Rango (video game)

2011 video game

2011 video game

Rango: The Video Game

Developer(s)| Behaviour Interactive
Publisher(s)| Electronic Arts
Paramount Digital Entertainment
Director(s)| James Ward Byrkit
Producer(s)| Behrouz Bayat
Designer(s)| Paolo Pace
Composer(s)| Lorne Balfe
Platform(s)| Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Release|

* EU: February 25, 2011
* NA: March 1, 2011
* AU: March 3, 2011

Genre(s)| Action-adventure, platform
Mode(s)| Single-player

Rango is a 2011 action-adventure video game developed by Behaviour Interactive and published by Electronic Arts and Paramount Digital Entertainment for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, & Xbox 360.[1] It is a video game sequel to the 2011 movie of the same name.

## Plot

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A meteorite crashes into a sand dune near the home of Beans, Rango's desert iguana girlfriend. The impact of the explosion scatters fragments everywhere. Beans's father walks up the hill and examines the crater, but he is taken in a flash of green light.

15 years later, Rango, the chameleon from the film, enters the scene, asleep on his roadrunner, "Excelsior". He wakes up and makes his way into the Gas Can Saloon. Just then, Slim walks in with parts of a meteor, and Rango opens it, vaporizing Slim. Explaining the plotline of how he first saw the rocks, he says that Bad Bill was involved. He teamed up with the Jenkins cousins in an unnatural alliance. Rango tracks down Bill at the barber shop, their hideout. Rango blows up the barbershop, and Bill escapes, but not before Rango gets one of the rocks.

As Rango continues the story, Bill tries to hijack the water train. Rango catches up with him, and he attempts to follow him. The henchmen even sabotaged some parts of the train; the back train up to the coal cart burned down after the dynamite was burned. Rango finds Bill and gets the next rock, but the train explodes, and Rango escapes on Excelsior.

Rango catches up with Bill, and Beans accompanies him into the Forbidden Mine at the foot of the majestic cliffs of Dry Creek. After making it into Area 102 and finding Bill there, he escapes into Andromeda 5 and hides near a machine gun. After trying to shoot Rango, failing in the process, Rango blows up the hideout, retrieving the 3rd rock.

Rango tells everyone that the rocks are meteorite fragments. As Buford cooks up "Zucchini muffins", Rango resumes his story. Hiding out in an RV, where a man takes vengeance on aliens, Rango defeats the bad guys and gets the fourth rock.

Rango gets knocked out at Dirt, and Beans is kidnapped. Thrown in jail, Rango escapes and blows up Bill's stagecoach, which keeps Beans freeing her and collects the 5th rock.

Beans enters, and Rango tells the others how, outside the cantina, Rattlesnake Jake returned for revenge. A showdown begins, and Rango kills Jake as the 6th rock comes out of his mouth.

Then, Rango enters Mr. Black's laboratory and destroys it with his genetic, "morally incorrect" experiments. He goes out to stop the Zombies he made, but it is too late. They set fire to Dirt and escape, but Rango defeats them all and pursues Bill. Distracted, Bill gets hit by a car's windshield while Rango gets another rock.

Rango continues his story of falling into a 3d graphics world and escaping on his windup fish toy, Mr. Timms, getting another rock. He falls off and is knocked unconscious. Hallucinating, he is picked up by Excelsior.

Beans had a key around her neck, revealing it to be a safe deposit box key. It's also revealed that Beans' father scattered the rocks. Taking the last one, they forge into alien technology, zapping the citizens. Mr. Black tells them to get on the clock tower, which is a rocket. Going to a shuttle near Mars, Rango, Mr. Black, and Beans destroy the aliens. Beans reunites with her father, and Rango is a hero once again.

## Reception

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Reception

Aggregate scoreAggregator| Score

|

DS| PS3| Wii| Xbox 360
Metacritic| 55/100[16]| 65/100[17]| 52/100[18]| 68/100[19]
Review scoresPublication| Score

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DS| PS3| Wii| Xbox 360
Game Informer| N/A| 7.5/10[2]| N/A| 7.5/10[2]
GameRevolution| N/A| C[3]| N/A| C[3]
GameSpot| N/A| 7/10[4]| N/A| 7/10[4]
NGamer| 38%[5]| N/A| 49%[6]| N/A
Nintendo Life| N/A| N/A| [7]| N/A
Nintendo Power| 7/10[8]| N/A| 5/10[8]| N/A
Nintendo World Report| 7/10[9]| N/A| 5.5/10[10]| N/A
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK| N/A| 6/10[11]| N/A| N/A
Official Xbox Magazine (US)| N/A| N/A| N/A| 8/10[12]
PALGN| 3/10[13]| N/A| N/A| N/A
Common Sense Media| [14]| [15]| [15]| [15]

Rango: The Video Game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[16][17][18][19] While acknowledging its gameplay and other elements as commendable, the majority of critics noted the game's short play time and replay value as a major pitfall.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Rango:The Video Game". IGN. March 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
2. ^ a b Cork, Jeff (March 14, 2011). "Rango (PS3, X360): Saddle Up For A Fun Platforming Adventure". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on March 19, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
3. ^ a b Kuulei N. (March 25, 2011). "Rango Review (PS3, X360)". Game Revolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
4. ^ a b Watters, Chris (March 3, 2011). "Rango: The Video Game Review (PS3, X360)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
5. ^ "Review: Rango: The Video Game (DS)". Nintendo Gamer. Future plc. April 2011. p. 75.
6. ^ "Review: Rango: The Video Game (Wii)". Nintendo Gamer. Future plc. April 2011. p. 74.
7. ^ Whitehead, Thomas (March 9, 2011). "Rango Review (Wii)". Nintendo Life. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
8. ^ a b "Rango: The Video Game". Nintendo Power. Vol. 266\. Future US. April 2011. p. 86.
9. ^ Miller, Zachary (April 9, 2011). "Rango: The Video Game (DS)". Nintendo World Report. NINWR, LLC. Archived from the original on February 28, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
10. ^ Goergen, Andy (May 5, 2011). "Rango: The Video Game (Wii)". Nintendo World Report. NINWR, LLC. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
11. ^ "Rango: The Video Game". PlayStation Official Magazine – UK. Future plc. May 2011. p. 118.
12. ^ Smith, Kevin W. (May 2011). "Rango review". Official Xbox Magazine. Future US. p. 77\. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
13. ^ Markovic, Denny (April 15, 2011). "Rango Review – Nintendo DS Video Game Review". PALGN. Archived from the original on May 4, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
14. ^ Healy, Christopher (2011). "Rango DS". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on June 19, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
15. ^ a b c Healy, Christopher (2011). "Rango: The Video Game (PS3, Wii, X360)". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
16. ^ a b "Rango for DS Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 28, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
17. ^ a b "Rango for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 5, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
18. ^ a b "Rango for Wii Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 17, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
19. ^ a b "Rango for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 28, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.

## External links

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* Rango (Nintendo DS) at MobyGames
* Rango (Wii) at MobyGames
* Rango (iOS) at MobyGames