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Tak and the Guardians of Gross
Developer(s)Blitz Games
Publisher(s)THQ
Director(s)Chris Viggers
Producer(s)Team RocFISH
Designer(s)Mike Bithell
Mike Chapman
Alex Johnson
Luke Nockles
Peter Theophilus
Mark Witts
Programmer(s)Steve Bond
Alastair Graham
Andy Keeble
Simon Offord
David Waby
David Woo
Artist(s)Wai-Hung Wan
Shakeel Alli
Nicholas Miles
Duncan Nimmo
Writer(s)Myles McLeod
Composer(s)Matt Black
Todd Baker
Edward Hargrave
SeriesTak
EngineBlitzTech
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, Wii
Release
  • NA: October 13, 2008
  • AU: October 23, 2008
  • EU: October 31, 2008
Genre(s)Third-person action adventure, platformer
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Tak and the Guardians of Gross is a platform video game developed by Blitz Games and published by THQ for Wii and PlayStation 2 in 2008. It is the fourth title in the Tak series following Tak: The Great Juju Challenge.

Plot

Tak complains about Jibolba making him clean the Spoiled Shrine. Jeera offers to take the J-Runner, but Tak wants to take a shortcut through the jungle. Despite Keeko's warning, Tak goes anyway. After going through a long trail full of Woodie Tribesmen, Tak makes it to the shrine. He accidentally destroys a giant gem housed in the shrine, freeing four beasts imprisoned within it known as the Big Gs.

Tak meets with the four Jujus known as the Guardians of Gross, who give him various forms of magic. He confronts the Big Gs and collects their essences to restore the gem.

Tak successfully reassembles the gem, but trips, freeing the Big Gs. Stinky Juju informs him that he can stop the Big Gs by collecting slime from them and burping. Tak does so, defeating the Big Gs.

Gameplay

The game is a linear platformer with a focus on using a series of parkour moves in order to jump over obstacles and run through walls. Several levels are structured around Tak having to find his way across the bodies of each of the Big Gs in a vertical fashion to reach their heads and engage in a boss battle. Between levels, Tak is challenged to mini-games by the Juju guardians to receive additional magical powers, which can be activated during specific levels.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
PS2Wii
GameRankings67%69.38%
Metacritic57/10063/100
Review scores
PublicationScore
PS2Wii
AllGame
GameZone5.5/105.3/10
IGN6.6/106.6/10
NGamerN/A71%
WorthplayingN/A7/10
Game Vortex80%90%
Gaming AgeN/A5/10
Nintendo-x2N/A7/10
HonestGamersN/A7/10

The game received "mixed or average" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

References

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  12. Olsen, Matt (6 November 2008). "Tak and the Guardians of Gross (Wii)". HonestGamers. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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