E308: Wii Fanboy takes a hammer to Our House
by David Hinkle 
{ Jul 24th 2008 at 1:27PM }
Our House is going to need a lot of renovations before it's ready for a final inspection.
Our House is another mini-game compilation. The problem is, it isn't a very good one. Throughout a series of construction-based mini-games, players must best their competitors.
The demo started out with a trip to the local store. Here, you race your competition throughout the aisles and try to pick up one of the power-ups sitting in the aisle. Once you grab it and make it back to the cashier, you'll then be awarded a bonus for an upcoming mini-games.
Mini-games include tasks such as directing the flow of water through pipes (think the hacking in Bioshock) and demolishing a kitchen with a hammer. There was also another mini-game where I had to dig a yard before everyone else, tossing my dirt into the other lawns so as to slow down the folks going against me. All in all, these mini-games felt pretty tired and boring.
Our House is ultimately a hollow mini-game compilation. Nothing I played utilized motion-controls well (everything was mostly just pointing at the screen and hitting the A button) and, overall, the title just seemed like a rushed cash-in. I'd suggest you steer clear of Our House.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Adam @ Jul 24th 2008 2:54PM
Our house? This reminds me of a game that I lost track of...I think screenshots were released around the time the Wii first came out. It was some sort of building game where you made a house and they showed users sawing boards in half and nailing with hammers. Is this the same game? Was that game ever released? WTF BBQ?
jan_halmes @ Jul 24th 2008 2:55PM
Man, talk about buzzkill.
Guess I should cancel my pre-order.
chalito @ Jul 24th 2008 2:57PM
frack this sh*t.. I read the title on rss and thought it was about project H.A.M.M.E.R.
booo
Onomah @ Jul 24th 2008 3:00PM
seems a bit shovelware-y to me. I hope that they pull it together because...Hell I don't care if they pull it together. I don't want to play another minigame compilation even the best are tedious to me.
I still want that dokapon kingdom game though.
SuburbGuerrilla @ Jul 24th 2008 3:23PM
My grandmother always told me that if I didnt have anything nice to say, im better off not saying anything at all.
She was a wise bitch