G Force (PS3)

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Genre	Action Adventure
Platform	Playstation 3
Release Date	16/09/2009
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G Force (PS3) Product Information

G-Force is a fast-paced action-platform game featuring a unique team of specially trained guinea pigs that use high-tech gadgets and specialized talents to complete a dangerous secret mission. Players control Darwin, the G-Force team leader, and housefly surveillance commando Mooch. Darwin and Mooch team up with the rest of G-Force to use their unique high-tech gadgets, stealth mastery, and pint-sized teamwork to save the world from a robot army of evil household appliances. G-Force features innovative game-play with a unique sense of scale and puzzle solving that requires players to manipulate environments or enemies, including evil household appliances like waffle irons, water coolers and vacuum cleaners to complete their mission.

G Force (PS3) Review

Are you a bad enough guinea pig to save the president?

I was recently accused of being a sucker for family games by a fellow colleague of mine. Maybe it's true, perhaps I have slowly become addicted to simplistic plot lines and straightforward game-play, but the truth of the matter is, this genre has become increasingly more refined than the traditional game-to-movie cash-in. Disney's latest CGI affair G-Force arrives with players controlling the confident protagonist Darwin. It is your atypical scenario where some talking animals are on a mission to save the world, and everyone in it. The plot line is not going to draw you in, but the clever and entertaining dialogue and surprisingly solid gunplay make this yet another tie-in movie that escapes the brand of mediocrity.

The story takes bits and pieces from the movies and strings them together assuming you have already seen it. That is easily one of the biggest flaws I found while playing through the game. I have not seen the movie, in fact I rarely go to the theatre anymore, and this game really wanted me to, to fully appreciate what was going on. You are playing as Darwin, a guinea pig that uses spy gadgets and guns to take down maniacal toasters. The problem is that there are too many holes in the story. Who do you work for, why are we fighting to stop these evil appliances and better yet, why should you care. The plot may not be explained using the game, but the voice acting and cut scenes are well done, so if you have seen the movie you will likely enjoy how it is delivered.

G-Force is primarily a third-person shooter that takes all of the foundations of the genre and puts them to work splendidly. You tug the left trigger to go into aiming mode while firing with the right. Aiming feels smooth and accurate, and the array of weapons is both interesting and effective. While there is a nice selection of weapons you will likely stick mostly to your default gun and your electric whip. This is mostly due to the fact that ammo is not unlimited, and once you upgrade the whip, it can be one of the more powerful and effective ways to dispose of enemies.

G-Force was a shock to me. Rarely do I find myself actually wanting to play a game of this type outside of reviewing it, but I found myself coming back to it over and over to finish it out. The game is not without flaws, but it makes up for them by being one of the first games to ever successfully be recommendable to both young and older gamers alike. Hardcores will enjoy the challenge and solid mechanics, while younger gamers will enjoy the familiar characters and fluid game-play. G-Force is a great tie-in game, and ranks up there with the likes of Kung-Fu Panda in the school of how to make a solid family title without dumbing it down for the masses.

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