Surf’s Up Review
So, after playing Command & Conquer 3 for so long I was looking for something a little simpler. So, as I was looking over GameFly’s available games I remembered that I had enjoyed the demos of Overlord and Surf’s Up. So, I put both in my queue the day I sent back C&C3. I received Surf’s Up in the mail this last Friday. Yesterday afternoon I completed the game. According to LiveEye I spent 3 hours playing it, but I think it was closer to 4 or 5 hours. So, it is really short, but since it is a kid’s game I expect it to be short. Also, I did not play any multiplayer which would have extended its length. Frankly, I’m not at all upset about the length. It was a a fun, relaxing game to play this weekend. I did not have to think to much, and I could just have some fun surfing as a penguin (or chicken). The game has a simple control scheme, but yet still allows for some pretty cool, and very unrealistic, tricks. In addition of the air tricks you can do off a wave there are also a lot of really long “grinds” you can do. So, it is not even remotely realistic, but it is a video game so I don’t care. For the fellow Achievement Whores out there this was the fastest 950 points I’ve ever gotten. I could have gotten the last 50 points, but I did not feel like grinding out the last achievement since I would have had to go back through every level looking for surf idols. It would not have been to hard, but it would have taken at least an hour and would have spoiled the relaxing weekend I was having. This is a great game for kids or adults who want to relax (or get some easy achievement points). Just plan on renting it since you’ll have it beaten withing a couple days.
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