Barnyard

To many gamers who browse the web for new titles, or any store-shelves, I know we all overlook ones labeled under "Kids and Family". However, to accurately judge this game genre, would be to call it a "Parlor Game".<br><br>The movie itself is the child of Over the Hedge and Animal House, in my opinion. The game itself is "Bully" by RockStar Games, meets Nickolodeon.<br><br>Why Bully? The controls, the gameplay, the mapping, everything from the core idea of how to set the game out reminds me of Bully aside from Graphics, Storyline, and Content Level.<br><br>However, comparisons aside, what people want to know about this game would be:<br>1) Does it suck?<br>That's like asking a racecar driver if Pro-Golf is fun. Try it out and expand your gaming, or read on.<br>2) What's the gameplay like?<br>Filled with mini-games, parlor-game style missions and activities, and goofy allusions to things kids wouldn't catch.<br>3) Is the music the drone of the bees?<br>Try a mix of country and rock, where the first image from this game that will enter your head is that of a Cow putting on Sunglasses Matrix Style to the song "Bad to the Bone."<br>4) What's movement like? (There are gamers who prefer not to play games where you can't move quickly.)<br>You can sprint, you can jump, you can ride bikes and upgrade the bikes, and my favorite form of transportation, sky-rocketing chickens.<br>5) Lastly, but not least, do you play as one of the movie characters?<br>Nope. You create a cow, male or female, and the breed of it. It works out well, though.<br><br>My only surprise is that "BlueTongue Made This?". Reason: They've made Jurassic Park a game, Starship Troopers a game, and have turned over a popular leaf in the Nickolodeon gaming.<br><br>Last words of wisdom: Coming from a guy who plays Grand theft Auto: San Andreas, gun'em downs and shoot'em ups in any form, and the obvious variety of RPG's, this is actually something I'm glad I rented.