![]() Though the area starts out quite small, other sections of the farm are opened up as the game progresses, with the full map taking 30+ minutes to walk the perimeter of. The action is handled in a 3rd person perspective, as players can roam the farm collecting items, talking to other animals, or participating in missions. In addition to day-to-day fetch quests, the animals compete in events, ride bikes, drive cars, and play pranks on townspeople. To keep the adventure from becoming too stale, THQ has included a ton of mini-games and activities, as well as a "design your own barn" aspect to the game which will have players buying furniture, games, and other odd-ball accessories to build their own Barnyard nightclub. Players take the role of a new male/female cow entering the Barnyard farm, and will have to make friends with the townspeople, take on missions, find their own income, and climb the ranks to become the most popular animal in the land. In fact, despite the ever-apparent licensed feel, the game actually manages to squeeze in some strong elements from titles like Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing as well. Incorporating a "go anywhere, do anything" atmosphere, Barnyard feels astonishingly close to a miniature version of (dare we say it?) Grand Theft Auto, as long as gangs were substituted out for pigs and cows, toting milk-squirting utters instead of uzis and shotguns, though it is on a much smaller scale. In a bold move, THQ has emulated a surprisingly deep design formula in creating Barnyard. The game isn't perfect, but anyone that happens to find Barnyard invading their Wii should at least find some rewarding moments to be had, but you'll need to put your GameCube goggles back on, as the Wii version adds very little above and beyond what we saw last summer. After all, if you're going to confuse kids into thinking male cows have utters (we're going to stay away from this one), you might as well do it on a grandioso scale, right? In fact, Barnyard does just that, delivering the same off-the-wall comedy that keeps the little ADD rascals entertained, and while the presentation, gameplay, story, and replay value is taken directly from the GameCube version for Wii, it's still one of the more decent Wii-makes out there for launch. With the current release of Barnyard in theatres, it was no surprise that THQ brought the milk-squirting mayhem of the big screen to home consoles all across the globe. Now that this odd tidbit of info is out in the open, we're comfortable continuing. It's actually a big part of the game, and you'll see them do it a ton. Let's get one thing straight right off the bat: Barnyard has male cows that squirt milk. ![]()
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