Giants: Citizen Kabuto - PC

Giants, Citizen Kabuto is quite possibly one of the funniest games I've ever played. It actually caused me to laugh aloud enough times my wife asked me to play in a different room. I've played through GCK so many times I've practically memorized the cut scenes, but the game play and humor keep me coming back again and again. If your looking for a game that mixes a first person shooter, with a dash of RTS, and a healthy dose of English Humor, this game is for you.

It's hard to believe Giants is a decade on now. For those of you who missed it, Giants was part of the boom in hi-tech PC games that came about with the introduction of the GeForce video card series and the departure of 3DFX from the graphics market (a boom that would also give us Black and White [boo] and Max Payne [yay]). For about 5 years after this game, DirectX would make quantum leaps forward and PC gaming ruled the roost, until the affordability and power of seventh-generation consoles became the new standard.As befits the frontrunner of a new generation, Giants is a tremendously flashy, colorful game. It features big open levels with tons of long-range combat and exploration, and in the midgame, base building. In essence it is a cartoony, single-player Tribes, lathered over with tons of shinies and British wit. It even featured some pretty daring use of early lighting shaders that other games wouldn't use so extensively for a few years more (in particular, Kabuto's skin boasts a gnarled, 3D look).In the modern age of Crysis and Skyrim and Battlefield 3, Giants isn't so spectacular as it once was, but it still boasts clever writing, fun combat, and endearing characters. Well worth your time as a trip to when the current era of PC gaming began.PROS-Cute story, fun characters. And yes, there is an ini tweak to take the blue sorceress lady's top off like in the UK version. Don't let your mum catch you.-Dated but still charming graphics.-Inoffensive sound.-Fun gunplay while it lasts.CONS-When you actually get to play as the giant, it's sort of boring.-Once phenomenal graphics now look rather dated (think about like an XBox 1 game).-Terrible balance in multiplayer, which is probably long dead anyway.-Pretty short.

Disc was defective

I first downloaded the demo of Giants from the Interplay web site. I thought wow this is a great game. There is a nice story line and great graphics. After going through the demo four times I went out and purchased Giants. I have an 800MHz Processor 256 Meg of Ram and a 32 Meg Video card. I more than meet the game requirements. I start playing the game and it hangs (aka the screen/keyboard locks and a reboot is needed). Interplay support line is excellent at responding to questions but after 10 emails back and forth and upreving and back reving drivers and patches, there was absolutely no change. Some people are able to play Giants without lots of crashes but there is a LARGE number of people that cannot play the game without it crashing often. (Often = don't expect to finish a mission without at least one crash per mission) I really think without the crashes this is a wonderful game, but I don't have the patience to keep replaying missions because Interplay didn't get alot of the bugs out of there game before releasing it. The latest patch in June 2001, didn't resolve my issues. The worst thing is even if the demo has no issues on your computer the real game might still not work on your computer. BUYER BEWARE!

this game is really creative! but there is no in-game save...and if you die...well, you have to start from the begining of the level! and there's no check points either.the graphics are really good! almost any platform is compattable, and yes, it does work on vista... :Dthe music is kinda corny, but it suites the game:)the story is REALLY creative.... you get to play three different characters, each with a different story.the gameplay is rather hard, i mean it's kinda hard to get used to the controls, and when you kinda get the hang of it... you switch characters... and that character has completely different controls!the replay value is good....as far as i can tell.... i mean i must have replayed every level like 200 times....because there is NO!!! in-game save!!! by the way, very annoying!if you like action/scifi games....you will love this game.... but beware....you might hate it because it has a few bugs, but just minor ones....well, except this one that makes the game crash, no matter what you do, and to fix it you have to start from the very beginning again!anyway.... it's a good game...but it can get boring. :'(

I haven't played this game in years. It really brought back memories. THe only downside is that it's compatibility with my surface pro 3 is sketchy; it takes multiple troubleshooting techniques to start the game up and once it is started up it will shut down after about 1 or 2 hours of play time. It always quits out when there is a lot of things happening (placing many mines while fighting 2 dozen reapers). It's worth it for me though.

I really REALLY wanted to give Giants a perfect game. After anticipating this game for over a year, It is everything I expected it to be and more! I would buy this game alone for the breathtaking graphics. If you own a Geforce 2 and dont buy this game it is a crime! This game gives u three totally different races each plays differently. Plus it also has boat racing and air flyinch machines, like 5 games in one! The reason I have it 4 instead of 5 stars is of course bugs which most were fixed in the patch, but most importantly multiplayer and no level maker. Multiplayer could have been the best ever for this, but it was quickly made with very little features, plus laggy! Too bad because a Starship troopers like mod on this would rule!