GamesRadar+ Verdict
Pros
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Replicates film atmosphere
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Occasionally funny quips
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Watching Seinfeld DVDs instead
Cons
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Forced minigames
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Sloppy presentation
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Repetitive voice clips
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Nov 5, 2007
The "ordinary" can often be unusual in a gaming industry full of complicated concepts, which is why the idea of playing as a bee seems so appealing. Imagine freely exploring the Manhattan setting created for Spider-Man 3, but as a miniscule insect facing exponentially larger structures, vehicles and challenges. Sounds potentially awesome, but that's not what Bee Movie Game is all about.
In fact, Spider-Man 3 may actually be Bee Movie Game's closest modern contemporary, but for all the wrong reasons. Its single-player campaign, which closely follows the plot of the titular Jerry Seinfeld CG flick, is bogged down by seemingly endless timed-button-press "cineractives," along with several other disparate play elements that never quite congeal into a cohesive experience. And without a massive, vertical environment to entertain and distract players between missions, Bee Movie Game nearly flatlines under the weight of bland gameplay and an artificially lengthened campaign.
More info
Genre | Action |
Description | In real life bees will sting you, and nobody would buy a game about that. But in the upcoming animation from DreamWorks they'll do a bunch of other stuff that will make a fun game. |
Platform | "PC","Xbox 360","PS2","Wii" |
US censor rating | "Everyone","Everyone","Everyone","Everyone" |
UK censor rating | "","","","" |
Release date | 1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK) |
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