Similar in structure and gameplay style as the first game, except this time in Threeee Deeee. New features include platforming that doesn't feel good and music so grating you'll do an Uzumaki and stab yourself in the damn ears just to escape the agony. Tomba 2 is bad, but apparently it has a small and loyal group of fans, and that's nice. I'm glad they had fun with this, because I absolutely did not.

Visually I think this looks pretty good for a PS1 game, but a strong aesthetic does not translate into fun gameplay. Everything just feels a bit more wonky than it should, the deliberate and thoughtful design of its predecessor is gone in favor of something that feels downright unwieldy. Put Tomba over a bottomless pit for a while and you'll have me begging for the sweet mercy of death.

My time with this game has conditioned me to have an almost sort of pavlovian response to it. I think about Tomba 2 and all that comes to mind is feebly trying to get this pink haired bastard to do what I tell him to. Grab the vine, Tomba! Land the jump or so help me god I will strike you! Talking about this game makes me angry and capable of great evils.