Giants: Citizen Kabuto

This game bears more similarity to MDK than Sacrifice, but it has a bit of Sacrifice in it - both games were developed by Shiny. Is it then a coincidence that Giants: Citizen Kabuto (GCK) was developed by a studio set up by ex-Shiny devs? Not at all. The story is set on an alien world that consists of tropical islands travelling through space, with various strange creatures inhabiting them. The gameplay is divided in three major parts: 1) TPS (third person shooter) as a member of a spacefaring race of Meccaryns who stumbles on the strange island world of GCK. There is a lot of shooting and jetpack jumping. Then there are RTS elements consisting around building a base by small big-headed humanoids called "smarties", which are collected and placed on your base, where they build equipment shops for you, in order to assist you in your mission. 2) TPS as a Sea Ripper princess Delphi, who casts spells and shoots magical arrows at the enemies, as well as RTS element surrounding the base building aspect of the game. 3) Walking and stomping everything as Kabuto, a giant monster who destroys the enemis with its might and eats them to restore health. The game features quite advanced graphics for its time, and a lot of people who played this game originally reported lags using outdated equipment. Nowadays this should not be a problem, but a few minor graphical bugs may appear. Eerie tropical sound and atmosphere add to the game's otherwise fun and cartoonish character, with lots of black humor thrown into the mix. There is a multiplayer capability but I never tested it myself. It's a strange mix of different genres with a challenging campaign, fun story and lots of action - 5/5

This game looks visually stunning for a game from 2000, the lighting made this game age well despite the low poly environments. The game started off strong with the Meccaryn (Mecc) campaign which had a good and exciting gameplay. Then we get to the sea reaper campaign which shook the gameplay formula up a bit with less weapon variety but lots of spells. The story started of strong with the tutorial part but then it started going down hill when you reach the ice world as here on out it was mostly just base building missions. Along with that there were janky Reaperski missions which took up half of the entire campaign with 4 races, this was the lowest point in the game. It then ended with another base building mission which looked rushed cause it lacked detail and afterwards a super easy boss fight. Finally we get to play as Kabuto and this was a compilation of half baked ideas. To the game's credit it is fun playing as the big bad guy eating and smashing everything but that gets boring quickly. One of its features is the offspring which are suppose to help you in fights but their are really useless cause they don't attack enemies on their own, you have to tell them what to attack and where to move and without your constant input they do nothing, imagine trying to do that in the middle of a fight, you might as well do the killing yourself, they that useless. They don't even destroy buildings. I have to say, the gameplay gimmick in this one is finding a magnifying glass to destroy a ice wall and that is at least better than the races. The story is good and it has hilarious cutscenes which makes it a must play for that alone and the soundtrack is epic. The world looks so lived in, at least the island looking ones, can't say the same for the Mars looking ones and ice wastelands. Overall the game is decent but very flawed.

Oh the nostalgia! I remember playing this in middle school! Still one of my favourite games! I want a sequel or at least a remaster!

Ok, I downloaded GOG about 10 days ago now for Skyrim AE halfoff without the issues it has on Steam, bought and stayed for Cyberpunk cause that was ALSO half off, and then this was on my homepage. I am currently downloading it but LETS BE CLEAR. This game is AMZING. Funny writing, well voiced for a game from over 22 years ago, fun and EXTREMELY varied gameplay. We got FPS, actions, sections where we play as a Kaiju, and so much more. I will truly be ever grateful for GOG and them giving me the ability to play a game that I've loved for 20+ years and the amazing selection. And if it wasn't clear, 5/5 stars for this game. If you're going to be upset about the graphics being old looking, why'd you buy it? The rest is unbelievably fun

Giants is without a doubt one of the best Interplay or anyone else has ever put out. The game features three unique races with three unique playstyles, plenty of artistic style, humour and tight controls. The graphics hold up fairly well and this is a game you'll WANT to tell your friends about. This is the best place to pick it up to with full XP compatibility. Do yourself a favour and pick this one up today.