By the standards of 2000's movie tie-in games you would expect at least decent fun with simple yet satisfying platforming or fighting in a beat'em up style. Bolt tries to do both and fails at it.
The game plot doesn't follow the movie's plot, which is for the batter. Game entirely takes place in a Bolt's TV Show, exciting, right? Dog with super powers and stuff.
Platforming and puzzles are pretty much not existing for most of the game, they only appear in last hour of it (which is still 20% of the game since it's around 5 hours long). And when they actually appear, they quite fun.
What is here for the entire game though is fighting. It's way too simple and unsatisfying, after 2 hours of the same combat all over again you just gonna try to skip as much of it as you can. It would be way better if you could actually use Bolt's super powers without relying on some stupid power bar. I've literally used a cheat code for unlimited power half way through the game and my experience was way better, still ultra boring and repetitive though.
Collectables aren't fun, they all are either health/power upgrades or "minigames" to unlock. "Minigames" are literally the hacking sections, which they are fun in the main game, I'd never touched them outside of it. 100% ain't rewarding or fun at all.
Overall, surprisingly BAD tie-in, and by bad I mean not even B tier fun. So much potential, so little done about it.
Completion (100%) status:
All health, power upgrades collected
All minigames unlocked
The game plot doesn't follow the movie's plot, which is for the batter. Game entirely takes place in a Bolt's TV Show, exciting, right? Dog with super powers and stuff.
Platforming and puzzles are pretty much not existing for most of the game, they only appear in last hour of it (which is still 20% of the game since it's around 5 hours long). And when they actually appear, they quite fun.
What is here for the entire game though is fighting. It's way too simple and unsatisfying, after 2 hours of the same combat all over again you just gonna try to skip as much of it as you can. It would be way better if you could actually use Bolt's super powers without relying on some stupid power bar. I've literally used a cheat code for unlimited power half way through the game and my experience was way better, still ultra boring and repetitive though.
Collectables aren't fun, they all are either health/power upgrades or "minigames" to unlock. "Minigames" are literally the hacking sections, which they are fun in the main game, I'd never touched them outside of it. 100% ain't rewarding or fun at all.
Overall, surprisingly BAD tie-in, and by bad I mean not even B tier fun. So much potential, so little done about it.
Completion (100%) status:
All health, power upgrades collected
All minigames unlocked