- Based on the animated film, A Bug's Life is an epic game of miniature proportions. The story follows the exciting adventures of a misfit ant named Flik as he tries to save his colony from a greedy gang of grasshoppers led by Hopper. As Flik, you travel through fully interactive 3D environments brought to life with cinematic quality animation, smooth controls, and challenging puzzles. Get ready for a bug's-eye-view in an incredible and fast-paced adventure..
Product description
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Based on the animated film, A Bug's Life is an epic game of
miniature proportions. The story follows the exciting adventures
of a misfit ant named Flik as he tries to save his colony from a
greedy gang of grasshoppers led by Hopper. As Flik, you travel
through fully interactive 3D environments brought to life with
cinematic quality animation, smooth controls, and challenging
puzzles. Get ready for a bug's-eye-view in an incredible and
fast-paced adventure.
From the Manufacturer
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Based on Pixar/Disney s new film of the same name A Bug's Life
is a 3D platform adventure game that enables gamers to take the
role of Flik an ant. The game is staged in various outdoor
environments and Flik's goal is to gather find the entrance
to his ant hill and ultimately defeat the evil gang of
crazy-looking bugs including nasty grasshoppers and Thud the
Horsefly.
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Review
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Of all the various types of games, the 3D platform game may just
be the hardest to pull off. In 2D platform games, the developers
restrict your options and guide you along a predetermined path
that can flaws in the game. In fighting, driving, and sports
games, the pure adrenaline of playing can many shortcomings.
In role-playing games, a sense of scale and adventure can help
cover up bad graphics or nonsensical puzzles. But when you pop in
a 3D adventure game, you have the luxury of exploring every nook
and cranny of a game; in fact, there's no other way to play a
true 3D game except to leave no stone unturned. A developer has
the rtunity to shock you with the detail, beauty, and
of his creation. On the other hand, if a 3D game is flawed, it is
there in all its misery for you to uncover. In the worst 3D
games, you are a free-roaming guest in a world that you would
never, ever want to visit.
It's hard to imagine a world I'd like to visit less than that of
A Bug's Life, especially since I know the incredible
rtunities that the developers had when bringing a Pixar movie
to life on the PlayStation. By now, we all know just what
incredible things the PlayStation is capable of (Final Fantasy
VII and C Bandicoot 3 come to mind), so the fact that the
developer wasted both an incredible story and a remarkable piece
of hardware makes this game's failure all the more frustrating.
In A Bug's Life, you take on the role of an ant trying to secure
the future of his colony. Progressing through a series of 3D
levels, you explore both the outside world and work your way
through the ant hill. The game is punctuated by constant
voice-overs more grating than Gex: Enter the Gecko and graphics
that shock only by their lack of quality. In fact, at times I
would stare at the screen and ponder how any game on the
PlayStation could possibly look this bad.
To add insult to injury, the gameplay is extremely frustrating.
The camera is impossible to manipulate effectively, and you spend
a lot of time bumping into things only because you can't work out
where you stand in relation to them. Your main form of attack is
a clumsy throw of fruit at enemies; it is very difficult to judge
where to your s.
The disc has several clips of the Pixar movie included for your
viewing pleasure; it is obvious that Disney was more interested
in producing a $40 advertisement for its movie than in developing
a playable game. --John Broady
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