Full Throttle

LucasArts

Adventure

Quintin Stone

Before I begin on how much I enjoyed this game, let me just say that it wasn't as interactive as I might have hoped. This wasn't so much an adventure game as a somewhat interactive movie. Everything was pretty much laid for you, and you just kind've did the things that got the action moving along the correct track. More time was spent watching then doing.

That out of the way, this was a terrific game. How could you not love Ben, a burlier version of our good friend Bruce Campbell, decked out in black leather, riding a motorcycle of death, rasping out one-liners and sarcastic cracks like there was no tomorrow. The other characters were just as fabulous, from the grease-monkey tomboy Maureen to the generic thugs trying to do in our determined hero. The animation and graphics were mind-blowing. Attention to detail really made this game, from the facial expressions on the figures, to the whirling dust left behind as you hurl cuty fuzzy bunnies into the engine fan of a monster tractor-trailor. Characters moved, not so much realistically, but in the exaggerated effect you've come to expect from your favorite afternoon cartoon shows.

I loved this game, even though it took us only a day to beat. It was hilarious, exciting, full of action and incredible cut-scenes and animation. On the bad-side: much too short.