TheFlyingDustman
I’m a huge Aqua Teen fan and even that can’t really save this game.
I mean, I’ll start with the positives:
1. For an ATHF video game on the PS2, it actually looks pretty good! Character models are nice, environments look like the show.
2. The IDEA is great on paper. A golf game/beat em up is an idea so stupid that it could totally work, in theory.
3. It’s funny. It’s the same Aqua Teen humor, the dialogue is still great. Hearing Shake be such a dick to Meatwad, Turkatron talking about his juicy metal legs when you smack him, it’s good stuff.
4. Good fanservice. Lots of character appearances and references. The Mooninites, the Plutonians, Cybernetic Ghost, etc.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t make up for the game’s big problems.
1. The big one. The gameplay. It’s just too sluggish and repetitive and monotonous and boy just plain not that fun. If they made your characters move and attack faster, I think it could’ve worked. It wouldn’t have been the deepest game out there, but it would work! But man, this game is a SLOOOOOOG. It gets a LITTLE Better when you get some better weapons, but not much.
2. The racing sections. So once every few levels you’ll do a kart racing segment against Skeeter and DP (the frat aliens). And boy, does none of it work. it’s slow, bad controls, pretty easy (except for when the physics mess you up and it takes forever to reorient yourself), and boy do I hate hearing the same three lines over and over again AD. NAUSEUM.
“Who farted?” “Turn on the AC” “Who farted?” “This thing have a CD player?” “who farted?” “Who farted?”
3. These levels are LONG. Early on it’s not a big problem, but later on when the courses get bigger, holy shit. Big levels + incredibly slow traversal speed = please let it end.
It sucks, since there’s real potential here, and the big problems seem SO OBVIOUS! Like someone HAS to have thought “hey, this isn’t very good, maybe we should fix some things up.” Maybe it was low budget, maybe it was a short time frame. But wow, whatever the issue was, it’s a real shame.
I am 30 or 40 years old and I do NOT NEED THIS.
I mean, I’ll start with the positives:
1. For an ATHF video game on the PS2, it actually looks pretty good! Character models are nice, environments look like the show.
2. The IDEA is great on paper. A golf game/beat em up is an idea so stupid that it could totally work, in theory.
3. It’s funny. It’s the same Aqua Teen humor, the dialogue is still great. Hearing Shake be such a dick to Meatwad, Turkatron talking about his juicy metal legs when you smack him, it’s good stuff.
4. Good fanservice. Lots of character appearances and references. The Mooninites, the Plutonians, Cybernetic Ghost, etc.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t make up for the game’s big problems.
1. The big one. The gameplay. It’s just too sluggish and repetitive and monotonous and boy just plain not that fun. If they made your characters move and attack faster, I think it could’ve worked. It wouldn’t have been the deepest game out there, but it would work! But man, this game is a SLOOOOOOG. It gets a LITTLE Better when you get some better weapons, but not much.
2. The racing sections. So once every few levels you’ll do a kart racing segment against Skeeter and DP (the frat aliens). And boy, does none of it work. it’s slow, bad controls, pretty easy (except for when the physics mess you up and it takes forever to reorient yourself), and boy do I hate hearing the same three lines over and over again AD. NAUSEUM.
“Who farted?” “Turn on the AC” “Who farted?” “This thing have a CD player?” “who farted?” “Who farted?”
3. These levels are LONG. Early on it’s not a big problem, but later on when the courses get bigger, holy shit. Big levels + incredibly slow traversal speed = please let it end.
It sucks, since there’s real potential here, and the big problems seem SO OBVIOUS! Like someone HAS to have thought “hey, this isn’t very good, maybe we should fix some things up.” Maybe it was low budget, maybe it was a short time frame. But wow, whatever the issue was, it’s a real shame.
I am 30 or 40 years old and I do NOT NEED THIS.
2003
It alright!
Honestly the story about the making of the game is more interesting than the game itself. Originally being made as a GBA version of Rayman 2, they instead shoehorned in some Rayman 3 stuff (like the bare minimum) so they could tie it into 3’s console release.
And since it plays more like Rayman 1, it DOES kinda feel like a melting pot of the first three Rayman games, which is interesting.
The story is an absolute mess. Like, Globox swallows a black Lum, that makes sense, but Razorbeard and the robo pirates are back?? What
But other than that? It’s a solid 2D platformer. Not always super interesting, but it works, looks alright, sounds alright, it’s fun enough! Gameplay mixes it up every now and then with minigames, kinda a standard GBA 2D platformer. But it does it well enough, and I always have a great time with my boy Rayman.
