Wreck-It Ralph: Sugar Rush and Hero's Duty Games on Disney.com

Some of you may know this already, but on Disney's official website for their upcoming animated feature, Wreck-It Ralph are two new Unity-based games based on the arcade titles in the film -- "Sugar Rush" and "Hero's Duty." These run on an actual engine instead of the site's "Fix-It Felix, Jr." game, which is just made using Flash, which means they're more advanced and prone to slow down your computer, but that's worth it considering they're pretty fun.



Our first game (which can be found here) is a kart racer akin to the Mario Kart series (and as a matter of fact, the first track contains a reference to the Mario Circuit track in MK7 during a part in which you drive through trees with falling pink flowers). In it, you control a cute little girl of your choice (WARNING: some really catchy Japanese music plays in the character select screen which will get stuck in your head forever) and race around tracks surrounded and covered with sugary treats such as ice cream and cookies and sprinkles. The game controls kinda weirdly for me (since the directional buttons on my keyboards are so tiny and inconveniently placed), and it probably would've been better if you went forward using the space bar instead of the up arrow, but other than that, it's fine. The game also lacks a widescreen mode, and thus looks stretched and low-quality on my computer (even though I have the settings on high), however, if you don't go fullscreen on it or have a 4:3 monitor, this shouldn't be a problem for you.



The second title (which can be found here is Disney's homage to today's abundance of dudebro shooter games, such as Call of Duty. And I'm pleased to say that this much more fun that that series. The game's basically a first-person shooter where you go around blasting weird little critters known as Cy-Bugs until you make it to the end of the level. To be honest, the gameplay is very reminiscent of Metroid Prime, which may contribute to why I love it so much. The visuals are also pretty good - some parts look great, in fact. The controls are fantastic as well - your gun is controlled by the mouse, which is the best method of control for any game in the genre. And while this doesn't have true widescreen, it has filled in borders on the side, so it doesn't look as horrendously stretched as Sugar Rush. You can't see these on the pic posted above though because for some reason they don't appear when you print screen it and paste it on GIMP.

Well, now you've heard my thoughts, what are you waiting for? Play these now! And if you have already, play them again!