Giants: Citizen Kabuto

As a kid I always loved games like Godzilla and Rampage where you play as a giant creature destroying buildings. Kabuto was and still is my favorite Giant being. Hes funny crafty and cool. Playing as Kabuto makes up only a fraction of the greatness in this game. But to me personally its my favorite aspect.

It may not have the best graphics anymore but the story and dialogue more than make up for any graphical aging. Love this game!

I know it's hard to convince someone who is completey unfamiliar with this game to buy it, but you DEFINITELY should. This one... - is a perfect blend of genres, action, tps, rts, and sometimes arcade racing - has great characters and excellent, well placed humour around the whole game (fake-credits list for anyone?) - downright idiot storyline and weapons (in the most possible good meaning), plus excellent gameplay ideas that is rare to see even today (slow-time bubble and so on) - all of that coupled with excellent music and sound effects It is a game that means pure entertainment for me. It's still a great buy on its rack rate, but on sale it is a must.

This is truly one of the most innovative games I've played yet: a TPS/RTS game? Why hasn't anyone else done this!? And that would be enough for the game to stand out, but it stands out in a ton of other areas as well. Most of all, the story. While pretty short, it is quite varied, as you have three campaigns from three different races that give you a completely different play style, and best of all, it's a very funny and quirky romp. Some of the flaws comes from the conflict between shooter and strategy play styles. You'll often find yourself fighting alone and trying to hop around the entire map with many different objectives, and without the ability to quickly zoom into troubled spots, it can be quite an annoying hassle to manage your base. Also, while the friendly AI is decent, the enemy AI is VERY thick most of the time. Multiplayer is also uncertain. With so few people playing it, I can't seem to find any matches to join. Too bad this type of genre was never given another chance; another game might have been able to iron these flaws out :(

As most people have already noted, the single player of this game is fantastic; one of the only games I have ever found genuinely funny, the gameplay is fantastic throughout, offering both a solid pure 3rd action engine and also incredibly entertaining RTS-light base defense. However, what makes this quite possibly my favorite game of all time was the multiplayer; through mastering rocket/grenade/mine jumps, this game offered aerial combat unlike anything I have seen before or since, and when combined with the aforementioned RTS elements made for a consistently exciting, fluid experience. A must buy for the single-player alone, but if you can get a few friends together to play a mecc on mecc combat it becomes another game entirely.