Honestly the story about the making of the game is more interesting than the game itself. Originally being made as a GBA version of Rayman 2, they instead shoehorned in some Rayman 3 stuff (like the bare minimum) so they could tie it into 3’s console release.
And since it plays more like Rayman 1, it DOES kinda feel like a melting pot of the first three Rayman games, which is interesting.
The story is an absolute mess. Like, Globox swallows a black Lum, that makes sense, but Razorbeard and the robo pirates are back?? What
But other than that? It’s a solid 2D platformer. Not always super interesting, but it works, looks alright, sounds alright, it’s fun enough! Gameplay mixes it up every now and then with minigames, kinda a standard GBA 2D platformer. But it does it well enough, and I always have a great time with my boy Rayman.
It sucked!
Well, I mean as a game, it’s competent enough. It’s a functional if uninteresting point and click. It only crashed on me twice!
But man… the world it takes place in, the cast of characters, the sense of “humor” of it all… boy is it stinky. Which is in the spirit of the game, since about half of Hector’s dialogue is about how bad other people smell!
It’s a very cynical world full of hateful characters, where the height of just too funny is a pile of poop jokes and liberal use of the r word.
I will say, at the very least, it looks nice. Nice, simple style for the characters, some very nice backgrounds. But boy, that can only carry you for so long.
If I were to rate the episodes, I think I’d go 2>3>1. 2 I actually didn’t think was that bad, a couple of funny jokes and good ideas. 3 wasn’t as bad as 1, but sure wasn’t very interesting. Episode 1 just sucked.
I’ve seen reviews for this game that can be summed up as “if you’re offended, then this ISN’T FOR YOU” and I agree. It isn’t for me. I’m looking for something funny.
Well, I mean as a game, it’s competent enough. It’s a functional if uninteresting point and click. It only crashed on me twice!
But man… the world it takes place in, the cast of characters, the sense of “humor” of it all… boy is it stinky. Which is in the spirit of the game, since about half of Hector’s dialogue is about how bad other people smell!
It’s a very cynical world full of hateful characters, where the height of just too funny is a pile of poop jokes and liberal use of the r word.
I will say, at the very least, it looks nice. Nice, simple style for the characters, some very nice backgrounds. But boy, that can only carry you for so long.
If I were to rate the episodes, I think I’d go 2>3>1. 2 I actually didn’t think was that bad, a couple of funny jokes and good ideas. 3 wasn’t as bad as 1, but sure wasn’t very interesting. Episode 1 just sucked.
I’ve seen reviews for this game that can be summed up as “if you’re offended, then this ISN’T FOR YOU” and I agree. It isn’t for me. I’m looking for something funny.
1999
I had heard pretty bad things about Tonic Trouble through the years. When a friend of mine started playing through it, I figured I should give it a go as well.
And… yeah, it’s not GOOD, but I mean, I guess there’s way worse.
Controls are clunky, the camera is pretty good awful, there’s some obtuse level and puzzle designs here and there. Flying takes a LOT of getting used to. I adapted to it eventually, but it took a bit. Boy, I really wish that pogo stick move was more interesting.
But hey, it looks nice! Lots of charm in the character designs and world. So it wasn’t a miserable time. Just a not very good one.
But hey, it would pave the way for Rayman 2, a much better game, so hey! It wasn’t all bad!
And… yeah, it’s not GOOD, but I mean, I guess there’s way worse.
Controls are clunky, the camera is pretty good awful, there’s some obtuse level and puzzle designs here and there. Flying takes a LOT of getting used to. I adapted to it eventually, but it took a bit. Boy, I really wish that pogo stick move was more interesting.
But hey, it looks nice! Lots of charm in the character designs and world. So it wasn’t a miserable time. Just a not very good one.
But hey, it would pave the way for Rayman 2, a much better game, so hey! It wasn’t all bad!
It’s a solid little Wario Ware clone with SpongeBob characters! Really like the different art styles they do the the different games, really helps give it a unique touch. Think my favorite is the PUNK ROCK one.
Not like an AMAZING game, and I didn’t feel the need to keep playing to 100%, but I played and enjoyed most of it.
Fun!
Not like an AMAZING game, and I didn’t feel the need to keep playing to 100%, but I played and enjoyed most of it.
Fun!
You know what? I've long outgrown the intended demographic for this game, but for what it is, I'm VERY impressed. Charming world and characters, gorgeous game, from the backgrounds to the character designs to the animations, and a great reggae soundtrack.
