Space Giraffe

 Xbox 360
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 84 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 84
  3. Negative: 18 out of 84

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  1. MikeS.
    Aug 22, 2007
    2
    When I'm playing a game, I don't want to feel like I'm an old man who just picked up Steel Battalion for the first time. Space Giraffe felt that confusing to play. The soundtrack is so bizarre that it skips over the so-bad-it's-good line, and straight into so-bad-it's-really-bad. The graphics are muddy, hazy, and extremely psychedelic, which may be a plus to some, When I'm playing a game, I don't want to feel like I'm an old man who just picked up Steel Battalion for the first time. Space Giraffe felt that confusing to play. The soundtrack is so bizarre that it skips over the so-bad-it's-good line, and straight into so-bad-it's-really-bad. The graphics are muddy, hazy, and extremely psychedelic, which may be a plus to some, and to those people, the gameplay is pretty much irrelevant already. It's confusing, it's horrendously ugly, and the rules are astronomically confusing. Avoid it.… Expand
  2. RickS.
    Aug 23, 2007
    1
    This game is an unplayable rip-off of Tempest. The background is incredibly distracting and to try to look through it at what's going on in the game will make you go blind. If I had epilepsy I would probably be writhing around on the ground in mid-seizure right now. Worst of all, the game is no fun.
  3. JhonP.
    Sep 8, 2007
    0
    Confusing, busy, seizure inducing. Loved games like Frequency and Amplitude before the GH craze, but this is... this is bad Tempest to worse techno with fireworks exploding in front of your screen.
  4. BillyB
    Apr 29, 2009
    2
    Tried to like it, but just could not. It would seem that there is some visual/audio language there that many of the people rating it can decode...and I can accept that, however i am a 56k Gs gamer (right this means not a lot other than i play a lot) and I simply could not see or feel the feedback required to be skillful at the game...it's like 3D posters...if you can't see emTried to like it, but just could not. It would seem that there is some visual/audio language there that many of the people rating it can decode...and I can accept that, however i am a 56k Gs gamer (right this means not a lot other than i play a lot) and I simply could not see or feel the feedback required to be skillful at the game...it's like 3D posters...if you can't see em they're pretty shit, and i thought Space Giraffe was monumentally shit.… Expand
  5. TimM.
    Aug 23, 2007
    0
    Visually, it may be the converse definition of "less is more", in that all the unnecessary extra video detracts from the enjoyment. The tutorial is nothing short of terrible. To me, this game has combined Tempest, a petting zoo, and a toddler puking up crayons. I was a fan of Minter 'til I saw this ridiculous excuse of a game. I tried to enjoy it...I wanted to enjoy it...but this is Visually, it may be the converse definition of "less is more", in that all the unnecessary extra video detracts from the enjoyment. The tutorial is nothing short of terrible. To me, this game has combined Tempest, a petting zoo, and a toddler puking up crayons. I was a fan of Minter 'til I saw this ridiculous excuse of a game. I tried to enjoy it...I wanted to enjoy it...but this is among the worst games I have ever had the misfortune of playing.… Expand
  6. PeterH.
    Aug 23, 2007
    0
    Like Tempest 2000, except with an acid flashback thrown in. No way to see what is happening onscreen, so one just goes back and forth until the ship explodes for one reason or another. Makes my eyes bleed after 5 minutes.
  7. MrLoop
    Aug 23, 2007
    1
    This might be fun for someone who loved tempest but wanted it to be annoying and have worse controls. However, that market is very low. I think this is unplayable and boring to the average gamer. In addition, if I hear Giraffictastic again, my head will explode.
  8. JustinH.
    Aug 24, 2007
    0
    Seems to equate "indiscernible" with "challenging." Gigantic mess of a rule set, completely indecipherable playing field, the word "Giraffetastic" every three seconds... there's really nothing redeeming about this game. To be clear, it's not one of these things where if you don't like it it's because you don't "get it," it really is fundamentally flawed in every Seems to equate "indiscernible" with "challenging." Gigantic mess of a rule set, completely indecipherable playing field, the word "Giraffetastic" every three seconds... there's really nothing redeeming about this game. To be clear, it's not one of these things where if you don't like it it's because you don't "get it," it really is fundamentally flawed in every significant respect.… Expand
  9. MatC.
    Aug 27, 2007
    0
    This is, as many have said, a poor ripoff of Tempest. It's awful, woeful, poorly playable, laughable, and a waste of any meaningful enjoyment. This is like playing a game through a WMPlayer visualization, and a bad one at that. This is the new low mark for XBLA.

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#98 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2007
21
#21 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2007

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Metascore
68

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 24
  3. Negative: 4 out of 24
  1. Official Xbox Magazine
    20
    With incredibly poor visibility(apparently by design)and a thumping electronica soundtrack peppered with sophomoric sound effects, Space Giraffe offers a generous 100 levels of damn-near-unplayable technoslop. [Oct 2007, p.74]
  2. TeamXbox
    43
    A game that will only appeal to a few people. These players will have to be dedicated to the task of figuring this thing out, like a grueling math problem or logic puzzle.
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  3. IC-Games
    79
    Space Giraffe is the type of game that high score tables were made for, but only if you have the patience to figure it all out.
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