Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, he's one of the characters I can remember from the earliest parts of my childhood and everyone's favorite Australian hero. In my eyes he's one of the keystone entities from the PS2 era, standing alongside others like Sly Cooper and Jax and Dexter.
This is the first game in the Ty series, and it already starts it pretty strong by having a lot of personal touches that make it stand out from other games, and yes the Australian theme is one of those big touches. From the characters to the voice acting to the locations within the game, there's an emphasis on nature and aesthetics that goes really nicely with eachother. At some points it can feel repetitive of course, the character roster isn't large enough to cover every world so many are reused multiple times, and the worlds themselves can often feel a bit bland sometimes, but for the first entry, it's certainly interesting enough.
Gameplay in Ty is pretty simple, you have numerous different boomerangs that can be thrown with different effects, and you also have a bite attack. This marks a game anyone can pick up and play, with the only real difficulty coming from the actual collectathon aspect since some items can be hidden well. On that note, I didn't really care for the translucent boxes with the picture frames in them, it became a measure that forced the use of one boomerang most of the time. My other complaints about the game involve the second boss, which felt like it could have used an explanation for how to deal damage, as well as the music which felt a bit too quiet at times and didn't really vary enough either.
Overall though, Ty 1 was a great reminder of my childhood and still holds up very well to this day. I never played the other games in the series, so this certainly has me excited to finally try them out next. This is a game I can definitely recommend playing.
This is the first game in the Ty series, and it already starts it pretty strong by having a lot of personal touches that make it stand out from other games, and yes the Australian theme is one of those big touches. From the characters to the voice acting to the locations within the game, there's an emphasis on nature and aesthetics that goes really nicely with eachother. At some points it can feel repetitive of course, the character roster isn't large enough to cover every world so many are reused multiple times, and the worlds themselves can often feel a bit bland sometimes, but for the first entry, it's certainly interesting enough.
Gameplay in Ty is pretty simple, you have numerous different boomerangs that can be thrown with different effects, and you also have a bite attack. This marks a game anyone can pick up and play, with the only real difficulty coming from the actual collectathon aspect since some items can be hidden well. On that note, I didn't really care for the translucent boxes with the picture frames in them, it became a measure that forced the use of one boomerang most of the time. My other complaints about the game involve the second boss, which felt like it could have used an explanation for how to deal damage, as well as the music which felt a bit too quiet at times and didn't really vary enough either.
Overall though, Ty 1 was a great reminder of my childhood and still holds up very well to this day. I never played the other games in the series, so this certainly has me excited to finally try them out next. This is a game I can definitely recommend playing.