The one thing that had to be good, and it ended up being awful. I would have even loved to see someone like Barbados as an unlockable character.Īnd to top it all off, the driving is pretty bad. And to bring up Disney’s Extreme Skateboarding again, that game has characters with a variety of visually different looking characters, even the ones from the same movie. As a result, the game is filled with samey looking characters. And what’s annoying is that the game doesn’t even have the two wasp characters from the movie, which could have added some more variety and visual flair, and at least would have padded out the roster to an acceptable amount, despite the fact that one of them is even on the cover of the game. When you’re getting one-upped by Disney’s Extreme Skateboarding, it’s time to call it quits.Īnd unlike the game that it’s trying to ape off of, Mario Kart, Antz didn’t exactly have a lot of characters to pick from, and it’s pretty obvious from the fact that the game has 6 total characters to pick from, with 4 of them being unlockables. Not even sound-alikes, something which even Disney’s Extreme Skateboarding did. Antz Extreme Racing doesn’t even do that and ends up being a lazily put together cash grab that’s somehow late to promoting it’s own film.Īntz Extreme racing doesn’t even have voice clips from the movie for it’s characters. But the team that developed the game clearly knew that they were making a game that was just a promotional tool, so they jumped on the back on the gameplay of another game to do the heavy work for them, and it ended up being a competent game despite the fact that it was obviously an advertisement. That game is literally just the gameplay from Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 but with a Disney and Pixar coat of paint to promote the movies that were big at the time. I’m going to make a comparison to another obvious cash grab, “Disney’s Extreme Skateboarding”, to make a point. But that feels like I’m reaching for compliments when I’m talking about the graphics, which I am. Plus it carries of the art style of the movie well enough. It’s not the worst looking game that I’ve seen on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox and the characters do look like their movie counterparts, despite their faces having the exact same facial expression the whole game. If this was rushed out to come out as the same time as the theatrical or even VHS release for the film, the game being a kart racer would make a lot more sense, or at least a more more excusable as to how and why it ended up the way it did, but somehow this game ended up on the XBOX and PS2, 4 years and a whole console generation later. Now you might be asking yourself, “Why are you reviewing a shitty 18 year old video game based on a movie that people only talk about when someone goes ‘Hey, do you remember Antz?'” I have a lot of free time, and very little in the way of dignity.Īnd to make matters worse, it doesn’t even take advantage of the large time span between the films theatrical release and the game’s release date by having a more polished game. If it isn’t obvious from the title and box art, Antz Extreme Racing is a kart racing game based on the film Antz. Dangers along the way include rocks, crevices, oil slicks, and nails, so players must keep an eye on more than their competitors while navigating the terrain.Someone out there thought it was a good idea to release an Antz game in 2002, a whopping 4 years after the movie came out. A number of power-ups can be found along the ground to use against opponents, from mosquitoes and sticky patches to smoke screens and aphids, and both turbo boosts and shields are available to make it through courses in one piece. Levels consist of the following five areas: Anthill, Forest Park, Frozen Pond, the City, and Insectopia. Both Single Player and Multiplayer options are available, with the latter supporting up to four competitors on a split-screen.Īfter selecting a character, players are presented with a list of specific challenges to complete, such as time trials, traditional races, slaloms, and gnat collecting. Six playable characters include Z, Princess Bala, General Mandible, Colonel Cutter, Azteca, and Weaver as they zip around the outdoor terrain on foot, on the backs of wasps, on snowboards, and in custom vehicles. Based on the characters and locales from Dreamworks' 1998 computer animated movie, Antz Extreme Racing features a mix of driving, running, boarding, and flying as players embark on a championship series spanning the four seasons of summer, autumn, winter, and spring.
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