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Christian Animal Racing HELL
Posted by Brian Ashcraft at 5:00 PM on January 17, 2008
Buy the FUN game that the big game companies would not ever make.
Oh, the irony is delicious.
The Zoo Race [Official Site via Dtoid]
Buy the FUN game that the big game companies would not ever make.
The Zoo Race [Official Site via Dtoid]
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TOTOENGIMA
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
ROFL
Danger: Hydrogen
TOTOENGIMA
xpnet
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
That CANNON ROCKED!!
xpnet
BigMoose
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
Horses on rockets?
Sign me up!
BigMoose
Samaridino
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
[www.youtube.com]
Noah's Adventures from the same folks....Oh god..they are fighting again
Samaridino
Doomstink
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
I think it's pretty obviously a joke, seeing as how the librarian tells the dude that reading a dictionary would be more interesting than the Bible.
Doomstink
xtraman
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
omg wtf is this!!!
had to of come out a while ago maybe 95-96..
this is soo bad in like a good way!
thx for sharing!!
i just posted this vid on some of my buddies myspace
hahha
xtraman
InsidiousTuna (XBL and PSN)
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
@seefresh: Why?
InsidiousTuna (XBL and PSN)
bysty
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
I forgot to say: the moment at 2:37 is incredibly disturbing. Nightmares.
bysty
GoKeithGo
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
That is one of the best things I've seen in my life! When is the Wii/PS3/XB360 version coming out?
GoKeithGo
Rengenki
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
that was frikkin trippy. i wanna see a high person watch this.
Rengenki
mingthemagnificent
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
Wow, hands down, the best rhinoceros sounds effect ever..
mingthemagnificent
bysty
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
Wow. Just... wow.
I want.
bysty
seefresh
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
penis
seefresh
Tale
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
This is the product of either drugs or a programming course at a religious school.
Tale
Samaridino
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
Oh sweet christ...they disco dancing with moses...with what appears to be the ark of the covenant being used as disco lights
Samaridino
HighlanderWolf
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
This clip makes no sense whatsoever!! Tell the people!
HighlanderWolf
SilverStar95
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
That game looks like absolute half-past refried ASS and bean burritos.
And no, not even furs would want to play that shit. I just asked some. They got sick from how bad it looked.
SilverStar95
Sabre_Justice
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
...this game was quite clearly made under the influence of various drugs.
*brain collapses in on itself*
Sabre_Justice
Samaridino
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
Also...is that really what a rhinosaurus sounds like?
Samaridino
fyren
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
[www.zoorace.com]
There you go, major hotness store.
fyren
ambitious009
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
LOL, this game is so stupid it's funny. " Race me Hanna, Race me"
ambitious009
SDafra
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
LOL at woman's expression at 2:40.
SDafra
Raziel3333
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
omfg.....i....have nothing to say
Raziel3333
Samaridino
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
What in the name of The Announcer is going on at 2:37
Is he going to the bathroom behind that desk!?
Samaridino
TheCleaningGuy
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
@TheCleaningGuy: Forgot to add, the VO work will forever be burned into my mind. "No, I like books about animals."
TheCleaningGuy
theblade
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
wow,,,, i havent seen graphics that shitty since nintendo...
theblade
fyren
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
OMG, greatest OST EVARRRR.
fyren
Sabre_Justice
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
...wait, WTF? We have a 45 year old man in a suit with the mind of a 4 year old. It's not pushing a 'SCIENCE IZ EBIL GOD IS GUD' agenda, it's just... *brain cracks*
Sabre_Justice
logical
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
is watching this a sin?
logical
Atsumori
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
DANGER: Hydrogen
Atsumori
TheCleaningGuy
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
I...
uh...
That made Megaman Legends animation look fluid and natural.
Where can I renounce my religion, BTW?
TheCleaningGuy
Sabre_Justice
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
@minasodaboy: Animal Farm reference?
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned furries.
Sabre_Justice
minasodaboy
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
also, how cool is it that they got the windows me music visualizer for their party...awesome.
minasodaboy
SilverStar95
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
...this hurts. So, SO bad.
SilverStar95
Maldron
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
Sweet zombie moses, that was horrendous.
Maldron
InsidiousTuna (XBL and PSN)
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
I prefer the Bible Game. Best 5 bucks I ever spent.
InsidiousTuna (XBL and PSN)
Trochan
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
I'm changing my religion to buddhism.
Trochan
Klaymen
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
Boy that writer's strike is sure having far reaching effects....
And this had better be a joke. I don't know how it couldn't be....
