Get-A-Grip Chip and the Body Bugs is a sequel to Get-A-Grip chip, which we also just reviewed. I recommend reading through that review first as this is a sequel; a game that you receive for free with the purchase of a Get-A-Grip Chip.
The two games play almost identically. You play as the robot chip, but this time you get an oral medicine. Instead of navigating a busted factory, you have to make your way through a man’s digestive tract and collect white blood cells.
In my review of the first game, I said Get-A-Grip Chip feels like it’s aimed at a younger audience. With Get-A-Grip Chip and the Body Bugs, I can say with 100% certainty that it is a game intended for children. None of the mechanics have changed, with the notable exception of making the game much, much easier.
One of my complaints with the original was the lack of difficulty. In Body Bugs Chip can now take multiple hits before dying and crossing a checkpoint will reset them to full health. Not only that, but hidden areas to be sought out now have pulsing lights to make sure missing out is nearly impossible. For me it defeats the purpose of even including the secret area if you want to show it anyway.
Well, there’s actually a reason for that. It is an educational game. It was created by Redstart Interactive in association with Games for Change. Each white blood cell you collect is basically a flashcard of sorts, and at the end of the level, each of them must be matched with a definition to advance to the next level. For example, a white blood cell could be the “saliva map,” which should be linked to the definition of saliva. Matching the wrong cards with the wrong definition shocks Chip and can kill him if enough mistakes are made.
But this feels a bit pointless, because it just puts you back in the same room again with all the cards. It’s an unnecessarily complicated way to do flashcard trivia. Worse yet, levels can be completed without collecting every white blood cell. So if you get it for your kid as a study game, you better hope they are completists.
Like the first Get-A-Grip Chip, it is also possible to defeat The Body Bugs without completing each level. Again, it seems a bit of a design flaw if the goal is to get people to learn.
Another result of the game’s educational nature is that this is also a much shorter experience than the original. While the first got a few hours of playtime out of me, I managed to get to the end of the Body Bugs in less than forty-five minutes. This doesn’t count the levels I didn’t have to complete, nor did I collect all the white blood cells in the levels I did play. But after a few hours of slow platforming with Chip, you’re approaching your limit.
It doesn’t help that any semblance of difficulty is completely given up. The extra lives and simplification of the obstacles are all done to make the game more accessible. But by avoiding the challenge, there’s really no motivation to continue playing.
Having said all that, I am a grown man in my mid twenties and play an educational game about the human body as a little robot named Chip. I said in my previous review that I wasn’t the target audience for Get-A-Grip Chip and that’s even more true for Get-A-Grip Chip and the Body Bugs.
This is a game designed for young children, hoping to teach them about the human body. When I was young I loved games like Legend of Zelda and mario. I’d say both are harder and more appealing to a wider audience. Now I’ve picked two of the most prolific game franchises in the world, which isn’t necessarily a fair comparison, but I think as a kid I would rather have just studied out of a textbook and then played a game that focused more on gameplay than me. to learn something.
Get-A-Grip Chip and the Body Bugs is almost a copy of the first game, just with a reskin and some difficulty adjustments. The only notable positive is that it’s much easier to get the full Xbox Gamerscore. Mind you, that still means you have to go through all the levels and collect everything; something that should be easily achievable after about two hours of playtime.
Unless you’re buying this for a young child, I suggest you pass it on and look elsewhere.
Get-A-Grip Chip and the Body Bugs is available at the Xbox store
Get-A-Grip Chip and the Body Bugs is a sequel to Get-A-Grip Chip, which we also just covered. I recommend reading through that review first as this is a sequel; a game that you receive for free with the purchase of a Get-A-Grip Chip. The two games play almost identically. You play as the robot chip, but this time you get an oral medicine. Instead of navigating a busted factory, you have to make your way through a man’s digestive tract and collect white blood cells. In my review of the first game, I said Get-A-Grip Chip feels like…
Get-A-Grip Chip and the Body Bugs Review
Get-A-Grip Chip and the Body Bugs Review
2022-07-24
Ryan Taylor
Advantages:
cons:
- Identical to the first game, with minor exceptions
- Way too easy
- Educational game with a focus on teaching the subject rather than engaging gameplay
Information:
- Thank you very much for the free copy of the game go to – Redstart Interactive
- Formats – Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC
- Version Reviewed – Xbox One on Xbox Series X
- Release Date – May 12, 2022
- Introductory price from – £2.49
TXH score
3/5
Advantages:
cons:
- Identical to the first game, with minor exceptions
- Way too easy
- Educational game with a focus on teaching the subject rather than engaging gameplay
Information:
- Thank you very much for the free copy of the game go to – Redstart Interactive
- Formats – Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC
- Version Reviewed – Xbox One on Xbox Series X
- Release Date – May 12, 2022
- Introductory price from – £2.49
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