Rat Race isn't all that funny

by Justin McElroy { Oct 18th 2007 at 7:25PM }

It's just what we were afraid of. You've been lied to. When you learned of upcoming PSN title Rat Race, you were told it was an episodic comedy/adventure game. The truth, as you can see in this clip and the others after the jump, is that it is an episodic adventure game that contains objects that are supposed to be jokes. Honestly, if there's any justice it won't even be episodic. It'll just be a really short game.

Let's put it this way. It's The Guy Game bad. ... No, it's worse. Rat Race is aspiring to that level. When Rat Race goes home to its four-post canopy bed, it has pictures of The Guy Game hanging on its wall. We're still hopeful for a glimmer of comedy, a smirk even. We just haven't seen it yet.

Tags: psn, ratrace

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Shmil @ Oct 18th 2007 7:31PM

first person to mention that god awful movie gets a -1

Mr Khan @ Oct 18th 2007 7:34PM

God awful?

It was the spiritual successor to Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World

It was awesome

Shmil @ Oct 18th 2007 8:28PM

one too many mads

LuigiHann @ Oct 18th 2007 8:41PM

What if I say "the God-awful movie looks funnier than this game"?

Shmil @ Oct 18th 2007 8:52PM

i'd agree its just the movie is another craptacular remake

why not the LS2/LS7? @ Oct 19th 2007 12:12AM

Actually, two too many Mads.

PhydeWice @ Oct 19th 2007 12:50AM

It had Rowan Atkinson and John Cleese. In other words, Mr Bean and one of the founders of Monty Python. Living comedy legends, son.

Benny @ Oct 18th 2007 7:31PM

About as funny as an anal tumor.

kinshadow @ Oct 18th 2007 7:48PM

Well, it sounds like both will be a pain in the ass.

Jerk Face @ Oct 18th 2007 10:24PM

Kindshadow I seriously love you, ha ha!

Jerk Face @ Oct 18th 2007 10:25PM

Er, yeah. KINshadow. Damn it.

Mr Khan @ Oct 18th 2007 7:33PM

I thought, for a fleeting second, that you were dumping on the movie with Jon Lovitz, Seth Green, and Amy Smart

I would've gotten angry...

kennethrios @ Oct 18th 2007 7:36PM

Wipe me out.
I smiled during the second video. I do however still HATE Sarah Silverman.

plyx @ Oct 18th 2007 10:11PM

Call me ignorant, but what the Hell do any of those videos have to do with Sarah Silverman? (Who, by the way, is freaking rad.)

kennethrios @ Oct 19th 2007 12:56PM

Sarah Silverman is one of those ungraceful ladies that depends on racy humor about sex and bathroom functions as the source of her humor. Like at the MTV video awards when she made some joke having to leave the stage because she had some bathroom problem.

kennethrios @ Oct 18th 2007 7:37PM

I meant the last video. The one with the woman.

brescoach @ Oct 18th 2007 7:45PM

How can you rip the Guy Game? Trivia and tits. It never claimed it was anything else.

plyx @ Oct 18th 2007 10:12PM

Because it took WAY too long to get to the tits.

PhydeWice @ Oct 19th 2007 12:50AM

And it's not as irreverant as You Don't Know Jack.

Agent4187 @ Oct 18th 2007 7:45PM

First off, you know you're in trouble when your game completly sucks at one half of its own genre. And secondly, this is supposed to be on PS3? God, those visuals are pathetic.

Sam @ Oct 18th 2007 7:54PM

I swear that as i watched those clips, i could literally feel my biological structure shift, as i lost at least 30-40 IQ points.

Srayer @ Oct 18th 2007 7:57PM

I couldn't even listen to what the characters were saying because I was so distracted by the fact that they fidget and change position every two seconds. The guy in the first video uncrossed his arms then wiped his nose like five times in a row.

Marty @ Oct 18th 2007 8:01PM

I could have told you this game was going to be garbage the moment Joystiq posted about it before... I should be an industry analyst.

Spooky @ Oct 18th 2007 8:04PM

Watching that hurt my Vagina! Did I mention I'm a dude?

I'm such a bad comedian I should work for them.

Kamizar @ Oct 18th 2007 8:07PM

These people need better writers, and new graphics, and more storyline, and some sort of gameplay...

Ape2020 @ Oct 18th 2007 10:01PM

No these people need an unemployment check.

Rob Accomando @ Oct 18th 2007 8:22PM

maybe if it had a laugh track it would give clues on what was supposed to be funny.

Negativecool @ Oct 18th 2007 8:24PM

Jeez...I at least give Sony props for taking a risk on something unusual.

It just would have been nice if they actually did their homework and realized how crappy this would turn out.

mafafu @ Oct 18th 2007 8:25PM

crap on a cracker

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 18th 2007 8:42PM

Hahahahhaa. I'm laughing. But for all the wrong reasons. Jesus christ that's horrible.

Mal F4cti0n @ Oct 18th 2007 9:06PM

The sad part is, that was probably the funniest part of the game so far.

You know how you go and see a comedy, and you get pissed cuz the commercials you already saw were the funniest parts of the movie. Except you would never go see this movie based on that commercial, you would just laugh at any idiot that actually went to see it.