Klaymen
taftsearlobe23
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
Jesus is magic
taftsearlobe23
dafthero
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
was the script penned by a five yr old?
dafthero
fyren
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
I lol'd hardcore.
fyren
minasodaboy
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
why is the pig wearing a top hat...that is NOT in the bible.
minasodaboy
KEITH1437
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
Now all they need is a game where you are at the ladt supper. :|
KEITH1437
CrimsonSin
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
God = Greatest Announcer Ever
CrimsonSin
Bewildered_Ronin
Posted 5:36 PM 17/1/08
Finally! I need something new to play after finally putting down Bible Adventures.
Bewildered_Ronin
rateoforange
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
@TOTOENGIMA:
Man, it's good to know I wasn't the only one that lol'd at "Danger: Hydrogen"
rateoforange
Meldy
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
Fucking hell...
"Do you think Noah raced the animals and had fun with the animals after the flood?"
"Yeah, he raced the unicorns with the cheetahs - didn't make that mistake twice!"
"Race me Hanna! Race me!"
And what's the betting this is an unskippable cut scenebefore every single race?
Meldy
strix
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
Wow the animation is absolutely horrid. I've seen much better low budget stop motion claymation better then this.
strix
Scooter
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
You need to get a brain, Ruben.
Scooter
BigMoose
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
@HikariOblivion:
3D Movie Maker is Pixar compared to that stuff...
BigMoose
BigMoose
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
@thepolyamerouscoz:
I think only God can save you now.
Wait...
Damnit, you're screwed.
BigMoose
HikariOblivion
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
Powered by 3D Movie Maker?
HikariOblivion
Ashkihyena
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
Oh my God, that was bad, the way the guy moved at the beginning, and animation, just, everything about this is bad, bad, bad, BAD!!
The rhino sound, and the fact that they're all the same size, yikes.
Ashkihyena
sanyo
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
I want to claw my face off now.
sanyo
muscrat_01
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
That is quite possibly one of the funniest things i have watched in ages.
muscrat_01
coop510
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
and in my suicide note... the url to this video...
coop510
VenoMuS
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
this video needed to be shortened to around 30secs and ended with gieant letters reading "DONT DO DRUGS!!!!"
VenoMuS
Nate128
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
@DarkFalzX: I see what you did there. You used the word "mythology" in reference to Christianity. Not cool. But you're entitled to what you think.
There used to be a pretty sweet game called Exodus for the NES that was Christian themed. I'm pretty sure it was a re-skinned clone of a lode-runner type game, but I remember sinking plenty of hours into it when I was a little kid.
Maybe someday we'll get a good game that explores faith or religion without being a "Bible Adventures" type game. But imagine the controversy. It's the reason why the friggin' hospitals in the USA version of EarthBound had the "+" sign removed because it resembled a cross (even though it was just a regular hospital sign) and NOA thought that something that resembled a cross might offend someone.
Nate128
Schmeg Peg
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
EVERYONE should download the trial. When you beat the trial level, NOAH is there and there's FIREWORKS and FLAGS! It was very disappointing that the trial didn't have the cannon though, instead the equivalent was crashing through some stained glass maze to be flung into an underground cavern.
Schmeg Peg
VishusBurn
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
WTF did I just watch?
This seems like one of those games that they intentionally make so bad just to gain word of mouth and occult novelty.
VishusBurn
thepolyamerouscoz
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
I sit here, alone in the dark with my face lit by a lonely monitor that sits before me. For the first time since I've had this monitor, I thought I had opened the gates of hell through this monitor.
My pants are wet with fear, my shirt is soaked in sweat, and my heart is racing at the chaos I have witnessed within 8 minutes.
I am now scared for my life, I know that menacing rhino will return, for he did not finish the race....and he wants my soul for it!!!!
~*Shudders in fear*~
thepolyamerouscoz
phinehas
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
HahAhahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
The way the horse moves!
And then the cannons!
And then the disco being chaperoned by an inanimate Noah!
phinehas
baberg
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
Finally, a game that can break me of my WoW addiction! I've been waiting for something as deep and innovative as this game to come along!
Invest in this company now, while you can! It's going to go through the roof!
baberg
thinkfreemind
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
It really is a shame all these Christian games are so bad.
thinkfreemind
Pornosaur
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
This is the reason God created youtube.com
Pornosaur
zoesch
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
Did they race in hell? (Or to be precise a really shitty copy of circle of death/bloodfall maps from Doom II)
zoesch
Schmeg Peg
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
@legacyed: It's real. Go to the website and click Download on the left side! HAHAHA it just finished downloading for me, I can't wait to throw up!
