4.1 /10 2 Votes
Genre(s) Action game / Puzzle | 6.2/10 IGN Initial release date 25 June 2008 Mode Single-player video game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Similar Stainless games, Puzzle video games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm is a video game based on the Flash cartoon series Happy Tree Friends developed by independent software developer Stainless Games and published by Activision. It was scheduled to be released in fall 2007 and then April 2008, but was delayed and released on June 25, 2008 on Xbox 360. It was also on PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, but GameCube, and Windows versions had been planned, but were cancelled.
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Description and gameplay
Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm is an action-adventure game utilizing a "physics-based reactive environment". It is similar in some regards to Lemmings. In the game, players control almost everybody. Stages include a mine shaft, candy factory, hospital, and a museum. There is also an exclusive episode in the game, however, it was eventually aired on the HTF official website and can now be viewed on YouTube.
The game itself features a HUD with Lumpy in it, four ability icons (Fire: burning objects, scaring the Happy Tree Friends along; Nitro: destroying obstacles; Water: Freezing objects and Happy Tree Friends; and Action: allows interactivity with the environment), and an ability meter, which prevents over-use of any ability (on the top-left), there is also, on the top-right a fire alarm with a meter around it, which has a gold, silver, bronze, and 'fail' zone, which relates to the end reward upon completion (or, if appropriate, lack of completion) of a level. The Lemming-like Happy Tree Friends who are being rescued, have their own icons (up to five) at the top of the screen in the HUD, with a health bar to indicate their condition. If the icon is frozen, it means the character is currently frozen. If the character's portrait is black and has flames coming from it, that means that the character is currently on fire. If there is a large red X through the portrait, it means they are dead.
On the Xbox 360 there are 12 achievements and 200 Gamerscore available (see below) The game also sports a Leaderboard system for Xbox Live and the PC, the leaderboard is the records that have been achieved around the world, the filters for the leaderboards are: "Level", which will consist of all levels, and every individual level; "Period", which is either "All Time", "Monthly", or "Weekly"; and "Filter", which filters between everyone on the leaderboards (starting at #1), friends only, showing only you and your friends, and My Score, which shows your score in relation to other players. The Leaderboards allows scroll up and down commands, and a refresh command.
Reception
The game received mixed to negative reviews from critics.
