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Peter Jackson's King Kong for Xbox 360
Peter Jackson's King Kong for the Xbox 360 is an action adventure in which you experience Skull Island from two very different positions. As Jack Driscoll, you look through the eyes of a human surrounded by enormous predators. In other chapters, you control Kong from an external perspective, climb rock faces and use his strength to fight the island's inhabitants.
During Jack's journey, you keep track of ammunition, available spears and the animals' behaviour. A burning spear can set vegetation alight and clear a path forward. You work with the other expedition members, who help at set moments or need protection themselves. The game conveys much of its information through sound and characters' reactions, keeping your attention on the surroundings and approaching danger.
The sections featuring Kong change the pace. You grab enemies, throw punches and travel along routes Jack cannot reach. These shifts make the difference in scale tangible: the same island can be a threat or terrain for enormous leaps. You play the campaign alone and follow a set sequence of chapters, with events from the film and additional encounters on Skull Island.
Region and language
Our Xbox 360 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.
Manual
Peter Jackson's King Kong for Xbox 360 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 Peter Jackson's King Kong
Peter Jackson’s King Kong was released for Xbox 360 in 2005. Ubisoft published the game around the arrival of Peter Jackson’s new King Kong film. Michel Ancel and the Ubisoft Montpellier team worked with the director and Wingnut Films to turn the film’s story into a playable adventure. The Xbox 360 edition was a separate technical version for the new console. This Classics copy contains that console campaign; it is not a later remake.
The collaboration had already been announced publicly in October 2004. Ubisoft referred to the team behind Beyond Good & Evil and the involvement of its Montreal studio. Jackson gave the game developers access to material from the film production. The aim was for the film and game to share a recognisable world, while allowing the game to add situations of its own in which the player had to act.
Switching between Jack and Kong became an important part of that approach. The human experiences the island's inhabitants at close quarters and must find tools; the giant fights them with his body and reaches different routes. Jack's sparse on-screen information left voices and environmental sounds to do much of the work. This gave the film adaptation its own way of building tension. Editions were released for several other systems alongside the Xbox 360. This version centres on the original console campaign, alternating between a human and a gigantic perspective.
Similar games for Xbox 360
BioShock for Xbox 360 also uses a first-person perspective and tells a story through voices and the environment. In Rapture you combine firearms with plasmids and manage various supplies. King Kong keeps Jack’s resources more limited and uses predators’ behaviour as an immediate danger. The chapters where you control Kong also change the adventure’s scale and camera perspective.
Condemned: Criminal Origins for Xbox 360 also builds first-person tension with enemies that get close and weapons found in the environment. Ethan investigates dark buildings and often fights at close range. King Kong moves that vulnerability to Skull Island, with spears, fire and predators. Kong’s chapters interrupt human survival with much greater freedom of movement high above the ground.
Far Cry 2 for Xbox 360 also combines first-person shooting with reading the environment during dangerous journeys. You move freely through an African conflict region and choose routes between assignments. King Kong follows a fixed sequence of chapters and has you work with expedition members. Its danger mainly comes from the island’s creatures rather than warring human factions.
James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game from 2009 for Xbox 360 also presents a film world filled with large creatures and dangerous nature. You experience Pandora in third person and become involved in the conflict between the RDA and the Na’vi. King Kong instead alternates between vulnerable Jack and the giant. It uses that difference in body and perspective to make the same natural world feel different each time.
Turok from 2008 for Xbox 360 also features dinosaur encounters in densely vegetated areas. Joseph Turok is a soldier on an alien planet, where both enemy troops and animals pose a threat. King Kong keeps Jack closer to a film expedition with limited resources. The playable giant also offers a very different way to fight predators from Turok’s military shooting action.
