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Review: Giants: Citizen Kabuto
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by Jake the Snake
(IDG) -- One of the most clever and innovative games in a long time, Giants: Citizen Kabuto takes you on a long strange trip indeed and has nearly everything you could want in a game. This real-time strategy challenge is hilarious, has a wonderful story, looks and sounds great, and best of all, puts you in the shoes of a 100-foot monster, crushing or eating everything in your path. If you own a PC and play games, get Giants: Citizen Kabuto.
Graphics 5.0
Giants creates a strange but beautiful world filled with palm trees, rolling hills and valleys, and colorful sunsets. Amazingly, the world looks just as detailed and smooth when you're looking down from Kabuto's 100-foot-high mug. And the other characters look cool, too.
Sound 5.0
The superb voice acting will have you rolling on the floor, especially in the cut scenes. During the action, your cockney-accented comrades chatter away, boasting "right between the eyes" when they kill an enemy, or screaming "My legs!" when they get hurt.
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Controls 4.5
The controls make moving, aiming, and shooting nearly perfect, whether in third- or first-person. The base-building system works well, too, but can get a little tricky in the heat of battle.
Fun factor 5.0
Giants is one of the most clever and innovative games in a long time. It sucks you into its weird world and doesn't let you go. Even replaying missions is fun. Plus, it's really three games in one, as you play as a Mecc, Princess Delphi, and the savage beast Citizen Kabuto.
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