Giants Citizen Kabuto (Mac)

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Product Details

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• ASIN: B00005AG2K
• Item Weight: 12 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 3, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,521 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Giants: Citizen Kabuto is an odd little game. It takes place on a small island populated by short, big-headed people who speak with Scottish accents. They are called Smarties. Out to sea the evil Sea Reapers plot to retake the island for themselves, and they've created a 30-foot-tall monster named Kabuto to help them with their task. To this world come the Meccarins, a trio of humanlike spacemen who wear powered armor and have jetpacks. They arrive and befriend the Smarties against the Sea Reapers, and Kabuto breaks free from Sea Reaper control. All heck breaks loose.

Giants was developed by Planet Moon Studios, an offshoot of the wacky Shiny Entertainment studio that brought us Earthworm Jim and Sacrifice. It shows. The between-mission movies are hilarious and filmed inventively (using the game's graphics) throughout. You begin by portraying the Meccs as they puzzle out the new world and help people. Next you portray Delphi, a sexy sorceress Sea Reaper, and finally you get to walk in the massive footsteps of Kabuto himself. The game plays with arcade style; before you're done you'll have flown around and fired weapons, conjured spells, participated in a jet-ski race or two, and eaten just about everything that moves as the giant himself. It's dizzying, it's fun, and you'll never forget you played it. (Note: not for kids--strong language, nudity, violence, and adult humor throughout). --Bob Andrews

Pros:

• 3 different sides
• Brilliant use of style and humor
• You get to be a giant!

Cons:

• Multiplayer isn't satisfying
• A few crash bugs exist

Product Description

Experience intense strategic action while battling as the Meccaryns, the Sea Reapers or Kabuto: this island isn't big enough for the three of them! Kabuto is too large, too brutal and too hungry to co-exist with any other living creature. Kabuto shows the other two races that he's at the top of the food chain.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, May 20, 2002

By A Customer

This game shows up what OS X is really capable of doing. It is very beautifully rendered. It works much better with a 32 MB Video card but works Ok with a 16 MB. It is very funny and exciting. I highly recommend this game. It is a great value for the money.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some prerelease impression for all us mac users, May 31, 2001

By	Victor J Graf (Blingblingsbury, NSW) - See all my reviews

Here's a rundown: The game takes place on a little chunk of living planet floating through space. It's native population includes Smarties (big-headed people with Scottish accents) the Sea Reapers (baddies) and among other beasts Kabuto (a giant monster created by the Sea Reapers.) With the arrivial of the Meccs (a high tech race of soldiers who just want to fix their ship and get to some party planet) who work with the Smarties, things start to heat up. The three races collide in what turns out to be a humerous story where you get to play three characters. It does contain some gross humor, language and violence) This game was made by the people who brought us Eathworn Jim! What do you expect but something twistedly funny? Anyway, the game's three playable characters are: Delphi, a scantily clad young Sea Reaper girl, the uproariously funny Meccs (did I mention they have jetpacks?) and of course the draw of the game: Kabuto. You can eat people, smash things and lay little eggs and raise baby Kabutos (Kabuti? Kabutoes?) to do your nefarious bidding. People's only complaint was some buggy PC performance not covered by patches and that the storyline gets repetative. A PS2 port is also in the works. But I don't know when that's going to come out. And there are some games that should be experienced in their original keyboard and mouse format. Needless to say this game looks great and something that the quality starved mac gaming market needs. Playing both the Mecc and Sea Reaver demos on a high end PC I noticed that you'll need a good graphics card and fast processor for this visually astounding game, so it may be tough for those of us with iMac DV 400s. But hang in there because Giants is gonna come stomping onto the mac.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, November 25, 2002

By A Customer

This game is fantastic. Fun, funny, and challenging. Not to easy that you finish it in one sitting. I've been playing for almost a month and it still has me interested. The only reason it is not 5 stars is that you cannot save save the game in the middle of missions. Some of the missions take an hour or more of playing and if you stop mid-way you have to start all over again the next time you play.
As for nudity, my version has the female characters in a bikini. I read that they changed the graphics to get rid of the nudity.