Kung Fu Panda Comments by Dan Whitehead

7/10 So not quite as good as MGS4...disappointing.

Whoa, that's a high score for a film tie-in.

I bought it. It arrived same time as the review.

This a 360 exclusive?

"I bought it. It arrived same time as the review"

Of course you did.

7/10 So not quite as good as MGS4...disappointing.

no..... just that LITTTTTLEEEEE bit crapper... if only it had longer cutscenes... oops

is this coming out on the PS3...? my nephew would love it!

cheers...

Got this for my 9 year old on wednesday - he completed it in 5 hours over wednesday and thursday.

Looks like it's out for everything, wii, PS2, PS3 and DS

@muscle
now I just need sealife.

oh nevermind that, I'm not really from the "games police".

Graphics look amazing compared to most move tie-ins, well done there!
However;
"our old friend Trevor Quick-Time Event"
Sad-Panda

I quite enjoyed the demo I tried a while back on the 360 (it was on an OXM cover disc I think); it was a lout of fun and endearingly cute despite the fighting. Graphically it was pretty slick too bar the nasty screen tearing. Has it been fixed for the final game by any chance?

7/10?

For a movie tie-in?

Does. Not. Compute.

/aneurysm

Wow, decent reviews all over the intarwebs.

GameRankings for the 360 version

Not seen the movie yet, but I hear good things.

Sounds good. They probably just started developing early on, when all they had to go on was the title/concept "Kung Fu Panda". The devs probably said these words exactly to the crew working on it:

Studio boss: "OK, so we've been hired to do a movie tie-in called... Brian, stop making faces! Anyway, the movie's called "Kung Fu Panda", and I have no Idea what it's about, except that it will probably be a Panda in it, and I think the Panda will be able to do some martial arts stuff. Other than that, we have no idea about the story, the characters, the setting or pretty much anything else - as is normal for these movie tie-in projects. None of that stuff will be ready before the film is pretty much done, as usual. So we're going to disregard all that shit and just do a game about a Panda who knows kung fu, and fill in the blanks later. OK, so that's where we're at. Any suggestions for the gameplay?"

Brian (sarcastic): How about taking a sucessful hack-and-slash game, copy that and just replace the main character with a panda, and maybe replace the special attacks with famous king fu moves lifted off old Jackie Chan movies?

Studio boss: "Fucking amazing idea, Brian! Uhm... what's the most successful, uhm, hash-and-smash game was it?

Brian: "Hack and slash, boss.

Studio boss: "Right. What's a popular hat and mash game?"

Brian: "God of War is pretty good. Sold millions."

Studio boss: "Great! Great! Let's do that! OK, everybody, do what Brian said, I'm off to lunch!

Actually, that is indeed the right way to do it, rather than waiting for the movie studio to contribute. Like - the RIddick game wasn't even based on a film at all, just on the character from the previous film, with zero relevance to the movie it was probably supposed to tie in with. I hope this catches on - especially as it could give som rather bizarre results. I'd rather like to play a game copying GTA IV in minute detail - only with me controlling Iron Man instead of Nico. Or...

Studio boss: "Listen up! We're going to make a game based on a movie called "Mandela" - no idea what it's about, except that this Mandela guy is the boss of some third world country. Any suggestion's for gameplay about powerful bosses we can copy?

Brian: "Overlord was rather good, wasn't it?"

Studio boss: "Overload it is then, go to it, see you in 18 months".

@miiiguel

Yeah my 7 year old daughter completed Sealife Safari pretty fast.
She might like this too. I prefer NG2 though.

As good as Assassins Creed then?

That's cool for you. The good thing about beeing 30 is that I can play whatever I want and do not have to explain myself to anyone nor beeing afraid of beeing labeled a kid (which would be pretty cool to be), I guess.

"As good as Assassins Creed then? "

Yes but its probably reviewed as a game for kids not adults. I guess i buy it for my daughter though if she likes the movie and Miguel can finish it with another 1000 g (just kidding Miguel :) ).

As good as Assassins Creed then?


Not sure how it could possibly be worse.

When I tried the demo I actually finished it as well. It's not bad, especially considering it's a movie tie-in. I don't have kids of my own but I can imagine it's nice when you buy something for your kids and you don't have to sit through all that rubbish.

But I admit..., I'm not manly enough to play NG2. And I like animated kids movies.

tried the demo. amazingly, it wasn't crap. at all. congratulations :)

Olemak

I loved the comments.

EDIT - removed the non-existent "r" from your name i.e. Olemark

WHAT THE HELL, A HALF-DECENT MOVIE TIE-IN?

RIP IN SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM DETECTED

ABORT ALL HANDS ABORT ABORT ABORT

WHAT THE HELL, A HALF-DECENT MOVIE TIE-IN?

RIP IN SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM DETECTED

I'm guessing you didn't play Meet The Robinsons then?

What the hell is Meet the Robinsons?

Sounds like your imagination is playing up Zomoniac

Yes it's out on PS3 today as well.

[ ] Good
[ ] Movie
[ ] Game

Choose two.

@ Mudo:

That would be the other kids movie tie-in game that scored well widely.

So, as good as... um... Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy?

What the hell is Meet the Robinsons?

It was last year's Disney mindless cash-grabbing CGI summer kids film. The game of which was creative, varied and thoroughly enjoyable, and also got a 7 from Eurogamer. I gave it a generous 4/5 in my review.

Didnt see a 7/10 coming nice.

Although I liked the demo, and the full game sounds even better, what intrigues me the most is the unlockable minigames.

Kungfu chaos was a great game, but the minigames were simply astoundingly good multiplayer fun. Could there be a touch of chaos in kungfu panda?

Panda's + Kungfu = Good

I hope the game is as fun as these comments :-)

Sounds good, if I like the film, which things suggest I might, I may pick up the game to have a play through, and for my little sis.

moviegame!

"Jack Black" + "genuinely funny" in same sentence?

/shudders
/poos pants

Finally a movie game that's pretty good, not great, with colorful graphics and funny Jack Black imitator.
Not many platformers to choose from on the 360..it's about time.
I actually enjoyed it with my nephew. I got Wall-E too but haven't opened it yet.

I'm not really a fan of Shrek/Ice Age (etc) type animated films, but I'd recommend this one. It's pretty good. In fact, I've watched it twice.

@Olemak : is that a take on MicroSerfs ? If so : applause !!!

Good to see such licensed titles being so high quality!

Congrats to the devs!

"Finally a movie game that's pretty good, not great, with colorful graphics and funny Jack Black imitator."

Yes, that Jack Black certainly is one of the best Jack Black imitators around :)

What¨s the PS2 version like then - just as good? (except for lesser graphics of course).

Didn't King Kong get an 8?