Video Game Vintage Title: Rango

Rango

Rango: The Video Game is a video game by Paramount Digital Entertainment, released on March 1, 2011. It is based on the film of the same name. The game is available for PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 as well as Nintendo DS. It was developed by Behaviour Interactive.

All versions were published by both Electronic Arts and Paramount Digital Entertainment.

Rango Plot

15 years ago, Beans's Father saw a meteorite crash. The old soldier went up the hill, examined, and shouted, "Beans! Go inside an' 'git me my shotgun! Hurry now!" In a flash of green light offscreen, he was taken. Rango, the 17-year-old Western Chameleon from the film, enters the scene, passed out. He wakes up and makes his way into the Gas Can Saloon.

Rango: Say, Buford, you seen Beans around anyw-

(Slim the Turkey Vulture enters)

Rango: Slim! What happened?

Slim: Don't touch me! I'm Radiactified! Infected!

Rango has to find out where Beans is and stop the Radiation in the game and it takes place after the film.

Reception
Rango: The Video Game received largely mixed and average reviews. According to Metacritic, the Xbox 360 version has an average critic score of 68 based on 25 reviews.

While acknowledging its gameplay and other elements as commendable, the majority of critics noted the game's short play time and replay value as a major pitfall.