Planet 51: The Game

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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.

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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

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: UnrealEngine3
• Inspiration: Movies
• Middleware: SpeedTree
• Physics Engine: Havok
• Physics Engine: PhysX
• Planet 51 licensees

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Critic Reviews

SOS Gamers	Xbox 360	Jan 08, 2010	70 out of 100	70
GamingXP	Xbox 360	Nov 26, 2009	68 out of 100	68
Gamezone (Germany)	Xbox 360	Nov 20, 2009	6.6 out of 10	66
PAL Gaming Network (PALGN)	PlayStation 3	Dec 22, 2009	5.5 out of 10	55
Cheat Code Central	Xbox 360	2009	2.5 out of 5	50
IGN	Xbox 360	Dec 03, 2009	5 out of 10	50
Nintendo Life	Wii	Dec 06, 2009		50
Jeuxvideo.com	Xbox 360	Jan 29, 2010	9 out of 20	45
4Players.de	Wii	Nov 17, 2009	39 out of 100	39
4Players.de	Xbox 360	Nov 17, 2009	38 out of 100	38

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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.