Taking its story and setting from the concurrently released TriStar
Pictures feature film, Planet 51: The Game is a mission-based driving
adventure, set on an alien planet that is oddly familiar. In something
of a role-reversal, players take control of Captain Chuck Baker, an
astronaut explorer who lands on the strange planet, believing it to be
uninhabited. Instead, he finds himself in the midst of picket-fenced
suburbs, reminiscent of 1950s America -- except for the "little green
men"-like inhabitants, who treat Chuck exactly like the alien invader
that he is. The play of the game involves exploring the 3D suburban
world from a behind-the-back,