TheFlyingDustman
Woah damn what a cool game.
I had never played it before, but have always heard great things about it from other people. Boy do I wish I had played it sooner, it’s great!
Super charming visuals and characters, I could never choose which one of them I wanted to play as most, I just love all four.
This game really scratched that very specific itch I’ve been having lately, for a cartoony adventure game where you go to towns, talk to people, basically a 3D platformer version of Zelda. And this game is pretty much exactly that!
I have a couple small nitpicks, no game is perfect of course. The camera can be pretty annoying. There’s no way to control the camera manually. It’ll just spin around behind you when you’re standing still. Not a huge issue, but I had some annoyances here and there with it. It can also be a little vague on where to go sometimes. I normally you can talk to Plasma the Fortune Teller and he’ll point you where to go, but occasionally I’d need to backtrack to a specific area and couldn’t remember where it was.
But overall, I thought it was just great! Charming world and characters, great sense of humor, the music was wonderful, just had a great time with it!
I had never played it before, but have always heard great things about it from other people. Boy do I wish I had played it sooner, it’s great!
Super charming visuals and characters, I could never choose which one of them I wanted to play as most, I just love all four.
This game really scratched that very specific itch I’ve been having lately, for a cartoony adventure game where you go to towns, talk to people, basically a 3D platformer version of Zelda. And this game is pretty much exactly that!
I have a couple small nitpicks, no game is perfect of course. The camera can be pretty annoying. There’s no way to control the camera manually. It’ll just spin around behind you when you’re standing still. Not a huge issue, but I had some annoyances here and there with it. It can also be a little vague on where to go sometimes. I normally you can talk to Plasma the Fortune Teller and he’ll point you where to go, but occasionally I’d need to backtrack to a specific area and couldn’t remember where it was.
But overall, I thought it was just great! Charming world and characters, great sense of humor, the music was wonderful, just had a great time with it!
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It took awhile but man, they FINALLY made another Walking Dead season that’s as good as season one! Hell, in some ways it’s even better!
The first game since season one where the cast is SO strong, I really liked this group of characters! I was actually SAD when any of them died! Seasons two and three, not so much.
Oh and it looks GORGEOUS. The graphic black setting didn’t really work when applied to the first three seasons, but wow, looks pretty great here.
I feel like the only problem I have with this season is there’s maybe a couple small little plot points you kinda gotta not think too hard about. The ending makes a BIG ask of the player and I’m not 100% sure it adds up logically, but I feel like the ending would be a lot worse if it DIDN’T play out that way.
So yeah, I was a little conflicted on the ending, but I guess I can buy it. No real complaints about the rest of the season. This team really stuck the landing and went out on top.
The first game since season one where the cast is SO strong, I really liked this group of characters! I was actually SAD when any of them died! Seasons two and three, not so much.
Oh and it looks GORGEOUS. The graphic black setting didn’t really work when applied to the first three seasons, but wow, looks pretty great here.
I feel like the only problem I have with this season is there’s maybe a couple small little plot points you kinda gotta not think too hard about. The ending makes a BIG ask of the player and I’m not 100% sure it adds up logically, but I feel like the ending would be a lot worse if it DIDN’T play out that way.
So yeah, I was a little conflicted on the ending, but I guess I can buy it. No real complaints about the rest of the season. This team really stuck the landing and went out on top.
2023
I wanted to like this one more than I did, but it was still a good enough time. Well, until it stopped being fun near the end. But hey, I enjoyed most of it!
GOOD:
-The world and characters. Really like the style of this game, a lot of fun personality. Especially like the two main character designs. Oh, and the Garbage Grump.
-The music is pretty good! I dunno if I’m gonna be remembering them much now that I’m done, but I was enjoying them while I was playing.
-Well thought out platforming challenges. Whether or not you LIKE them is a different story, but a lot of thought was put into designing them. Definitely a game for fans of hardcore platforming challenges.
STUFF I DIDNT LIKE TOO MUCH:
-Conveyance. Maybe it’s just me, but I felt like I was lost in this game more than once.
-The camera. Boy do I hate this camera. If I’m trying to look around, find where to go, or even do some of the demanding platforming this game asks of you, I don’t want my camera snapping back where it was. Got extremely annoying by the end.
-Some of the later platforming challenges are just not fun. At all. I feel like the later parts of the game knocked this game down a whole star for me.
-The length. So, this is a short game, instead of having multiple worlds, it’s really just a handful. I’m fine with that idea, but you spend the majority of the game in just one of these worlds. A lot. Like, a LONG time. I was sick of this world by the end. I was getting pretty bored with it. On the other hand, I feel like if this game were longer, the problems I have with it would be WAY more annoying. So I dunno, I feel like they don’t really use their time very well. Again, maybe it’s just me.
So yeah. I dunno! I wish I could’ve enjoyed it more, but still a good time.
GOOD:
-The world and characters. Really like the style of this game, a lot of fun personality. Especially like the two main character designs. Oh, and the Garbage Grump.
-The music is pretty good! I dunno if I’m gonna be remembering them much now that I’m done, but I was enjoying them while I was playing.
-Well thought out platforming challenges. Whether or not you LIKE them is a different story, but a lot of thought was put into designing them. Definitely a game for fans of hardcore platforming challenges.
STUFF I DIDNT LIKE TOO MUCH:
-Conveyance. Maybe it’s just me, but I felt like I was lost in this game more than once.
-The camera. Boy do I hate this camera. If I’m trying to look around, find where to go, or even do some of the demanding platforming this game asks of you, I don’t want my camera snapping back where it was. Got extremely annoying by the end.
-Some of the later platforming challenges are just not fun. At all. I feel like the later parts of the game knocked this game down a whole star for me.
-The length. So, this is a short game, instead of having multiple worlds, it’s really just a handful. I’m fine with that idea, but you spend the majority of the game in just one of these worlds. A lot. Like, a LONG time. I was sick of this world by the end. I was getting pretty bored with it. On the other hand, I feel like if this game were longer, the problems I have with it would be WAY more annoying. So I dunno, I feel like they don’t really use their time very well. Again, maybe it’s just me.
So yeah. I dunno! I wish I could’ve enjoyed it more, but still a good time.
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.