROYED THEM! DARN YOU, DARN YOU ALL!... *starts pounding beach shore*

And if anyone doesn't get that reference, watch Planet of the Apes.