<s>
Giants	B-Operating_System
:	I-Operating_System
Citizen	I-Operating_System
Kabuto	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
with	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
project	O
for	O
Planet	O
Moon	O
Studios	O
,	O
which	O
consisted	O
of	O
former	O
Shiny	O
Entertainment	O
employees	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
MDK	B-Application
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Giants	O
went	O
through	O
four	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
before	O
Interplay	O
Entertainment	O
published	O
it	O
on	O
December	O
7	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
;	O
a	O
port	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
MacPlay	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
character	O
from	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
humanoid	O
races	O
to	O
either	O
complete	O
the	O
story	O
in	O
single-player	O
mode	O
or	O
to	O
challenge	O
other	O
players	O
in	O
online	B-Application
multiplayer	O
matches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
can	O
select	O
heavily	O
armed	O
Meccaryns	O
equipped	O
with	O
jet	O
packs	O
,	O
or	O
amphibious	O
spell-casting	O
Sea	O
Reapers	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
subtitle	O
,	O
"	O
Citizen	B-Operating_System
Kabuto	I-Operating_System
"	O
,	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
last	O
selectable	O
race	O
,	O
a	O
thundering	O
behemoth	O
who	O
can	O
execute	O
earthshaking	O
wrestling	O
attacks	O
to	O
pulverize	O
its	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
critics	O
praised	O
Giants	O
for	O
its	O
state-of-the-art	O
graphics	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
computers	I-Application
,	O
a	O
humorous	O
story	O
,	O
and	O
successfully	O
blending	O
different	O
genres	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Criticisms	O
focused	O
on	O
crippling	O
software	B-Error_Name
bugs	I-Error_Name
and	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
an	O
in-game	O
save	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
initially	O
sold	O
poorly	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
PlayStation2	B-Device
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
sold	O
well	O
afterwards	O
,	O
and	O
gained	O
a	O
cult	O
following	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Giants	B-Operating_System
:	I-Operating_System
Citizen	I-Operating_System
Kabuto	I-Operating_System
,	O
players	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
roles	O
of	O
three	O
humanoid	O
races	O
:	O
gun-toting	O
Meccaryns	O
,	O
magic-wielding	O
Sea	O
Reapers	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
gigantic	O
Kabuto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
developers	B-Application
,	O
Planet	O
Moon	O
Studios	O
,	O
created	O
this	O
design	O
to	O
encourage	O
players	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
action	O
and	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
burdened	O
with	O
micromanagement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
control	O
their	O
characters	O
from	O
a	O
default	O
third	O
person	O
perspective	B-Architecture
;	O
a	O
first	O
person	O
view	O
is	O
optional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
game	B-Application
server	I-Application
browser	O
,	O
players	O
connect	O
through	O
online	B-Application
services	O
MPlayer	O
or	O
GameSpy	O
Arcade	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
,	O
and	O
GameRanger	B-Operating_System
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OSX	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
they	O
regain	O
health	O
in	O
contact	O
with	O
water	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Piranhas	B-Application
do	O
not	O
attack	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Reapers	O
can	O
use	O
swords	O
,	O
bows	O
,	O
and	O
spells	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
summoning	O
firestorms	O
or	O
tornadoes	O
,	O
in	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
developer	B-Application
modeled	O
Kabuto	O
's	O
attacks	O
after	O
those	O
of	O
giant	O
monsters	O
in	O
classic	O
monster	O
movies	O
,	O
allowing	O
him	O
to	O
use	O
professional	O
wrestling	O
attacks	O
and	O
aerial	O
techniques	O
such	O
as	O
elbow	O
drops	O
,	O
foot	O
stomps	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
butt	O
flop	O
"	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
like	O
the	O
body	O
slam	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
less	O
dignity	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
playing	O
the	O
giant	O
monster	O
can	O
assume	O
a	O
perspective	B-Architecture
through	O
his	O
mouth	O
to	O
target	O
prey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
