Ratings
This shrekquel game, which received a 71% on Metacritic further explores attributes of each character's personality, attacks and abilities to progress through an action-packed quest.
What is Shrek 2?
Prominent games from this year: Portal 2, Skyward Sword, CoD: MW3, and Captain America: Super Soldier.
What is 2011?
In the bubbly adventure of The Little Mermaid, play as Ariel as she dives through six diverse stages to take on the big, bad Ursula. Treasure chests and icons can be collected to contain power-ups to increase her bubble's power and range!
(A) Party Game, (B) Platformer, (C) Side-Scroller
What is a side-scrolling action game?
Alvin and the Chipmunks is a rhythm game.
True!
This 1997 game is a first-person shooter by British Game Developer Rare that really bonded with players, receiving a 96% on Metacritic!
What is GoldenEye 007?
Prominent games from this year: Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid, Spyro 1, and A Bug's Life Video Game.
What is 1998?
Try to survive in a living, breathing house full of traps in Monster House! Aim using your water blaster to subdue creatures created from a combination of different household objects. Spooooky surprises and unexpected random events keep players constantly on their guard.
(A) Third-Person Platformer, (B) Third-Person Shooter Survival Horror, (C) Third-Person RPG
What is a 3rd person shooter and survival-horror?
Top Gun has 13 games based on the one movie.
True!
Players will recognize the storyline, characters and key locations from the film as they carry out intense missions, dodge dangerous enemies and navigate their way through a futuristic world with a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach, and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots. Receiving a 54% on Metacritic for the Nintendo DS!
What is Wall-E?
Prominent games from this year: Breath of the Wild, Little Nightmares, Mario Kart 8, Cars 3: Driven to Win.
2017
In 300: March to Glory, the player takes on the role of King Leonidas, as you tear through horde after horde of Persian warriors including slaves, spearmen, archers, Immortals, Persian champions, and two Persian generals. Armour can be upgraded, as can weapons and stats!
(A) Hack-and-Slash, (B) Action Adventure,
(C) Action RPG
What is Hack and Slash?
Godfather (1991) was a side-scrolling shooter that featured locations from the movie.
True!
The Madagascar video game that was released in 2005 released on multiple consoles including the PS2 and DS. The visibility most likely contributed to this “nice” metacritic percentage.
What is 69%?
Prominent games from this year: Half-Life 2 Episode 1, Gears of War, Okami, and Happy Feet.
What is 2006?
In Sharknado: The Video Game, play as Fin, who sprints through various vistas of shark-infested New York City. While he runs, players must weave in and out of three different lanes while encountering various obstacles such as roadblocks, cars, and sharks. The best part? You get to do it again and again in the next levels!
(A) Endless Runner, (B) Rhythm, (C) 3D Platformer
What is an endless runner?
Ratchet and Clank (2002) is based on the movie of the same name.
False, the 2016 R&C is the one based on the movie.
IGN summed up their review by stating, "We love these classic Christmas claymation movies, so it’s really sad to see such a blatant cash-in." It's one of the red flags that this game received a 0.8 user score on Metacritic.
What is Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer?
Prominent games from this year: Mega Man, The first Final Fantasy, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and Jaws.
What is 1987?
Flex your brain in The Lost World: Jurassic Park as you cultivate your own historic allies to strategically battle evil hunters and rogue dinosaurs through 12 missions! The island is yours to save... Or lose!
(A) Turn-based RPG, (B) Real-time Strategy,
(C) Collectible Card Game
What is real-time strategy?
Batman the Dark Knight is an action-stealth game that released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2008.
False, it was actually cancelled!