Tomatoes are a fruit. Not a vegetable. This means they mince around town like a little teapot. Not like vegetables. They sit lifelessly in a chair dribbling. Sid is a tomato, but rather than prancing about like Gok Wan, he resolutely trudges about a 2 dimensional landscape (his footsteps sound like the sound effect from trudging around Animal Crossing) gunning down snails and bumble bees. He comes armed with a flamethrower, grenades and some dynamite. The explosives come in handy not only with blowing up the local wildlife but also in destroying the scenery. which leads us to the level design. Which is pretty clever with loads of secret areas with handy switches to open them up. One level has underwater bits (in which the music changes like in R-Type Delta - but makes you think your sinuses are blocked) and obligitary slidy bits and frozen walruses. When Sid gets hit by a bee or a patch of spiky things he looses health, which can only be regained by devouring what looks like Tomato ketchup. I find this slighty disturbing. Sid gets more health by drinking the liquidized remains of his fallen brethren. That's practically cannibalism. Sick
On the whole this game reminds me of Bullfrog's game Flood which us in need of a serious update. If you don't know it, look it up. Well I guess it's more like Fire & Ice. Look that up too.
Word has to be given to the guys who made it from bits of their own flesh and bone (or something) Give it a download, the demo's free and the game is 240 Microsoft dollar.
clicky here to have a look
That cover makes me feel like ive been sick in my mouth and had to swallow it.
ReplyDeleteIf you see Sid tell him !
ReplyDeleteI am so old...