Software:Whiplash (video game)

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Whiplash
Whiplash Coverart.png
US box art for PS2 version
Developer(s)Crystal Dynamics[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)Eidos Interactive
Director(s)Noah Hughes
Producer(s)Alex Jones
Programmer(s)Paul Taylor
Artist(s)Scott Anderson
Writer(s)Richard Gaubert
Composer(s)Kurt Harland[2]
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release
  • NA: November 18, 2003
  • EU: March 5, 2004
Genre(s)Platform, action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Whiplash is a 2003 platform video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox where a long-tailed weasel named Spanx and a rabbit called Redmond find themselves chained to one another and follows their adventures as the pair endeavor to find a way out of the warehouse of the product testing corporation known as Genron, run by the animal-hating CEO Franklin D. Mann. The game is a 3D platformer, with Spanx being controlled by the player for the majority of the game, and Redmond used more in combat or as a means of traversing the world.[3]

The game was featured on the cover of PSE2.[citation needed] There was also some controversy over the game's depiction of animal cruelty.[4]

Gameplay

The chain can be used in a variety of ways.

Although Redmond (the rabbit) and Spanx (the weasel) are two animals chained together, the gameplay is much like any other platformer. The player controls only Spanx, using Redmond as a weapon or tool as the situation requires. Spanx has most standard platforming abilities, while Redmond is completely indestructible as a result of cosmetics testing conducted upon him by Genron. Redmond can be hurled into security guards, jammed into machinery, and used as a grappling hook, among other uses. Redmond can also be inserted into special "Fusion Outlets" to be set on fire, frozen, electrified, inflated with helium, or drenched in radioactive waste.[3]

Defeating human enemies found in the levels allows special "Hypersnacks" to be looted that the team can eat to increase both animals' levels, which increases Spanx' health or Redmond's rage. The player is also rewarded for freeing the other animals trapped and caged by Genron.[3]

Many objects are breakable and are assigned a dollar amount; if the player completes the game with more than $6 million in damage, Genron will be bankrupted and special content will be unlocked.[3]

Development

Spanx the Weasel first appeared in the game Mad Dash Racing in 2001. The music for Whiplash was composed by Kurt Harland of Information Society.[2] The music features a unique interactivity scheme: it responds to player input on the controller; the more input received through the controller buttons, the more the music does. The music also expands in response to successful hits of breakable objects and enemies.

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
PS2Xbox
Edge5/10[5]N/A
EGM7/10[6]7/10[6]
Eurogamer5/10[7]N/A
Game Informer4/10[8]4/10[9]
GameProN/A4.5/5 stars[10]
GameRevolutionC−[11]C−[11]
GameSpot6.4/10[12]6.6/10[13]
GameSpy2/5 stars[14]2/5 stars[15]
GameZone7/10[16]7.2/10[17]
IGN7/10[18]7/10[18]
OPM (US)3.5/5 stars[19]N/A
OXM (US)N/A6.8/10[20]
The Times3/5 stars[21]N/A
Aggregate score
Metacritic66/100[22]68/100[23]

Whiplash received "average" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[23][22]

Before the game was released in the United Kingdom , the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), the Research Defence Society, the chairman of the British House of Commons and the Police Federation of England and Wales were deeply shocked at the level of cartoonish cruelty in animal product testing, despite the whole premise of the game as being against this. They thought it condoned violence and made a joke of animal suffering, but Eidos claimed that it would raise positive awareness among children with this issue.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Additional work by Nixxes Software.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Whiplash" (in en). Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/19-uk/projects/140-whiplash. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harland, Kurt. "Kurt Harland Larson - Audio director, Game audio" (in en-US). https://soundlister.com/portfolio/kurt-harland-larson/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 (in en) Whiplash Instruction Manual (PS2 version). Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Interactive. 2003 (published 5 February 2007). pp. 4–22. http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.4749. Retrieved 27 November 2022. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 McComb, Richard; Mickleburgh, Renee (15 February 2004). "Free the animals, smash up the lab and chain-whip policemen - this is the latest video game for children" (in en). The Daily Telegraph (London, England). ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1454393/Free-the-animals-smash-up-the-lab-and-chain-whip-policemen-this-is-the-latest-video-game-for-children.html. 
  5. ↑ "Whiplash (PS2)" (in en). Edge (Bath, England: Future Publishing) (134): 109. March 2004. ISSN 1350-1593. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Whiplash" (in en). Electronic Gaming Monthly (Lombard, Illinois, USA: EGM Media) (174): 128. January 2004. 11 June 2021. ISSN 1058-918X. https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-174-january-2004/page/128/mode/2up. Retrieved 17 November 2022. 
  7. ↑ Bramwell, Tom (8 March 2004). "Whiplash (PS2)" (in en). http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_whiplash_ps2. 
  8. ↑ Mason, Lisa (January 2004). "Whiplash (PS2)" (in en). Game Informer (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: GameStop) (129): 134. ISSN 1067-6392. http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/F8DAAA62-D95A-4883-BBBC-1E0E052DF32A.htm. Retrieved 27 February 2015. 
  9. ↑ Zoss, Jeremy (January 2004). "Whiplash (Xbox)" (in en). Game Informer (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: GameStop) (129): 151. ISSN 1067-6392. http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/9B1E0F79-59FD-4173-A00B-6690021BA624.htm. Retrieved 27 February 2015. 
  10. ↑ THED-PADDESTROYER (17 November 2003). "Review: Whiplash" (in en). GamePro (Oakland, California, USA: International Data Group). ISSN 1042-8658. http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox/games/reviews/31749.shtml. Retrieved 28 February 2015. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Dodson, Joe (January 2004). "Whiplash Review" (in en). http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/whiplash. 
  12. ↑ Davis, Ryan (26 November 2003). "Whiplash Review (PS2)" (in en). http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/whiplash-review/1900-6084794/. 
  13. ↑ Davis, Ryan (November 26, 2003). "Whiplash Review (Xbox)" (in en). http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/whiplash-review/1900-6084795/. 
  14. ↑ Freeman, Matthew (30 November 2003). "GameSpy: Whiplash (PS2)" (in en). http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/whiplash/497889p1.html. 
  15. ↑ Freeman, Matthew (November 30, 2003). "GameSpy: Whiplash (Xbox)" (in en). http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/whiplash/498487p1.html. 
  16. ↑ Bedigian, Louis (December 2, 2003). "Whiplash - PS2 - Review" (in en). http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/whiplash_ps2_review. 
  17. ↑ Zacarias, Eduardo (6 December 2003). "Whiplash - XB - Review" (in en). http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/whiplash_xb_review. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Lewis, Ed (November 19, 2003). "Whiplash" (in en). http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/11/20/whiplash. 
  19. ↑ Steinman, Gary (January 2004). "Whiplash" (in en). Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (San Francisco, California, USA: Ziff Davis Media): 113. http://www.playstationmagazine.com/article2/0,4364,1399698,00.asp. Retrieved 28 February 2015. 
  20. ↑ Lopez, Vincent (January 2004). "Whiplash" (in en). Official Xbox Magazine (Future plc) (27): 74. ISSN 1534-7850. 
  21. ↑ "Whiplash (PS2)". The Times (London, England). 10 April 2004. ISSN 0140-0460. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/technology/article1861403.ece. 
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Whiplash for PlayStation 2 Reviews" (in en). https://www.metacritic.com/game/whiplash/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2. 
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Whiplash for Xbox Reviews" (in en). https://www.metacritic.com/game/whiplash/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox. 

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