The Noyse Entertainment

MY YEAR
​OF GAMING

I played 365 different games over the span of one calendar year. And I wrote about it. 
  • Home
    • My Year Of Gaming
  • BLOGS
    • MAKING NOYSE
    • WRESTLING
    • GAMES
    • FILM & TV
    • KITCHEN
  • PODCASTS
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
  • REDUCED REVIEWS

10/11/2013

Day 284, Game 284 - Turbo: Super Stunt Squad

0 Comments

Read Now
 
Picture
Okay, I swear I'm not trolling here. Given yesterday's blog entry, I can see where some eyebrows would be raised, but honestly, I'm back on the serious bandwagon. Well, as serious as possible when talking about the game I played, Turbo: Super Stunt Squad. I'm not trying to question anyone's intelligence by proclaiming this to be in the upper echelon of serious video games, but I at least went into this game with real, actual intentions to have fun. 

Well, it wasn't about me having fun as much as it was having fun with my now five year old daughter, who came over for the weekend. We saw Turbo, the movie, a couple of weeks ago, and she really enjoyed it. To her credit, it's hard not to like juiced-up, neon glowing racing snails, kid or not. Anyway, I saw the game in the Redbox when I was getting some stuff at the store for her weekend with me, and while she isn't super interested in games (yet), aside from Disney Infinity, I still thought there was a chance to have some fun with her playing this game. 

At the very least, I hoped it would make for a good blog post, but I'll settle for a decent one, because beggars can't be choosers, right?

Anyway, this game is your stereotypical movie licensed video game, which as we should all know by now, means it's just not very good. For kids, sure, these type of games are serviceable and do their job as far as tying in what they saw in the movies they loved to video games, giving parents an alternative to buying video games that they don't know much about and worry might be too impressionable for them. If they took their children to the theater to see one of these animated movies, they feel comfortable knowing that the games aren't going to stray too far away from the formula on the big screen.

While I hoped this game would be more about racing, I was actually surprised to find the game felt more like a Tony Hawk game, sliding around as your snail and trying to pull off jumps, tricks and of course, as the name implies, stunts. This stuff was actually in the movie, which drastically got overlooked by the whole racing theme, but I found it to be far more entertaining, and could see a sequel coming focusing more on that. 

The game is fine, gameplay wise, as the controls and everything worked okay. the graphics were lackluster compared to true AAA titles, but really, no one was expecting cutting edge graphics in this game. More importantly, my daughter had fun playing and watching me play, despite the normal frustrations a five year old would have with any video games. She loved all the voices and characters and familiarity she had, as she had some basis for connection to the game. 

And if my daughter had fun, then this game - and blog post for that matter - is a winner. 

Share

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

Details

    RSS Feed

    Gamer Tags

    XBLA = The Noyse
    PSN = the_noyse
    NNID = The Noyse

    3DS F.C. = 3007-8109-2329
    STEAM = TheNoyse

    FEEL FREE TO FRIEND ME!

    Stats

    Games played for project : 365
    --------------------------------------------
    Systems played on: 
    NES = 10
    PS Vita = 27
    PS3 = 92
    Wii U = 63
    Xbox 360 = 41
    iPhone = 17
    Kindle Fire = 2
    Nintendo DS = 2
    N64 = 2
    Nintendo 3DS = 24
    Arcade = 3
    SNES = 9
    PC = 31
    GameCube = 6
    iPad = 15
    Sega Genesis = 4
    OUYA = 2
    PS4 = 9
    Xbox One = 7
    --------------------------------------------
    Total time played for project: 
    600 hours

    Archives

    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013

    Categories

    All
    3ds
    Angry Birds
    Arcade
    Assassin's Creed
    Batman
    Bioshock
    Board Games
    Commodore 64
    Disney
    Donkey Kong
    Dreamcast
    Ds
    Dsiware
    Ea Sports
    Eshop
    Gameboy Advance
    Gamecube
    Gears Of War
    General
    God Of War
    Gta
    Halo
    Ios
    Ipad
    Killzone
    Kindle Fire
    Kinect
    Legend Of Zelda
    Lego
    Mario
    Marvel
    Mega Man
    Metal Gear
    Metroid
    Mobile
    N64
    Nes
    Nintendo
    Op-Ed
    Ouya
    Pc
    Pinball
    Playstation
    Pokemon
    Ps2
    Ps3
    Ps4
    Psn
    Psp
    Ps Vita
    Punch Out
    Punch-out
    Ratchet & Clank
    Rayman
    Resident Evil
    Sega Genesis
    Skylanders
    Sly Cooper
    Snes
    Sonic
    Star Wars
    Steam
    Super Smash Bros.
    The Walking Dead
    Uncharted
    Virtual Console
    Wii
    Wii U
    Wwe
    Xbla
    Xbox
    Xbox 360
    Xbox One
    X-Men

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
    • My Year Of Gaming
  • BLOGS
    • MAKING NOYSE
    • WRESTLING
    • GAMES
    • FILM & TV
    • KITCHEN
  • PODCASTS
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
  • REDUCED REVIEWS