Donald Duck works as a security guard in the Ducklair Tower. He falls asleep and starts dreaming of Daisy Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie teasing him. He wishes he was a superhero. An artificial intelligence known as One agrees to help him. He is given a future technological weapon, a new voice, and the new name PK. Before PK can begin his training, they are alerted to the Evronians attack on Earth, prompting One to send PK out to defeat them as 'on the job training'.
GameplayEdit
Players assume the control of PK, navigating 3D levels from a third person perspective.
PK uses an 'X-Transformer' arm device throughout the game, which functions as a utility for defense and movement, primarily firing laser shots and to hover over large gaps. More abilities are unlocked for the X-Transformer as the player progresses, unlocking a super punch for shattering weak ground, a supercharge to break enemy shields, a remote X-Transformer to navigate tight spaces and a more powerful costume variant.
As players traverse the levels, they will collect 'Activation Stars', green circular icons sporting One's face. These function as to power checkpoints for the player, requiring 15 to activate it so that should the player die, they'll return to that previously active checkpoint. The player will also find other weapon variants that give the X-Transformer a limited amount of more powerful shots such as fire bullets or rockets.
Also during certain level portions, the player will encounter captured scientists that must be found and rescued before the timer counts down, otherwise they will be teleported away, requiring the player to try again another time. There are six scientists per level (excluding boss battles and the Evronian Mothership), and 40 scientists must be rescued in order to access the final mothership levels.
PK: Out of the Shadows received "generally unfavorable" reviews, according to review aggregatorMetacritic.[5][6]GameRankings gave the PlayStation 2 version a score of 51.41%,[4][5] while they gave the GameCube version a score of 53.68%.[3]
GameSpot gave the game a "poor" rating of 3.2 out of 10 and said, "Unless playing poorly made games is your pastime, avoiding this game is highly suggested."[8]IGN gave both the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions a 4 out of 10, writing for the PlayStation 2 they said, "Yes, Donald Duck is a superhero. No, it's not much fun.", while for the GameCube version they wrote, "We sure do love Donald, but his latest game is a heartbreaker."[13][14]
GameSpy gave the GameCube version two stars out of five and commented, "Well sweet, how ... completely disheartening! It's hardly a good setup for a winning platform game."[10] Brad Kane of Extended Play also gave the game a two stars out of five, saying, "If you're really thirsting for some Donald Duck platform action in your life, then "Out of the Shadows" will at least provide enough of a challenge to keep you on the jump. But if you're not a devotee and don't need to see PK make his videogame debut, then you can leave this one for the Evronians."[19]
ReferencesEdit
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^"Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows Release Information for GameCube". GameFAQs. from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^ ab"Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows for GameCube". GameRankings. from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^ ab"Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^ abc"Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. from the original on June 12, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^ ab"Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^Mason, Lisa (March 2003). . Game Informer. No. 119. p. 85. Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^ abTracy, Tim (January 17, 2003). "Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows Review". GameSpot. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^Steinberg, Steve (November 21, 2002). . GameSpy. Archived from the original on December 12, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^ abSteinberg, Scott (January 28, 2003). . GameSpy. Archived from the original on February 20, 2006. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^Bedigian, Louis (December 27, 2002). "Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows - GC - Review". GameZone. from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^Knutson, Michael (November 13, 2002). "Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows - PS2 - Review". GameZone. from the original on October 4, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^ abSmith, David (November 7, 2002). "Disney's PK [Out of the Shadows] Review (PS2)". IGN. from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^ abSmith, David (February 10, 2003). "Disney's PK [Out of the Shadows] (GCN)". IGN. from the original on August 28, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^"Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows". Nintendo Power. Vol. 165. February 2003. p. 155.
^Shih, Ed (February 4, 2003). "PK: Out of the Shadows". Nintendo World Report. from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^Steinman, Gary (December 2002). . Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. p. 158. Archived from the original on June 29, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^"Review: Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows". PSM. January 2003. p. 42.
