We finally decided to ante up and visit a local Burger King in order to pick up the three Xbox games they released recently. You can get 'em with any value meal for an additional $3.99, and they work in both the original Xbox, and the 360.Our first trick was in talking them into letting us buy all three without having to also buy three value meals. So, one Jedi mind trick on a manager and $15 later, we had our three games and a really nasty Chicken Fries value meal with hash browns. Not a good choice, FYI.
All three of these games feel like they are the bastard children of Fuzion Frenzy, but what can you really complain about for $3.99? The only improvement would be to stick all of these on one disc and sell them at the same price. They run in HD, but the graphics are extremely last-gen.
- Sneak King -- the creepiest and weirdest of the bunch. In fact, the magazine ads for the games say "Now Creepy On Multiple Levels," and they mean this game. You play as The King, and your goal is to sneak up on people and surprise them with food. That's it. Stay out of the vision of the civvies and you're fine, but if they spot you, an alarm will sound, and they'll probably need years of therapy. You can jump in things like bales of hay and empty boxes to hide, and that's about as complex as it gets.
- PocketBike Racer -- this one is exactly what it sounds like, you pick a character ranging from The King, to the Subservient Chicken, to Brooke Burke (wtf?), to a BK employee and hop on a pocketbike. The racing is fairly Mario Kart-esque: you can pick up power-ups along the way, including missiles to launch at your opponents, and dynamite to drop behind you. Unlike Sneak King, you can take this one online and race on Xbox Live. Which isn't any more exciting.
- Big Bumpin' -- Okay, as much as we hate to admit it, we really like this one. It's bumper cars with power-ups, and you're trying to smash your foes off the track, what's not to love? Now you can finally take out all the aggression you feel towards The King. It's the best of the bunch, plus you can take it online and play Bumper Hockey, where you use your cars to guide a massive puck around the ice and hopefully into the goal. Did you see the South Park with the Pee Wee Hockey League? It's about like that, but funny as hell.




















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PBR is halarious... i too wondered what Brooke Burke was doing in the game. She's a little out of place next to the King and the whopper mascot.
I recomend them. Certainly a good time that is had by all.
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all i did was ask my parents to get me the games and they came home with all three with a whopper junior!! :p
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It's also somewhat fun to try to achieve an "A" rank on challenges.
Havne't tried the other ones yet. My BK only had the one game.
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Much confusion, and talking to 3 people later (each claiming to be the manager until I talked to the next person), somehow I got out of BK with all 3 games, a double cheeseburger value meal, and a bottle of water, for $8.57.
I have no idea what happened but I'm not complaining. ;)
As for the games, they're really not bad. Had I paid $20 each I'd be upset but for under $10 for all 3 they're not bad at all. Pocket Racer reminds me of ReVolt (Which is a truly underrated gem of its time). Sneak King is pretty fun. Haven't completely gotten into Big Bumpin' yet.
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Sneak King on the other hand has upped the challenge level quite a bit from when I first started playing it. It's a tough game, honestly, and if you have lots of free time, there is plenty to do.
Now I have to wait to be hungry for BK again so I can get Big Bumpin.
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Big Bumpin is the biggest rip off from Fusion frenzy.
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There is a vast difference between buying a blatant advertgame for three bucks and spending fifty bucks on an actual game that has advertising subtly placed in by watching what I do on the Internet.
With the Burger King game you know what you're paying for; a Burger King game. It's like buying an action figure of the Burger King. It's a far cry from buying a Marvel Legends Wolverine figure and having it come with a happy meal and a tiny copy of Madden NFL 2007. Catch my drift?
Sincerely,
Fisher
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Now to get my hands on big bumpin'...
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The play mechanic is fun, the graphics are fine (I'm on old X-Box, not the 360), and for $4...hell, there's WAY more than $4 in value here. What's better is my wife and I -like- BK, so buying the cheapest value meal to get the game was not a chore at all. I ate the burger, she ate the fries and had the diet coke. I then proceeded to dance, deliver, and creep the night away.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=stma9PvnROU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oo-c26OYA2U
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ipU2qDpKxAU
Burger Kind did a couple commercials with Brooke, as well as a viral marketing campaign with videos of Brooke and the King on the beach, as well as going to a Lakers game together
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The food was nor so great, and I tossed it after a few bites. Oh well. This guarantees that the advertisement portion of the game is completely wasted on me.
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I feel like a rapist, I swear that if it wasnt burger kind that was doing this game they would of be burning the copies calling it "how to be a rapist"
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Today we had friends over and played nothing but the bumper car game. Awesome.
The achievements are surprisingly difficult to get. I think the most I have is 4 on the Sneak King game.
All in all, it's well worth the crappy hamburger I ate. These games are a lot more solid than I would have expected. They are definitely comparable to Live Arcade games, and quite fun.
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On the other hand, I did score some free games. Truly, our BK is staffed by idiots.
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You know i'm right.
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The King AND Clippit
:D
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my brand new xbox 260 is toast thanks to these goddamn games. eat $hit burger king
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I really hate it when a bad game causes my console to start electrocuting people. Happens all the time, drives me nuts.
...are you sure he didn't toss a greasy french fry in there along with the disc?
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