by Trish
Rabbids Go Home
December 25, 2009 in Computer Games by Trish
Product Description
The rabbids have had enough of losing to Rayman, but going home may cause more mayhem than staying. You see, they’ve decided that the best way to leave Earth is to build a tower of rubbish all the way to the moon (not that they’re certain that’s where they came from). Playing as the maniacal rabbit creatures you tour each level in a shopping trolley collecting anything that’s not tied down and a lot that isn’t: from a chest of drawers to a runaway cow. Many items give you special abilities, like a skyscraper chase in a giant bubble and an aircraft jet engine that lets you suck up even more objects. With the rabbids’ trademark humour still intact (your basic attack scares the clothes off humans, wh… More >>
I’ve only just gotten the game, but I absolutely love it to pieces. It’s just a *teensy* bit addictive, but so much fun! I nearly fell off my chair laughing at the Rabbid living inside my remote, and spent 5 minutes bouncing him around inside it. I’ve had no problems with it so far, apart from having to pause for breath from laughing at something they did. I mean, scaring the clothes off people, then spinning whatever they’re cowering around on…genius! Not to mention throwing a water cooler around. And that bunny with the paint bucket…so sadistically sweet.
High praise to the creator of this game, and all the other Rabbids games…I recommend them all! They’re great fun, and perfect for entertaining guests, or even just yourself, although if you’re buying games with the intention of solo play – Get this one first!
That’s all I have to say…for now!
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this game for its comedy value and I was not disappointed. Very few games make me laugh out loud when playing but this one does. The levels are fun and quirky and for added humour you can customise your rabbit with graffiti, tattoos and all manner of accessories.
Where this game really surprised me was the quality of the gameplay. It’s very easy to pick up and has an initial ‘training’ level to help you get the hang of the controls. Following this you move to a central city, from which you can access individual missions in different areas e.g. supermarket, hospital, airport etc. Each mission requires you to collect a specific large object but there are also lots of smaller ones to pick up on the way around. The more stuff you collect, the higher your pile becomes and the more missions you can access. You can also go back and replay previous missions if you want to improve your score.
The game is controlled using the nunchuck and the Wiimote. To attack you have to shake the Wiimote. I found this somewhat counterintuitive being used to the playstation and several times I inadvertantly attacked things just by moving the remote. However having a separate controller for each hand is more comfortable than hunching over a single controller!
Initially I thought this game was going to be too easy as I found the first couple of missions quite straightforward. However, things become more challenging as you go along. In addition some of the timed/speed sections are reasonably easy to pass but much harder to pass if you collect all the stuff at the same time, so I found myself going back to the missions to try and improve my score. There is lots of variety within the levels: you may find yourself chasing a truck with a cow in it, riding a jet engine or floating around in a hospital bed. In the nuclear power station it is pitch black and you have to run through radioactive puddles in order to light up the area around you. In short, the game is challenging, fun and never boring!
In summary this is a great platformer that is fun for new and/or young gamers whilst still being challenging enough for those with a bit more experience. It’s not quite as sophisticated as Jak or Ratchet & Clank on the PS2 (the combat in particular is very basic) but the comedy value more than makes up for it. Great fun alone or as a multiplayer.
Rating: 4 / 5
I’ve really have tried (and failed) to “get” the whole gaming thing before, but Rabbids are my guilty secret!
The Wii remained mostly untouched until I discovered Rabbids TV Party, and I was wondering if this could live up to the fun and nonsense of that.
The wondering stopped the moment I loaded it, installed the Rabbid channel, and discovered the real live Rabbid living in my remote! I soon had him bouncing around, spinning off the turntable and giggling as I electrocuted his toes with a dangling wire. The electrocution became even more fun when I discovered you can totally personalise the Rabbid to look startlingly like Gordon Brown. Or you can download rabbids entered in previous week’s “dressing up” competitions.
Once in the game, the music is great. Loads of original tracks you’ll recognise, and the surround sound works really well.
As it doesn’t say in the song: “Rabbids to the front of me, baddies to the back, here I am stuck in the middle with BWAAAAHHHH!”.
I like the fact that there’s a slightly politically incorrect edge to this game, and it tickled us when the scouts are all running around on one level and the scoutmaster shouts “Slippery Beaver, where are you?!”. The tannoy announcements are very witty too.
The gameplay is smooth and detailed although some levels are more challenging than others. The whole thing is highly polished with lots of touches. On any stage, level or screen, if you leave the game alone for a bit, you’ll come back to find the rabbids doing something naughty.
It’s not without a couple of glitches – I found myself having “glitched” through a wall a couple times, trapped with no way out, and once a wall vanished, turned white, and I fell into endless white space and had to restart the level.
But seeing as I’ve now finished the game and overall it’s so much fun, I’m not going to detract a star for that.
You’ll definitely want a second player to help you though, but the beauty of this game is that you can spend from 5 minutes alone making music in “Cack-o-phony”, or a whole evening screaming in abject hilarity with a friend on the sofa as you race a ticking timebomb cow against the clock!
Yes, I’m a grown up. Yes, I really should know better. But there’s a Rabbid in my remote and he’s in control…
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to dress my Rabbid up like Jedward and slap it around with a big foam hand…
Rating: 5 / 5
Wow, what can I say! I bought this game on the day it came out and have been addicted ever since. Those crazy bunnies really make me laugh, and as you go through each level you collect presents which mean you can decorate your Rabbid with tatto’s and accessories.
My girl rabbid who already came dressed in red lace G-string style underwear, is now sporting blue eyeshadow, pink lipstick, many tatto’s and is wearing a traffic cone on her head!
I haven’t had any problem with the gameplay, in terms of screens freezing etc, the only problem I have had is a swollen thumb, and paralysed arms from playing it until 4am in the morning.
I really like the music they play when you go into the elevators and the shopping malls, and the comments you get from the people when you chase them and then steal all their clothes and credit cards.
I haven’t got any of the other rabbid games so cant make a comparison to those, but I do have about 30 other Wii games and this is by far my favourite.
Who ever designed it, has a really good sense of humour. It makes me laugh outloud, especially when I deliberately electrocute my rabbid (it likes it) as it rolls around the floor laughing.
Rating: 5 / 5
Just picked this up today, and have already played it for about 5 hours straight! Easily one of the funniest, zaniest games to have ever existed, the rabbids are just packed with character, and the gameplay is excellent. The controls are very tight and responsive, and the handling on the shopping cart is fluid.
Create a character mode is a blast, and has some really unique options for customising your personal object-collection squad. Having them appear in the gameplay and al cutscenes is really something to behold.
The only thing letting it down is the ocasions glitch; once I have had to restart a level, and once the game froze, requiring a restart. I had hoped such problems had been left behind this generation, but I guess not.
Had it not been for these small problems, this game would have scored a complete 5/5, but is instead a very reasonable 4/5.
I expect to see this filling everyones stocking this christmas!
Rating: 4 / 5