Post-November 19th Fun!

Well, November 19th, the big day, has come and gone, and now that we've all had a few days to absorb the great gaming bounty that has come upon us, I felt it was high time I write about my opinions so far. Of course I'm talking about the new Sneak King game from Burger King. Three titles were made available for the Xbox and Xbox 360 exclusively at Burger King on the 19th, all for $3.99 when purchasing a combo. Of the three, this one is by far the creepiest, and as such the one I most wanted to get my hands on (the other two just being racing games).

Before I even start on the game, let me say a word about the commercial, which is obviously made with the knowledge that just about everybody finds the King to be the scariest fast food mascot ever created.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uxhk1ZEKTk]

This idea even extends into the game itself, as the title screen is a long live-action sequence of the King sneaking around outside someone's house, occasionally getting on tip-toe to peek into the lit window.

The game is primarily a stealth-based title, where you play the King who finds himself in different locals where people are desperately hungry. You can see who needs food as they'll have in icon over their head, which gets redder and redder until eventually the pass out. Their vision field is shown as a blue field on the ground in front of them. You have to sneak up behind them, press the A button, then press the button again on a slider to try and get the highest "flourish" with which to offer them the various BK foods. Points are chained together as long as you're not seen, and you get major points for finding hiding places and jumping out to surprise them!

And that's pretty much the concept for the whole game. You'll be given a number of missions for each location, usually a point total to be reached in a certain amount of surprises, or having to hide, etc. The game's concept is simple, but surprisingly entertaining. For $3.99, it's quite the bargain, as I've spent far more on titles of much lesser entertainment over the years as I'm sure we all have. The game even contains 200 Achievement Points just like a typical Xbox live Arcade title.

So there you have it, a cheap but fun game to pick up while you're out doing the insane holiday shopping thing and realize you're about to fall over from hunger. Now if you'll excuse me, I should really get back to playing Twilight Princess on my new Wii. I can't be playing Sneak King *all* the time after all.