Schmeg Peg
SanjiX
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
This just proves that religion influences bad games. This is as bad as the Bibleman GBA-ish game that we saw a few months ago. Like come on guys, make a Jesus RPG where he like has a battle to the death with satan.
As for this, wow. Just wow. I never thought of anything like this. The only good part is with the Horse Cannon/Rockets. I swear you'll never see that in any other game.
SanjiX
EightBit
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
Hmm, they should put Sonic in this. Then it will sell like crazy.
EightBit
Samaridino
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
@SkutSkut: I thought that moment alone put crysis's physics to shame
Samaridino
SkutSkut
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
@Samaridino: lol that elephant hitting the tree was awesome
SkutSkut
-HeyWowItsFelipe-
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
WHOA
WHAT
WHAT
WHAT
WHAT
THE
THE
THE
THE
FUCK?
FUCK?
FUCK?
FUCK?
sorry.. glitches..
-HeyWowItsFelipe-
Morberis
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
HER FACE, HER FACE!!! Garr my eyes.
Morberis
legacyed
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
this is NOT real. it looks like a shitty video someone made in second life.
legacyed
BOMxAgonyxScenex
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
omg..i couldnt get through the first min of this video
BOMxAgonyxScenex
slacker164
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
Oh my god... It just gets more and more screwed up as it goes on. It was hilarious at first with the horrid dialog, acting, and animation, but then it just moves to another level when god starts talking and the music kicks in. XD
This is probably the strangest video I've ever seen posted on Kotaku... and there have been some other crazy ones. Thanks, Brian! This is amazing. ^^
slacker164
Serreah
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
So does anyone plan on trying the demo?
Serreah
DemolitionDebbie
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
BAHAHAHA!!
Everything about this is HILARIOUS!
DemolitionDebbie
huginn
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
@Sabre_Justice: Cause not even furries are this bad.....
Seriously, it looks like they just moded second life and tried to sell it.
huginn
jiSh
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
Can this be real? *Wafts away purple haze* UGH the video is still there! Damn you all!
jiSh
BigMoose
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
@fyren: The soundtrack is already on its way
BigMoose
deathsyth8888
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
My eyes they burn at the horror that is this game! I'm pretty sure its the devil's work. Plus I want whatever drugs the people who think this is "fun" are taking, on second thought, I don't.
deathsyth8888
DarkFalzX
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
Uggghhh.. why can't there EVER be a good christianity-based game? I mean, the mythology is all there, and not any worse than Greek, Roman or Norse.
Take for example the battle of Jericho. Make the art style something like Prince of Persia meets Panzer Dragoon meets H.R. Geiger, and make it the darkest, bloodiest, most vile and twisted beat-em-up ever! FTW!
DarkFalzX
brandechh
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
...
I... I don't know what to say...
Maybe they can follow up with a Grand Canyon-themed brawler.
brandechh
Achenar
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
I just love how the store sells it in what look like recycled jewel cases with $50-printer printed labels. Plus, well. You can buy the SOUNDTRACK.
That's just....wow. Uh.
Achenar
2th
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
wow this is GOD awful... LOL
2th
Gouki4u
Posted 6:36 PM 17/1/08
Hey at least the horse can turn faster than the one in Oblivion.
Gouki4u
muscrat_01
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
@Moose: And the others are purley from people (ahem the developers) voting on sites.
Jeez this is halarious and terrible at the same time
muscrat_01
BigMoose
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
On what Reuben is doing behind the desk, Randall, one of the developers, said:
"I don't know, use your imagination. :-) Maybe he was trying to get Hannah's attention? Haha! :-)"
I think that just made it twice as disturbing...
BigMoose
minasodaboy
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
@minasodaboy:
ohhhhhhhhhhh. ok. if you watch noah's animal adventure ([www.youtube.com]) you would see that the deer needed his 'favorite' cowboy hat to keep his head warm. so obviously the pig needed the top hat to keep his bacon crispy.
also, noah brings a sheep a soccer ball. in stonehenge. so he'll go to the ark. i'm not kidding.
minasodaboy
Exx0dus
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
I hear Uwe Boll just signed for the movie adaptation.
Exx0dus
waitinthecar
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
LMAO at anyone who thinks this is a serious attempt to make a good game. Although, if you factor in comedy, it's pretty f'ing solid. This seems like the sort of game Tim & Eric would make. It is both phenomenal and disturbing.