enemies	O
include	O
Reaper	O
Guards	O
(	O
male	O
Reapers	O
with	O
no	O
magical	O
ability	O
,	O
who	O
serve	O
as	O
common	O
soldiers	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
fauna	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
insectoid	O
Rippers	O
,	O
beast-of-burden	O
Sonaks	O
,	O
and	O
bat-like	O
Verms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yan	O
,	O
the	O
Samurai	B-Application
Smartie	O
,	O
serves	O
as	O
the	O
guide	O
for	O
this	O
story	O
segment	O
,	O
giving	O
instructions	O
on	O
Delphi	O
's	O
abilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
five	O
members	O
of	O
Shiny	O
Entertainment	O
's	O
MDK	B-Application
development	O
team	O
broke	O
off	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
Planet	O
Moon	O
Studios	O
in	O
1997	O
with	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineer	I-General_Concept
,	O
Scott	O
Guest	O
,	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
make	O
their	O
first	O
project	O
fun	O
and	O
original	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
graphics	O
and	O
gameplay	O
unseen	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
projected	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
late	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
suffered	O
delays	O
to	O
its	O
development	O
largely	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
illness	O
of	O
their	O
chief	O
programmer	B-Application
,	O
Andy	O
Astor	O
;	O
he	O
was	O
suffering	O
from	O
stage	O
IV	O
mantle	O
cell	O
lymphoma	O
in	O
late	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
realized	O
they	O
needed	O
more	O
resources	O
and	O
by	O
2000	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
hired	O
two	O
more	O
programmers	B-Application
and	O
an	O
artist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
upsized	O
the	O
graphic	O
textures	O
as	O
they	O
changed	O
the	O
graphical	O
software	O
to	O
support	O
NVIDIA	O
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
development	O
started	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
initial	O
minimum	O
graphics	O
specification	O
climbed	O
from	O
requiring	O
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
to	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
GeForce-series	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Called	O
Amityville	O
,	O
it	O
could	O
support	O
Glide	B-Operating_System
,	O
OpenGL	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Direct3D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Planet	O
Moon	O
aimed	O
for	O
a	O
complex	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	O
)	O
;	O
computer-controlled	O
characters	O
would	O
evade	O
shots	O
and	O
take	O
cover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
consulted	O
Mark	O
Frohnmayer	O
,	O
lead	O
programmer	B-Application
of	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
Tribes	B-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
,	O
for	O
advice	O
on	O
implementing	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
portion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interplay	O
Entertainment	O
released	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
December	O
7	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Planet	O
Moon	O
later	O
created	O
a	O
special	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
optimized	O
for	O
the	O
graphics	B-Device
card	I-Device
to	O
display	O
water	O
reflections	O
,	O
soft-edged	O
shadows	O
,	O
and	O
weather	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
not	O
sold	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
commercial	O
product	O
but	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
certain	O
GeForce3	O
graphic	B-Device
card	I-Device
package	O
deals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Omni	O
Group	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
porting	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
they	O
rewrote	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
software	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
symmetric	O
multi-processing	O
capability	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OSX	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Giants	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
(	O
PS2	B-Device
)	O
,	O
a	O
process	O
overseen	O
by	O
Interplay	O
's	O
division	O
,	O
Digital	O
Mayhem	O
,	O
who	O
posted	O
updates	O
of	O
their	O
progress	O
on	O
IGN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
greatest	O
challenge	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
port	O
was	O
converting	O
and	O
storing	O
the	O
special	O
effects	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
onto	O
the	O
lesser	O
storage	O
space	O
