A Critical Look at Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
By Shawn on Thursday, December 11th, 2008 at 12:35 PM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Microsoft, Microsoft, Videos
With the original Banjo Kazooie patched and live on the Xbox Live Marketplace, gamers have been waiting for a sequel to continue to the popular platformer’s winning streak. Rare’s Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is billed as a fun family game that lets you create your own vehicles from scrounged parts, then race them.
Katharine Fletcher, video podcast host for ChannelFlip, critiques the game meant to be Banjo Kazooie 3 to see if it can possibly live up to the high expectations set by the original.
I suppose that since Banjo Kazooie is an E10 rated game, Rare didn’t feel the need to include spoken dialog. However, if I’d crack out this game, I would have hours of reading subtitles off to my younger kids to look forward to. They’re the ones in my household I would expect to really enjoy this game… except for the building part. Fans of the original series have been warned. Newcomers shouldn’t judge the series on Nuts & Bolts. Check out the XBL Banjo Kazooie for the real deal.
