Oh, ain't this just the most creative of titles? Before I get too worked up over this small detail, I'm going to use the (admittedly stupid) logic that this game was made in 2001, and thus I will regard it as if I were 6 years old.
HARHAR OMQ GUISE GET IT CUZ ITS CALLED CAPTURE THA DUDE HAHAHA CUZ ITS A DUDE AND YOU CAPTURE HIM HAHA ITS NOT CATPRE THE MAN OR CAPURE THE PRSON ITS CARPTURE THE DUDE HAHA YO MAN DAS SO FUNNY HAHAHA
*cough* okay, back to reality.
capture the dude is a simple game which I like to describe as "capture the flag meets Double Dragon." Essentially, you beat the hell out of people wearing different colored shirts than your team; then, once they've been sufficiently pulverized, you can throw them into your team's dumpster for a point.
I like the mechanic fine enough, and I can see this being a really fun multiplayer game. Screaming at your friend to let you go as he slowly inches nearer to his base seems like it would make a great multiplayer experience. The graphics are nice (considering when it was made) and the whole thing has a lot of charm to it.
Where Capture the Dude falls down most is in the combat mechanics. The hit detection is so miserably off, and pretty much all you can do in terms of combat is mash buttons. Simply put, these flaws make the core aspects of the game unappealing, and thus Capture the Dude doesn't get my seal of approval. I'm going to end the review here for 2 reasons.
1) I've said all that needs to be said and don't feel like sacrificing concision would add anything
2) I alt+tabbed out of this review 4 hours ago and forgot about it until now. so oops.
until next time, stay responsible
Links
https://www.digipen.edu/?id=1170&proj=555
