The premise of the latest Beavis and Butt-head game it to complete a field trip to the local college as fast as possible in order to get to the party afterward. The party the instruction guide tells you is where the guys need to pick-up chicks, or as the characters utter endlessly "Do College sluts." Of course perennial do-gooder Mr. Van Diessen has told the boys they have to visit a number of different classes on campus and have the respective teachers sign off for them. This begins the game as each teacher has a different task for the boys to accomplish before they will sign their sheet.
Beavis and Butthead is played from a third person perspective so that the player can always be viewing what the boys are doing on screen. There are a number of times in the game where cartoon animation has been inserted for the sake of entertaining the player with such Beavis and Butt-Head staples and "Hey Beavis you want to pull my finger?" The game also comes equipped with a very easy to use point and click operating system with the cursor indication whether an object or player can be used, spoken to or examined. There was only one environment I had to do some pixel hunting in to find a needed object, besides that I found that most items were easily found and used.
Beavis and Butt-Head will not be the type of game played by a gamer who is looking for 3 Dimensional-fully-explorable environments, as it has none. In fact movement is confined to the four cardinal directions. The graphics in the game are slides that change with the direction the character moves and they are very simple keeping with the theme of the TV show. There is not much of a sound track with the exception of sounds that are included in the game, which consisted of a considerable about of heavy metal music. This game certainly did not break any boundaries in art and style but it does stay true to the vision of the show.
Beavis and Butt-Head is really an inventory-based rather than puzzle-based adventure. The game requires the player to successfully pick up objects in one environment to be used in another environment as the game progresses. Some items must be combined but most of the time the objects needed are easy to find and it is apparent when to use them. This is not a very long game in large part due to the simplicity of the challenges the game puts forth. As first I thought this was a weakness in the game but I now think it is due to the nature of the characters, they are simple so they the games are simple.
I am not a fan of Beavis and Butt-Head and I don’t think that playing this game is going to make anyone else a fan. However, for the stalwart fans of the series this game is probably a little bit of heaven. I found most of the story line and challenges heavy-handed and unformidable but that is not why someone will buy this game. They will buy this game because for all it’s short comings it gives you a very good dose of the boys up to they’re old tricks, snide remarks, and a lot of toilet humour which is what made the show a hit in the first place.