of	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
LightWave	B-Device
3D	I-Device
was	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
convert	O
the	O
graphic	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
they	O
had	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
image	B-Algorithm
resolution	I-Algorithm
,	O
Digital	O
Mayhem	O
increased	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
polygons	O
that	O
composed	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
models	O
,	O
making	O
them	O
smoother	O
and	O
more	O
detailed	O
in	O
shape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
limited	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
as	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
platform	O
and	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
a	O
save	O
feature	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
focused	O
on	O
enhancing	O
the	O
action	O
gameplay	O
,	O
streamlining	O
the	O
interfaces	O
,	O
and	O
tweaking	O
the	O
Reaper	O
ski	O
races	O
,	O
level	O
designs	O
,	O
and	O
game	O
balance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
redesigned	O
the	O
controls	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
's	O
controller	O
,	O
and	O
after	O
finding	O
the	O
analog	B-Device
sticks	I-Device
less	O
easy	O
to	O
aim	O
with	O
than	O
a	O
mouse	O
,	O
implemented	O
a	O
feature	O
to	O
help	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
aim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	O
Mayhem	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
retain	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
,	O
but	O
discarded	O
it	O
,	O
believing	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
environment	O
could	O
not	O
generate	O
the	O
same	O
multiplayer	O
atmosphere	O
as	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interplay	O
released	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
port	O
on	O
December	O
21	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
announced	O
plans	O
for	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Application
port	O
but	O
nothing	O
resulted	O
from	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Near	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
(	O
US	O
)	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Planet	O
Moon	O
failed	O
to	O
obtain	O
a	O
"	O
Teen	O
"	O
rating	O
from	O
the	O
ESRB	O
despite	O
changing	O
the	O
original	O
red	O
blood	O
to	O
green	O
and	O
covering	O
Delphi	O
's	O
toplessness	O
with	O
a	O
bikini	O
top	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interplay	O
offered	O
a	O
bonus	O
disc	O
containing	O
extra	O
multiplayer	O
levels	O
to	O
those	O
who	O
pre-ordered	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
they	O
offered	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
soundtrack	O
to	O
those	O
who	O
purchased	O
Giants	O
from	O
their	O
online	B-Application
store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Composers	B-Application
Mark	O
Snow	O
(	O
noted	O
for	O
his	O
The	O
X-Files	O
musical	O
scores	O
)	O
,	O
Mark	O
Morgan	O
,	O
and	O
Jeremy	O
Soule	O
(	O
both	O
known	O
for	O
the	O
music	O
of	O
several	O
video	O
games	O
)	O
were	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
music	O
for	O
Giants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soule	O
originally	O
offered	O
to	O
autograph	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
on	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
he	O
stopped	O
his	O
offer	O
when	O
email	O
feedback	O
revealed	O
many	O
were	O
intending	O
to	O
pirate	O
his	O
work	O
through	O
the	O
peer-to-peer	O
file	O
sharing	O
software	O
Napster	B-Application
instead	O
of	O
buying	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
imaginative	O
character	O
designs	O
and	O
use	O
of	O
advanced	O
graphics	O
technology	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
hardware	B-Algorithm
transform	I-Algorithm
and	I-Algorithm
lighting	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
bump	O
mapping	O
,	O
made	O
the	O
graphics	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
unrivaled	O
in	O
its	O
time	O
;	O
ActionTrip	O
was	O
so	O
impressed	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
visuals	O
that	O
they	O
thought	O
their	O
graphics	B-Device
card	I-Device
was	O
supporting	O
the	O
complex	O
hardware	O
environmental	O
bump	O
mapping	O
it	O
was	O
incapable	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
the	O
humor	O
,	O
many	O
reviewers	O
found	O
themselves	O
bored	O
by	O
the	O
monotony	O
and	O
slow	O
pace	O
of	O
certain	O
segments	O
,	O
According	O
to	O
ActionTrip	O
,	O
Giants	O
lacked	O
a	O
unique	O
quality	O
to	O
capture	O
attention	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
contemporaries	O