There's a certain creepiness to the old-school graphics in the "hell" segments of the race. Several parts gave me late night "Rise of the Triad" flashbacks.
I'm definitely going to have nightmares tonight.
waitinthecar
Moose
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
Did you anyone else actually look at their "awards"? Two of them are for it not being filled with spyware haha
Moose
aslum
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
I don't think that's what a rhino sounds like.
aslum
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
ROFLCOPTER
Humanity never ceases to amaze me.
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
mindinrewind
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
Deeeesco dancing!
mindinrewind
Oyn
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
That's about the worst game I've seen since Crazy Frog Racer.
Oyn
otakufaith
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
I like how Noah 'played' with the animals... and um at about 2;40 wtf did he pee in the library after he 'races her??
otakufaith
BigMoose
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
The game costs $17.77
The soundtrack costs $7.77
Oh the wit
BigMoose
Maldron
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
I played Captain Bible in the Dome of Darkness, and I liked it.
What now, yo? WHAT NOW.
Maldron
Sugoi
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
I find it unbelievable that anyone could try and sell something this horrible. Even Bibleman, horrible as it was, was light years ahead of this...this... ABOMINATION!
I'd try the demo, but I'm scared it might make my computer commit suicide.
Sugoi
ReductiveNut
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
Did I just Stroke off there for a minute, or did my candy have an LSD core?
I feel like i was visually raped by earthworm Jim.
ReductiveNut
Cameroo
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
Wow, this is a close tie to animal soccer world here.
[www.youtube.com]
Cameroo
Superman
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
lol... hahahahaha... this made my day. Seriously. I think that this game wins the "Worst Game of 2008" award and we're not even a month in.
Superman
Fangeh
Posted 7:36 PM 17/1/08
Oh God, the music even is hilarious. The singer sounds like Gob from Arrested Development.
Fangeh
Miharu
Posted 2:43 AM 17/1/08
That clip made my day. The acting was so ridiculous ^^
Miharu
HighlanderWolf
Posted 2:26 AM 17/1/08
@BigMoose:
Oh dear. Then it's true about the sound effect being... inappropriate? Naughty, naughty devs.
HighlanderWolf
cheeseboybeans
Posted 2:17 AM 17/1/08
that guy's walk is FANTASTIC
cheeseboybeans
skychicken
Posted 2:16 AM 17/1/08
that was the dumbest crap I have ever seen!
skychicken
WhoreofSpamylon
Posted 2:02 AM 17/1/08
I thought I should point out that the developer seems to be doing PR work on the Youtube page.
[www.youtube.com]
WhoreofSpamylon
Wolfkin
Posted 10:36 PM 17/1/08
Award Winning 3D Game? what the heck? What awards would this win?
Wolfkin
Sheogorath
Posted 10:36 PM 17/1/08
Man...this would've been GREAT as a mod for Jedi Knight II. I would've downloaded it in a flash.
Sheogorath
j13
Posted 10:36 PM 17/1/08
Seriously, I think this looks WAY better than that M&M Kart Racing game.
Sign me up!
j13
Serreah
Posted 10:36 PM 17/1/08
Wow I just finished play the demo and found you can bunnyhop like nobody's business. It's fast enough that using the cougar you can take about a 50+ second break when you get to the last area with Noah before you see any other animals.
Serreah
Archem
Posted 10:36 PM 17/1/08
This is so funny. Jesus, I can't imagine anything this bad being so good!
Archem
kennyd1
Posted 10:36 PM 17/1/08
If this is a joke, it's both funny and well executed. If not... then god help us all!
kennyd1
MrLister
Posted 11:36 PM 17/1/08
Wow! That horse can DANCE!
MrLister
TalKeaton
Posted 11:36 PM 17/1/08
WOW.
This is awful.
Why can't ANYONE make a decent Christian game? The talent's out there... and yet we get stuff like this.
I'm gonna have to do something about this.
TalKeaton
NotZed
Posted 11:36 PM 17/1/08
Well there's 3 minutes of my life that i'll never get back again. I couldn't bear to sit through the whole thing.
Just goes to prove that religion fucks everything up, even computer games.
NotZed
killerrobosaurus
Posted 11:36 PM 17/1/08
haha i love the clip from 1:40 to 1:50 where his arm drifts slowly across his body
killerrobosaurus
hurtle
Posted 11:36 PM 17/1/08
I gotta say that watching this reminded me *exactly* of the crappy acting, writing and general low quality of the "story" bits of porno movies.