Was I ever stumped? No. Was the adventure over in an hour? Yes. I know I'm a 35 year old man playing a game made for the tiniest babies. But ya know what? It's a game with a lot of heart and effort put into it. Real good fish.
Was I ever stumped? No. Was the adventure over in an hour? Yes. I know I'm a 35 year old man playing a game made for the tiniest babies. But ya know what? It's a game with a lot of heart and effort put into it. Real good fish.
1997
I mean... it's not GOOD, but I think it could be worse.
Granted, I'm not, like... a master of fighting games. I don't play a whole ton of them, so maybe this game is worse than I feel like it is. But I like it's charm, visuals are a mixed bag, but man, those clay character designs. SO good.
I mean... when they're not incredibly racist.
But hey, maybe Sumo Santa balances it back out. Could be better, could be worse.
Granted, I'm not, like... a master of fighting games. I don't play a whole ton of them, so maybe this game is worse than I feel like it is. But I like it's charm, visuals are a mixed bag, but man, those clay character designs. SO good.
I mean... when they're not incredibly racist.
But hey, maybe Sumo Santa balances it back out. Could be better, could be worse.
It feels like two steps forward and one teeny tiny step back for season 2 of Telltale's Batman.
On one hand, it's more what you expect with Batman. Season 1 had a kind of unique feel to it, it was a bit more grounded and dry. This one is giving the Batman fans exactly what they want. Lots of villains, over the top violence.
But hey! I thought all that was fun! And the stuff they do with "Joker" in this season is pretty incredible, I don't think I've ever been as fascinated with the character before this.
So yeah, I enjoyed it! It's maybe a LITTLE sloppy, but it's a fun time.
On one hand, it's more what you expect with Batman. Season 1 had a kind of unique feel to it, it was a bit more grounded and dry. This one is giving the Batman fans exactly what they want. Lots of villains, over the top violence.
But hey! I thought all that was fun! And the stuff they do with "Joker" in this season is pretty incredible, I don't think I've ever been as fascinated with the character before this.
So yeah, I enjoyed it! It's maybe a LITTLE sloppy, but it's a fun time.
I liked it a lot more than season 1!
But at the same time, I feel like the tropes of the story were REALLY getting stale. Oh look, ANOTHER temple! Wow!
But by the end of the season, it had me really caring about the world and its characters. When I started season 1, I NEVER would've guessed I'd end up actually caring about these losers! Season 2 is just a big step up and I'm gonna miss 'em.
But at the same time, I feel like the tropes of the story were REALLY getting stale. Oh look, ANOTHER temple! Wow!
But by the end of the season, it had me really caring about the world and its characters. When I started season 1, I NEVER would've guessed I'd end up actually caring about these losers! Season 2 is just a big step up and I'm gonna miss 'em.
It was okay! When it worked, anyway. It's still got that Sam and Max charm... most of the time. A couple of the mini games felt very... normal, I guess? Like there's one that's just baseball, there's some generic target shooting.
But hey, I'm IN Sam and Max's world! It's still a good time. I just wish it were a GREAT time.
But hey, I'm IN Sam and Max's world! It's still a good time. I just wish it were a GREAT time.
This game is kinda BASED actually??
Let me start off by saying I actually really like the red and black Virtual Boy look. Sure it can be grating when staring at it a long time, but I think it’s a cool look.
This is my second Wario Land game, and honestly, I enjoyed it a lot. More than the first one even! Something fun about having to make your way back to the top floor of the Awazon cave. Perfect middle ground of not too hard and not too easy. I loved that each floor of the cave was a different theme and it wasn’t just “cave level” for each one. Great designs for the bosses.
It was just a fun, pleasant time. Loved it!
Let me start off by saying I actually really like the red and black Virtual Boy look. Sure it can be grating when staring at it a long time, but I think it’s a cool look.
This is my second Wario Land game, and honestly, I enjoyed it a lot. More than the first one even! Something fun about having to make your way back to the top floor of the Awazon cave. Perfect middle ground of not too hard and not too easy. I loved that each floor of the cave was a different theme and it wasn’t just “cave level” for each one. Great designs for the bosses.
It was just a fun, pleasant time. Loved it!
1998
It’s just a solid little platformer!
It’s a good strong concept, switch between which Looney Tunes character you’re playing as each level. It really captures the feeling of watching them on TV. One minute you’re watching a Daffy Duck cartoon, next you’re watching Tweety, etc.
