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Giants: Citizen Kabuto

stabbystabby Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in Games and Technology
In the immortal words of CT:
I can actually barely remember anything about it other than it was amazing and the last few levels of the soldier campaign, where you had to build a base by collecting smarties (little builder dudes) and shooting herds of cattle while flying over with your jetpack in order to get the helicopter and awesome nukes to blow up the reavers. I played that level over and over and over. The reavers had way more base building missions but it wasn't as cool as that single soldier one. Playing as kabuto was neat too.
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It was released on December 6, 2000 and included some (at the time) pretty advanced visuals. Take a look for yourself.
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First let's talk about the humor. NSFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zu7u9AcvHc
This game was funny like only irrevrent british comedy can be. I don't know about you chucklefucks but I got some good laughs from every cutscene in the game. It's a blend of a third-person shooter and an RTS and in the course of the beautiful and hilarious singleplayer campaign you play as three different races. The Meccs are the first people you meet.
They have numbers
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technology
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and some serious firepower on their side
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The game also had boobs. Delphi the rogue Sea Reaper was originally clad in a simple transparent skirt leaving her blue tits available to the open air and the oogling eyes of many awkward young boys. But only in Europe. The US and UK got censored versions of the game that gave Delphi a bikini top as well as changing the color of some blood from red to green. In addition to being quite the looker, she is also fun to control.
You can jump.
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You can shoot.
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And you can summon the immesurable powers of nature to annihalate your enemies. Pretty cool.
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Finally there's Kabuto. He's big, he's ugly, and he enjoys putting things in his mouth.
Did I mention he's big?
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Well what are you waiting for? Build a base and start blasting away some cycloptic sea-men. If more than one person still has this, perhaps we could play some rounds over hamachi.


Tee hee
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Posts

  • Bill CosbyBill Cosby Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Wasn't there a Giants thread not that long ago and it almost turned into a GAME ON but never went anywhere.

    oh and giants is an awesome game.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I didn't like the Kabuto sections. I never felt like I was controlling a huge and powerful beast, and I didn't like the controls.

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  • TheGerbilTheGerbil Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Fuck yes Giants.

    I am so sad I cannot find my CD's.

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  • Bill CosbyBill Cosby Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    ya I never liked kabuto either but I always had fun with the meccs or delphi.

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  • stabbystabby Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The last thread had a shitty OP with no pictures and didn't mention anything about playing on hamachi, so here I am to rectify the situation.

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  • FleebFleeb has all of the fleeb juice Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Dammit, I hate the stupid race sequence. Even tho I'm ahead of the other racers by miles I'm still loosing. Right when I cross the finish line on the final lap I get the failure message. And the cheat to skip it doesn't work. Grumblegrumbleharumph.

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  • rayofashrayofash Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Funny, I just installed this game last night and played it for the first time.

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I can't remember what happened to my copy of Giants and that makes me sad. :(

    I never did finish it, but I thought it was the quirkiest game I'd ever played. I loved the characters of Baz and the little Smartie that tagged along with him.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Many of the things people go on about Halo in terms of outdoor levels and vehicles were done here first.
    Much, much more personality and imagination than that series, though.

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I may have to dig this up, as I'm pretty sure I got a free copy with an old geForce3.

    Also noted that this game had blue boobies way, way before Mass Effect, and no one really cared then.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited August 2008
    stabby wrote: »
    The last thread had a shitty OP with no pictures and didn't mention anything about playing on hamachi, so here I am to rectify the situation.

    so close to me leaving your thread open. so close. just fell at the last hurdle by annoying me in an insignificant way.

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