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| Kung Fu Panda | 
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| From: Activision
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $16.10
You Save: $3.89 (19%)
Buy New/Used from $15.25
Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3562
Format: Cd
Platform: Windows Xp
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: PCSACT33197
UPC: 047875331976
EAN: 0047875331976
ASIN: B0014ZL9VE
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | See Description tab for more details | | • | PC Games Software; for Windows | | • | Game Genre: Family; Game Sub-Genre: Movie Action | | • | Published by Activision |
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Product Description
Kung Fu Panda takes you on an action-packed adventure through the DreamWorks movie and beyond. Battle against Tai Lung and his minions, navigate awesome environments and overcome dangerous obstacles on your quest to become the legendary Dragon Warrior. Perfect your kung fu skills as you play Po, Shifu and the Furious Five, each with specialized fighting styles. Use Po's funny yet powerful Panda Style as well as the masterful skills of the Furious Five to combat foes. Visit epic movie locations like the opulent Jade Palace, challenging Training Dojo and majestic Wudang Mountains plus never-before-seen places such as the mystical Lake of Tears and the unforgiving Training Ground of Tai Lung.
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| Customer Reviews:
A surprisingly fun game June 20, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've played several games that were based on animated movies in the past and those past experiences significantly lowered my expectations for this game. After playing the first few levels I find myself pleasantly surprised.
The controls are easy to pick up and have a very low learning curve. You are going to want to play the game with a controller, as this is a platform game where some jumping puzzles will be quite difficult if only using the keyboard. This game, just like every game sporting the "Games for Windows" label, fully supports the 360 controller and automatically detects and maps the controls for you.
The graphics are also surprisingly good for a PC title. The developers did it right. Lately I've seen many console ports scale back on the graphics, often opting to not provide "next gen" graphics on fears that making the game next gen will raise the system requirements to a point where they are higher than the systems owned the majority of PC gamers. The end result is the PC port having severely dated graphics. Kung Fu Panda gives gamers options. If you have a high-end gaming machine you can take advantage of better, next gen graphics. If you have a low-end system the game is still playable, but with less detail.
If you have any reservations about whether your computer can play the game, there is a demo available that allows you to check your system against the game for free.
The sounds are all great, all dialog is recorded, but all celebrity actors are impersonated. The guy that does the voice of Po (Jack Black in the movie) does a decent job, you can tell it's not really Black, but his voice isn't distractingly bad.
The game is short, and I do have one major gripe. So far I haven't found a way to skip the cinematics. There is one level in particular where the inability to skip a cinematic is quite frustrating. The level is a made up of a series of precise jumps. Miss a jump? You'll have to sit through the cinematic again. It can be quite frustrating when you miss a jump several times and you are treated to a forced re-play of the same 2-3 minute cinematic you've already seen multiple times (thanks to previously missed jumps). The game is easy, so you shouldn't be dying and repeating the cinematics all that often, but this can be especially frustrating for small children that want to play the game. This annoyance could have easily been avoided by either providing a way to skip the cinematic, or creating the save point you revert back to after the cinematic is finished. Oh, well.
A solid game with good graphics. The game is a bit short, but it is worth it. I'd recommend the PC version because the initial price point is considerably lower than it is for the consoles... making sure that your system can handle it on a graphical setting that you want, of course.
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