Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown
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  Screenshot from Feeding Frenzy 2 |
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| Developer(s) | PopCap Games |
| Publisher(s) | PopCap Games |
| Distributor(s) | Various |
| Designer(s) | Ed Allard and Ben Lyon |
| Series | Feeding Frenzy |
| Version | 1.0 (February 6, 2006) |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Xbox Live Arcade |
| Release date | 1.0 (February 6, 2006) |
| Genre(s) | Arcade |
| Mode(s) | Single Player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) |
| Media | CD, Online Download |
| System requirements | OS: Win 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista. Memory: 128 MB RAM. DirectX: 7.0. Processor: Pentium III, 500MHz or faster. |
| Input methods | Keyboard, Mouse |
Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown is an arcade style game. Feeding Frenzy 2 is a sequel to its first game, Feeding Frenzy. The game is developed and published by PopCap Games.
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[edit] Gameplay
Same as Feeding Frenzy, the players have to control several fast growing marine predators who are out to find a mystery which is lurking in the ocean. The aim of the game is to avoid predators and obstacles while eating other smaller fishes and creature, eventually reaching the top of the food chain. Feeding Frenzy 2 includes new 60 levels which includes sceneries such as new under water worlds, coral reefs, deep sea caves, and sunken ships, as well as above water challenges. The story mode game starts the player as a small Butterfly Fish named Boris. The player has to eat and chomp its way to the top of the food chain. In your way the player meets new creatures, both friendly and unfriendly.
[edit] Special Abilities
The animals which the player has to control have special abilities. These abilities does not differ much from the previous game. It includes the maneuver for a quick burst of speed (This ability is known as Dash), the ability to suck a large school of fish at once, as well as an ability which allows Edie to light up its way.
[edit] Power-ups
The game includes new Power-ups which can be used to gain instantaneous or short term effects. You can find and eat such Power-ups to gain its specialized effect. These Power-ups include older Power-ups from the previous sequel of the game. Such Power-ups include:
- Lighting Bolt: A lightning bolt icon which is usually stored in a bubble. The effect of this Power-up is to give you increased speed.
- Shrink Shroom: The effect of this Power-up is to shrink any fish which whose size is bigger than the player.
- Shield: The shield Power-up grants the player invulnerability. It also protects the player from predator’s attack once. Such attack normally will result in death.
- Instant Illuminate: Lights up the whole screen for a few moments during the Midnight Zones
- Looney Lures: This Power-up shows up as a hook icon. It lures and moves bigger fishes out of the screen.
- 1UP: The player is awarded an extra life.
[edit] Environments
- Above Water Challenges:
In some levels the player will be able to jump above from the water, and catch several insects and bugs which wander around, near the surface of the water. In the air, the player can use the power-up which sucks a number of insects at the same time. The player can also do back flips to gain more style points. A failed attempt to do so will result in a belly flop.
- Midnight Zone:
The player has to come across several “Midnight Zones”. During these levels Edie’s (The Angler fish’s) illuminating lure will be used to light the player’s way across. Eventually the power of his illuminating lure will decrease. Hence, Edie has to hunt for bioluminescent plankton to increase the lighted area of the level. A bulb icon power-up can be eaten for instant full screen illumination.
[edit] Playable Characters
- Boris:
Boris the Butterflyfish is the first playable character in the game. He lives in the warm waters of the Sandy Shoal, a beautiful area off the Frenzy Coast.
- Layla:
Layla Queen Triggerfish is the second playable character in the game. She lives in the warm water of Paradise Reef.
- Edie:
Edie the Anglerfish is the third playable character. Edie's levels are noted rough because her levels are the "Midnight Zones". Note that the fish's gender has been changed to female due to the fact that only female angler fish emit light. There was a mistake in the original game.
- Peter:
Peter the Pompano is the fourth playable character in the game he lives in Buccaneer Bay. his level gives the first appearance of Cuttlefish that shoot ink at you.
- Harry:
Harry the Humphead wrasse is the fifth playable character from the game, the ballons are back after a while and you can again jump for bonuses out of the water.
- Goliath:
Goliath the Great White Shark is the sixth playable character in the game. He is very high up in he food chain, and is the first to fight The Intruder.
- The Intruder:
The Intruder is an alien fish that was a disruption to the food chain. The player is required to fight it every 3 levels after Goliath defeats it for the first time. The player then moves lower down the food chain, playing as previous characters until The Intruder is defeated for the last time, and Boris eats it. This completes the game. The Intruder is then unlocked as a playable character, and the player can then go through the entire game again as The Intruder.
