Pitfall was born on the Atari 2600 (ask your dad) and was a cross between Indiana Jones and an army obstacle course, with a little stickman named Pitfall Harry jumping over crocodiles and swinging on vines. This new game, the sixth in the occasional Pitfall series, offers the same thrills but with new Wii controls and modern graphics...Well, sort of.
In 1982, before Lara Croft raided tombs or Prince of Persia cut any rugs, there was a game called Pitfall, and it was good. What could be simpler and more addictive than a man running through the jungle avoiding crocs, scorpions, monkeys and quicksand? The Big Adventure really bears little resemblance to its debut, and Bruce Campbell gave up voicing Pitfall Harry after just the one performance (in Pitfall 3-D: Beyond The Jungle), but arguably these are both good things.
Pitfall originated on the ATARI 2600 system back in the 1980's, then about four years ago a sequel Pitfall: The Lost Expedition was released on the then current platforms. Pitfall: The Big Adventure is pretty much exactly the same game, aside from the inclusion of the Wii motion control system.
Pitfall is a game with its roots firmly in videogame history! It is also a game that provided me with one of my earliest home console gaming experiences, way back in the early 1980's. Now Activision has once again revived Pitfall Harry and brought him into the world of 3D via Nintendo's Wii. But will Pitfall: The Big Adventure leave me fond memories as its predecessors did so many years ago?
Activision-Blizzard have today updated their latest European release schedule for the first quarter of 2009. With a collection of Wii games and some intriguing PLAYSTATION3 and Xbox360 titles on the list – as well as, of course, Monsters Vs. Aliens based on the Dreamworks' movie of the same name – the line-up will almost certainly do well at retail; convincing Hardcore Gamers may well be more difficult.
I hate the Activision-Blizzard name. Articles like this get my hopes up that Blizzard might be releasing Starcraft 2 soon, but then I realize it's pretty much about more Activision shovelware and nothing to do with Blizzard.
PS3 owners will be spared Secret Service. Cauldron, the guys that made Soldier of Fortune:Payback, are working on this masterpiece.
Poor PS3 owners get shabby ports of good games enough. They don't need shabby ports of god awful games.
What a stinker list! The Wii effect will be taking over in 09 just look at that Shovelware. Paintball? Movie Tie-in and Secret Service which I think has already scored 4/10 from OXM. No thanks!
