I’m a huge Aqua Teen fan and even that can’t really save this game.
I mean, I’ll start with the positives:
1. For an ATHF video game on the PS2, it actually looks pretty good! Character models are nice, environments look like the show.
2. The IDEA is great on paper. A golf game/beat em up is an idea so stupid that it could totally work, in theory.
3. It’s funny. It’s the same Aqua Teen humor, the dialogue is still great. Hearing Shake be such a dick to Meatwad, Turkatron talking about his juicy metal legs when you smack him, it’s good stuff.
4. Good fanservice. Lots of character appearances and references. The Mooninites, the Plutonians, Cybernetic Ghost, etc.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t make up for the game’s big problems.
1. The big one. The gameplay. It’s just too sluggish and repetitive and monotonous and boy just plain not that fun. If they made your characters move and attack faster, I think it could’ve worked. It wouldn’t have been the deepest game out there, but it would work! But man, this game is a SLOOOOOOG. It gets a LITTLE Better when you get some better weapons, but not much.
2. The racing sections. So once every few levels you’ll do a kart racing segment against Skeeter and DP (the frat aliens). And boy, does none of it work. it’s slow, bad controls, pretty easy (except for when the physics mess you up and it takes forever to reorient yourself), and boy do I hate hearing the same three lines over and over again AD. NAUSEUM.
“Who farted?” “Turn on the AC” “Who farted?” “This thing have a CD player?” “who farted?” “Who farted?”
3. These levels are LONG. Early on it’s not a big problem, but later on when the courses get bigger, holy shit. Big levels + incredibly slow traversal speed = please let it end.
It sucks, since there’s real potential here, and the big problems seem SO OBVIOUS! Like someone HAS to have thought “hey, this isn’t very good, maybe we should fix some things up.” Maybe it was low budget, maybe it was a short time frame. But wow, whatever the issue was, it’s a real shame.
I am 30 or 40 years old and I do NOT NEED THIS.
I mean, I’ll start with the positives:
1. For an ATHF video game on the PS2, it actually looks pretty good! Character models are nice, environments look like the show.
2. The IDEA is great on paper. A golf game/beat em up is an idea so stupid that it could totally work, in theory.
3. It’s funny. It’s the same Aqua Teen humor, the dialogue is still great. Hearing Shake be such a dick to Meatwad, Turkatron talking about his juicy metal legs when you smack him, it’s good stuff.
4. Good fanservice. Lots of character appearances and references. The Mooninites, the Plutonians, Cybernetic Ghost, etc.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t make up for the game’s big problems.
1. The big one. The gameplay. It’s just too sluggish and repetitive and monotonous and boy just plain not that fun. If they made your characters move and attack faster, I think it could’ve worked. It wouldn’t have been the deepest game out there, but it would work! But man, this game is a SLOOOOOOG. It gets a LITTLE Better when you get some better weapons, but not much.
2. The racing sections. So once every few levels you’ll do a kart racing segment against Skeeter and DP (the frat aliens). And boy, does none of it work. it’s slow, bad controls, pretty easy (except for when the physics mess you up and it takes forever to reorient yourself), and boy do I hate hearing the same three lines over and over again AD. NAUSEUM.
“Who farted?” “Turn on the AC” “Who farted?” “This thing have a CD player?” “who farted?” “Who farted?”
3. These levels are LONG. Early on it’s not a big problem, but later on when the courses get bigger, holy shit. Big levels + incredibly slow traversal speed = please let it end.
It sucks, since there’s real potential here, and the big problems seem SO OBVIOUS! Like someone HAS to have thought “hey, this isn’t very good, maybe we should fix some things up.” Maybe it was low budget, maybe it was a short time frame. But wow, whatever the issue was, it’s a real shame.
I am 30 or 40 years old and I do NOT NEED THIS.
I love this game. I love Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Carl Brutananadilewski - "Okay Candy, I'm sorry - I guess we're not in America. I guess now I'm not allowed to pay for sex with pennies."
Carl Brutananadilewski - "Okay Candy, I'm sorry - I guess we're not in America. I guess now I'm not allowed to pay for sex with pennies."
This is a game I saw on the store when I was a kid and ever since then I've been wanting to play it. After almost 20 years... I got very disappointed.
The aesthetic is good, I liked cel-shaded carl and aqua teens. As for the gameplay... One of the worst I've seen on a ps2 game. Super janky, the movement felt really sluggish, the combat was extremely awful cuz nothing felt responsive, have you imagined how frustrated you would feel in master shake's body? Exactly like that... heck, not even the golf aspect was done that well! After playing it for an hour gets annoying.
I really like ATHF and the game does a good job of keeping the shitpost nature of the show but it does it so much to the point of being really bad lol
The aesthetic is good, I liked cel-shaded carl and aqua teens. As for the gameplay... One of the worst I've seen on a ps2 game. Super janky, the movement felt really sluggish, the combat was extremely awful cuz nothing felt responsive, have you imagined how frustrated you would feel in master shake's body? Exactly like that... heck, not even the golf aspect was done that well! After playing it for an hour gets annoying.
I really like ATHF and the game does a good job of keeping the shitpost nature of the show but it does it so much to the point of being really bad lol
PLAYING THIS GAME IS FORBIDDEN!
It looks like shit, it plays like shit, its gameplay is inconsistent and sometimes very obnoxious, and it's one of the funniest games I've ever played.
So all in all it's a fantastic representation of the show.
So all in all it's a fantastic representation of the show.
Golf if it was good
WHY DID THEY MAKE THE RACING PARTS SO HARD I SWEAR TO GOD THE GAME WAS ALMOST OKAY
best bad game ever
It sucks on most levels: the gameplay is jank, all the characters look terrible in 3D (especially Carl jesus christ), it doesn't even really emulate well...
but, as everyone says, the fact that it looks and plays like shit but is still wonderfully funny and charming means that it perfectly reflects the show. If I could give it a heart and still rate it low it would perfectly represent my feelings on the game, I love it even though I hate playing it.
but, as everyone says, the fact that it looks and plays like shit but is still wonderfully funny and charming means that it perfectly reflects the show. If I could give it a heart and still rate it low it would perfectly represent my feelings on the game, I love it even though I hate playing it.
Amazing game, despite it being part action and part Golfing game. It even lets you unlock an episode of the show that wouldn't be aired until later. But that was back in 2007, now it feels rather pointless.