Stupid Invaders (PC)

GameSpot editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 3.0 stars Good
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Ron Dulin
• Reviewed on: 02/05/2001
• Released on: 02/21/2001
• Originally published on GameSpot: Stupid Invaders (PC) Review

Stupid Invaders is an adventure game based on a short-lived animated series called Space Goofs. Five aliens are trapped on Earth, and you must help them escape both our planet and the clutches of the evil Dr. Sakarine, a mad scientist residing in the bowels of a government lab called Area 52.

Bowels play a big part in Stupid Invaders, and the primary goal of the game seems to involve packing its four CD-ROMs with as many jokes relating to body functions as is possible. Almost every room in the game prominently features a toilet. If you don't think jokes about chili and its digestive effects are hilarious, much of Stupid Invaders will undoubtedly seem juvenile to you. On second thought, it will seem juvenile regardless. Whether or not it will be funny to you is another matter.

The game is obviously inspired by LucasArts' adventure games, and it includes the requisite wacky bit parts and locations. None of it is developed to a great extent, so you never feel a real attachment to any of the characters. In a LucasArts game, even the smallest characters are usually memorable. In Stupid Invaders, they'll have a funny line or two at best. Even the alien main characters are a bit flat. Candy, a transgendered alien obsessed with getting a sex change operation, is the most well rounded of the bunch. But even that situation is not fully developed. It's supposed to be funny that he wants to be a woman--and that's it. There are no jokes beyond that, other than the occasional reminder that, yes, he wants to be a woman.

The other aliens are rather flat. Etno is the scientist and seemingly obsessed with enlarged fruit. Stereo has two heads, Gorgious is a snaggletoothed glutton, and Bud is somewhat slow and talks like Tommy Chong. These are all funny concepts, but there's never much to say for them but these one-line descriptions. It's especially strange that you never feel very attached to the characters because much of the game consists of cutscenes. In fact, there are so many noninteractive parts that it's a bit overwhelming at times. Despite its four CDs, the game is quite short.

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