This is one of those games where you need to 100% complete it to beat it but it's not super hard to do that. This game isn't very long but I still think there's maybe a bit of filler. My issue here is that there's just not interesting enough mechanics, which when you combine it with the controls and the nonexistent progression is a bummer. The mechanic of you needing to earn extra lives by competing in dumb racing minigames gets old fast. However, the spooky aesthetic can save many a game. I wouldn't have beaten it without that. Thank you Halloween.
Pretty fun 3d platformer imo. The level design manages to have both that tight feeling of more linear 3d plats and have a decent amount of exploration as the levels are designed in a way you must collect objects to unlock doors in order to explore further. You play as one of these little kids of the art, they feel somewhat weak and have a very limited moveset as the game revolves around getting timed power ups that both expand your moveset allowing you to reach other places and also utterly destroy the enemies with one-hit kill magic, its simple, but it feels really fun.
A few annoyances are the extremely hidden placement of a few late dream keys (which are obligatory to progress), a few boss battles are janky and I really wished they had kept that Tim Burton aesthetic for the whole game instead of stuff like a prehistoric and space worlds, but those are minor problems.
A few annoyances are the extremely hidden placement of a few late dream keys (which are obligatory to progress), a few boss battles are janky and I really wished they had kept that Tim Burton aesthetic for the whole game instead of stuff like a prehistoric and space worlds, but those are minor problems.
This game was a lot better in my memories than it actually is. I loved it as a child. Sadly it doesn't hold up very well.
It's still very charming and I enjoyed playing through it again. The idea of exploring these different dream worlds is great and makes for a lot of variety. I also really like Nitecap and Threadbear as the villains.
However the gameplay is very lackluster compared to some other 3D platformers of the time. The hit boxes are awful and jumping doesn't feel very precise. Level design also varies a lot in quality, the underwater levels are annoying.
A fun game but ultimately just okay. Only worth playing if you grew up with it as a child.
It's still very charming and I enjoyed playing through it again. The idea of exploring these different dream worlds is great and makes for a lot of variety. I also really like Nitecap and Threadbear as the villains.
However the gameplay is very lackluster compared to some other 3D platformers of the time. The hit boxes are awful and jumping doesn't feel very precise. Level design also varies a lot in quality, the underwater levels are annoying.
A fun game but ultimately just okay. Only worth playing if you grew up with it as a child.