I picked this game up because I was craving for some old-fashioned 3D platformer, and I approached it without any knowledge about the associated show.
On its own, the game is pretty decent and surprisingly well-made, but with certain drawbacks that take away some fun from the experience.
Pros:
The environments are a joy to look at. They are crafted with love and care, and I found myself being impressed by how much of the classic Pac-Man's imagery they managed to cram into the visuals.
The controls are good, for the most part. They flow nicely and work just as they should.
The game provides a variety of different powerups that nicely spice things up.
Chomping down on all those ghosts is pretty damn fun.
The overall design of levels (gameplay-wise) is decent.
Cons:
Very often the game can get a sudden spike in difficulty just because of unfortunately placed Bottomless Pits that One-Hit Kill you. As a result, the very first boss fight is shockingly difficult, but all the later ones are laughably easy. It's made all the worse by the fact that if you do die, you tend to go back a considerable distance. On the flip side, when you're not under the danger of falling into Bottomless Pits, you usually breeze through the game with little trouble.
The camera, while usually not an issue, can be a little annoying in that, for whatever reason, it moves a little jumpily and doesn't let you look up.
The voices are so annoying that I turned them off completely after just the first level. Couldn't they have just made them talk in Simlish?
The last two worlds are just lazy rehashes of the previously visited worlds.
The ending is rather disappointing.
Many of the powerups seem under-utilized. Some of them appear just for a handful of levels, only to be forgotten entirely for the rest of the game, with the exception of a short section at the very end.
The conclusion is that the game is a commendable effort with various things to like, with really lovely looking environments and many good ideas for gameplay, but hampered by certain shortcomings (most notably the difficulty, voices and uninteresting story) that prevent it from becoming a truly unmissable gem. As it is, it's a nice game that's worth checking out, but nothing magnificent.
VideoGame Decent, but not amazing
I picked this game up because I was craving for some old-fashioned 3D platformer, and I approached it without any knowledge about the associated show.
On its own, the game is pretty decent and surprisingly well-made, but with certain drawbacks that take away some fun from the experience.
Pros:
Cons:
The conclusion is that the game is a commendable effort with various things to like, with really lovely looking environments and many good ideas for gameplay, but hampered by certain shortcomings (most notably the difficulty, voices and uninteresting story) that prevent it from becoming a truly unmissable gem. As it is, it's a nice game that's worth checking out, but nothing magnificent.