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This is an action adventure game made as promotion for the virtual band Gorillaz' music album Plastic Beach. The first two chapters were free Flash Games. Chapter 1 - You play as Murdoc, the band's virtual bassist, as he tries to out-run the cops and evade El Camino, the ruthless bounty hunter played by Bruce Willis in the Stylo music video, as the band make their way to Plastic Beach. The game presents you with a range of mixed up, retro, 2D and 2½D images, all played to the Stylo soundtrack. Chapter 2 - 2D and Noodle get into some underwater trouble and Murdoc must rescue them both to save them from a watery grave. Navigating through hostile sea life and mine fields across three challenging levels of aquatic action. This chapter features original artwork and voiceovers from the band, as well as numerous tracks from the Plastic Beach album. Chapter 3 is the pay-to-play level of the game and completes the bands escape to safety in stunning 3D. Guide Murdoc around the Plastic Beach landscape on his Doom Glider as you try to stop 2D from escaping. Dive through thermals, dodge pirate galleons, floating mines and much more in your mission. Developed using the Unity 3D development tool allowed the eight increasingly difficult, addictive levels. Set on a post-apocalyptic beach and loaded with crude humor, allusions to Fantasy Island, ambient dub sounds, and Gorillaz' own special brand of cyberpunk sprinkled over every pixel. The action is controlled by an iPhone-looking widget at the bottom of the screen referred to as the GOD device. The virtual island setting is home for each of the band members. As players follow talking seagulls and collect clues through elevator shafts and dark passageways, they explore the Gorillaz universe as much as any "real" person could ever hope. The final chapter of the game also includes an MP3 download of the band's new single 'Superfast Jellyfish' featuring De La Soul and Gruff Rhys from Super Furry Animals. In 2017, the game was pulled from the official site and is no longer playable. |
