So someone’s finally seen, and actually played!, the new console game “Hummer: Badlands”, where players get to take command of a variety of Hummer and do battle. I think.
Here’s what the reviewer had to say about the game’s gameplay:
The Hummer H3 comes to Russia, ready to take on the frigid Winter and what else falls in its path. Say Hello, Comrade!
Glad to see someone’s enjoying the Hummer, especially foreign celebrities. Looks like the Japanese rich and famous are going Hummer crazy!
The streets of central Tokyo are thronged with countless high-end automobiles, but one model above all others stands out from the crowd. Two meters high and 2.1 meters wide, with a mean, military-style mien, the Hummer H2 is hard to miss among the massed ranks of Toyotas, Nissans, Beemers and Mercs.
Well, no, it’s not really a new product from GM Hummer, but rather a self-righteous parody of the Hummer trucks by the guys over at hummerh8.com. As a Hummer owner, I have a sense of humor, so I don’t mind linking to these anti-Hummer assholes at all.
I thought what they had to say about this fake H8 was pretty funny, too:
It was only a matter of time before the Hummer took on gamers, and now the wait is over: Get ready to revel in the coolness of “Hummer: Badlands”!
From IGN:
Global Star Software, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive, declared today that it is shipping Hummer Badlands for PS2 and Xbox.
“Kaliningrad , Russia � General Motors and Avtotor today celebrated the start of production and sales of the HUMMER H3 in Russia at a ceremony at the Avtotor plant in Kaliningrad, Russia. The ceremony was attended by Robert Lutz, vice chairman of General Motors; Vladimir Scherbakov, chairman of Avtotor; Georgy Boos, governor of Kaliningrad region, John Costin, executive director of the GM International Product Center, Jacek Gorski, commercial director for GM CIS, and Stephen Garrity, HUMMER international operations director…”
“German-based American-car tuner Geiger has worked its magic on the Hummer H3, turning the rugged-looking but underachieving off-roader into a muscular mover.
A supercharger is a prime ingredient in Geiger’s tuning kit, boosting output on the H3′s anemic 3.5-liter five-cylinder to 325 horsepower and bumping torque to 320 pound-feet. Top speed climbs to 130 mph, while 0-60-mph acceleration is trimmed to less than 8.4 seconds…”
Are Hummers made for the desert? Ask this guy, he seems to be doing just fine! Watch out for those sand dunes, dude!
