How Many Times...
posted by bsudrew (ASPEN, CO) Jul 10, 2007
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How many times is this game going to force me to find a piece of wood or light weeds on fire? How many times am I going to have to throw a spear at a giant millipede? How many times am I going to wish it would just let me play as Kong?!
That sums up King Kong pretty well. You will spend FAR to much time playing as Jack, which boils down to throwing bones, or spears, and lighting weeds on fire. The environment, although beautiful, is not interactive. Levels are very short and linear, and often predictable, especially if you have seen the movie. Although in the movie, they rescue Anne ONCE, not three times!!!
The thing that makes up for all these flaws is the big man himself. The Kong moments are a blast and visually spectacular. I know that in the movie they dedicated a bulk of their time to making Kong look as good as possible, and it seems the developers did the same for the game. He simply looks amazing. The only thing that hampers these moments are the camera angles, which at times, can be absolutely awful. I think this happens because they tried to get that a cinematic feel. Leave that for the movie, make the game easy to navigate.
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! It is far too short (around 6 hours). It is a great rental for the Kong moments, and if you are an achievement point junkie, it's one of the easiest 1000 points you'll get.
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