Escape from Bug Island

Not to be confused with a survival horror game, Escape From Bug Island is intended as a campy, over-the-top awesomefest of B-movie style gameplay. Bugs are gross.

Genre: Action
Expected release date: 05/15/2007
Published by: Eidos
Developed by: Spike
5 SO-SO
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Screenshots updated Apr 25, 2007
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Like a viscera-loving fly, developer Spike has wormed its way into the rotting body cavities of countless survival horrors, laid its eggs and given birth to Escape from Bug Island. Its a real scavenger of a game, gnawing on the meat of the finest pedigree - namely Resident Evil 2 and Silent Hill 3. But like the common fly, its unable to digest it all without puking up on it first and churning it into a grotesque gaming mess. Playing as a floppy-haired girly-faced guy - whose soft, boy-band ...
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You've used your Wii remote as a gun. You've used it as a sword. You've even used it as a bow and arrow. But have you ever used it as a giant bug-thwapping stick? Escape from Bug Island will give you that chance. You'll use the motion-sensing controller to swing sticks and throw rocks at all sorts of foul insects, from mutated millipedes to ginormous praying mantises. Later in the game, your enemies will evolve to include demonic fish and zombie gorillas. If you're not in the right mindset to ...   » Read Full Escape from Bug Island preview
ESRB Rating
Escape from Bug Island is rated:
Mature
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