By Kieron Gillen on February 28th, 2009 at 10:56 am.
As far as taglines for demos go “When aliens attack, monsters fight back” is one we can get behind. I mean, that is true. Who could argue with that? Unless it’s subtextual meaning is that society should release neo-nazis against new immigrants to the country who are taking our jobs, etc – in which case, we’d disagree with it a lot. Anyway, this is the demo of the game of the new Dreamworks film. You can download it from here, for about half a gig of Monster/Alien demonstration action – that is, three levels staring the leads (A sort of puzzle/platformy thing, a racing dodging thing and a fighter-thing). And here’s a couple of videos…
That girl doesn’t exactly look monstrous to me. Unless the subtext is that teenage girls are monsters, in which case… actually, I can get on side with that one.
(I don’t)
(Except for Lucy. SHE WAS REALLY MEAN. :( :( :( )
I’ll stop now.
28/02/2009 at 11:08 Gap Gen says:
Film tie-in… platformer… quicktime events… this could be really good.
I think I’ll hold out for Stalin vs. Martians
28/02/2009 at 11:32 Lh'owon says:
Yea, despite being really big and (possibly) a bit stretchy, and having skatey feet, the girl isn’t really a monster… I think Dreamworks is confusing superheroes with monsters!
28/02/2009 at 11:42 Heliocentric says:
Society is the real monster.
28/02/2009 at 11:52 Fomorian says:
Lh’owon: They aren’t. One of the classic Z-class horror films featured a 50 foot tall woman.
28/02/2009 at 12:00 The Poisoned Sponge says:
Fomorian: Didn’t she ATTACK!?
28/02/2009 at 12:09 Morningoil says:
Come now, she wasn’t called Lucy, was she? She was called Kate. They’re always called Kate.
28/02/2009 at 12:10 Kieron Gillen says:
Kates are lovely, in my experience. Though occasionally I was mean to a Kate in turn. Man, teenagers suck.
KG
28/02/2009 at 12:15 Sum0 says:
Speaking of monsters, whatever happened to MONSTRO!?
28/02/2009 at 12:25 bruno says:
That game looks rubbish.
And Kates are nice indeed.
28/02/2009 at 13:12 NukeLord says:
Your game is nothing compared to MONSTRO!
28/02/2009 at 13:31 BooleanBob says:
My second Shepard is a Kate (see: Walker’s BoTOR pieces). She is probably humanity’s greatest monster, and makes Jimmy Carter look like Richard Nixon.
28/02/2009 at 13:58 bansama says:
That girl doesn’t exactly look monstrous to me. Unless the subtext is that teenage girls are monsters, in which case… actually, I can get on side with that one.
Well my two daughters have a long way to go before they reach that teenage stage, but unless they suddenly stop being little monsters, I can see mine as being very large monsters by the time they reach the teenager stage.
As such I better download this demo to get an idea of what I’m in for within the next decade =)
28/02/2009 at 16:34 Mathew Jensterle says:
Dare I say, although very generic in nature, I slightly enjoyed the demo. I may just be too tired to be cynical about a kids game though. I can see how the characters will work better in the film, and now I might actually have to see it.
28/02/2009 at 16:44 Pags says:
Teenage girls can breathe fire. True story.
28/02/2009 at 17:01 Kieron Gillen says:
Mathew: It’s a bit of a giggle.
KG
28/02/2009 at 17:05 Tei says:
I want to watch the movie. But It seems one of these movies where all the jokes are already on the trailer. So It will be not dramatic if we accidentally skip this one.
The game is not aiming any high than that. But I suppose If you like the movie, the game will get you some fun. It looks like well made, good graphics and all. Not groundbreaking, but overall good.
28/02/2009 at 17:15 Oak says:
On a related note, I am still hoping for They Came From Hollywood to finally come out. Click my name for mega bonus fun.
28/02/2009 at 21:49 Noc says:
I saw the preview for this (movie) when I went to see Coraline. It looked alright, but all I could think of was that it was a kiddie version of Hellboy.
Coraline, though, I thought would make a fantastic old-school adventure game. I mean, the story is essentially an inventory puzzle. It would be great! Shame the movie tie-in is a platformer.
I also saw a preview for 9, which I mistook at first for a Little Big Planet movie.
28/02/2009 at 22:36 Jezebeau says:
Holy poo! Don’t even bother downloading the game. It has the most awkward and nonconformist control scheme I’ve ever seen/played (requiring space, r_shift&ctrl, return, backspace, arrows, and num_2/4/6/8) with no option to remap. Developer fail!
01/03/2009 at 00:53 Sartoris says:
@Oak: now you’ve got me hooked :D Let’s hope together.
01/03/2009 at 10:45 Tei says:
@Jezebeau: be easy on these dev’s, maybe his keyboards are made of only these letters.