Surf's Up
Publié le 29 mai 2007, Surf's Up est un jeu d'action et de sport développé par Ubisoft Montreal et édité par Ubisoft Entertainment. Disponible sur PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube et Wii, il s'appuie sur le film d'animation de Sony Pictures Animation partageant le même titre. L'expérience de jeu s'éloigne du simulateur de surf classique pour adopter des mécaniques proches de Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, le joueur incarnant des manchots qui surfent sur les vagues comme s'ils évoluaient dans des halfpipes de skateboard. Le moteur Unreal Engine 2.5 a été employé pour sa réalisation, avec la protection SecuROM|7.
L'accueil critique s'est exprimé à travers plusieurs avis recueillis. XboxAddict a recommandé le titre à tout parent désireux de jouer avec ses enfants. MS Xbox World a souligné que Surf’s Up aurait pu être un jeu dérivé de piètre qualité mais s'est révélé être une expérience amusante. Pour sa part, un joueur sur Metacritic a confié ne pas être le public visé, évoquant un achat motivé par l'obtention facile de 1000 points de gamerscore.
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« I would recommend it to any parent looking to play games with their kids. »
« Surf’s Up could have been another crappy shovelware title based on yet another animated movie license. Instead it turned out to be one hell of a fun ride, albeit an extremely short one. »
« The humor, characters and, most obviously, the difficulty of Surf's Up are geared towards a younger audience, but the game is also fun enough for anyone to play, although the simplicity might keep it from having a very long shelf life in most collections. »
« Seen through adult eyes, it's a sweet but slender surfing game that's consistently amusing. »
« This is the first licensed game I’ve played that is actually shorter than its movie. I’m not exaggerating; in a little over an hour I had received trophies in all of the main surf events. »
« The gameplay is simple but enjoyable and kids in love with the movie are sure to have a good time with the game, but the fact remains that this is a bloated price tag on a barebones game. »
« Hanging 10 in this movie-licensed surfing game has its moments--just don't expect to enjoy it for very long. »
« If you’re a kid and a big fan of the Tony Hawk series of skateboarding titles or similar games, Surf’s Up may be a cool addition to your collection as it is a decent pick up and play title for the ankle-biters but it really doesn’t present much of a challenge to anyone who has experienced puberty. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« I have to admit that I am not the target audience. I must be 20 years too old! This was purely a purchase for the EASY 1000 gamerpoints on offer. For this though it was not all that terrible. Its an arcade style game kind of like doing the half pipe in a Tony Hawks game. You sweep up a wave, perform a stunt get some points and boost and continue. It is mixed up by having to get collectibles through some of the maps but this is easy as whatever you have picked up on previous run throughs is not present on retry attempts so its very easy to get. I would be unsure if kids would really get that much out of the game. It is very one dimensional and I personally do not thing that this would give more than a few hours before kids got bored. Graphically its not all that great and the AI is terrible (Again possibly as its a kids game) This would be a purchase for me only if cheap and if you are looking to boost you gamer score. »