Giants: Citizen Kabuto
by Interplay
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Product Summary
Brand: InterplayFormat: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2000-12-09
Platform: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me
Model: FG-C95-749-0
Publisher: Interplay
Product features:
- Windows 95, 98, Me only (not XP compatible)
- Choose one of three races to battle across twenty-five island rendered in full 3D, all beautifully detailed unlike any game environment you've ever experienced
- Hours and hours of pulse-pounding, story-driven single-player campaign, complete with outrageous cut-scenes
- Battle up to 10 players over LAN or the Internet via TCP/IP (monthly subsciption fee may be required, please see software documentation)
- Battle from 1st or 3rd person perspective in addition to the revolutionary Kabuto Mouth-Cam and Foot Stomp/Crunch view
Video Game Reviews of Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Customer Review: Godly
Summary: 5 Stars
Mere words cannot express how much I love this game. The medium of dance maybe more appropriate. It has its problems (in that there are a few bugs in the non patched version), but all such concerns are quickly swept aside when you start playing it. Probably the most funny game since Sam and Max or Monkey Island, the visuals (bearing in mind they are now 7 years old) are stunnignly beautiful, the plot is well crafted and exciting, the gameplay is ludicrously fun, the music superb, Its all so individual and lovely to use. It has what is lacking in so many modern games: that is personality and soul. Buy it. you will not regret it! (I have left the more serious reviewing to the others below, who did a very good job at describing why its so good,) I hope my hyperbole will convince even one person to get this hugely neglected and forgotten game.
Description of Giants: Citizen Kabuto
A Special J&R Buy! This island is almost a garden of Eden and Kabuto has it all but it may be short lived. Upon the surface of this paradise wanders the giant, Kabuto. He knows that this is his home, but he does not feel that he belongs. From whence he came, he does not know, only the serial number "001" imprinted on his stomach offers any clue. The only one of his kind, Kabuto sits alone and longs for company. Every creature he has encountered was...different. Whether they came from the skies or from the seas, they tried to destroy him. Now, Kabuto trusts no one, and guards the one thing he loves - the Island, his home. Little does Kabuto know that the Island was home to others before him. In the oceans, there dwells a race of females called the Sea Reapers. These women, along with their many minions, once ruled the Island with strong will and harsh law. In their pride, they created Kabuto, as a defense against intruders. Then there are the Meccaryns (Meccs) - faced with yet another challenge of ending up on the Island, they have another layover while restoring their ship. The Meccs decide to make the best of their temporary home. They're used to harsh conditions, so they explore with the aid of suits and weapons developed through superior technology, scouting the strange world of the Island for signs of life. Experience intense strategic action while battling as the Meccaryns, the Sea Reapers or Kabuto: this island isn't big enough for the three of them! Kabuto is simply too large, too brutal and too hungry to co-exist with any other living creature on the island. Using his outrageous size and savage jaws, Kabuto will show the other two races who's at the top of the food chain.Giants: Citizen Kabuto is an odd little game. It takes place on a small island populated by short, big-headed people who speak with Scottish accents. They are called Smarties. Out to sea the evil Sea Reapers plot to retake the island for themselves, and they've created a 30-foot-tall monster named Kabuto to help them with their task. To this world come the Meccarins, a trio of humanlike spacemen who wear powered armor and have jetpacks. They arrive and befriend the Smarties against the Sea Reapers, and Kabuto breaks free from Sea Reaper control. All heck breaks loose.
Giants was developed by Planet Moon Studios, an offshoot of the wacky Shiny Entertainment studio that brought us Earthworm Jim and Sacrifice. It shows. The between-mission movies are hilarious and filmed inventively (using the game's graphics) throughout. You begin by portraying the Meccs as they puzzle out the new world and help people. Next you portray Delphi, a sexy sorceress Sea Reaper, and finally you get to walk in the massive footsteps of Kabuto himself. The game plays with arcade style; before you're done you'll have flown around and fired weapons, conjured spells, participated in a jet-ski race or two, and eaten just about everything that moves as the giant himself. It's dizzying, it's fun, and you'll never forget you played it. (Note: not for kids--strong language, nudity, violence, and adult humor throughout). --Bob Andrews
Pros:
- 3 different sides
- Brilliant use of style and humor
- You get to be a giant!
- Multiplayer isn't satisfying
- A few crash bugs exist
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