Players : 1
Rather like last Halloween's
Muppet Monster Adventure,
this too is a Croc-a-like, the idea being that you have to save your
siblings from the nasty Cruella de Vil in her house and its grounds. Each of
them are trapped in wooden boxes requiring you to roll into them to let them
out.
Barking at toy clapping monkeys and jack-in-the-boxes will spill some bonus
bones to pick up and you can save your position when you find Waddlesworth the
parrot who helps you out at the start.
There are 20 levels in which to play, plus six mini-games including Mini-Golf
which reminded me of the Atari ST's Zany Golf in the early 90s and Dig Dog
is a reworking of Pelmanism, a game of matching pairs.
The graphics are fun and extremely colourful and are well-executed. The tunes
and sound FX are simple but are tailored to keep children entertained.
Make no mistake, this game is one for kids only. I quite enjoyed the mini-games,
or the first two at least as I didn't get any further with them, but it was
all too repetitive. However, if kids today are comfortable with the
Teletubbies' "Again! Again!" then who am I to argue and Eidos will have
a film tie-in hit.
GRAPHICS SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC PLAYABILITY ORIGINALITY ENJOYMENT
OVERALL
If you're after some more info on Eidos Interactive's games, you can check
out their official Website at
www.eidosinteractive.com
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
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Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
There are 20 levels in which to play, plus six mini-games including Mini-Golf
which reminded me of the Atari ST's Zany Golf in the early 90s and Dig Dog
is a reworking of Pelmanism, a game of matching pairs.
Make no mistake, this game is one for kids only. I quite enjoyed the mini-games,
or the first two at least as I didn't get any further with them, but it was
all too repetitive. However, if kids today are comfortable with the
Teletubbies' "Again! Again!" then who am I to argue and Eidos will have
a film tie-in hit.
