Escape from Bug Island

 Wii
Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 12 out of 13
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  1. Zentendo
    60
    The game is around 20 hours long for the average gamer, and the game has three varying difficulty settings, making the game a cake walk or an all out nightmare.
  2. Nintendo Gamer
    48
    We applaud the return to nature, but outside of a few icky moments there really is nothing to recommend Necro-Nesia. Go throw a spider at someone; it's a whole lot more fun. [JPN Import; Mar 2007, p.52]
  3. Game Chronicles
    43
    If you love giant bugs and the whole saving the damsel in distress and don't mind shoddy graphics, dismal sound, and repetitive gameplay, give it a shot. But you've been warned.
  5. GameZone
    41
    Escape From Bug Island could very easily be a long-lost Dreamcast title, with hastily-added motion controls. Were that the case, I think I’d rather it had stayed lost; I can’t even imagine anyone enjoying this.
  6. NintendoWorldReport
    40
    A hollow experience that can’t even deliver on its admittedly hokey premise with some mindless bug-bashing fun. The controls are awkward, methodical, and frustrating, while the visuals are a big step back, even by the standards of last generation’s hardware.
  7. IGN
    40
    You'll want to escape the entire dated, clumsily pieced together affair, which plays and looks like a last generation survival horror game developed by an inexperienced studio.
  8. GameBrink
    39
    It’s a boring ugly game with complicated controls and a B-Flick storyline. Who can’t wait for the US release!? [JPN Import]
  9. Nintendo Power
    35
    Stiff controls and sloppy collision detection certainly don't help matters, nor do the truly atrocious production values. [July 2007, p.94]
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  10. GameSpot
    35
    Escape from Bug Island is a dismal reminder of the low points of survival horror's past.
  11. Destructoid
    35
    While the game is utterly terrible, it has that B-Movie sentiment to it that does make you laugh at just how horribly bad it is.
  12. Cheat Code Central
    30
    With terrible graphics, boring game objectives, frustrating, at best, controls, and mind-numbing character interaction, Escape from Bug Island sets a new low point for Wii games and video games in general.
  13. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    27
    And the game's twist will excite only fans of backtracking, who, as far as I know, don't actually exist. [July 2007, p.83]
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  14. 1UP
    20
    Bug Island fails and frustrates so thoroughly throughout its 10-plus-hour playtime that its greatest feat may be fooling someone into finishing it who isn't paid to do so. It's easily the Wii's worst showing yet.

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#47 Most Discussed Wii Game of 2007

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User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 13 out of 27
  1. Edulars
    May 5, 2020
    8
    Yes escape from bug island is a bad game, but is a good bad game. There's so many trash movies, and this game is a trash game. You will laughYes escape from bug island is a bad game, but is a good bad game. There's so many trash movies, and this game is a trash game. You will laugh of everything, from characters (who just left some crappy school movie) to enemies who made funny sounds or movements. You will hate or like of this game, and depends of how you see that, if take this game too serious, you will think this is a bad crap game, but if you see this game just like a funny entertainment, you probably will think this game a good crap game. And to be honest the little story the game have, got my attention to see how this would finish. In the middle of game in a twist, you travel back to the begin of the story (I see a lot of people that don't liked this) but in my opinion, this gave a fresh air in the game play. The protagonist (and you) can change everything than it went bad before.

    So call some friends, drink a lot of beer and have some kind of fun.    … Full Review »
  2. Oscar0919
    Mar 17, 2019
    8
    Im okay with the game is not so bad. But there is other better games for the wii
  3. Dillips
    Nov 13, 2011
    3
    Escape from Bug Island does have a very long, but boring story with many fragments to collect. It will take around twenty hours to complete,Escape from Bug Island does have a very long, but boring story with many fragments to collect. It will take around twenty hours to complete, but you're not going to have fun doing it. Half way through they recycle previous levels and throw in harder enemies and objectives. Cutscenes are extremely poor, I've seen better on Nintendo 64 with zero physics, bad voice acting, clipping issues, and boring animations. Music and audio isn't much better, there are about three music tracks and they loop over and over again. The bugs sound like I would imagine. They did at least attempt to include poor quality sound it the remote. Bottom line it's a waste of time and money. Escape from this crappy game!… Full Review »
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