![]() One can't imagine why you'd play Kung Fu Panda without seeing the movie first, but you never know. Most of the plot is bare-bones at best, since it is, after all, a movie adaptation, and they want you to see the whole story in theaters, not on your Xbox 360, but there's enough detail that even those who've never seen the movie can follow the plot quite easily. It's not exactly an innovative or new storyline, but Po manages to be a fairly charming and amusing protagonist. He must now train with the Furious Five and their master, Shifu, to live up to his new title before the disgraced warrior Tai Lung can return to claim the name and power of the Dragon Warrior for himself. A bundle of mishaps later, Po is accidentally named the heir to the Dragon Warrior title, signifying him as the premier martial artist in the land. When Po discovers that the Furious Five are holding a martial arts tournament, he simply has to go and see it. ![]() He's overweight, childish and seems doomed to spend the rest of his life in his father's noodle shop while dreaming of his kung fu idols, the Furious Five. Kung Fu Panda tells the story of a panda named Po, who isn't exactly hero material. Luxoflux's Kung Fu Panda, while far from flawless, turned out to be one of the better children's titles I've ever played. Indeed, I was actually quite - dare I say - happy with what I was playing. Around the third or fourth stage, I took a brief break and realized that I hadn't had a single moment of frustration, boredom or anger. Yet something funny happened once I started playing Kung Fu Panda. I must admit that I didn't have the highest expectations for Kung Fu Panda, based on Jack Black's latest cinematic venture. ![]() A game based on a hit animated movie would sell a million copies even if they forgot to put the disc in the case. ![]() It comes as a shock when a movie tie-in turns out to be playable, let alone good, and these low expectations fall even further when it involves a children's title. ![]() No matter what the movie is, no matter how well it would adapt to being a video game, no matter how much effort or time is put into it, they seem to end up universally bad. Movie tie-in games are, in some ways, the bane of a video gamer's existence. ![]()
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