WtWTA is a what a game would look like if A Bug's Life and Prince Of Persia got together and had a kid.
The game itself was very simple and well designed for smaller kids - filled with simple puzzles and easy-to-navigate controls. You'll find yourself fighting hundreds of bumble-bee type bugs, jumping from edge to pole to wall, and using plants to get from one location to another. (Not to mention my favorite - the Oregon Trail type rapid surfing.)
As for the plot, it was hard as a non-WtWTA-reader to understand what was going on. Alliances and motives were continually changing at a flip of a hat, and almost nothing had any backstory at all. From what I could grasp, the plot is a combination of persuading the Wild Things that you'd make a good king (and not food), attacking off this mysterious goo (of no origin), and somehow redirecting the moon from smashing into the earth (good luck). For kids, this might be something to easily grasp, but as an adult I was filled with a lot of "WTF?" moments.
(I will say, however, that the beginning of the game was hilarious. I've never seen a game just start - no cinematics, no story, no nothing - until now.)
The combat is perfect for kids - simple, and surprisingly not repetitious.The reason that it's surprising is that you don't attack much other than different colored bugs and black goo. And the only way you can attack them is by swinging your skepter at them by wildly pressing X.
The soundtrack and graphics were nothing to write home about - very cheap and passable as a child's game.
As far as achievements go, this ones a steal. Play through the game, and do some collecting, and smash out some easy points. One play through and you'll be looking at around ~500 achievement points, possibly more depending on the difficulty you played it and how much exploring you did. No real challenge there.
In a nutshell, this ones worth a rental or purchase after the price drops. But even then, I'd strongly suggest it only to those who watched the movie.
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