Good variety, too. Sidescroller platforming as Daffy, flying in an airplane as Porky, autoscroller with Road Runner, etc. Some levels are better than others, though. Really enjoyed Daffy, Road Runner, and Bugs, not a huge fan of Tweety or Porky’s levels. But they weren’t BAD or anything. Some stages just outshine others.
Just a good, simple, fun time. I wish it had some actual Looney Tunes music anywhere in it, though.
It’s a good strong concept, switch between which Looney Tunes character you’re playing as each level. It really captures the feeling of watching them on TV. One minute you’re watching a Daffy Duck cartoon, next you’re watching Tweety, etc.
Good variety, too. Sidescroller platforming as Daffy, flying in an airplane as Porky, autoscroller with Road Runner, etc. Some levels are better than others, though. Really enjoyed Daffy, Road Runner, and Bugs, not a huge fan of Tweety or Porky’s levels. But they weren’t BAD or anything. Some stages just outshine others.
Just a good, simple, fun time. I wish it had some actual Looney Tunes music anywhere in it, though.
Boy am I glad I bought this game when I did, cause it’s delisted as FRICK now.
I liked it! A simple little beat em up based on a show I adore. Or rather, based on the PILOT. It’s in this weird nebulous void between the pilot and the show, it’s a neat little oddity where things are more refined from the pilot, but NOOOOOT quite there yet.
Honestly, the biggest problem is it’s a touch screen mobile game. It can be really frustrating positioning yourself where you want to be and pulling off the moves you want to do. But it’s functional! It’s fun enough!
The world and characters are just so charming. It’s not as refined as the show, but the environments are still very nice looking for a game like this, and it’s always a joy to talk to this cast.
That’s about it! It’s pretty simple, can be frustrating sometimes, but I had a good time with it!
I liked it! A simple little beat em up based on a show I adore. Or rather, based on the PILOT. It’s in this weird nebulous void between the pilot and the show, it’s a neat little oddity where things are more refined from the pilot, but NOOOOOT quite there yet.
Honestly, the biggest problem is it’s a touch screen mobile game. It can be really frustrating positioning yourself where you want to be and pulling off the moves you want to do. But it’s functional! It’s fun enough!
The world and characters are just so charming. It’s not as refined as the show, but the environments are still very nice looking for a game like this, and it’s always a joy to talk to this cast.
That’s about it! It’s pretty simple, can be frustrating sometimes, but I had a good time with it!
2004
It was fun! Not a whole lot to it, beat it in about 2 hours.
But hey, it’s unique! And has a great art style, the designs in this game are super charming. I feel like it might shine brighter in the multiplayer mode, which I didn’t get a chance to test out.
So yeah, not an amazing game, but a charming one! Wish I had more to say about it, but honestly there’s not a whole lot TO say. It’s worth a try!
But hey, it’s unique! And has a great art style, the designs in this game are super charming. I feel like it might shine brighter in the multiplayer mode, which I didn’t get a chance to test out.
So yeah, not an amazing game, but a charming one! Wish I had more to say about it, but honestly there’s not a whole lot TO say. It’s worth a try!
Man, I really wanted to LOVE this game. Don’t get me wrong, by the end I DID like it, but I wanted to adore it and I didn’t.
There were just a bunch of small little things that annoyed me.
You know the phrase ‘too much of a good thing’? That’s how I feel about the visuals. They’re no doubt very impressive… but MAN is it a visually noisy and annoying game. Even in just the opening. It’s a big celebration for Ratchet and Clank. And there’s hundreds of people in the audience all animated and moving around, then there’s confetti and particle effects everywhere, and then they throw all these enemies at me and there’s so much debris and bolts flying around and I get hit by enemy bullets because there’s too much fucking shit on the screen!
Oh, and in the second part, there’s a city being attacked, and the citizens are EVERYWHERE. There’s so many people that it was hard to focus on the Goon-4-Less (love those Gooners) guys attacking me and I’d just get hit by them because I can’t FOCUS on them. The lighting doesn’t help either. It’s very impressive, but I think it usually makes the colors stand out less and everything blends together a bit.
It’s just too much. I think about how simple the original PS2 games are. Sure they’re less impressive and detailed, but everything reads a whole lot better.
