First off, I would like to say I give this game a 2 1/2 (Not a 2 You can't choose 1/2's on ratings) Second off, before you even you read my review, I just want to make one thing clear: Don't BUY this game. Let me emphesis BUY. I mean do not purchase this game for keeps. I would reccomend renting it, or possibly playing it at some other kids house.
This concept of "Pikmin" is amazing. It's a cross between Warcraft and Kirby 64. You control an army of tiny little red, blue, and yellow creatures, while you lead them across vast and magical places. You're ship has crashed, and with the help of your pikmin to find missing parts, you can come home again.
What's so horrible about this game? It has every element of difficulty.
You are timed, and to make matters worse you must do entire missions over if you don't succeed. Once it has been 12 hours (which is more like 5 mins in pikmin land) you must get all of your pikmin back in the spaceship. If you don't, you lose them.
Your pikmin are S-T-U-P...um...oh yeah...I-D. This one time I had a Grub Dog (A monster in the pikmin world) eat 40 of my pikmin. I told them to get a part, so they did. Then on the way back, they walked right into a grub dog. I could've named at least 4 alternate routes! He woke up and started eating all the pikmin. They didn't fight back right away and I had to tell them too! Second, red and yellow pikmin (who cannot swim, only blue can) will constantly fall into the water. It's almost funny how dumb they are when you watch them just walk in the water.
Your Pikmin don't exactly follow orders. I will by walking along, and all of a sudden they will decide they'll going to attack a flower that hasn't bloomed. (Which works againts you because bloomed flowers provide more pikmin) Or once I saw 3 of them run off to attack a baby grub dog, who were all immediatly killed.
Replay .... WRONG! Once you played it, you played it. I wouldn't spend hours playing the exact same thing i played before, would you?
Lastly, By the third level the enemies are 10x stronger! They will things on fire and the mindless pikmin will just go into it.
Renting it: fine. Go ahead. You'll some fun. Buying: Only if you plan you get rid of it in a week.
First off, I would like to say I give this game a 2 1/2 (Not a 2 You can't choose 1/2's on ratings) Second off, before you even you read my review, I just want to make one thing clear: Don't BUY this game. Let me emphesis BUY. I mean do not purchase this game for keeps. I would reccomend renting it, or possibly playing it at some other kids house. This concept of "Pikmin" is amazing. It's a cross between Warcraft and Kirby 64. You control an army of tiny little red, blue, and yellow creatures, while you lead them across vast and magical places. You're ship has crashed, and with the help of your pikmin to find missing parts, you can come home again. What's so horrible about this game? It has every element of difficulty. You are timed, and to make matters worse you must do entire missions over if you don't succeed. Once it has been 12 hours (which is more like 5 mins in pikmin land) you must get all of your pikmin back in the spaceship. If you don't, you lose them. Your pikmin are S-T-U-P... um... oh yeah... I-D. This one time I had a Grub Dog (A monster in the pikmin world) eat 40 of my pikmin. I told them to get a part, so they did. Then on the way back, they walked right into a grub dog. I could've named at least 4 alternate routes! He woke up and started eating all the pikmin. They didn't fight back right away and I had to tell them too! Second, red and yellow pikmin (who cannot swim, only blue can) will constantly fall into the water. It's almost funny how dumb they are when you watch them just walk in the water. Your Pikmin don't exactly follow orders. I will by walking along, and all of a sudden they will decide they'll going to attack a flower that hasn't bloomed. (Which works againts you because bloomed flowers provide more pikmin) Or once I saw 3 of them run off to attack a baby grub dog, who were all immediatly killed. Replay.... WRONG! Once you played it, you played it. I wouldn't spend hours playing the exact same thing i played before, would you? Lastly, By the third level the enemies are 10x stronger! They will things on fire and the mindless pikmin will just go into it. Renting it: fine. Go ahead. You'll some fun. Buying: Only if you plan you get rid of it in a week.