Over the Hedge

Even for kids, Over the Hedge is absurdly frustrating with its busted camera and indoctrinating storm of corporate logos.

Genre: Action
Release date: May 9, 2006
Published by: Activision
Developed by: Edge of Reality
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
2 player SOLO
4 FLAWED
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Screenshots updated Feb 21, 2006
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Just because a game gets developed specifically for kids doesn't automatically mean that it's going to suck. Similarly, games based on cartoon characters don't have to suck either... but sometimes they do. All of the trademark indications of lameness pervade Over the Hedge, a stamped-out, jog-around 3D platform-jumper. Lousy camera work that you can't control, horrifically repetitive character yelps and claustrophobic, nonsensical level design all work together to drain the pleasure out of what ...
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We've been manipulating furry little critters in video games for years, so how come playing platform actioner Over the Hedge didn't hit us as an exercise in boredom? The short answer: multiplayer. The slightly longer answer: a decent sense of humor. Over the Hedge takes its characters from an upcoming Dreamworks animated feature (code for "kiddie cartoon") in which a bunch of woodland creatures mount an assault on suburbia. As you can imagine, the idea is for hilarity to then ensue ... what ...   » Read Full Over the Hedge preview
ESRB Rating
Over the Hedge  is rated:
Everyone 10+
Cartoon Violence, Crude Humor
Mediocre Game Babes
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