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Planet 51: The Game (Microsoft Xbox 360, 2009)
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Taking its story and setting from the concurrently released TriStar Pictures feature film, Planet 51: The Game is a mission-based driving adventure, set on an alien planet that is oddly familiar. In something of a role-reversal, players take control of Captain Chuck Baker, an astronaut explorer who lands on the strange planet, believing it to be uninhabited. Instead, he finds himself in the midst of picket-fenced suburbs, reminiscent of 1950s America -- except for the "little green men"-like inhabitants, who treat Chuck exactly like the alien invader that he is. The play of the game involves exploring the 3D suburban world from a behind-the-back, third-person perspective, sometimes on foot but usually in a vehicle, and accomplishing tasks such as reaching a distant location or escaping from pursuers. As in the computer-animated movie, the ultimate goal, ostensibly, is to recover Chuck's lost spaceship.<br><br>Chuck can commandeer essentially any vehicle he comes across in this travels, including family sedans and motorcycles, taxi cabs and cop cars, and even heavy-duty trucks or zippy riding lawn-mowers. Different cars and trucks have different power and handling, and although the vehicles on Planet 51 hover instead of roll on wheels, most rules of the road still apply. Rules are made to be broken, however, especially when you're a giant alien on the run from a frenzied mob. Chuck can also break from the main story, to interact with various characters from the film in side-quests and various mini-games. In some sequences, players can take control of Lem, the young alien boy who befriends Chuck, and his pet robot Rover, making use of their special skills and abilities to overcome game-world obstacles or beat special challenges.Product Identifiers
PublisherSEGA
MPN010086680386
UPC0010086680386
eBay Product ID (ePID)64135405
Product Key Features
RatingE-Everyone
GenreAction & Adventure
PlatformMicrosoft Xbox 360
Game NamePlanet 51: The Game
Additional Product Features
Release Year2009
Number of Players1-2
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Control ElementsGamepad/Joystick
ESRB DescriptorCartoon Violence
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- Feb 04, 2022
Interesting little title
I got this game because of my interest in licensed games. I became interested when I found out it was vehicle focused, which the movie certainly was not. While it is not the most polished it certainly is the most fleshed out hovercar game I know of. The cars control exactly how you would expect a large saucer-like vehicle would feel, for some that's a turnoff but that is what drew me to the game. If you are familiar with the Simpsons Hit & Run this game is very much in its vain with it being mainly focused on vehicles with much smaller on-foot segments. It has an inspired running mechanic where there the only stamina limit is your own. You must button mash and as long as you keep it up you will keep running at your max speed. What stinks about it are a lack of polish and the voice acting. It feels like the programmer's first game in that while the main driving mechanics and minigames have been thought out the world feels empty with only 4 or 5 types of collectables. Meanwhile the voice actors performances are so poor I don't think most of them were actors and were instead developers having to use what little they have of their budget. Finally there is a lack of music in the game. I would've expected it to at least be able to play the movie's theme Stick It to the Man by Tom Cawte, but you'll only hear the first 5 seconds on loop in passing civilian car radios. Still if you liked the style of the movie Planet 51 and would like to test out a whole fleet of hoverbikes, hovercars, hovertrucks, and hoverwhatever this game is worth a look.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Sep 19, 2020
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Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
