Planet 51: The Game
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…
Planet 51: The Game is an adventure developed by Pyro Studios, released 6 November 2009 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
What Planet 51: The Game is
Planet 51: The Game is an adventure game developed by Pyro Studios and released in 2009. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Planet 51 series
Planet 51: The Game is the first of 3 entries we hold in the Planet 51 series. The next entry was Planet 51: The Game in 2009.
How it was received
Planet 51: The Game holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 17 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Planet 51: The Game launched on 6 November 2009, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
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