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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: November 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is not really that good. Its for little kids. There is little action and you mostly have to roll a big egg around. If you leave the egg somplace and you move on without it you have to go back and get it. It is mostly a puzzle game and no one that is above 8 should buy it,

I'll pay you £40 to keep the game away

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 22
Date: May 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

A babyish game where some demented half chicken-guy runs over the weirdest things and then the loner finally turns the egg into a friend!
But then the friend goes. OWWWWW!
It isn't as crap as Super Mario Sunshine but what is, maybe Nintendo.

Frustrating!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: November 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I also believe that this game was a bit rushed. There are several things that I have found quite frustrating about the gameplay. Control of the egg is quite difficult at times. You can't go slow - you're either stopped or at full tilt. Jumping on buttons is "buggy" also. At some points, you have to bounce an egg on a button to continue the game. Well, I have bounced on them sometimes as many as ten times without activating them! I have also landed on a button and fallen off, leaving the egg up on the button and me on the ground. The other problem is the camera. It doesn't "point" in the direction you need at times. For instance, when fighting the "boss" on Pirate's Island, level 2, he jumps around a lot, and when he lands behind you, you have to stop and reposition the camera so you can take a shot at him. Often by this time he is gone!

A fun and very original game that is marred by some problems

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: October 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Most people already know that this game was made by the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog so I'll just get down to the heart of the matter. Yes this game is very fun and original but no unfourtunately this is not the new Sega franchise we've been looking for. The whole egg factor makes this game original yes but I've got a feeling this game was rushed out the door as it just doesn't feel fully implemented. For one thing at many points in the game you'll fall due to there not being enough room on the platform for both the egg and yourself. The biggest issue is that while hatching the eggs is always fun you'll hardly ever be compelled to do so. The animals in the eggs are never really used in puzzles so it's just easier to keep the egg itself than to hatch it. This games only other problem is it's relatively short length, I was finished in 10 hours. There's no real replay value either as once you're done there's not much to come back for. Overall the game comes out as slightly above average but is not the revolution Sega made it out to be.

Great for ALL Ages!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: May 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the most original games in ages. Play Billy Hatcher in a chicken suit rolling eggs through mazes and hatching eggs to free the Elder Chickens or morning will never return to the world. It sounds incredibly corny but it's amazingly cute and the music is very catchy.

One mode of play (described above) is Story Mode and there is also a multi-player battle mode. The only thing I wish it had was a cooperative multi-player mode and this is the only reason I did not give it 5-stars overall.

This is not a "button masher" and is good even for small children that don't read yet. If they can't read someone will need to help them out until they learn the controls but after that it's just non-stop fun!

Inventive title

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Have the waters parted? Is it the end of the world? Has...has Sonic Team made a non-Sonic game?! Yes, it has-and while it's not the hard-working, dedicated world-beater it appeared to be at last spring's E3 show, Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg is an inspired platformer in an age when inspiration in platformers has fallen into the "yeah, let's deal with that later" category.
Young Mr. Hatcher, a bouncy kid in a chicken suit, has been whisked away to a poultry wonderland where crows have encased the world in darkness. His mission is normal enough-take back the light-but his methodology would probably make Sonic sick. Billy's only weapons in this game are eggs-very large eggs, in fact, that are found willy-nilly in each stage. Besides throwing them at (or rolling them over) enemies, Billy can hatch eggs after he's "fed" them with enough of the food that evildoers leave behind. Depending on the egg you've got in hand (there are 72 in all), you can hatch helper creatures, power-up items, energy-granting butterflies, GBA mini-games, and even a certain blue spiky animal...assuming you can find enough coins to unlock that extra. Despite the sheer novelty of rolling eggs over enemies instead of hopping on them, Billy Hatcher is just another mission-based platformer at heart. Basic game structure (not to mention a mission or two) is right from Super Mario 64-you'll know each stage like the back of your hand by the time you complete the five missions in each one. Luckily, most objectives are novel and avoid the "collect X of these" cliché like the plague-shame the controls make everything seem much harder than it actually is. The problem comes down to this, basically: Although the GameCube's got an analog stick, Billy cannot roll eggs unless he's full-on running. This forces you to run in circles, miss jumps repeatedly, and pull your hair out upon every game over. It's like the 16-bit days all over again-you'll die at one jump repeatedly, but everything after that will be so much easier. Still, this is a Sonic Team production, and as such, the platform action is addictive when it clicks. The graphics are lovely, of course, and while the multiplayer modes aren't much, everything (except the controls) is finely polished. It's nice to see Sega's studio try something new...and, even better, to see it mostly succeed. Besides...it's not just another Sonic! Yippee!

Of course there are some problems...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

...But overall this game is fun! It's not for everyone, but not every game is. People who have no time for imaginitive fun, for example, may not enjoy this game.

I love the cartoon-ish expressions. I love the lilting, goofy music. The controls are... difficult, at times. But the originality and light-heartedness of the game make up for it. Oh, and the cameos of course. ;)

Bawk!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: November 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I thought this game was awesome. It's colorful and challenging.

The good things:
Egg Animals
Costumes
Character Designs
Basic Storyline
Enemies

The Bad things:
Cannons (Sheesh!)
V.S. mode (Pretty good, but really no point. As long as you're not on survival mode, you can die as much as you want.)
The Basic Egg (What's with not hatching an animal?)

Basically it's pretty good, but there are flaws.

AW-SOME!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: October 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

WOW! Sonic Team made another game?! I love those sonic eggs.(And I hope I don't get that fat bird again.) I raced King Clippen and Queen Rabbish. And it looks like Chick has no nose. Oma-Oma is cute and Ponee is, too. So buy it.I'm telling you, buy it. If you're not buying it, you better buy it. So buy it.

billy hather

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

billy hatcher and the giant egg sound like a horrable game but it is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It is my second favorite only on nintendo gamecube game.I am stuck on the second mission,third stage...But again i'm not very good
at this this sorrta thing.

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