Forget about the military-industrial complex, this game proves the existance of the religion-porno complex.
hurtle
Mink_Car
Posted 12:36 AM 18/1/08
"You need to get a brain, Reuben."
I also love his expression when he says "Yes Hannah?"
Mink_Car
scumm_boy
Posted 12:36 AM 18/1/08
Noah had a bitchin' dance club!
scumm_boy
Solaris79
Posted 12:36 AM 18/1/08
I love the depressed announcer. "Cheer up little guy, the race is almost over!"
Solaris79
Akin
Posted 12:36 AM 18/1/08
speaking of horrible acting, this is related:
[www.youtube.com]
Oh, look at those low rates!
Akin
jaczor
Posted 1:36 AM 18/1/08
Those are some tiny animals right there, I also didn't know there were rhino ponies.
jaczor
EmeraldDragon
Posted 1:36 AM 18/1/08
Why did the woman in red turn into a pig with a top hat?
EmeraldDragon
xtimrs
Posted 1:36 AM 18/1/08
I think Reuben is modeled after JT.
xtimrs
CZroe
Posted 8:39 AM 17/1/08
Guys, this whole game and website is an elaborate joke. Isn't it obvious?
CZroe
DarkFalzX
Posted 8:37 AM 17/1/08
Nate128: There is no way I will start a theological debate with you here... not in the wake of this animal racing atrocity: )
I actually own Exodus on Sega Genesis - one of the better bible-based games, unfortunately that really doesn't mean much. All of them are too preachy IMO.
I think it would take someone removed from the religion to make a good Christian game.
DarkFalzX
Fuzzba11
Posted 8:34 AM 17/1/08
So awesome, I picked up the demo and was amazed.
Fuzzba11
rhinohumper
Posted 8:32 AM 17/1/08
wow. just... wow
rhinohumper
Ghede
Posted 8:28 AM 17/1/08
"Is this uh, uh, a dream?"
wow.
To be fair SOME of the gameplay looks like it would be interesting in a racer, I kind of liked the barrel hill thing, but the overall poor quality and borderline psychotic design decisions make this game qualify for the "Hell" moniker. This isn't the product of drugs, it is the product of one stupid decision after another. It probably started like this: "Let us make a Noah's Ark racing game." "But how do we make it appeal to the player?" "Easy, Make the animals from people." "Brilliant! What animals shall we use?" "A horse, A rhino, a cougar, and a pig in a top-hat." ... "Hmm, our game looks a little unpolished" "Let's release it anyways." ... "Who shall we use for voice acting?" "My cousin can do a pretty funny donald duck impression, he HAS to be a good voice actor." etc, etc, etc.
Ghede
g0daemon
Posted 8:26 AM 17/1/08
Yipes, just yipes. Hey Cougar Interactive - the Turbo Grafix 16 wants its bad voice acting back.
g0daemon
theduke282
Posted 7:56 AM 17/1/08
They are just pushing an unrealistic look for women by having the librarian say she is short, thin, and weak. Ok, in all seriousness that game will make a great gift for all my mortal enemies.
theduke282
Henglop-Loob
Posted 7:44 AM 17/1/08
That was... Agonizing.
But sorta amusing that the guy with the white hair was the one going "I like animaaaals... do they race?"
Henglop-Loob
Double J
Posted 7:41 AM 17/1/08
Jesus, this must have been what Dave Bowman felt like when he was traveling through space and time...
Double J
Danj3ris
Posted 7:39 AM 17/1/08
The game has enough of a fan base right here, that we technically have the power to decide whether it gets a sequel or not.
I'm telling you this, if the game has online multi player, they're making a sequel.
@DarkFalzX: I'd buy that. But they gotta make it offensive enough. Because obviously a game like that, if made well enough, will offend.
Danj3ris
pyropetey
Posted 4:37 AM 18/1/08
People people! Play the game before judging!
Noted problems:
- Jittery animation
- POOOR control and camera
- Graphical nuances detract from the overall game
- Inane story... but then again this can go both ways
Problems other people would consider:
- sad ass graphics (Just cuz a game looks bad doesnt mean it is bad :P)
Saving traits:
- Plays music throughout
- Creative tracks
- Creative take on racing
- Charming style... (at the end of every race you get full out music and disco dancing!)
- The announcer is GOD! O_o you shall obey!
Overall the game doesn't really deserve much. But do play through it for fun at least. Fortunately this sort of game will actually hold people's attention say for the first 1-3 races? Then it'll be decided on how bent you are going through the game or wanting to explore all the content (which I should tell you, yet again, IS CHARMING).
