The Fifth Element (video game)
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The Fifth Element is a video game based on the film of the same name
released on September 23, 1998 by Hudson
in Japan, September 30 by Activision in North America and in October for Europe and the Windows
version.
In the game, the player incarnates Leeloo and Korben, fighting against the police and the Mangalores, as well as Zorg and his thugs. The game has 16 levels, or missions, as they are called in-game. Short clips from the film are played at the completion of certain levels.
The game received average to negative reviews. GameSpot
gave the game 2.4 out of 10, with the reviewer calling it "quite possibly the worst game I've ever played". Game Revolution
gave the game an "F" rating, concluding "Poor level design... boring puzzles... it just never ends, but I can't go on. Let me sum it up by saying that The Fifth Element is simply not fun to play. Not even a little bit." IGN
gave the game 5.0 out of 10, stating "All in all, this adventure/action game does what all of the other games in the genre do, but not in any way better."
The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element is a 1997 French science fiction film directed, co-written, and based on a story by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich...
released on September 23, 1998 by Hudson
Hudson Soft
, formally known as , is a majority-owned subsidiary of Konami Corporation is a Japanese electronic entertainment publisher headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with an additional office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo. It was founded on May 18, 1973...
in Japan, September 30 by Activision in North America and in October for Europe and the Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
version.
In the game, the player incarnates Leeloo and Korben, fighting against the police and the Mangalores, as well as Zorg and his thugs. The game has 16 levels, or missions, as they are called in-game. Short clips from the film are played at the completion of certain levels.
The game received average to negative reviews. GameSpot
GameSpot
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gave the game 2.4 out of 10, with the reviewer calling it "quite possibly the worst game I've ever played". Game Revolution
Game Revolution
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gave the game an "F" rating, concluding "Poor level design... boring puzzles... it just never ends, but I can't go on. Let me sum it up by saying that The Fifth Element is simply not fun to play. Not even a little bit." IGN
IGN
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gave the game 5.0 out of 10, stating "All in all, this adventure/action game does what all of the other games in the genre do, but not in any way better."