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Platform: GameBoy
Advance
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Fear FactorScore: 1.0 / 10 |
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Pros: - Fear meter |
Cons: - Everything else |
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"Can I describe Fear Factor: Unleashed in one simple word? Sure I can: crap." |
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This is pretty much the worst game I’ve ever played. I wish I could
just end the review here, but I can’t. Fear Factor is based on the
reality show of the same name. The presentation is utter crap
and you don’t need to be a fan of the show to realize how
inaccurate the game is. If Hip Games thought they could use the Fear
Factor license as a quick cash-in, they were horribly mistaken. Creating
games based on “reality” shows is a really bad idea.
(Anyone remember Survivor’s foray?)
When starting a new game you are to choose between a male or female
character and then customize him or her. Your options are painfully
limited to the change of hair color, skin color and costume color. No
matter what you choose for your character, he or she is going to end up
looking like crap. (Perhaps I’m being a little too harsh, but after
the pain and anger this game caused me, I think it’s an even trade.)
After customizing your contestant’s appearance, you have to customize
the stats. There are four categories and they include steadiness, nerve,
stomach and stamina. Finally the game gives your character a random
phobia. A couple of examples are claustrophobia
and acrophobia. The game consists of many crappy and unrealistic mini-games that
would never appear on the show. I guess that’s why the game’s title
has the word “Unleashed” attached to it. There are 12 games in total
like Hell-icopter, a game with many control issues where you take
control of a helicopter while trying to avoid obstacles that would lead
to certain death. There are other games like ones where you have to pick
locks while being pinned down to a train track. There’s a game where
you drive a go-kart on a very high track and there’s even a game where
a swinging axe from above comes down to chop you in two. Of course what
would Fear Factor be without eating bugs and other weird crap? Eating
cockroaches might sound like fun (if you’re into that sort of thing)
but like everything else in the game it’s boring. What hurts the game
even more is the fact that players have to skip multiple turns of
multiple AI opponents because you, “the player”, always has to go
last. |
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During a game, players will notice a fear meter at the bottom of
the screen. If it goes too far to the left or too far to the right you
automatically lose. To prevent losing, players will have to keep it in
the middle by tapping L and R to balance it. There is a multiplayer mode
but I can assure you that you will have trouble finding anyone who
actually owns the game. Graphically this game is garbage. There is some sort of shading
effects found on the characters and backgrounds, but that’s the only
thing I can compliment on detail. The audio is even worse than the
game’s appearance and that’s pretty sad. There are many annoying
phrases spoken throughout turns, sound effects are crap and music is,
well, crap. |
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Can I describe Fear Factor: Unleashed in one simple word? Sure I
can: crap. I’ve used the word more than enough times in this
review. It’s pretty bad that I had more fun reviewing the game than
actually playing it. Avoid at all costs! - J’Tonello (April 17, 2005)
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