Reviewing licensed games tied to movies is difficult for many reasons: for once this sort of titles are mostly poorly designed and it is clear that devs were mostly just motivated by their paycheck to complete their task; second, since the release has to coincide with the movie, the time of development is incredibly stricted and short, meaning the final result will be either rushed or just poorly designed.
That wasn't the case for this one: I admit I have a lot of nostalgia for this: Madagascar was one of my favorite movies as a kid and it's probably the case because I played the playstation videogame over and over again. But honestly this title is pretty decent.
It's really clear Toys for Bob enjoyed the movie, since they put a lot of effort to a title that admittely, didn't really needed to go hard.
THis could have easily been a poorly designed 3D platformer with nothing to sneeze at. Instead you find yourself kicikng children from the Zoo's fences, jumping around the Manhattan's cars, grappling sailors with a hook and send them to drown in the middle of the ocean, playing arcade machines where you command tanks, riding ostriches..... and also playing minigolf and curling with a polar bear.
Madagascar is a bit of a underrated gem: it take sthe silly premise of the first movie and gives you a set of levels that while short, express a lot of charming variety in a lot of aspects: you got literal stealth sections that are actually fun to navigate followed by collectathon sections that sorta reminds me of Banjo&Kazooie, actions and powerups that are stupidly hilarious (Melman has a freaking helicopter spin like freaking Tails, and Gloria has a Butt Smash) and it even introduces characters and locations that fit the vibe and works kinda well.
Admittely it's nothing incredible, it's still something targetted to kids that doesn't really leave you life-changing experiences... but for what it is, it works really well.
Add to this a presentation and music pretty nice, a decent voice acting and THE BEST MINIGOLF EVER MADE, and you got a nostalgic ride that can be fun to revisit.
That wasn't the case for this one: I admit I have a lot of nostalgia for this: Madagascar was one of my favorite movies as a kid and it's probably the case because I played the playstation videogame over and over again. But honestly this title is pretty decent.
It's really clear Toys for Bob enjoyed the movie, since they put a lot of effort to a title that admittely, didn't really needed to go hard.
THis could have easily been a poorly designed 3D platformer with nothing to sneeze at. Instead you find yourself kicikng children from the Zoo's fences, jumping around the Manhattan's cars, grappling sailors with a hook and send them to drown in the middle of the ocean, playing arcade machines where you command tanks, riding ostriches..... and also playing minigolf and curling with a polar bear.
Madagascar is a bit of a underrated gem: it take sthe silly premise of the first movie and gives you a set of levels that while short, express a lot of charming variety in a lot of aspects: you got literal stealth sections that are actually fun to navigate followed by collectathon sections that sorta reminds me of Banjo&Kazooie, actions and powerups that are stupidly hilarious (Melman has a freaking helicopter spin like freaking Tails, and Gloria has a Butt Smash) and it even introduces characters and locations that fit the vibe and works kinda well.
Admittely it's nothing incredible, it's still something targetted to kids that doesn't really leave you life-changing experiences... but for what it is, it works really well.
Add to this a presentation and music pretty nice, a decent voice acting and THE BEST MINIGOLF EVER MADE, and you got a nostalgic ride that can be fun to revisit.