And the writing. It’s the main thing I like about the Ratchet series. Not that the stories are incredible, but the characters usually had such strong, over the top personalities. But by this point, R&C has just lost a lot of the bite it had before. Everyone’s just so… NICE to one another all the time. It feels like anytime Ratchet talks to Clank, it’s like “don’t worry bestest friend of mine, I got your back, because you are THE most heckin important dude in the world to me :)” and it’s just…. Not funny anymore.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s SOME good jokes, and it’s not like it’s AWFUL, but man, what happened? I felt the same way about the 2016 remake, but at least that had a horrible movie to blame. Rift Apart doesn’t really have that.
There’s other small things here and there, but what DID I like? Well the gameplay is still just so super solid, just runnin’ and gunnin’. By the end it was really fun seeing what weapons worked best together. Throwing out the Topiary Sprinkler and a Mr. Fungi while I took out anyone else was fun, as was combining the Cold Snap and the Warmonger to just absolutely tear through bosses.
I think the levels are kind of a mixed bag, I was a little annoyed at what seemed like multiple desert or barren stages in a row with no real unique ideas to them. But stages like the Scarstu Debris Field or the WONDERFUL pirate level Ardolis, there’s still some really good stuff in there.
And while I ragged on the writing earlier, it’s still a world I want to be in with characters I enjoy. Rivet and Kit are both likable, Emperor Nefarious made for an interesting, new take on the good doctor, and while at first I was a little annoyed that I was just meeting up with alternate universe versions of characters (if it’s gonna take 5 years to get another Ratchet game, I want to meet up with the REAL Skidd McMarx, god DAMN YOU), by the end I thought it was pretty neat the way they handled some of them.
So yeah, I wanted to really adore this game, and I didn’t. But I DID still enjoy my time with it by the end. Ratchet and Clank has changed a lot from the series I once adored, but hey, as long as I can still have a good time with em, that’s good enough.
There were just a bunch of small little things that annoyed me.
You know the phrase ‘too much of a good thing’? That’s how I feel about the visuals. They’re no doubt very impressive… but MAN is it a visually noisy and annoying game. Even in just the opening. It’s a big celebration for Ratchet and Clank. And there’s hundreds of people in the audience all animated and moving around, then there’s confetti and particle effects everywhere, and then they throw all these enemies at me and there’s so much debris and bolts flying around and I get hit by enemy bullets because there’s too much fucking shit on the screen!
Oh, and in the second part, there’s a city being attacked, and the citizens are EVERYWHERE. There’s so many people that it was hard to focus on the Goon-4-Less (love those Gooners) guys attacking me and I’d just get hit by them because I can’t FOCUS on them. The lighting doesn’t help either. It’s very impressive, but I think it usually makes the colors stand out less and everything blends together a bit.
It’s just too much. I think about how simple the original PS2 games are. Sure they’re less impressive and detailed, but everything reads a whole lot better.
And the writing. It’s the main thing I like about the Ratchet series. Not that the stories are incredible, but the characters usually had such strong, over the top personalities. But by this point, R&C has just lost a lot of the bite it had before. Everyone’s just so… NICE to one another all the time. It feels like anytime Ratchet talks to Clank, it’s like “don’t worry bestest friend of mine, I got your back, because you are THE most heckin important dude in the world to me :)” and it’s just…. Not funny anymore.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s SOME good jokes, and it’s not like it’s AWFUL, but man, what happened? I felt the same way about the 2016 remake, but at least that had a horrible movie to blame. Rift Apart doesn’t really have that.
There’s other small things here and there, but what DID I like? Well the gameplay is still just so super solid, just runnin’ and gunnin’. By the end it was really fun seeing what weapons worked best together. Throwing out the Topiary Sprinkler and a Mr. Fungi while I took out anyone else was fun, as was combining the Cold Snap and the Warmonger to just absolutely tear through bosses.
I think the levels are kind of a mixed bag, I was a little annoyed at what seemed like multiple desert or barren stages in a row with no real unique ideas to them. But stages like the Scarstu Debris Field or the WONDERFUL pirate level Ardolis, there’s still some really good stuff in there.
And while I ragged on the writing earlier, it’s still a world I want to be in with characters I enjoy. Rivet and Kit are both likable, Emperor Nefarious made for an interesting, new take on the good doctor, and while at first I was a little annoyed that I was just meeting up with alternate universe versions of characters (if it’s gonna take 5 years to get another Ratchet game, I want to meet up with the REAL Skidd McMarx, god DAMN YOU), by the end I thought it was pretty neat the way they handled some of them.
So yeah, I wanted to really adore this game, and I didn’t. But I DID still enjoy my time with it by the end. Ratchet and Clank has changed a lot from the series I once adored, but hey, as long as I can still have a good time with em, that’s good enough.