such	O
as	O
American	B-Application
McGee	I-Application
's	I-Application
Alice	I-Application
,	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
Vengeance	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Sea	B-Application
Dogs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
frequent	O
crashes	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
retail	O
Windows	B-Application
versions	O
infuriated	O
many	O
reviewers	O
;	O
Game	O
Revolution	O
censured	O
Interplay	O
for	O
focusing	O
on	O
censoring	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
marketing	O
purposes	O
instead	O
of	O
testing	O
for	O
and	O
fixing	O
the	O
software	B-Error_Name
bugs	I-Error_Name
before	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
reviewers	O
could	O
not	O
connect	O
to	O
multiplayer	O
games	O
due	O
to	O
failed	O
connections	O
or	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewers	O
who	O
managed	O
to	O
play	O
online	B-Application
,	O
commented	O
the	O
games	O
were	O
fun	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
were	O
occasionally	O
disconnected	O
or	O
lagged	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamesFirst	O
lamented	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
dedicated	O
low	O
ping	B-Application
servers	B-Application
,	O
and	O
several	O
reviewers	O
declared	O
that	O
the	O
computer	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
flawed	O
for	O
not	O
implementing	O
an	O
in-game	O
save	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
appreciated	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
for	O
including	O
the	O
asked-for	O
save	O
feature	O
,	O
but	O
complained	O
the	O
ported	O
game	O
retained	O
the	O
AI	O
and	O
level	O
design	O
issues	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
also	O
exhibited	O
clipping	B-Algorithm
issues	O
;	O
character	O
models	O
and	O
projectiles	O
would	O
pass	O
through	O
objects	O
on	O
occasion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
contrary	O
,	O
other	O
reviewers	O
stated	O
the	O
frame	O
rate	O
dropped	O
when	O
there	O
are	O
several	O
objects	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
presenting	O
a	O
heavy	O
load	O
on	O
the	O
graphics	B-Device
engine	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scott	O
Steinberg	O
reviewed	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
the	O
Monty	O
Python	O
meets	O
Godzilla	O
of	O
computer	O
games	O
,	O
suspiciously	O
well	O
converted	O
to	O
PlayStation	O
2.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Review	B-Application
aggregators	I-Application
Metacritic	O
and	O
GameRankings	O
calculated	O
scores	O
of	O
85	O
and	O
86.7	O
%	O
from	O
their	O
selected	O
reviews	O
for	O
Giants	O
as	O
of	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
most	O
critics	O
had	O
awarded	O
high	O
scores	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
GamesRadar	O
and	O
GSoundtracks	O
reported	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
sold	O
poorly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
the	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OSX	I-Operating_System
version	O
sold	O
out	O
within	O
months	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
in	O
spite	O
of	O
its	O
smaller	O
market	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
quarterly	O
sales	O
reports	O
by	O
NPDFunWorld	O
,	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
sold	O
11,272	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
for	O
the	O
six	O
months	O
since	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
poor	O
sales	O
figure	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
51,726	O
copies	O
of	O
Shadow	B-Application
Hearts	I-Application
and	O
753,251	O
copies	O
of	O
Max	B-Application
Payne	I-Application
sold	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
period	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Andrew	O
Groen	O
of	O
GameZone	O
ran	O
a	O
retrospective	O
on	O
Giants	O
and	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
mix	O
of	O
humor	O
and	O
action	O
inspired	O
later	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Ratchet	B-Application
&	I-Application
Clank	I-Application
and	O
Jak	B-Application
and	I-Application
Daxter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
independent	O
studio	O
Rogue	O
Rocket	O
Games	O
,	O
co-founded	O
by	O
Nick	O
Bruty	O
,	O
former	O
Planet	O
Moon	O
Studios	O
founder	O
,	O
started	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
for	O
developing	O
a	O
new	O
independent	O
crowd-funded	O
game	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
of	O
Giants	B-Operating_System
:	I-Operating_System
Citizen	I-Operating_System
Kabuto	I-Operating_System
"	O
,	O
titled	O
First	O
Wonder	O
.	O
</s>
