Under the Skin
In Under the Skin, players must cause as much chaos and panic as possible by taking on the identity of the various people he or she encounters throughout CoCo Town and other environments. Equipped with a…
Under the Skin is an adventure developed by Capcom Production Studio 4, released 5 August 2004 on PlayStation 2.
What Under the Skin is
Under the Skin is an adventure game developed by Capcom Production Studio 4 and released in 2004. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Under the Skin, players must cause as much chaos and panic as possible by taking on the identity of the various people he or she encounters throughout CoCo Town and other environments. Equipped with a special ray gun, gamers can scan and absorb the DNA of anyone they target. With this genetic material, Cosmi can take the form and attributes of anyone he's zapped. For example while in human form, sing a song only dogs could appreciate, causing those nearby to drop coins that must be collected. Catch them all as these coins are what Cosmi and his enemies are being judged on in order to return home. But beware; causing such disruption puts Cosmi in danger of being caught and having his true…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, science fiction and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Under the Skin holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 20 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Under the Skin launched on 5 August 2004, within three weeks of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Doom 3, ESPN NFL 2K5 and Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Doom 3, ESPN NFL 2K5, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.
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