^ abKane, Brad (December 16, 2002). . X-Play. Archived from the original on December 22, 2002. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
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PK Out of the Shadows known as Donald Duck PK in Europe is a 2002 action adventure video game developed by Ubi Soft Montreal and published by Ubi Soft It stars Donald Duck as Paperinik or PK as he battles to stop the Evron Empire from taking over Earth The game is based on the Italian comic book series PK Paperinik New Adventures PK Out of the ShadowsNorth American cover art for PlayStation 2Developer s Ubi Soft MontrealPublisher s Ubi SoftProducer s Abdelhak ElgussLuigi ProioreDesigner s Jason ArsenaultMustapha MahrachProgrammer s Abderrahim AgoumalAbderrahim BoukrissBoujemaa El HibaHassan BoulmarfoufLhoucine KhabirMohamed BerraSalahedone EssedikiArtist s Gabriel VillatteWriter s Guido MartinaComposer s Daniel MassonPlatform s GameCubePlayStation 2ReleasePlayStation 2EU October 4 2002NA November 1 2002 1 GameCubeEU November 29 2002NA December 3 2002 2 Genre s Action adventure platformerMode s Single player Contents 1 Plot 2 Gameplay 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot EditDonald Duck works as a security guard in the Ducklair Tower He falls asleep and starts dreaming of Daisy Duck and his nephews Huey Dewey and Louie teasing him He wishes he was a superhero An artificial intelligence known as One agrees to help him He is given a future technological weapon a new voice and the new name PK Before PK can begin his training they are alerted to the Evronians attack on Earth prompting One to send PK out to defeat them as on the job training Gameplay EditPlayers assume the control of PK navigating 3D levels from a third person perspective PK uses an X Transformer arm device throughout the game which functions as a utility for defense and movement primarily firing laser shots and to hover over large gaps More abilities are unlocked for the X Transformer as the player progresses unlocking a super punch for shattering weak ground a supercharge to break enemy shields a remote X Transformer to navigate tight spaces and a more powerful costume variant As players traverse the levels they will collect Activation Stars green circular icons sporting One s face These function as to power checkpoints for the player requiring 15 to activate it so that should the player die they ll return to that previously active checkpoint The player will also find other weapon variants that give the X Transformer a limited amount of more powerful shots such as fire bullets or rockets Also during certain level portions the player will encounter captured scientists that must be found and rescued before the timer counts down otherwise they will be teleported away requiring the player to try again another time There are six scientists per level excluding boss battles and the Evronian Mothership and 40 scientists must be rescued in order to access the final mothership levels Reception EditReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScoreGameRankings GC 53 68 3 PS2 51 41 4 Metacritic PS2 49 100 5 GC 46 100 6 Review scoresPublicationScoreGame Informer4 7 10 7 GameSpot3 2 10 8 GameSpy PS2 62 9 GC nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 GameZone GC 6 10 11 PS2 5 4 10 12 IGN4 10 13 14 Nintendo Power3 3 5 15 Nintendo World Report4 10 16 Official U S PlayStation Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 17 PlayStation The Official Magazine7 10 18 X Play nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 19 PK Out of the Shadows received generally unfavorable reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic 5 6 GameRankings gave the PlayStation 2 version a score of 51 41 4 5 while they gave the GameCube version a score of 53 68 3 GameSpot gave the game a poor rating of 3 2 out of 10 and said Unless playing poorly made games is your pastime avoiding this game is highly suggested 8 IGN gave both the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions a 4 out of 10 writing for the PlayStation 2 they said Yes Donald Duck is a superhero No it s not much fun while for the GameCube version they wrote We sure do love Donald but his latest game is a heartbreaker 13 14 GameSpy gave the GameCube version two stars out of five and commented Well sweet how completely disheartening It s hardly a good setup for a winning platform game 10 Brad Kane of Extended Play also gave the game a two stars out of five saying If you re really thirsting for some Donald Duck platform action in your life then Out of the Shadows will at least provide enough of a challenge to keep you on the jump But if you re not a devotee and don t need to see PK make his videogame debut then you can leave this one for the Evronians 19 References Edit Disney s PK Out of the Shadows Release Information for PlayStation 2 GameFAQs Archived from the original on June 11 2014 Retrieved November 25 2014 Disney s PK Out of the Shadows Release Information for GameCube GameFAQs Archived from the original on December 30 2014 Retrieved November 25 2014 a b Disney s PK Out of the Shadows for GameCube GameRankings Archived from the original on October 13 2014 Retrieved November 25 2014 a b Disney s PK Out of the Shadows for PlayStation 2 GameRankings Archived from the original on October 12 2014 Retrieved November 25 2014 a b c Disney s PK Out of the Shadows for PlayStation 2 Reviews Metacritic Archived from the original on June 12 2014 Retrieved November 25 2014 a b Disney s PK Out of the Shadows for GameCube Reviews Metacritic Archived from the original on December 30 2014 Retrieved November 25 2014 Mason Lisa March 2003 Disney s PK Out of the Shadows GC Game Informer No 119 p 85 Archived from the original on February 12 2008 Retrieved November 25 2014 a b Tracy Tim January 17 2003 Disney s PK Out of the Shadows Review GameSpot Retrieved November 25 2014 Steinberg Steve November 21 2002 PK Out of the Shadows PS2 GameSpy Archived from the original on December 12 2004 Retrieved November 25 2014 a b Steinberg Scott January 28 2003 GameSpy Disney s PK Out of the Shadows GCN GameSpy Archived from the original on February 20 2006 Retrieved November 25 2014 Bedigian Louis December 27 2002 Disney s PK Out of the Shadows GC Review GameZone Archived from the original on December 11 2008 Retrieved November 25 2014 Knutson Michael November 13 2002 Disney s PK Out of the Shadows PS2 Review GameZone Archived from the original on October 4 2008 Retrieved November 25 2014 a b Smith David November 7 2002 Disney s PK Out of the Shadows Review PS2 IGN Archived from the original on March 25 2016 Retrieved November 25 2014 a b Smith David February 10 2003 Disney s PK Out of the Shadows GCN IGN Archived from the original on August 28 2015 Retrieved November 25 2014 Disney s PK Out of the Shadows Nintendo Power Vol 165 February 2003 p 155 Shih Ed February 4 2003 PK Out of the Shadows Nintendo World Report Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved November 25 2014 Steinman Gary December 2002 Disney s PK Out of the Shadows Official U S PlayStation Magazine p 158 Archived from the original on June 29 2004 Retrieved November 25 2014 Review Disney s PK Out of the Shadows PSM January 2003 p 42 a b Kane Brad December 16 2002 PK Out of the Shadows PS2 Review X Play Archived from the original on December 22 2002 Retrieved November 25 2014 External links EditPK Out of the Shadows at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title PK Out of the Shadows amp oldid 1153906994, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