If I were to rate this versus all the multitude of games I've played. It'll beat the pants off at least half of them simply because there are games that are just crap, have only one saving factor (usually stunning 3d graphics -- as are with many current gen games), or is too redundant!
@Meldy:
NOoope. The cutscene isn't even there! The intro is nicely sectioned off in a button called "The Story"
@Sugoi:
played and working fiiine
@Bokusatsu_Tenshi:
Easily amused are we :D?
pyropetey
Datalock
Posted 4:37 AM 18/1/08
it sounds like Napoleon Dynamite did the annoucements....on slow-mo.
"anna the horse...congragulations (echo echo)
Datalock
_Argyle_
Posted 4:37 AM 18/1/08
I lol'd my pants
_Argyle_
Ashkihyena
Posted 4:37 AM 18/1/08
@Smokeblue: Thats what scares me, everyone keeps saying its a joke, but with specs like that, I don't think so.
Ashkihyena
kwant
Posted 4:37 AM 18/1/08
It's so bad i wanna play it lol
Pretty sure it's a joke though...
kwant
sigma7
Posted 4:37 AM 18/1/08
Dibbs on the atheist librarian chick!
sigma7
peanutismint
Posted 4:37 AM 18/1/08
Best thing of all time.
peanutismint
Player2
Posted 4:37 AM 18/1/08
Is it just me or did I see Santa in hell?
Player2
Smokeblue
Posted 4:37 AM 18/1/08
Hey, knock it if you must, but just look at these specs:
System Requirements:
Minimum: Pentium 4 - 1.6 GHz or higher - 512 MB RAM
Recommended: Pentium 4 - 2 GHz or higher - 1024 MB RAM - Pixel Shaders 2.0 or above
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/VISTA
DirectX 9 or greater
Clearly, there's some serious tech behind this game. I suspect they liscensed the CryEngine.
As for the graphics themselves, it's obvious they have the most brilliant art director in years. This is the sort of experimental piece the industry has been needing to get itself taken seriously as a medium.
Smokeblue
StealthBear
Posted 4:37 AM 18/1/08
Best transition evar:
"Hey, do you think Noah had animal races?"
Damn, we have this shitty game and need a Biblical fiction to apply to it! Other possibilities:
"Hey, do you think the book of Revelations actually took place in the future, and Satan is actually an alien species?"
"Hey, do you think that Moses led the jews out of Egypt on Kawasaki Motorcycles?"
"Hey, do you think that God and the devil played a round of DDR to decide the fate of Job?"
StealthBear
g0daemon
Posted 4:37 AM 18/1/08
Should be renamed "4 Animals, 1 Cup."
g0daemon
ghostfacelz
Posted 5:36 AM 18/1/08
wow..this game is so full of win. it has everything, pigs wearing tophats, animals being fired from cannons, breakdancing, missle launches....
wow...i think i will get 2 copies just in case.
LOL
ghostfacelz
slav_9920
Posted 5:36 AM 18/1/08
I think I saw Rueben the Rhino drop a tab of ecstasy during that disco scene. And shame on Hannah the Horse riding hobo shotgun on that train to win the race. This game is morally bankrupt...
slav_9920
Ninja-Z
Posted 5:36 AM 18/1/08
At first, I misread the title as "Christian Animal Crossing," and I imagined a game where you are a missionary walking door to door, converting your animal neighbors to Christianity. Oh, and Totake would be a member of a Christian rock band
That would be an awesome game.
Ninja-Z
Irenicus-the one and only
Posted 5:36 AM 18/1/08
The music added the final tuch this game needed ROFL This game looks sooo freaking ridiculusly FUN :D
Horse- ROCKET RIDE :P
Irenicus-the one and only
mouroutaru
Posted 5:36 AM 18/1/08
that was simply too awesome to be real. It is amazing to me though how poor of a race announcer God is.
high points for me had to be Danger: Hydrogen (as pointed out by several others), the dance party (was God spinning?), and Creature Races, I must find that book!
mouroutaru
D-Lish
Posted 5:36 AM 18/1/08
Video games is one vehicle that Scientology may have a leg up in. Sorry Noah, so sorry.
D-Lish
Crawl_to_China
Posted 5:36 AM 18/1/08
What did i do to deserve this, Kotaku? why would you embed a youtube video so terrible on your site knowing i would be powerless to stop myself from watching? WHY????
Crawl_to_China
MURDERFACE
Posted 5:36 AM 18/1/08
LOL the dude looked like he was reading noah's Ark with one hand. WTF?
but seriously i think that's funny that the Christian folks actually made something that offended me as a gamer.
