Of course this game is bad, I'm not the first and certainly not the last person to make that statement about Balan Wonderworld. It's kind of impressive just how bad it is though.
An amalgamation of unfinished ideas, dated design, and just plain bad design choices make up Balan Wonderworld. The story, the character itself, the main world hub, none of it makes any sense and is never explained.
You collect Chao-like creatures.......for reasons? You then feed them gems that you collect throughout various levels and feed them to these creatures........also for reasons that are just never explained. I could continue, but obviously, and once again, none of what you're supposed to do is explained.
You have various power ups in the form of "costumes" that you collect. Each have a singular ability that can be done and that is it. The frustrating thing about these costumes is that, because they all have one singular ability, sometimes that ability does not include jumping. Some costumes are completely stationary for reasons that are confusing and baffling.
Part of the reason behind this, I'd imagine, is that the controller setup for this game is very poor. All four main buttons do the same thing. You can jump or use your ability with any of these buttons. It doesn't sound like a major hinderance and it kinda isn't but it is an annoyance, especially if you are trying to move around the limited menu screens and just wanting to back out of it and go back to the hellscape of this game.
I could go on and on and on about the weird and poor design choices this game possesses but I just can't bring myself to continue to type these things out and care anymore. I want to be free from this prison and finishing this paragraph will be the final part of my sentence, once I finish with this, I will be free finally. Don't play this game? I guess that's the final feeling, but maybe if you are a glutton for bad things like I am, give this a shot because I assure you, even if you've heard all the bad things about this game, actually sitting down and playing it will not prepare you for just how bad it actually is.
An amalgamation of unfinished ideas, dated design, and just plain bad design choices make up Balan Wonderworld. The story, the character itself, the main world hub, none of it makes any sense and is never explained.
You collect Chao-like creatures.......for reasons? You then feed them gems that you collect throughout various levels and feed them to these creatures........also for reasons that are just never explained. I could continue, but obviously, and once again, none of what you're supposed to do is explained.
You have various power ups in the form of "costumes" that you collect. Each have a singular ability that can be done and that is it. The frustrating thing about these costumes is that, because they all have one singular ability, sometimes that ability does not include jumping. Some costumes are completely stationary for reasons that are confusing and baffling.
Part of the reason behind this, I'd imagine, is that the controller setup for this game is very poor. All four main buttons do the same thing. You can jump or use your ability with any of these buttons. It doesn't sound like a major hinderance and it kinda isn't but it is an annoyance, especially if you are trying to move around the limited menu screens and just wanting to back out of it and go back to the hellscape of this game.
I could go on and on and on about the weird and poor design choices this game possesses but I just can't bring myself to continue to type these things out and care anymore. I want to be free from this prison and finishing this paragraph will be the final part of my sentence, once I finish with this, I will be free finally. Don't play this game? I guess that's the final feeling, but maybe if you are a glutton for bad things like I am, give this a shot because I assure you, even if you've heard all the bad things about this game, actually sitting down and playing it will not prepare you for just how bad it actually is.