I didn't really grow up watching Ren & Stimpy. I might've not been allowed to as a kid, I can't really remember. When I gained some interest in it I quickly learned creator John Kricfalusi is a sexual predator. Not great!
Recently I noticed there are four different Ren & Stimpy games on SNES, so I picked them up out of boredom and played them each for a bit and they were all some of the worst shit I ever played. This is probably the best of the stack, somehow. It's mostly just a shitty beatemup with some dull flying segments in between that wildly fluctuate in difficulty.
I see a lot of reviews online saying how this captures the spirit of the show nicely, but is that really true? There are some things going for this, but only barely. The animation and spritework is pretty good, and that's the only thing without drawbacks really. The sound design and clear samples seem acceptable at first, but it becomes really grating in a matter of minutes. Most of all, the game is just really lethargic, much unlike the breakneck pace and absurdity of the show itself. If you look around for playthroughs online, they're typically 1-2 hours long (without mistakes), but the game only consists of four levels. They go on for ages, reuse bits of stage design on occasion, and the enemies and other faces you meet are all really bland. In fact, most enemies are just mosquitos and shit that fly in your face. How fucking boring! Surely for a show that's supposedly so off-the-wall you can think of better enemies than goddamn mosquitos, and furthermore just a whole lot of more interesting stuff than what's presented here.
This game is really bad. I'd imagine the only reason it gets any credit is because the other Ren & Stimpy games set the bar so low. For example, Fire Dogs is unplayable, full stop. Buckeroo$ has barely any music tracks at all, and none are longer than 20 second loops. That is the level of quality we're working with here. Don't let those convince you that Time Warp is a competent game, though.
Recently I noticed there are four different Ren & Stimpy games on SNES, so I picked them up out of boredom and played them each for a bit and they were all some of the worst shit I ever played. This is probably the best of the stack, somehow. It's mostly just a shitty beatemup with some dull flying segments in between that wildly fluctuate in difficulty.
I see a lot of reviews online saying how this captures the spirit of the show nicely, but is that really true? There are some things going for this, but only barely. The animation and spritework is pretty good, and that's the only thing without drawbacks really. The sound design and clear samples seem acceptable at first, but it becomes really grating in a matter of minutes. Most of all, the game is just really lethargic, much unlike the breakneck pace and absurdity of the show itself. If you look around for playthroughs online, they're typically 1-2 hours long (without mistakes), but the game only consists of four levels. They go on for ages, reuse bits of stage design on occasion, and the enemies and other faces you meet are all really bland. In fact, most enemies are just mosquitos and shit that fly in your face. How fucking boring! Surely for a show that's supposedly so off-the-wall you can think of better enemies than goddamn mosquitos, and furthermore just a whole lot of more interesting stuff than what's presented here.
This game is really bad. I'd imagine the only reason it gets any credit is because the other Ren & Stimpy games set the bar so low. For example, Fire Dogs is unplayable, full stop. Buckeroo$ has barely any music tracks at all, and none are longer than 20 second loops. That is the level of quality we're working with here. Don't let those convince you that Time Warp is a competent game, though.