Customer Reviews

Whiplash

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

First of all, this is a completeley original game. Don't be fooled by it's dark and deranged outer shell, because Whiplash is a fun and inovative platforming/action game. The story goes like this. There is a evil, huge mega corporation that use animals to test new human products. It just so happens that Spanxs the weasel,( who was experimented on with electricity, ) and Redford the rabbit ( who was experimented on with beauty products, ) are chained together and are about to become fused together for the rest of thier lives. Yet they escape the grap of the scientists, and must elude capture at all costs, as well as free all of the other test animals. The only catch? They're chained together.
It does sound wierd, but it is completley addictive and fun. You use Redford, who is indestructable because of a hairspray test that gave him an impeneterable shield, as a whip and can give him many funny and useful powerups. These include on that inflates, another that lets him electrify gaurds and other enimies, plus at least a dozen more. Or you can simply whip him about. The graphics, while not the best, are very unique and have a griddy/saturday morning cartoon look about them-not bad at all, and they stay at a very constant framerate. The sound is great, with a mix of bizzare sound effects and catchy music. The game is however not as long as it could have been, roughly about ten to fifteen hours depending on how good you are at it, but nevertheless, it is still well worth the forty dollars. I recommend Whiplash to everyone, so don't miss this clever and original game when it comes out the seventh!

This game is sooo good. Right up there with Spyro! Very funny especially the bunny Redmond who is your sarcastic weapon. Problems started for me when I started to collect the security cards. The blue balls in the ceiling are supposed to drop so you can swing up and they never did. I started over, and this time, in "waste", the second lock to the incerator wouldn't open even after i pushed the button. I started over again and when it happened again, i kept hiting the button and finally the incinerator opened. Finally, I got to tha part where you race to turn off the alarms. There are 3. I forgot where the third one was and din't reach it in time. It started me over with one to go, but no matter how many times I pushed it, it didn't work. Then, times runs out and life over. That's when I got angry. I see that this happened to someoen else, one other person in the reviews. I had been wondering if my game was defective. I am going to e-mail the company. I REALLY love this game and I am sad that I can't finish it without glitches.

This game is so bizarre! I got it because I liked the cover, but I have to say it's the funniest game I've played in a long time... The writing and story are great, the gameplay is addictive and fun, the object of the game is to break stuff and bring down the man! I wish I could give half points, because it looks like the game could have used some polish, but it's still really fun and well worth forty bucks.

The first half-hour of "Whiplash" ushers the player into a seemingly new and exciting world of mischief and madness as Spanx the weasel feverishly flails the vociferous Redmond the rabbit in every which way during their escape from the animal testing labs of Genron. Sadly, the same senseless button-mashing is all it takes to progress through an otherwise bland, repetitive game.

Following the introduction of Spanx and Redmond, the player is unleashed upon the Genron staff and laboratories and is encouraged to destroy all that lay in their path. While the promise of the systematic destruction of an oppressive, animal testing corporation sounds like a lot of fun, the game becomes extremely repetitious as each "new" level changes very little from the last.

In addition to lacking gameplay, the graphics and sound leave a lot to be desired. Jagged polygons and flat backgrounds fill each level as the same sound effects are continually repeated as the Genron facilities are obliterated. Granted, Redmond's various comments about the mistreat of animals and his pending reports to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (P.E.T.A) do offer a nice change of pace as the garrulous rabbit is swung into various pieces of equipment and gaggles of employees.

In short, "Whiplash" is the ideal game for someone looking forward to countless hours of random button-mashing with little strategy. If you are looking for a game with more substance, "Whiplash" is probably not the best choice.

I'm not much for platform games, but Whiplash definitely grabbed my attention. Most games try to be funny, but fall flat. This game is extremely rare in the humor department and had me laughing over and over again! Although the game can be quite difficult in some areas, but then again, it is definitely keeping the spirt of 'run jump and die' style games, and you will be doing A LOT of that in the later levels. Thankfully, there are plenty of free lives to find and you have ample oppertunities to get through an area before you run out of all your lives.

The artwork is definitely on the 'cartoony' side of things which is why I didn't give this game 5 stars. It's very colorful, but the textures are a little flat, but the level design makes up for a lot of that. Plus being able to destroy practically everything you see is tons of fun, and a great way to vent some anger!

This is definitely a game for anyone of any age who likes a good challenging platform game. Although younger folks might not understand some of the humorous banter, I'm sure they will get a chuckle out of all the other stuff they can catch and the weasel is just too darn funny even tho he never says a word!

The only complaint I have about this game is the glitches. But being stubborn, I went back and saved alot, keeping a few files. If you do that, you shouldn't have any problems. It's non-stop comedy w/ Redmond the sarcastic bunny - in gameplay and during the cutscenes. The more you break, the more the damage amount goes up, so break EVERYTHING! A great message for everyone to knock out those nasty animal-testing humans. Save alligators, eels, monkeys, skunks, a chihuahua, hamsters, it never ends. Beat up security guards and scientists and stomp on them! This company needs to do a follow up -(doesn't even have to be same characters!). This is a must buy. I'd buy everyone a copy if I could!

As much as I love Platformers, I really hate it when a new one comes along. The reason why is because I expect something new from it than just rehashed gameplay that I've played a hundred times before in other games. I like to see games push the envelope, be daring, and not so politically correct all the time because games that push the envelope usually become the classics we all know and love. Oftentimes(though), especially where Platformers are concerned, the ones you'd love to see sequels to just don't get made(like, for example, one of my favorites:"Jersey Devil") and the ones you could care less about have a gazillion of them made.
Enter Whiplash....a Platformer that, while not exactly pushing the envelope per se, is more politically incorrect than any other game I've known. Chances are, we'll never see a sequel to it on account of that one reason & that would be a shame because, even though it is your basic Platformer, it has alot of potential and is alot of fun to play. Despite what some professional reviews might say about it being offensive, I found nothing offensive at all about it. Being politically incorrect doesn't necessarily make it offensive, you know? You play as Spanx and Redmond...a weasel and a bunny(natural enemies in the wild) that must escape Genron(a corporation that conducts horrific tests on cute, fluffy animals) and that is where the fun begins. Like Tak in Tak and the Power of Juju, Spanx and Redmond are two characters in the game that you can't help but like. If I could find anything wrong about the game, it'd be that characters models in the game doesn't have very high polygon counts. Seeing what the Playstation 2 can do graphically, I know they coulda' did better. Course, you'll be having too much fun to notice, really.
Indeed, Whiplash may be just your basic Platformer. There's definitely room for improvement, though, if and when we do see a sequel. I, for one, hope I'm wrong and we do see one. Whiplash( like Tak) is definitely cool.

Whiplash takes the best parts of the Platform genre and layers in some really clever new twists. Combine that with some of the coolest characters and genuinely funny story and you've got a winner!

Sure its not the best graphic PS2 has to offer but its still fun and funny. My wife bought the game to play it on our sons PS2 and I thought the idea was kinda corney at first but once we started playing with it it turned out to be fun and I can see how some of you serious gammers wouldnt wanto put it on the best sellings list because of the antics and graphics of the game but if you looking for something family oriented, fun and funny then Whiplash is the one for you.

Whiplash is a hilarious, fun, challenging game for the ages. The humor of the rabbit and weasel is enough to sending you to saying the game rocks. And the challenges is an adventurous journey. So Me and my siter both think this game is the best of all times!!!!