I was so happy when I saw "A game of skill and chance" as the subtitle. I thought to myself, maybe I can become skilled enough to outweigh the chance? Roll. Only option is one 5 for 50 pts. Roll again because I can't bank. Nothing. Zilch. Yep, being trapped into zilching with nothing you can do seems pretty skill based to me. I look at that phrase now and almost laugh.
I rated this game 1/5 for the following reasons:
1: The upgrades cost too much. Makes gameplay stale, running 10+ times for a single upgrade is annoying.
1.5: Groupies are too risky of an investment to have so much cost. Granted, they make up for this by being the only thing one can buy once everything else is purchased, but it's going to be a hell of a long time before everything else is purchased because of the absurd costs.
2. The monkey boss - The bombs blow up in your face half the time, regardless of how much time to fuse has. Also, he is either above or behind you at least 25% of the time. Nothing is more frustrating than being bombarded by a series of bananas from above you that you were unable to see just before they hit you. There's nothing you can do to avoid it - it's just stupid.
3. The graffix look like mspaint. Not really something I'd normally rate down for, but they don't even make up for the anti-fun gameplay of running through the same thing hundreds of times.
For the record, if you kill a monster with a shell (that it leaves behind), you are able to jump on the shell to make it start moving across the ground. If it hits you, it will kill you. It will also kill you if you walk into the side while it's perfectly still. It's actually really stupid.
When I swing my weapon at a thornbush and miss, it can only be because the thornbush is not directly in front of me. Yet, when I walk forward, I hit the thornbush. Am I in 2 places at once? No. Also, pick up spears and throw them at the boar-mounted boss. Direct hit - he continues charging into my face. "YOU ARE JUST LITTLE BOY" Good concept, just very frustrating that things that should work all the time only work sometimes. 3/5
Played through the game, ended up having to throw it at the x6 mark. Still took me to a x7 multiplier as I failed numerous sessions in a row. No badges awarded. Wat
"Who says geometry has no practical application?" I do, I didn't have to do any proofs or solve any problems to beat this. As a matter of fact, I've never done anything related to geometry outside a class room. Decent game tho, 4/5
47 Second doomsurf. After awhile, you get used to playing through a level with 3/4 of your screen completely black. Of course, luck is required too. You have to hope one of those flaming birds doesn't fly low to the ground and push you back into the wall, because you won't see it and there's nothing you can do.
Serious case of let's f*ck the player when you fight the skeleton warrior. "Oh, you're about to kill me? Well I'll just berserk and 1 shot your entire party without giving you a turn." Anti-fun BS.
Game is more frustrating than fun. Since the slippery, jumpy controls make precision tactics nearly impossible, solving a puzzle means nothing. It's whether or not the character decides to run through a portal into a laser or slowly, safely walk through like you want him to. Good idea, terribly executed.
At least now I know if I ever want to build a sturdy sailing ship, all I have to do is man it with dozens of people. This will surely allow it to survive several direct hits from a 100 ton whale with no damage to structural integrity. Although a few people may go overboard
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