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WALL-E or something....
LewieP
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I have just finished reviewing WALL·E on the Xbox 360:
Continues here, very minor spoilers within.
Out of date OP:
I first booted up WALL·E to hear some pretty annoying music, so I skipped the cut scene. Then I got to the (surprisingly slick) menu system. Booted up a new game, and began my adventure. As soon as I took control of WALL·E, I moved the Analogue stick forwards. Then I got an Achievement for moving forwards. Instantly.
Off to a good start then.
I was initially fairly impressed with the animation of the titular character, his caterpillar tracks look and move just right. It's a shame the environments don't hold up so well. At best, there is some really impressive things going on with the physics, on a pretty large scale too, but at worst there is bland, repeated objects and textures all over the place. The bad outweighs the good. On the surface it looks pretty, but the animation, destructibility and up close textures let the whole package down.
Continues here, very minor spoilers within.
Out of date OP:
Update: Whoops. I seem to have made a mistake, it's not the USA based marketing firm that contacted me, but THQ directly. Hm, I wonder how they got my email address...
I can't tell if it's their UK or USA office from the email alone. I may have to retract this offer if they will send it to me, but if not it still stands.
Ah well, let's use this thread to discuss how I fail at reading comprehension and/or how WALL-E is GOTY 2k8
Original OP -
I can't tell if it's their UK or USA office from the email alone. I may have to retract this offer if they will send it to me, but if not it still stands.
Ah well, let's use this thread to discuss how I fail at reading comprehension and/or how WALL-E is GOTY 2k8
Original OP -
I have been offered a copy of WALL-E on the Xbox 360 to review. You may have seen me post offers like this before, the deal is - I keep being offered games to review for my UK based blog by this USA based marketing firm. They know that my blog is UK centric, however, when I ask them to send them to me in the UK, they say -
So I offer it up to PA.
I generally just take the first person who offers to do it, since the offers can expire, but that often leads to people who didn't get a chance being upset, so I am going to leave this thread open for 3/4 hours before I pick anyone.
I will have very little editorial control, I want to to be completely honest and review in a format that is comfortable to you. The main rules are:
1. You must say something positive, even if it's only something small, I just think it's polite.
2. No score, if the body doesn't get the message across, adding a number to the end won't change that.
3. No naughty words, unless you can convince me it's essential.
4. Be honest and open minded.
Terms and conditions apply
I know nothing about the game, other than it is based on a film which stars what looks like a shrunk down Jonny-5.
Rocket XL wrote:For review purposes, as of now, our focus is the United States. Do you have any affiliates or staff members in the US to which we could ship the item?
So I offer it up to PA.
I generally just take the first person who offers to do it, since the offers can expire, but that often leads to people who didn't get a chance being upset, so I am going to leave this thread open for 3/4 hours before I pick anyone.
I will have very little editorial control, I want to to be completely honest and review in a format that is comfortable to you. The main rules are:
1. You must say something positive, even if it's only something small, I just think it's polite.
2. No score, if the body doesn't get the message across, adding a number to the end won't change that.
3. No naughty words, unless you can convince me it's essential.
4. Be honest and open minded.
Terms and conditions apply
I know nothing about the game, other than it is based on a film which stars what looks like a shrunk down Jonny-5.
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Maximumzero played the PC version, which is apparently a PS2 port. la la la.
edit-no I dind't read the OP before posting. no you shut up.
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Every game can score a thousand. What?
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
Well that's great, because from where I'm standing you didn't make one.
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So... this is CAD?
*rimshot*
or Brawl. 4854.6102.3895 Name: NU..
This isn't really the place for this discussion, but how is the experience of the film diminished at all by the toys and marketing around it? I didn't walk out of the film thinking, "Man, that was a triumph of cinema, a true testament to the amount of emotion you can convey with minimal dialog, but man, fuck those toys."
I also don't understand people's aversion to the product placement. Ok, there was an iPod. For like, three seconds. And yes, WALL*E makes a familiar sound when he recharges. How does that hurt the film at all?
Sorry... neither the time nor place.
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I actually think his point was that the message of the film was ruined, not the film itself.
It's actually not a bad little game. It's part platformer and part puzzle, and the PC version doesn't look horrible, though I'm sure they put more effort graphics-wise into the 360 version.
Doesn't look too bad for (what I'm assuming is) a PS2 port.
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I'll say like I've said about alot of recent THQ licensed games: They're not as bad as you would think.
For the younger set, especially, they're solid platforming games with a little bit of puzzle and action thrown in. Wall-E is actually a good example of this. One of the interesting mechanics is that while there is a jump button, it can be explained as more of a hop button, which puts Wall-E into this little forwards flip. Thus, sometimes you'll hit a gap you have to jump over, but to get the proper momentum to get over said gap you have to get a running (rolling?) start, sometimes even having to go up the side of a half-pipe to do so.
It doesn't do anything extravagantly different as far as games go, but what it does it does pretty well.
But in the end what it comes down to is the fact that you'll probably think it's too easy and simple, but the target audience will eat it up.
One of the best parts of the game is the feature that has you finding souvenirs, the little pieces of junk that Wall-E finds in the junk piles that he likes to take home with him. You find them by going into a first-person mode and scanning the garbage piles, and when you find one, you're rewarded with a humorous little animation of Wall-E interacting with it like in the Vignettes Pixar released recently.
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At $18 I just figured "What the hell" and picked up the PC version. I don't think I would get the 360 or Wii version at $50 but if/when they get down to $30 I'll likely pick up one or both.
If you liked the film I would recommend at least a rental.
Oh, also, the developer was Heavy Iron studios. They developed the last few Pixar games with the exception of Cars. The Incredibles, it's sequel, Ratatouille, and now Wall-E.
All fairly solid games.
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I think part of the reason some mac stuff was in the movie was because Steve Jobs was some upper person in Pixar. I don't get all the flam-y-ness about it.. I mean 90% of the time a computer is in a movie and isn't a mac it's a windows and no one really cares about that..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhRlA8K19WI
Watch from 8:32 for depressing moments.
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I can tell you now if it was a guy named Skittrell it's definitely the UK office, as he sent me out my promo. He's also fairly new there, I think.
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That's a shame. Mass Effect is actually quite good.
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
And really, given the amount of time you've got (assuming the red-dial is a timer) it's not like you'll be sweating it out provided you have some semblance of a short term memory.
If anyone has any specific questions, throw them up here, and I will do my best.
I haven't seen the film yet, so will be reviewing it in that context.
I can't remember the last time I went to a movie theatre and sat there for two hours with a smile on my face - and for the last half-hour I was alternating between grinning like an idiot and tearing up.
...I want a little WALL-E statue.
Also, question:
I have a deep love of high-quality platformers. Ratchet & Clank, PoP: Sands of Time trilogy and Sly Cooper are gems to me - it's a very general question, I know, but - how does WALL-E stack up?
Lookin' forward to your review.
While I get the reasoning, I have to point out that you're going to play a movie tie-in game that - going on averages - will suck, and likely suffer numerous plot spoilers about a Pixar movie - which going on averages will not suck - that you want to see.
My gamer sense wants the best game review possible...
But my inner cinephile wants the glory of the movie preserved!
>.< so conflicted.
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Either you didn't see The Incredibles or you're a filthy liar.