Status Chovus May 15, 2021
Almost beat. Every part of this game was excessively difficult and required near constant save state scumming. 1st was the dino level, where I found the game to be too fast and the controls to be too unresponsive to keep up with the pace the game expects. I slowed it to 30 frames per second and still found it too …
Almost beat. Every part of this game was excessively difficult and required near constant save state scumming. 1st was the dino level, where I found the game to be too fast and the controls to be too unresponsive to keep up with the pace the game expects. I slowed it to 30 frames per second and still found it too fast and very difficult to avoid damage. I almost ran out of time in the final ice level, and it took several tries to figure out the boss. Then I did the water slide level, which was again too fast and not fun at all. That whole pseudo 3D obstacle avoidance. Apparently I went the wrong way and failed, with my lives going from 9 to 2. Wait what?! Do the lives not carry over between levels? Then I did the baby level, which was even worse than the dino. It was the worst kind of platforming. The beginning was not too bad with just parkour. The clothesline and balloon were pretty much unmanageable, and I had to lower the frames down to 20. The circus was the worst part of the game with a lot of different insta death platforming, and I had to check a walkthrough to find out there was a parachute button. Then the mad max style bike level, which was probably the best aspect of the game. Not good but at least less obnoxious than the rest of the game. Would have been better with some control over aiming. Then I did the pig level and used the walkthrough because I could not be bothered with the non linear nature of it. At least it went back to being linear after that area. Last I did the throwing and failed somehow. I had time remaining and save state scummed to never miss a shot, and had yet to hit a few targets. It might have been decent if there was a crosshair to aim anywhere on the screen instead of the bar that only determines distance. I stopped playing at this point as I had seen enough.
The game reminds me of the Beavis and Butthead game with the same kind of cheap looking cartoon visuals, a few voice clips from the actual actors, otherwise poor sound effects, and obnoxiously difficult gameplay that lacks both fun and cohesion. Much better off watching the show instead.
4.5/10