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Bee Movie Game for PlayStation 2
Bee Movie Game for PlayStation 2 lets you move through the hive and New York as Barry B. Benson. In New Hive City you take jobs to unlock story missions in the outside world. You drive a taxi, deliver food on a scooter or help in the garage. Barry's house connects to his experiences among humans. The map helps you locate the different workplaces and activities.
Outside the hive, flying, dodging and bee abilities set the pace. Bee Reflex seemingly slows the surroundings, letting you avoid raindrops, obstacles and a human's swipe. Bee Vision reveals things that would otherwise remain hidden. You target flowers and opponents, fire pollen and perform aerial manoeuvres. On-screen button prompts call for a quick reaction to certain hazards during your flight.
The Honex honey factory contains short jobs such as catching honeycombs and moving nectar containers with a magnetic crane. The hive also has races, a clothing shop and a museum of unlocked objects. Photo spots in New York provide new museum exhibits. This action adventure alternates focused flights with walking, driving and separate tasks. You return to familiar places to complete jobs and make the next part of Barry's story available.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
The box for this edition of Bee Movie Game states: written text in Dutch, spoken text in English.
Manual
Bee Movie Game for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Bee Movie Game
Activision released Bee Movie Game in 2007 around DreamWorks' animated film Bee Movie. Beenox developed the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Windows versions; other studios worked on Wii and Nintendo DS. On PS2, Barry received two different worlds: the human city and New Hive City, where he carries out his work as a bee. The game links Barry B. Benson's story with original activities inside the hive and flights beyond it.
DreamWorks and Activision also created game content that did not come directly from the film. The hive became a place where Barry could work, drive and find new tasks. His small size gave the outside world a different scale: a raindrop or human hand could become an immediate obstacle. Bee abilities gave players ways to react, translating Barry's outings beyond the honey industry into varied, controllable situations.
The PS2 edition appeared late in the console's lifespan, while Activision continued releasing film games across several generations. New Hive City and separate story missions provided both short jobs and longer action scenes. Returning to the hive linked those parts. The original PS2 manual explicitly describes that division, showing how taxi work, deliveries, Honex tasks and museum exhibits formed an everyday world of their own around the film's protagonist.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Open Season for PS2 also bases tasks and short challenges on an animated film. Boog and Elliot call on forest animals to hinder hunters, while Barry in Bee Movie Game mainly flies and uses his own bee abilities. Open Season's woodland routes and large chase scenes have a different rhythm from returning to New Hive City, where Barry takes work and makes new story missions available.
Beestenboel for PS2, like Bee Movie Game, regularly returns you to a living world with various activities. A custom cow explores the farm, rides a BMX and takes tasks from film animals. Barry works and drives in a city inside the hive. Both connect short activities to further progress, but Beestenboel emphasises countryside exploration; Bee Movie Game adds flights among humans and bee abilities.
Over the Hedge for PS2 also has small animals investigating a human environment. Gardens and houses contain food, traps and captured friends. You use the traits of RJ, Verne, Hammy and Stella and can switch between two animals. Bee Movie Game stays with Barry as its protagonist and makes flying an important part of the action. The human world creates dangers in both cases but calls for different movements and solutions.
Madagascar for PS2 also connects familiar film characters with varied chapters and individual skills. Its four zoo inhabitants use jumps, a roar and spinning attacks among other moves. In Bee Movie Game, one bee gains several flying and perception abilities plus separate jobs around his home. Both travel from a familiar home to a larger world. Madagascar divides that journey among characters; Barry remains the link between all activities himself.
Ratatouille for PS2 shares Bee Movie Game's perspective of a small animal in a human world. Remy finds routes among dangerous chefs and moving obstacles, collects objects and solves environmental puzzles. Barry can instead take to the air and uses Bee Reflex to avoid danger. You must watch the surroundings in both games, but Remy's climbing and collecting differ from Barry's flights, drives and jobs inside the hive.
