Mike Anderiesz 

Games review: Bee Movie

"The graphics hardly push the bigger consoles, but Hollywood production values ensure every screen is packed with eye candy"
  
  

Bee movie
Bee movie Photograph: PR

Bee Movie
Xbox 360, £39.99, cert U Infinity Ward/Activision, 3/5

Attaching a game to a hit movie always pulls in punters at this time of year. Bee Movie is better than most, cramming a varied bunch of mini games into a sandbox-style arcade adventure. Admittedly, most of the games are shallow clones of better known ones (Mario Kart, Crazy Taxi etc), and the ones that aren't (pollinating flowers or navigating water-drops) are hindered by a maverick roving camera. And yes, the graphics hardly push the bigger consoles, but Hollywood production values ensure every screen is packed with eye candy. The result is a charming mix of styles, with the main 15-level adventure almost like a pre-school version of Grand Theft Auto. As stocking fillers go, few would complain.

 

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