The Bee Movie Game (Xbox 360):
There was little chance of this being yet another average licensed title to another lacklustre animated Dreamworks movie, and in that sense it doesn't disappoint. I'm not sure if the entire game matches the demo but the demo itself is one long quicktime event, with your bee rushing across a city throwing up direction or button commands that have to be quickly pressed, while Jerry Seinfeld occasionally calls out something (I think he voices the bee).
Aside from a few neat touches that occasionally show how large the bee and car models must be it largely fails to be as cinematic as quicktime events should (I thought the whole point of QTEs was to allow the player to do things that otherwise can't be managed with conventional controls). In general it all seems a bit contrived because there's simply no reason the bee couldn't fly a metre or two higher and avoid all the traffic.
Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal (Xbox 360)
As this was downloading I cast my mind back to the last time I played a decent Looney Tunes games, which was hindered somewhat by the realisation that I hadn't actually ever played such a thing. The continued failure to capitalise on what should be a fantastic license overflowing with quality characters and scenarios is shameful. Acme Arsenal doesn't really do anything to change that, opting for the standard "put them all in a generic 3D beat-em-up with minor platform elements" approach.
The demo sees Bugs inexplicably (at least within the demo) teaming up with Marvin the Martian to clear a spooky castle of the army of robots that inhabit it. Both characters control the same (even down to the small stubby-legged martian jumping as high as Bugs) and all in all there's very little that marks it out as a Looney Tunes game. It's all very generic and average, to the point that even the co-op play isn't enough to boost it.
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