Over The Hedge review:
While the DS version had a completely different storyline that followed the movie's events, Over The Hedge for the Xbox is loosely based on the movie's story.
You have four characters at your disposal to play as: RJ the Raccoon, Verne the Turtle, Hammy the Squirrel and Stella the Skunk, each of them with their own special move. You can only control one but have two active at the same time, switching between them as you please. Alternatively, you can have a friend control the second character for a co-op gameplay mode.
The game first begins with a brief tutorial, which makes it easy for everyone to get acquainted with the controls, being an especially useful process for younger gamers (which is who the game is particularly aimed at). Needless to say, the learning curve is very small: jump with a button, attack with another and you're pretty much on your way.
The core of the game is a 3D action platformer with a lot (I do mean a lot!) of hack'n'slash. You jump around avoiding traps such as lasers and motion detectors, collect food to heal and potato chips to increase your character's health, and keep hitting that attack button to kill the baddies that get in your way.
Over The Hedge review:
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Over The Hedge review:
Over the Hedge features good co-operative action based off a movie that’s sure to gather many fans. It’s an excellent game for parents to play with their kids after seeing the movie. Author: Jake Valentine aka: Traxis
Over The Hedge review:
It won’t win any awards for originality, but with quality visuals, outstanding voice acting, and challenging gameplay, Over the Hedge is guaranteed to entertain and delight young and old alike, and should make the perfect companion piece to the upcoming film.
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