But it's not the religion that scares me it's the people in it.
But i think the slayer song "Cult" explains it better than i can.
[www.youtube.com]
MURDERFACE
Allfather Black
Posted 12:36 PM 17/1/08
Holy crap whatever noise that rhino made almost made me S myself... then I did S myself at the sound of the animals running. Thats just offensive.
Allfather Black
Allfather Black
Posted 12:35 PM 17/1/08
Holy shit, they actually looped the word "...but" rather than just having him say it twice...
Also, the toilet flushing noise and him rising from the depths of Hell behind that box was just surreal, summed up by a cut to the ladys facial reaction.
Allfather Black
alizerothree
Posted 12:21 PM 17/1/08
This is amazing.
alizerothree
tittergrrl
Posted 8:37 AM 18/1/08
I must say, on their web site they have the backstories for each of the characters.
It's gold, Jerry. GOLD.
tittergrrl
RocketChump
Posted 8:37 AM 18/1/08
Holyshit! Horses out of cannons! Demonic club light rave dances?!
This game kicks ass! I want it!
I hear they are working on the sequel with better graphics, more brutal weapons, 100 player online and 8 player co-op!
RocketChump
murdermonkey
Posted 9:36 AM 18/1/08
@Samaridino:
I was crying with laughter at that point.
murdermonkey
cynopt
Posted 9:36 AM 18/1/08
This is like that Patton Oswalt joke about the KFC bowls "First time I saw it, I thought it was a Tim and Eric sketch."
I apologize for the pop-culture reference clusterfuck, but that's literally my reaction. This is either elaborate satire, or one more painfully ill-conceived attempt to give kids their religion with mini-games.
How about something historical? You could play as a 15th century priest in some pleasant cartoon village full of colorful peasant types and their curmudgeonly local nobleman, tending to your flock like Animal Crossing or the Sims. See, I'm not even a Christian, and still I've got ideas.
Get with me, religious right, we'll party.
cynopt
KM91
Posted 9:36 AM 18/1/08
Other things I should add: James Earl Jones should provide the voice of God. Rock should not be in a Christian video game. Barbed wire was invented in the 1800's. I don't think that metal fences were used in the biblical era. Trains were in invented in the 1800s.
KM91
KM91
Posted 9:36 AM 18/1/08
It's so bad it almost makes me feel ashamed to be a Christian.
KM91
Dave Silva
Posted 9:36 AM 18/1/08
APPROACHING SOUND BARRIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave Silva
Hylian
Posted 9:36 AM 18/1/08
@Samaridino: ditto
Hylian
shini
Posted 9:36 AM 18/1/08
They figured out a way to send drugs through the internet. Amazing.
shini
dead_red_eyes
Posted 9:36 AM 18/1/08
What in the hell did I just watch!? Crazy.
dead_red_eyes
ShikiMSHTS
Posted 9:36 AM 18/1/08
did the pig run head on into the train? ;_;
ShikiMSHTS
HaxorParadox
Posted 10:38 AM 18/1/08
I sweat I heard Charlie the Unicorn in there, right when she transformed.
HaxorParadox
soul4sale
Posted 10:38 AM 18/1/08
Yes, they race so fast that they are shot right out of the Biblical Canon.
This looks like it was rendered in Second Life by a bunch of stoners.
soul4sale
murdermonkey
Posted 10:38 AM 18/1/08
Game demo keeps crashing before title screen.
murdermonkey
paroxetine
Posted 10:38 AM 18/1/08
noah's ark isn't limited to the christian religion. noah's ark is believed by abrahamic religions. so you're either singling out christianity, attempting to insult it, or you're leaving our jews, muslims and bahais out of your fun.
paroxetine
bluehippie
Posted 10:38 AM 18/1/08
it's a joke. The voice of the rhinocerous sounds exactly like the voice of the main character on Xavier: Renegade angel, a show on adult swim. The show goes out of it's way to screw with religion, and the whole thing is done in a second life style. and the show is just as trippy as the trailer
bluehippie
bluehippie
Posted 10:38 AM 18/1/08
It's a joke. I'm 99.9% positive the voice of the rhinocerous is the voice of Xavier: Renegade Angel on adult swim. The show goes out of it's way to screw with religion and the whole thing is as trippy as the game trailer
bluehippie
SamKablam
Posted 10:38 AM 18/1/08
Quote the librarian: "I think you read too much...You have too much imagination." With librarians like her, no wonder kids aren't reading anymore.
