The Disney animated series comes to homes in Switch, PC, Xbox One and PS4 format with Gigantosaurus, The Video Game. An ideal title for the little ones.
In the world of video games there is still a place for the smallest of the house. This is the case of Gigantosaurus, The Video Game, a flirtatious title with which children will learn to control characters in a three-dimensional environment while enjoying dinosaurs.
The developer Outright Games is in charge of bringing this software to both Switch – analyzed platform – PS4, Xbox One and PC. This company has great baggage in children’s titles because theirs are others such as the Paw Patrol, Trollhunters or the official video game of the movie Jumanji. This, at least, already assures us a minimum of quality in its proposals.
From TV to the console
Gigantosaurus, The Video Game, is named after a well-known Disney Junior animation series. In it four small dinosaurs, Rocky, Mazu, Bill and Tiny, embark on a new adventure totally independent of what was seen in the series of drawings. History shows us how a meteorite falls on a volcano causing a bunch of dinosaur eggs to hatch from their nests and get lost in the environment.
Our mission, of course, is to help each of the little eggs reach their destination; its original nest. For this, a guide always visible on screen will miss us, telling us where they are all and where they should be located. Basically the whole title is like that but it also has other interesting mechanics to make it a little more fun. Of course, we already advance that even with this, it becomes quite monotonous after playing it for several hours. At least for an adult since the kids will not care – especially if they are followers of the animated series.
In between so much exploration and collection there is a sort of collectible like finding land to plant trees or helping wasps to return to their nest. But the most surprising and perhaps little expected are the kart races. Gigantosaurus, The video game has driving phases where we take the role of one of the protagonists aboard a kart. In them we compete against the rest of friends at the same time as we collect the scattered treasures in the circuit. Do not expect a Mario Kart because it does not come close to it but the truth is that these screens are very well resolved.
Returning to the platform section, each protagonist dinosaur has various unique skills that are necessary to overcome small puzzles. Just press a button to change the dinosaur until you find the one with the necessary skill. It is, so to speak, a carbon copy of the mechanics that Traveler’s Tales uses in its LEGO video games.
On the other hand, due to the considerable world of Gigantosaurus, the videogame there are special objects that make exploration more fun as well as being necessary to achieve objectives in the mapping. From blades that serve as a helicopter to springs to jump higher, a very careful and entertaining selection. There are times when a little more expertise and help is required from an adult but nothing too troublesome on the other hand.
Now, the interesting thing, recommended for adults? Depending on how you look at it. It closely resembles the premise of the first Spyro and substitutes, but much more light and for a child audience. It’s pretty boring when you’ve been around for a couple of hours and the only thing that hooks him more is collecting coins that are used to complete collectibles. Not having any difficulties and being the objectives so simple that you play a little while you can complete it without much fuss. Recommended for the kids in the house? Totally. It is quite fun for them —NdA: my children have had a great time with it — and it has a lot of places to discover, characters and situations. They also love kart racing and in the end the objective of the game is what matters least to them.
Light and dark
Gigantosaurus, The video game stands out for its vivid color palette, its artistic design and its variety of settings. All this moves under the Unreal Engine graphics engine and, in fact, with a great result. Solid scenes, without visual defects and a good viewing distance. Some small scratch that other but punctual and not at all affect the gameplay. On the other hand, the animations of the protagonists are very surprising; really cared for.
The sound part simply fulfills, with worked and even entertaining melodies but with a somewhat forced dubbing and in what we commonly call Latin language. However, and since the video game is designed for young audiences, we see no problem in it. The texts also come to us in Spanish and without too much complexity.
The proposal also supports multiplayer on the same console for up to four players on a single screen and being played only in driving scenarios. It is ideal to help the little one by solving puzzles or reaching distant platforms since when doing this, distant players are automatically transported to the leader’s location.
Now, we cannot ignore that the title has so many problems to enjoy it. There have been many occasions in which we have had to restart the game or directly turn off the console because the game crashes completely. They were not specific moments, it could happen at some point and it bothers a lot. There are also minor collision glitches, character handling or even visual guidance that leads us to the targets, which drives you crazy and doesn’t point where to go.
CONCLUSION
Gigantosaurus, The video game is perfect for young players. Despite having flaws in his execution and being somewhat flat for the adult audience, he is able to entertain the little ones. It is ideal for them to learn how to handle themselves in this playful world and a true memory of what platform games were like before.
THE BEST
- Multiplayer for up to four people.
- Ideal to start children in video games.
WORST
- Very monotonous.
- Hangs, bugs and other serious problems.
- The dubbing is regular shooting bad.
