Software:Urban Yeti!
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| Developer(s) | Cave + Barn Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Telegames |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
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| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Urban Yeti! is an action video game developed by Cave + Barn Studios and published by Telegames for the Game Boy Advance. It was released in North America on August 16, 2002.
Gameplay
The plot of Urban Yeti! focuses on a yeti's quest to find a yeti mate in a large city populated with humans.[1] The game plays from a top-down perspective similar to the early Grand Theft Auto games.[1][2] The player must make their way through the city in order to come across missions, which take the form of separate minigames, such as when the yeti must get a job in order to earn the money to pay a toll to cross a bridge.[1]
As the yeti walks around the city, he is attacked by townspeople and must try to avoid being killed.[1] The game features four minigames and four missions to complete.[2] Once minigames are completed, the player is unable to go back and play them again unless they type in the password for the section of the game they are in.[3]
Development
Urban Yeti! was published by Telegames and developed by UK developer Cave Barn Studios.[4]
Reception
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Urban Yeti! received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the game's humor but criticized its technical problems. It received a 67% and a 68.71% from review aggregate websites Metacritic and GameRankings respectively.[5][6]
IGN's Craig Harris criticized the game's slow frame rate and technical problems, saying that the game was produced by a "few guys down in someone's basement" instead of some established development studio.[1] Allgame's Brett Alan Weiss noted that the game had charming moments, but ultimately had little replay value and had too many graphical problems.[2] GameZone's Scott Kuvin felt that the collision detection of the game had some glitches, but felt that the game's humor overcame any technical problems.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Harris, Craig (August 23, 2002). "Urban Yeti! - Game Boy Advance Review". IGN. http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/368/368891p1.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Weiss, Brett Alan. "Urban Yeti! - Review". Allgame. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=36613&tab=review.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kuvin, Scott (September 28, 2002). "Urban Yeti Review". GameZone. http://gameboy.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r19724_GBA.htm.
- ↑ Harrism Craig (October 25, 2002). "Yeti Crossing". IGN. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/09/10/yeti-crossing.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Urban Yeti! (gba) reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/urban-yeti/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Urban Yeti! for Game Boy Advance". GameRankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/562772-urban-yeti/.
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