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IGN Review of Disney JONAS
I'll admit, those Jonas brothers are totally dreamy. I can see why 12-year-old girls across the world love those promise ring wearing heartthrobs. They're almost as great as Hanson, and certainly better than The Naked Brothers Band. It's just a shame that their first video game is ugly, boring, and creepy.
The Jonas video game is based on the TV show Jonas, a sitcom starring the Jonas Brothers, who play the Lucas brothers, who are in a band called Jonas. Basically it's a kid friendly version of Flight of the Conchords, but minus all the things that make that show funny.
The game is broken into six parts that mimic an episode from the show. Players control Nick, Kevin, or Joe, switching between them on command. Since Jonas is based on the show, the brothers are in character. So Joe is a shallow ladies man, Nick is level headed and responsible, and Kevin is the dumb one.
Each episode has players running between home and school, with an additional couple levels thrown in, like inside the massive walk in closet, or running through the mall. The levels somehow look nearly identical. The mall, the high school, the back of a store, and a huge mechanical closet may as well be the same place. Nearly the entire game is played with the stylus, so players guide the JoBro of their choice through the levels, using their guitars to unlock doors or avoid paint spills that might ruin their clothes.
The amount of actual gameplay in this title, compared to the amount of time players run back and forth just to talk to people, is very little. Even worse it all boils down to very basic mini-games. Most of the game is literally changing outfits. I'm sure the idea of a digital Jonas brothers dress up doll is appealing to a large demographic though, but the models are kind of creepy. Their cel-shaded figures are plastered with unchanging grins.
Speaking of creepy, so is a lot of other stuff in the game. The fact that teenage girls rip off Kevin's clothes and you keep playing with him in tattered scraps. Or the storyline that involve the brothers getting into footy pajamas and pretending to be toddlers to make videos for their mom. It's supposed to be wacky and fun, but the humor falls flat and the "crazy antics" just turn weird.
At the end of each episode the brothers take the stage and play one of their songs from the show, resulting in a very basic rhythm game that doesn't really feel like it's matching up to the music.
©2009-12-09, IGN Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Jonas video game is based on the TV show Jonas, a sitcom starring the Jonas Brothers, who play the Lucas brothers, who are in a band called Jonas. Basically it's a kid friendly version of Flight of the Conchords, but minus all the things that make that show funny.
The game is broken into six parts that mimic an episode from the show. Players control Nick, Kevin, or Joe, switching between them on command. Since Jonas is based on the show, the brothers are in character. So Joe is a shallow ladies man, Nick is level headed and responsible, and Kevin is the dumb one.
Each episode has players running between home and school, with an additional couple levels thrown in, like inside the massive walk in closet, or running through the mall. The levels somehow look nearly identical. The mall, the high school, the back of a store, and a huge mechanical closet may as well be the same place. Nearly the entire game is played with the stylus, so players guide the JoBro of their choice through the levels, using their guitars to unlock doors or avoid paint spills that might ruin their clothes.
The amount of actual gameplay in this title, compared to the amount of time players run back and forth just to talk to people, is very little. Even worse it all boils down to very basic mini-games. Most of the game is literally changing outfits. I'm sure the idea of a digital Jonas brothers dress up doll is appealing to a large demographic though, but the models are kind of creepy. Their cel-shaded figures are plastered with unchanging grins.
Speaking of creepy, so is a lot of other stuff in the game. The fact that teenage girls rip off Kevin's clothes and you keep playing with him in tattered scraps. Or the storyline that involve the brothers getting into footy pajamas and pretending to be toddlers to make videos for their mom. It's supposed to be wacky and fun, but the humor falls flat and the "crazy antics" just turn weird.
At the end of each episode the brothers take the stage and play one of their songs from the show, resulting in a very basic rhythm game that doesn't really feel like it's matching up to the music.
©2009-12-09, IGN Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved