Wii

Escape from Bug Island

Despite the gameplay and control faults, as well as the relatively poor visuals, the Escape From Bug Island does deliver somewhat on a decent experience that many would expect of a survivor-horror title. At $29.99, the game may be worth a look for some, but for most, a rental will suffice. Or better yet, if you want a more complete experience for the same price, go out and pick up Resident Evil 4 on Wii.

With all the new games coming out this upcoming holiday season this would be at the very bottom of the list on my need to buy list. If you love giant bugs and the whole saving the damsel in distress and don't mind shoddy graphics, dismal sound, and repetitive gameplay, give it a shot. But you've been warned.

Escape from Bug Island is a fitting name because it accurately describes the player's point of view. You will want to escape this island, but not simply to get away from the bugs. Rather, you'll want to escape the entire dated, clumsily pieced together affair, which plays and looks like a last generation survival horror game developed by an inexperienced studio. Obsessed horror fans who eat up would-be scary games may be able to delve deeper into Bug Island than most, but even the most die-hard fan will likely grow tired of the package as the foggy environments continue and nonsensical fetch quests wear on.

Don’t accept the game’s title as a noun but, rather, as the imperative advice that it is. Escape indeed. Video games are fun, they empower the user with intuitive and rewarding controls, they offer interesting and beautiful visuals to get swept up in, and they reward us with a sense of discovery. Escape From Bug Island gives us the opposite experience in each case: it’s tedious and plodding, the controls are so stiff and unresponsive they engender helpless disconnection, the visuals are plain and ordinary, and exploration rewards us only with more confusion and monotony. Avoid this game.

Sadly what could have been the perfect remedy for those waiting for Resident Evil at the launch of the Wii turned into a game that was delayed in the West due to low Japanese sales and failed to live up to anybody's expectations. Escape from Bug Island is a disappointment in all areas and proves to be a perfect example of how a Wii game should not be done.

The technical deficiencies of Escape from Bug Island simply highlight the fact that games have evolved since survival horror first turned fashionable. There's really no place for something this clunky. Rather than Escape from Bug Island, why not avoid it altogether?

Difficile de conseiller Escape from Bug Island à d'autres personnes que celles friandes de séries B, Z ou toute autre lettre désignant un bon navet dans le jargon cinématographique. Véritable compilation de fautes déjà pointées dans des titres de la décennie précédente, le jeu développé par Spike Co. Ltd. n'est sauvé du naufrage total que par ses personnages et leurs répliques fantastiquement inappropriées, son scénario inconsistant et follement risible, ainsi que ses armes rarement vues dans les autres survival horror. Dommage qu'un jeu proche d'un Simple Series japonais soit vendu au prix fort...

Peu convainquant dans tous les domaines, Escape From Bug Island apparaît comme un titre daté et mal fignolé. Une sorte de pré-version qui aurait pourtant pu constituer les prémices d'un jeu exploitant quelques bonnes idées. En l'état, il vaut mieux éviter.

A peine inséré dans le lecteur de disque, Escape from Bug Island montre déjà son vrai visage : celui d’un jeu à petit budget vendu au prix plein, extrêmement mal conçu, moche et sans le moindre intérêt si vous n’appréciez pas un tant soit peu le comique grand guignol des séries B. Un titre fade, imprécis et mou qui risque bien de faire beaucoup de mal à votre portefeuille !

Bug Island fails and frustrates so thoroughly throughout its 10-plus-hour playtime that its greatest feat may be fooling someone into finishing it who isn't paid to do so. It's easily the Wii's worst showing yet.