It's okay for a licensed game, but there are a lot of frustrating moments where the game wasn't very well-designed.
i paid 40 bucks for the collection with this and the aladdin genesis game in it and to this day i have never felt more ripped off in my fucking life
Yes it's hard, yes it's unforgiving at parts and can result in tension headaches but i still have nostalgia for this game.
I know I played it. I recognize the Google images. Beyond that, I have no idea.
this game would be tight if it wasn't so hard
This is one game I'm pretty... conflicted about. Admittedly I do have some nostalgia for it playing it on the SNES here and there, and I still really dig the presentation with the game's visuals and recreated soundtrack.
However, the game's extremely steep difficulty curve makes it really hard for me to enjoy going back to it. The game starts out fairly straightforward, but as soon as you enter the second level (the "Just Can't Wait to be King" stage) the game pretty much instantly becomes extremely frustrating with some mechanics that aren't explained to you at all and having some REALLY bullshit deaths. This issue is especially bad considering there's no way to save your game on original hardware.
I may consider doing a playthrough of it, however that'll most likely happen on the Switch's "Disney Classic Games" collection where I have unlimited save states at my disposal.
However, the game's extremely steep difficulty curve makes it really hard for me to enjoy going back to it. The game starts out fairly straightforward, but as soon as you enter the second level (the "Just Can't Wait to be King" stage) the game pretty much instantly becomes extremely frustrating with some mechanics that aren't explained to you at all and having some REALLY bullshit deaths. This issue is especially bad considering there's no way to save your game on original hardware.
I may consider doing a playthrough of it, however that'll most likely happen on the Switch's "Disney Classic Games" collection where I have unlimited save states at my disposal.
Como plataformas es muy divertido, las mecánicas funcionan bien y la música es pegadiza. Eso sí, es difícil como él solo, incluso para los estándares de la época.
El primer nivel puede ser un poco frustrante pero es jugable, entonces llegas al segundo nivel y eres violado brutalmente. Es la curva de dificultad más extrema que haya visto en cualquier juego.
Broken game, but broken in a way that beating parts makes you feel good
Lembro que minha fita desse jogo queimou, mas de boa, foi depois de ter zerado bastante vezes.
Did remember beating this game vaguely. Screw log jumps.
I think this is the version of Lion King in Disney Classic Games on Switch so I'll mark it as Mega Drive/Genesis. I played on Switch though.
One of my top three favorite movies is the original Lion King. It's just beaten by Good the Bad and the Ugly and La La Land. The game is fun, but I don't think it's the perfect adaptation. Granted, it's a platformer, but I do think that there could've been more levels that were in the third act of the movie like a Can You Feel the Love Tonight level. I also thought the game didn't have enough spice to it. It had the characters and world I absolutely love, but the game itself didn't have much to it. While the levels are still fun, it's nothing great. This is pretty much an average, forgotten platformer polished in Lion King to make it more memorable and more fun. I enjoyed the game, but not as much as I had hoped. Aladdin is definitely better. I can't wait to get the new Classic Games bundle with Jungle Book.
GRADE
B
One of my top three favorite movies is the original Lion King. It's just beaten by Good the Bad and the Ugly and La La Land. The game is fun, but I don't think it's the perfect adaptation. Granted, it's a platformer, but I do think that there could've been more levels that were in the third act of the movie like a Can You Feel the Love Tonight level. I also thought the game didn't have enough spice to it. It had the characters and world I absolutely love, but the game itself didn't have much to it. While the levels are still fun, it's nothing great. This is pretty much an average, forgotten platformer polished in Lion King to make it more memorable and more fun. I enjoyed the game, but not as much as I had hoped. Aladdin is definitely better. I can't wait to get the new Classic Games bundle with Jungle Book.
GRADE
B
Schöne, bunte Optik und toller Soundtrack, aber sack-schwer und als Kinderspiel vollkommen ungeeignet. War eins von 4 SNES Spielen die wir besaßen also mussten wir trotzdem durch. Sind aber nie weit gekommen.
Incredible graphics and animations, horrible level design, the later levels are just not fun, only pain.
Another great game for another great film. It was my cousin's favourite game for his Megadrive.
Pretty decent for a game in which you play a lion, would defo appreciate a bloodier version where you can rip the heads off of other animals.
Can the rhino like slow down
This game gave me PTSD as a wee lad.
why the fuck did i ever play this for more than 3 seconds
too bastard hard but i remember playing a ton of it bc i didnt have very many games
I think this game is the first game that made me break a controller back when I was a kid. I hate it and love it at the same time.
Hakuna Matata means no worries for the rest of your days, which is the exact opposite of what the game designers thought when designing this game's levels.
A segunda fase sempre foi uma merda!
This sure is a 90's movie tie-in game.
Game is beautiful and matches the music and movie very well and can be really fun to play but the game is incredibly hard for it's target demographic and a lot of people never make it past stage 2. Can't say I ever beat it.
You could tell Disney was involved with the game like Aladdin. It's matches the movie as much as a genesis game could.
You could tell Disney was involved with the game like Aladdin. It's matches the movie as much as a genesis game could.
The suffering really makes you feel like Simba.
Beautiful game with ridiculous and unfair level design.
vai toma no fundo do cu
Lembro de nada
The lion King on snes is a nostalgia trip for me. The sprite work for simba and the enemies are great and the level areas at the start of the game are done well and the soundtrack adaptations for Can't wait to be king & and be prepared are dang catchy. The game looks good, sounds good, but plays horrible.
The level Can't wait to be king still gives me stress when i see it and that's the second level of the game. trying to aim Simba to grab the hippos tails is almost impossible, you either miss it or get the first one and miss the second. The riding on the bird part of the level is also a nightmare. even after all that and when simba grows up the hit box for attacking enemies is annoying. standing to close to the enemy and you'll miss every hit and the enemies of this game don't go down easily.
The lion king may look great but the unfair level designs and poor hit detection is not worth it. probably best to watch the animated movie.
The level Can't wait to be king still gives me stress when i see it and that's the second level of the game. trying to aim Simba to grab the hippos tails is almost impossible, you either miss it or get the first one and miss the second. The riding on the bird part of the level is also a nightmare. even after all that and when simba grows up the hit box for attacking enemies is annoying. standing to close to the enemy and you'll miss every hit and the enemies of this game don't go down easily.
The lion king may look great but the unfair level designs and poor hit detection is not worth it. probably best to watch the animated movie.