Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
- August 22, 2003 13:39 PM PST
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The tale of a boy, his chicken suit, and the strange things inside what we eat for breakfast. New info on Sonic Team's creative gamble.
If a boy in a chicken suit pushing around giant ovoids doesn?t sound like fun, obviously you?re broken inside. Sonic Team?s latest may be structured a lot like any ol? Mario-ish game, but the central gameplay mechanic?rolling an egg around in front of you and using it for a plethora of purposes?makes for an inspired little twist on tiring 3D platform clich?s, and young Billy controls like the finest of mascot heroes. Unfortunately, the preview build we played didn?t have the game?s biggest potential hook implemented just yet: In the final game, each egg you roll around will have a mystery creature growing inside it; once it hatches, it helps you out in its own weird and special way.
