Tarzan: Untamed (known as Tarzan: Freeride in Europe and Japan) is a 2001 action-adventure video game developed by Ubi Soft Montreal for the PlayStation 2 and was a launch title for the GameCube.

Tarzan: Untamed
North American PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s)	Ubi Soft Montreal
Publisher(s)	Ubi Soft
Platform(s)	GameCube PlayStation 2
Release	PlayStation 2 NA: November 14, 2001 EU: November 23, 2001 JP: July 4, 2002 GameCube NA: November 17, 2001 EU: May 3, 2002
Genre(s)	Platform, adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Plot

Picking up quite a while after the defeat of Clayton, Jane and Professor Archimedes Q. Porter now understand Gorilla-language fluently and Jane is married to Tarzan. However, their lives are threatened once again by a brutal band of British explorers led by the unscrupulous Oswald Gardner, who becomes fascinated with Tarzan and strives to capture the ape-man and take him back to England as a media attraction.

Gameplay

Oswald's henchmen have captured several baby gorillas to sell to zoos. Tarzan must break the cages and return them to the gorilla family. His enemies include poachers and jungle animals, such as leopards, snakes, rhinoceroses, porcupines, wild boars, bats, spiders, piranhas and crocodiles. He also collects film reels that belong to Oswald and spears to use as weapons. In later stages of the game, he receives help from the gorilla family, hippopotamuses and baboons.

Reception

Tarzan: Untamed received mixed reviews upon its release, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[3][4] GameSpot gave the GameCube version a 6.2 out of 10 while they gave the PlayStation 2 version a 5.9 out of 10.[11][10] IGN gave the GameCube version a 6.3 out of 10 and said, "Surf tree branches, swing from vines and chuck spears at jungle outsiders -- Tarzan has arrived.",[13] while they gave the PlatStation 2 version a 6.2 out of 10, writing, "The ape man returns with glitz and glamor, but lacks a certain depth. It's a fun but short rental."[14]

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