V.I.P.

"Some of you should stick to watching the tv show instead."

I should start by saying that V.I.P may be a popular tv show ,well for some of you it may be,the only reason why I got this video game and that was to try it out V.I.P is one of those under 10 dollar games so its very cheap as I got home to play it by the end of 2 days I was ticked of.

The Graphics in V.I.P look to average with outside environments of polygonal characters including Pamela Anderson who look to choppy.There are times when the game gets to blurry no one could tell what the scenes look like.

The gameplay is where they could at least worked on even better when you are doing the street fighting modes,well you have to follow along like in Bust A Groove with thumb bashing press follow along controls.It would have been fun if you had perfect control like in fighting force where you picked up power ups and moved where ever you wanted but not this game.Another mode is where you control a character who has a gun and you shoot enemies who look all the same with black suits,in this part you cant defend yourself by ducking or hiding this part waits when they shoot at you but still drain your energy,the game could also improve if it played like time crisis.

The sound is all right with some music and grunts when you bash the enemies or shoot at them but really its nothing special.But the best part about the game is the video clips they detailed every one on the show and makes it look like you are watching it.More like of an episode or something.I never seen much of the show so I suppose they dont have actual music from it.

The game could have been 80 percent more better on the gameplay and graphics,Let me repeat some of it to get things clear first the graphics are bad and frame rate is slow,in some occassions the game pauses when characters run.The levels are easy and short but at the finish its annoyingly difficult and only 3 hours of gameplay and so on.Most of your time is spent pressing the buttons on the screen so its boring for like 10 minutes,Another option is getting bonus photos and movies which you seen throughout the game already so replay is very short.Im not criticizing the game or the show im just writting about the games details.But then just skip this game for the tv show or wait until the PS2 version of V.I.P comes out.

Reviewer's Score: 4/10, Originally Posted: 01/13/02, Updated 01/13/02