Developed by Red Tribe
Published by Brash Entertainment
Released for Xbox 360 (2/12/2008)
Also on PS2/Wii
Based off the cinematic flop that was Jumper and developed by Red Tribe, the same folks that brought you the Space Chimps game, comes the video game adaptation to your home console. This game is very much a by-the-numbers brawler of the most boring variety. Beat up a few dudes, move to the next area, rinse and repeat. This could be said of most brawlers but good game designers are able to make it less redundant.
I recall a co-worker lent me this movie to watch back in the day, but I honestly can't remember a single detail from it other than it had sand-hating dude from the Star Wars prequel movies and Samuel L. Jackson in it. So with a completely forgettable movie, the story and characters of this game were obviously of no interest to me. The controls work good enough, and at first it is kind of cool teleporting all over the place but you can only use it while in combat and the novelty wears thin in quite the hurry; plus you can't help but wonder why the protagonist doesn't just teleport to whoever the head dude in charge is and take him out but I suppose there would be no game then.
The visuals are definitely sub-par for the Xbox 360, let's just say you can definitely tell this title was also designed with the PS2 and Wii in mind and didn't do much to advance the graphics beyond the levels of those consoles. It's rare that I find a game that I wouldn't really recommend to anybody, but this would have to be one of those. Jumper: Griffin's Story is just a completely forgettable attempt to cash in on a movie franchise.
Final Verdict: Unless you're looking to grab a quick and easy 1000 gamer score or you're a huge fan of the film there is really no reason to play Jumper: Griffin's Story as it's a very mediocre game.
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Related Links:
Jumper: Griffin's Story - Metacritic
Jumper: Griffin's Story - GameFAQs
Jumper: Griffin's Story Achievement Guide - Xbox Achievements
Jumper: Griffin's Story - True Achievements
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