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Tasty Planet
Playing with your food hasn't been this mesmerizing since you were in kindergarten! A homegrown experiment and the search for the ultimate bathroom cleaner go awry! You were created to eat up all of the germs and bacteria in a family's home, but nothing will satiate your voracious appetite! After eating everything in the house, you move into the town and eventually consume the entire planet! Will the universe be enough to satisfy you? You'll have to eat it to find out!
I'm surprised there wasn't more reviews for this game! It is soo much fun.
You can't judge a book by its cover, that's what I almost did with this game. But I read a good review and gave it a shot.
There are 3 different modes to this game. The adventure mode, where you are timed, in the end of each level, you can get a gold, silver, or bronze medal for completing it, based on your time. Then there is relaxed mode, which is un-timed. So you can sit back, and take as long as you'd like. And finally there is endurance mode. Only attempt endurance mode if you have a lot of patience! lol it really is a game of how much you can endure. It is like the other two modes, except un-timed (like relaxed mode) and it takes a lot (I mean a lot) longer to complete.
Basically what you do is, you start out as a grey goo. You eat everything smaller than you, and you begin to grow, letting you able to eat things you formerly couldn't due to your smaller size. You're set off to eat the whole world! You start small in the early levels by eating bacteria, and ending up in the last levels in space eating the solar system! You're game is not complete until you've eaten not only everything in the world, but everything in general. lol.
Great game. Nice music. TONS of gameplay. (You can even unlock cheats to make your gameplay more fun!) At least try the demo, I'm sure this will be a game will end up a favorite.
This review has an average score of 3.9 - Based on 20 ratings Login to rate this review
DreamShifter's Review - March 21, 2007
Full Version (PC)
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Seems innocent enough....
What starts off so innocently as a little grey bathroom cleaner, and then goes completely homicidal (so to speak), this game hooks you from the start wondering what you are going to be able to devour as your little microscopic goo starts out in the milli-micron range eating bacteria and such, to parsec range and beyond devouring galaxies at a shot.
This game is very similar to the Feeding Frenzy games in that your goal is to eat things smaller than yourself so that you can grow and start chowing down on the bigger items. And for those Feeding Frenzy fans, there are even ocean levels.
At first glance with the title graphics and the comic style cut scenes, this game appears to have sub-standard graphics until you actually get into the game. Graphics are actually alot more impressive than they first appear to be.
The elevator music is soothing in a manner of speaking amid the commotion of cars crunching, people screaming, buildings collapsing and such. The music sort reminded me alot of Teddy Factory (actually, I believe it may have been the same), but goes very well with this game.
The gameplay is very good in that you can use your mouse or keyboard to control your adorable little grey master of destruction.
It is very easy to get addicted to this game, on relaxed mode, it is easily beaten in around 2 hours, but going for the golds in timed, well, that's a whole other thing. Very high replayability for such a simple concept.
As you approach the end of the game (and the last level and ending are quite humorous), you really have to wonder what the guys at Playfirst were really thinking when they created this little masterpiece. As for my wife and myself, we would really like to get into the guy's head who created this concept. We're both hooked with what appears to be no end in sight.
I highly recommend that you at least download the demo and try it out for yourself. This game isn't for everyone, but those easily amused, such as myself, this is a definate buy.
This review has an average score of 3.5 - Based on 25 ratings Login to rate this review
meerahdxb's Review - May 9, 2007
Demo Version (PC)
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Very funny and addictive
At first I was like, ewww microbes?
The game is about some scientists who grow something grey and funny looking that eats germs and microbes, but this thing grows bigger and start eating everything it sees, including dice,pens,rats,fishes ...etc you name it! the game is so funny and cool it shows how a small thing can grow stronger to eat the bigger things, which was once a threat that could destroy it!
The graphics might seem so basic but who cares? the idea is so cool and I really found myself finishing my trial version and wanting to have the full version!
I don't usually say this, but you should try it and have fun!
This review has an average score of 3.2 - Based on 9 ratings Login to rate this review
My tip: go to the biggest thing you can eat, or you'll run out of time, just use the arrow as a guide.
Run through the game in casual mode first to see what will eat you, what will hurt you and what you'll simply bounce off of. That really helps in normal mode and endurance.
Some things will run away from you or chase you down, it's good to know what things will do what.
Don't freak out if you only have a minute left and still have half way to go in size, some objects will make you grow really fast.
Pay attention to the time limit, some levels you will be done with only a couple seconds left, some you will still have a ton of time.
When you get to the cosmos levels, there's 2 levels (I think) that you have to eat things in order, run around and watch for your arrow and you should have no problem.
During the cosmos levels, pretty much everything will eat you (similar to the ocean levels), so be careful.
as a tip i think learners should acctually eat smaller things than get eaten or touch big things they might get confused that a white blood cell ate them instead of touch them
