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'Dr. Muto' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 29, 2002 @ 11:43 p.m. PST

Redefining the image of the proverbial "mad scientist," players take on the personality of the crazed genius, Dr. Muto, whose latest experiment accidentally destroyed his home planet, except for his laboratory. With ingenious morphing technology, Muto hopes to rebuild his destroyed world by harvesting resources from other nearby worlds while dashing through a stylized universe - overcoming dangerous challenges, freakish monstrosities and battling his arch nemesis, the evil Professor Burnitall. Check out these new Playstation2 and Xbox screens ...

"Why clone when you can morph?" said David Burton, European marketing, Midway. "Dr. Muto's morphing isn't just a gameplay feature, it is a unique mechanic that allows Muto to combine DNA from living organisms into creatures he can become, in order to accomplish tasks no human could ever achieve."

As Dr. Muto, players forge through 22 vast levels on four distinct planetscapes: from the junkyard world of Totltec, to the half-drowned water world of Aquem, through the smog-choked skies of Flotos, and finally, to the forbidden mines of Mazon. Armed with his newest invention - the Splizz-gun - Dr. Muto morphs himself into a variety of DNA-spliced-up creatures including an alien spider, miniature mouse and hulking gorilla. By morphing, Dr. Muto gains each creature's abilities and physical attributes - such as the ability to cling to webs, squeeze into tight spaces and breathe underwater - all to better crush, outwit and outlast more than a dozen different enemies.

Playstation 2

Dr. Muto Key Features:

  • Explore 22 levels through four different worlds as players harvest resources and steal DNA to rebuild their home planet
  • Experiment with the fauna found throughout each world to complete DNA formulas needed to morph into six different creatures, each with unique abilities
  • Assemble and use fiendish devices, weapons and other gadgets that only Dr. Muto could invent
  • Use each world's native Gomer - genetically engineered slaves - to trigger switches, activate puzzles and for any other purpose Dr. Muto deems necessary
  • Overcome more than a dozen different enemy types including cybernetically modified robo-dogs, rent-a-cops and heavily armed security droids
  • Ready yourself for a full-on battle with the chief boss of each world before battling face-to-face with your arch nemesis, the evil Professor Burnitall, for universal supremacy
  • DVD content includes a behind-the-scenes interview with the developers and a feature on the evolution of Dr. Muto's early artwork

Xbox

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