| Viva Piñata: Party Animals | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Krome Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Series | Viva Piñata |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360 |
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| Genre(s) | Party |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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Viva Piñata: Party Animals is a video game developed by Krome Studios for the MicrosoftXbox 360video game console, part of the Viva Piñata series. The game was announced in July, 2007, and was released on October 30, 2007 in North America, November 15, 2007 in Australia, November 16, 2007 in Europe, and December 6, 2007 in Japan.
Unlike the original Viva Piñata, Party Animals is based on elements from the television show, including its characters and voices. Furthermore, the title provides a minigame based experience, similar to the Mario Party series, rather than the sandbox environment of the original. There are over 40 minigames, as well as kart-style races which are conducted on foot.
Gameplay[edit]
Similar to other casual Xbox 360 titles such as Fuzion Frenzy 2, Viva Piñata: Party Animals is framed as a game show, where contestants compete against each other while announcers provide colorful commentary.
A game of Party Animals consists of three or more race events, each followed by one or more randomly selected challenge mini-games (depending on selected game length). The goal is to be the player who has earned the most candy ('Candiosity') after the final challenge is completed. Games always feature four player characters, although only one of these need be human-controlled. Multiple individuals can play on a single console (causing races to be conducted split-screen), or players can play online via Xbox Live.
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Players earn candy based on their performance during the challenge mini-games, with fixed awards for first, second, third, and fourth places. The races themselves do not earn players candy, but instead determine a bonus which influences the winnings from the challenge events which follow. As a result, candy awards are always a combination of these two separate placements, with players required to do well in both event types to guarantee overall victory.
There are eight playable characters: Hudson Horstachio, Paulie Pretztail, Fergy Fudgehog and Franklin Fizzlybear, as well as their newly introduced female counterparts.
Development[edit]
Viva Piñata: Party Animals was developed by a team of roughly 60 people at Krome Studios, the first Australian studio to develop a first-party game for Microsoft.[1] The involvement of Rare, responsible for the original Viva Piñata, was limited to supplying artwork and information about the game's visual style, while Krome retained full control over the design.[1]
When asked why the studio was chosen, Microsoft VP Shane Kim explained, 'They've got a long history in the industry and we have a ton of respect for their work', referring to Krome's previous efforts on series such as Ty the Tasmanian Tiger and Spyro the Dragon.[2] In the same interview, Kim also noted that the Viva Piñata franchise was important to the success of the Xbox 360 in the casual game space. He summarized, 'Our aspiration is to win this generation, and in order to do that, we know we have to appeal beyond the core gamer segment'.[2]
Reception[edit]
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Viva Piñata: Party Animals was not particularly well received by the gaming press, despite the appreciation of its vibrant visuals. IGN criticized the fact that many of the mini-games were simply minor variants of each other, with most being aimed at young children. The review remarks that, 'A few of them will be enjoyable for those under the age of seven, but if you're any older than that there's absolutely no challenge to be found within Party Animals'.[6] The GameSpot review similarly frowned upon the lack of true variety, noting that '.. the [minigame] variants end up feeling so similar to one another that the game might as well just have six minigames'.[4]
One of them is physics. It's mostly remixed of Heretic and Hexen music made to sound more ambient. Has some good tracks of it's own.And well, while I mostly like this game a lot, it has few annoying things. Hexen ii pc game music.
Somewhat more positive remarks were earned from TeamXbox, where the reviewer felt that the better mini-games balanced out the poorer ones. The review concludes, 'The wide range of minigames almost guarantees everyone will find at least something they like in the title, and I’ve yet to find anyone who didn’t get a thrill out of the game’s fast paced racing'.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ abKolan, Patrick (2007-07-31). 'Viva Piñata: Party Animals AU Interview'. IGN AU.
- ^ abSinclair, Brendan (2007-07-12). 'E3 '07 Q&A: Microsoft's Shane Kim'. GameSpot.
- ^'Viva Pinata: Party Animals (xbox360: 2007): Reviews'. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ abDavis, Ryan (2007-10-31). 'Viva Pinata: Party Animals for Xbox 360 Review'. GameSpot.
- ^Theobald, Phil (2007-11-05). 'GameSpy: Viva Pinata: Party Animals Review'. GameSpy.
- ^ abAhearn, Nate (2007-10-30). 'Viva Piñata: Party Animals Review'. IGN.
- ^Chapman, David (2007-10-30). 'Viva Piñata: Party Animals Review (Xbox 360)'. TeamXbox.
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I really didn't like this game much but my kids love it. I found the quality of the graphics to be poor but the backgrounds were passable. I have a difficult time telling which character is which on the screen as well.Some of the mini games are really lame. There's at least one where you drink (soda?), burp and the breath propels a sailboat. The racing games are fun, though.Despite these problems, the game is still fun and my kids absolutely LOVED it.I liked the fact this game handles up to four players at the same time.