Also, the company's rewards seem more like a report from the doctor saying your STD free...something you don't to tell people you needed to have checked in the first place.
SamKablam
torsoboy
Posted 12:06 PM 18/1/08
It seems like a joke... But I hope that it's real, because it makes it that much more humorous.
torsoboy
SirCletus
Posted 12:06 PM 18/1/08
1.) "God can do ANYTHING!" Except make decent textures, apparently.
2.) DANGER. HYDROGEN.
3.) The race announcer's vocal delivery is reminiscent of Uncle Bill from "American Movie."
SirCletus
nightram
Posted 12:06 PM 18/1/08
Here's the developer name, found in "Credits":
Randall Alaimo
When Googled, all I come up with is more Christian nonsensical stuff.
Did anyone bother to read 'Creature Stories" on the website. Crow's pooping? (with added sfx in the TEXT!). Crows on the moon? This is some of the best comedy writing I've seen in YEARS:
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"Look Cain!", she declared, "The crows have come out to greet us.", but just then she noticed that the crows were indeed flying overhead, but they also were pooping lots of poop from above (you then click the word poop for fart.wav). As the noise and stench came from above, she shouted aloud, "Quick everyone!" "Let's run into this cave over here!".
Then Hannah noticed that the cave ending was a cliff that dropped down to a deep river far below. Agggh!, she screamed as she fell down. "Oh those nasty crows", she said aloud. "If I could just be on the moon, then there would be no more crows, because crows don't live on the moon!"
Hannah's Moon Trip:
On another day, however, Hannah found herself on a rocket and then afterwards on the moon itself. While on the moon she heard the faint sound of a bird. It was… It was crows! The crows were on the moon! Yes and their crow poop were there also again, but she tried hard to avoid it.
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GOLD, right?
I just pray it's not meant to be a real "3d interactive zoo game for kids ages 5-13."
I can't imagine what this game would have done to me at that age!
nightram
waitinthecar
Posted 12:06 PM 18/1/08
@KM91: It's a parody.
Also, on the EXTREME off-chance that right-wing Christians DID in fact create this game, I want some of whatever they're smokin.
waitinthecar
s0nlxaftrsh0ck
Posted 12:06 PM 18/1/08
Everybody...we're not seeing the big picture here...this is obviously the sequel to..Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing.
s0nlxaftrsh0ck
bigfry
Posted 12:06 PM 18/1/08
At first I thought it looked like something out of the 90's, but this is really the second coming of Crysis, or pre, or something...
System Requirements:
Minimum: Pentium 4 - 1.6 GHz or higher - 512 MB RAM
Recommended: Pentium 4 - 2 GHz or higher - 1024 MB RAM - Pixel Shaders 2.0 or above
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/VISTA
DirectX 9 or greater
bigfry
pyropetey
Posted 6:07 PM 17/1/08
well i got the demo... minimized it's displaying the name of the program used to make this lol ...
3D game studio
then again its the A6 engine!
not that that matters o_O though the trees graphically remind me of the old school 3d games ahh those were the days
pyropetey
Erwin211
Posted 2:36 PM 18/1/08
I think it's brilliant that a christian game would make the only believer a mentally disabled man child. To nonbelievers in this game, please remember that this is marketed to children, probably to get them interested in religion. Hannah's reaction at 29 sec in sums it up.
And games have been worse:
[www.somethingawful.com]
I actually bought that monstrosity. It's pretty much the same level repeated over and over. Check out the graphics. And you should have seen the bail animations!
@killerrobosaurus: That scared the hell out of me. I thought that he was about to start some shit in the name of god!
Erwin211
BigMoose
Posted 11:49 PM 17/1/08
@sigma7:
Dibbs on her once she turns into a horse
BigMoose
Datalock
Posted 12:36 AM 19/1/08
@RocketChump:
Real-time weapon swapping and Massive damage too?
Datalock
JeTSpice
Posted 1:54 AM 18/1/08
Your comments are exactly the type of violence that the world showed Jesus before they nailed him to a cross--unrelenting for no purpose other than wrath. You've jeered like a mob at a man who worked for a year to make a game for his children.
JeTSpice
BodyOfTheMany
Posted 10:34 PM 18/1/08
the absolute sheer idiocy and creepy surreal nature of this disturbing artifact have rendered me utterly speechless.
BodyOfTheMany
essko
Posted 9:36 PM 22/1/08
A librarian saying you read to many books? Then, saying you have to much of an imagination then spewing random shit about god? and on top of all of that it looks like someone coded the game with their butt?! I must have this.
essko