Urban Yeti!
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| Developer(s) | Cave + Barn Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Telegames |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
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| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Urban Yeti! is an action video game developed by Cave + Barn Studios and published by Telegames for the Game Boy Advance. It was released in North America on August 16, 2002.
Gameplay
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The plot of Urban Yeti! focuses on a yeti's quest to find a yeti mate in a large city populated with humans.[1] The game plays from a top-down perspective similar to the early Grand Theft Auto games.[1][2] The player must make their way through the city in order to come across missions, which take the form of separate minigames, such as when the yeti must get a job in order to earn the money to pay a toll to cross a bridge.[1]
As the yeti walks around the city, he is attacked by townspeople and must try to avoid being killed.[1] The game features four minigames and four missions to complete.[2] Once minigames are completed, the player is unable to go back and play them again unless they type in the password for the section of the game they are in.[3]
Development
[edit]Urban Yeti! was published by Telegames and developed by UK developer Cave Barn Studios.[4]
Reception
[edit]| Aggregator | Score |
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| GameRankings | 68.71%[6] |
| Metacritic | 67%[5] |
| Publication | Score |
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| IGN | 7/10[1] |
Urban Yeti! received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the game's humor but criticized its technical problems. It received a 67% and a 68.71% from review aggregate websites Metacritic and GameRankings respectively.[5][6]
IGN's Craig Harris criticized the game's slow frame rate and technical problems, saying that the game was produced by a "few guys down in someone's basement" instead of some established development studio.[1] Allgame's Brett Alan Weiss noted that the game had charming moments, but ultimately had little replay value and had too many graphical problems.[2] GameZone's Scott Kuvin felt that the collision detection of the game had some glitches, but felt that the game's humor overcame any technical problems.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Harris, Craig (August 23, 2002). "Urban Yeti! - Game Boy Advance Review". IGN. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
- ^ a b c Weiss, Brett Alan. "Urban Yeti! - Review". Allgame. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
- ^ a b Kuvin, Scott (September 28, 2002). "Urban Yeti Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 19, 2002. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
- ^ Harrism Craig (October 25, 2002). "Yeti Crossing". IGN. Archived from the original on July 14, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ a b "Urban Yeti! (gba) reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on July 14, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ^ a b "Urban Yeti! for Game Boy Advance". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09.