[Review] Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon

September 11, 2011 | pedrolabate | 3 Comments

Ugly Americans is a game based on the Comedy Central show by the same name. It’s set on a bizarre world where demons and abominations far outnumber the human population, and everything from the Apocalypse to a giant ape with OCD can happen, all in a day’s work.

The game is very simple and straight forward: it’s a brawler with two-stick shooting mechanics, so as you kill man-birds (a half human, half pigeon thing), zombies, and some rocker demons, you’ll be making your way to the right side of the screen. Levels are packed with enemies and it’s not particularly difficult to get overrun by them if you’re not careful. Luckily every character has a special attack that will deal a great amount of damage to all enemies; you can do this every once in a while when the special bar is refilled.

Since this game works out as a shooter, you’re better off keeping your distance from everything else on the screen, because you don’t have a melee attack (and that basically means you’re screwed if something gets to close). You have a nice selection of weapons (more like projectiles) that have different properties like exploding or piercing, so you should plan accordingly before entering a level. I wish you could carry at least two at the same time, in order to safely manage all situations. You’ll also be able to carry babies around, each provide you with different bonuses.

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Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon Released on PSN

September 2, 2011 | EdEN | 2 Comments

Carlos Giffoni, Creative Director over at 345 Games is pleased to announce that their new game, Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon, is now available for purchase at the PSN Store for only $9.99! Let’s see what else he has to say:

For those of you that haven’t been following our development, Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon is a four-player, co-op, dual-analog arcade shooter (think Robotron on crack…with plenty of raving zombies and delinquent man-birds, of course). What’s really fantastic about the game is that we’ve been lucky enough to work extremely closely with the über-talented staff over at the Ugly Americans. All of the voice actors from the show lent their talents to their characters, the writers created a completely new story for the game, and Devin Clark (animator and series creator) came up with all the character design including some insanely twisted end-level bosses. As a result it really feels like you are playing inside an episode of the show, every element from the world of Ugly Americans forms a crucial part of this game experience.

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“Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon New Making of Trailer and Release Date

August 17, 2011 | Oly | 3 Comments

Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon, a four-player, side-scrolling, co-op, shooter based on Comedy Central’s animated series is coming to the PSN on August 30 for a retail price of $9.99. Here is the newest “Making of” trailer straight from GamesCom. Hit the jump for more info.
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