''Animorphs'' is a

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game for

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. It is based upon the Scholastic book series ''

Animorphs ''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of children's books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all ...

'' by

K. A. Applegate Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956), known professionally as K. A. Applegate or Katherine Applegate, is an American young adult and children's fiction writer, best known as the author of the ''Animorphs'', '' Remnants'', ''Everworld ...

Gameplay

The game operates in a series of turn-based battles during combat. In a manner similar to the ''

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'' video games, the object of ''Animorphs'' is to fight and defeat various animals and aliens in order to gain the morph (DNA) of that creature. Sometimes, the player can use the animal's acquired skills outside combat. For example, snakes crawl up walls, fish swim, and bird morphs take to the air. The game saves using a password system.

Development

The game was developed by American studio Runny-Fun and published by

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. Little is currently known about the game's development history. The gameplay takes the player through four missions, but a secret fifth mission was discovered in 2016. This one is only accessible via a hardcoded password.

Reception

Critical reception of the game was generally low. Marc Nix of

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described the game as "pat and boring, but also silly in difficulty at times since there's little guiding your path and no real clue to the strategy." He gave it a score of 3.0 out of 10. ''

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'' was a bit more favorable in its review of the game, giving it 3 out of 5.

References

External links

IGN page
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