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Escape From Bug Island
Publisher: Secret Stash Games
Developer: Spike
Genre: Action
Release: July 24, 2007
Platform: Wii
Reviewer: Eric
I’m not kidding; I closed my eyes and
picked a Wii game. When my eyes opened there it was, Escape From
Bug Island. I’ve been dredging this game ever since I saw it.
The cover is
horrible, the description of the game is terrible
and the M rating makes me laugh. Is the Wii ready for an M rated
game about bugs? I think so, this game is out and I know
everyone is dying to get their hands on it.
 Oh
it is because this game is real. You are your buddies go on an
island that has big bugs. These bugs are so huge they’ll wait
for you to hit them with such weapons as sticks and stones. No I
am not trying to reference the one
New Found Glory album, you
get to throw stones and use a huge stick to attack these bugs.
If that isn’t good enough you can shake off the small bugs.
Ray, the main character, moves like an 80
year old man. Not only do I have to deal with one of the slowest
characters in video game history I have to deal with these
controls. Hold B to attack while pressing other buttons to make
your character attack the bugs like a champion. The best part is
trying to dodge these bugs, you are suppose to move the Wii Mote
left to jump light and right to jump right. Half the time Ray
wants to jump to the right only, he’ll only go to the left when
you least expect it.
The M rating here makes me laugh. I only
see green blood from these bugs, nothing more. When the bugs
attack Ray I don’t see anything, all I hear is a horrible sound
coming from my Wii Mote. Maybe this game got an M rating because
of the fog. That’s it, there is so much fog here somebody might
trip and break a bone. Oh wait you can’t do that. What you can
do is eat cans of vegetables. I think that is it, eating
vegetables. That would scare the living M out of me. Thanks for
warning me guys, I’ll just leave that can of carrots for the
giant bug that is chasing me.
One thing that does stand out for this game, if you can say
that, is the ending. There are two endings that I know of and it
isn't hard at all to get either of them. Both of the endings are
lame but it really was nice that the developers put in that
extra effort. Is this good enough to play the game over again?
No because once you see the one ending you won't want to play
though this again. Out of all the survival horror games out
there Escape From Bug Island is pretty weak.
Final Verdict
I might have hated a lot of things about this game, but it
is a lot better than most games. Escape From Bug Island has a
lame story, which is told by bad actors. The graphics remind me
of some N64 game that’s on steroids. You see a lot of the same
thing here and there isn’t any replay value here. Use the Wii
Mote and smack some bugs with sticks, after that enjoy more of
the horrible music that fills this game.
Rating
3 out of 10
Escape From Bug Island Trailer
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