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Cargo! The Quest for Gravity (Russian: Эврика!) is an action-adventure game developed by Ice-Pick Lodge and published by bitComposer Interactive and Viva Media for Microsoft Windows in 2011.
May 10, 2011 · Cargo is an open-world game of exploration and vehicle building. Entertain the buddies by giving them rides on your vehicles, kicking them in their large behinds or letting them dance to music.
- It's bizarre, but is it any fun?
- Verdict
By Neilie Johnson
Updated: May 6, 2012 8:18 pm
Posted: May 27, 2011 10:06 pm
It's not often you encounter a game so different, so unique, so outright bizarre, it defies definition and categorization. Cargo! The Quest for Gravity by Russian developer Ice Pick Lodge is one of those games. This odd little interactive morsel isn't really an adventure, platformer, a racing game or an action game; it's a surreal mish-mash of all of these as well as a few genres that haven't even been named yet. In concept, the game's as fresh as a 5 am donut and when things go right, it really soars. Unfortunately, due to unclear objectives, clunky controls and numerous bugs, it more often crashes and burns.
Cargo! starts with a female mechanic named Flawkes and a pirate captain called Borkin making a cargo delivery in a poofy, multi-colored dirigible. As they pass over their island destination, they're unexpectedly shot down and marooned and thirty seconds in, it's obvious Cargo! is unlike any game you've ever played. You play as Flawkes and when you regain consciousness, you're surrounded by an army of tiny, bald, naked men. Anyway, these weird natives are very happy to see you (And why not? You're the only woman they've ever seen) and instantly burst into song like the Lollipop Guild from the Wizard of Oz.
These guys (called "Buddies") reappear throughout the game, instructing you in song like so many nudist Oompa-Loompas. With their advice and the shouted orders of the loopy Captain Borkin, you're soon dashing all over the island kicking Buddy rump. You see, in this alternative version of Earth, everything's slowly losing gravity and the only thing that can prevent that from happening is Fun. You find out the Buddies are living repositories of Fun, manufactured by a group of creepy mechanical tiki Gods bent on eliminating Humans and from then on, you do your best to collect as much Fun as possible. There are two ways to go about that: building vehicles and taking the Buddies for a joyride, or kicking them until they float away like chubby kites.
Cargo! The Quest for Gravity could have been an unforgettable game title; unfortunately, due to poorly-conceived vehicle controls, unclear objectives and some serious technical issues, what's bound to stick in your mind is the frustration of playing it.
- Neilie Johnson
May 4, 2011 · One hits the ship, and you crash land, your precious cargo strewn among a small chain of islands and the waters that link them. They're sexless, and yet they still have fun. How?
- Contributor
Cargo! The Quest for Gravity is a 2011 PC game taking place in a colorful, low-gravity world where lots of important Earth landmarks have floated off into the stratosphere. The only way to get them back is to imbue them with Fun, a resource harvested from cute little creatures called the Buddies.
Apr 28, 2011 · It's impossible to describe Cargo's concept without sounding like a crazy person. You play as Flawkes, a mechanic aboard the Hippo, a blimp delivering a cargo of machine parts to some remote...
Cargo! - The quest for gravity - The Gods haven’t looked too kindly on humanity and Earth, as we know it, has been reduced to a group of island archipelagos, populated by “BUDDIES” – pint-sized creatures, unbound by gravity’s forces and free to float and frolic at their own whim and leisure.
