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Scaler

Scaler follows the story of a lizard-loving 12-year-old boy named Bobby "Scaler" Jenkins who accidentately stumbles across an evil plot to dominate the world through use of mutated lizards. Scaler is…

60 1 October 2004

Scaler is a platform developed by A2M, released 1 October 2004 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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What Scaler is

Scaler is a platform game developed by A2M and released in 2004. It was published by Global Star Software. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You play as Bobby "Scaler" Jenkins, a young boy who discovers that his neighbor is actually a reptilian villain from another dimension. After being captured and transported to this alien dimension, Bobby is transformed into a lizard-like being, giving him unique abilities. He must use these abilities to fight off the evil reptilian army, rescue native creatures, and stop the villain's plans to take over the Earth.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Scaler holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Scaler launched on 1 October 2004, within three weeks of Counter-Strike: Source, Rome: Total War, Fable and Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Counter-Strike: Source, Rome: Total War, Fable, Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald.

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When did Scaler come out?
Scaler was released on 1 October 2004 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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