Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clich
Stephen Granade
Platform: TADS?
Rating: 6.6
Total Votes: 18
Std. Dev.: +- 2.2
Average Playtime: Between 1 and 2 hours
Genre: Science Fiction / Humor / Sweet / Cute / Parody
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Audience Comments:9/09/05 01:27 PM
Rating:5
4/03/04 12:05 PM
Rating:7
2/20/04 09:43 AM
Rating:5
1/16/04 03:04 AM
Rating:8
11/26/03 01:39 PM
The real beauty of B movies is that they are trying to truly sell you on the cheesy effects and cliches. That guy with green face paint and antennas sticking up out of his head really is supposed to be an alien. Those B movies that make fun of B movies, (with the exception of "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"), are almost never worth looking at. In these cases the director might put balls of cheese at the end of the alien's antenna to let you know he's in on the joke and not taking the movie seriously. That's when the beauty is lost. Unfortunately this game emulates that sort of B movie. - JAA
Rating:2
8/01/04 04:22 PM
Delightful.
Rating:9
8/29/03 10:34 AM
This game is so much fun! I played it without all the graphics and whatnot, and loved it just the same. Snarky attitude wins every time in my book.
Rating:9
7/16/03 07:39 PM
Entertaining aliens-invade story from the perspective of a little kid, with a nod to Calvin and Hobbes. Some difficult puzzles make this less newbie-friendly than it should be, but the writing is hilarious.
Rating:8
8/29/05 08:52 AM
Rating:5
9/27/03 06:52 PM
Humorous and enjoyable. Owes something to The Coneheads.
Rating:9
7/10/03 12:10 PM
Charming, but all the same I lost interest very quickly.
Rating:2
7/11/03 12:53 PM
Whimsically charming, with a lot of great features. Surprisingly difficult to win, though. -DJW
Rating:7
7/10/03 12:10 PM
Cute. A joke that almost goes too far, but manages to stay on the funny side of the line.
Rating:8
7/10/03 12:10 PM
Rating:8
7/10/03 12:10 PM
Rating:6
7/10/03 12:10 PM
This is a very funny Calvin & Hobbes-style story, perfectly complemented by amusingly incompetent artwork. I'd mark it higher except I didn't really get into the puzzles much, and ended up playing from the walkthrough.
Rating:7
7/10/03 12:10 PM
Filled with amusing bits and clever uses of tads's multimedia capabilities; the overall story's short but it hardly matters.
Rating:8
7/10/03 12:10 PM
For what it is, this game is near-perfect: silly charm supported by fun drawings and sound effects, not too difficult.
Rating:9
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