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Planet 51: The Game (Xbox 360)

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Description

Planet 51: The Game is an action driving game, with some sandbox play, that can be described as Grand Theft Auto for kids. It is based on the animated movie with the same name. You will play as Lem (the young green alien), Charles 'Chuck' Baker (the stranded astronaut) or R.O.V.E.R. (the mechanical probe), in their joint effort to help the astronaut in getting back to the Earth.

The game has three acts, divided in 40 missions. You'll have to race, crash the cars, escape from the villains, find hidden rocks, transport goods, mow the lawn, etc. Throughout the course of the game, you can unlock rewards and gain achievements by completing missions in a set amount of time or without breaking the car, finding all the secret comic pages, performing jumps through billboards, etc.

The game supports multiplayer action in crashing cars and races, for 2 to 4 players, depending on the platform.

Screenshots

Planet 51: The Game Xbox 360 Taking the gorilla to the circus
Planet 51: The Game Xbox 360 Driving through the city with the close camera
Planet 51: The Game Xbox 360 Chuck following R.O.V.E.R. through the back alley.
Planet 51: The Game Xbox 360 Racing in the canals

Alternate Titles

  • "Planete 51: Le Jeu" -- French title
  • "Planet 51: Il Videogioco" -- Italian title
  • "Planet 51: Het Spel" -- Dutch title
  • "Planet 51: El Videojuego" -- Spanish title
  • "Planet 51: Das Spiel" -- German title

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The Press Says

GameSpot Dec 07, 2009 7 out of 10 70
SOS Gamers Jan 08, 2010 70 out of 100 70
GamingXP Nov 26, 2009 68 out of 100 68
Gamezone (Germany) Nov 20, 2009 6.6 out of 10 66
Mundo Gamers Nov 27, 2009 6 out of 10 60
Everyeye.it Dec 02, 2009 5.5 out of 10 55
Xbox360Achievements Jan 04, 2010 55 out of 100 55
Play.tm Dec 08, 2009 50 out of 100 50
IGN Dec 03, 2009 5 out of 10 50
Jeuxvideo.com Jan 29, 2010 9 out of 20 45

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Trivia

Only the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions use the UnrealEngine3 and AGEIA PhysX. The Wii version uses an in-house 3D engine and Havok respectively.
vEK (1848) added Planet 51: The Game (Xbox 360) on Nov 27, 2009
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