U.B.I. Soft, I forgive you (1 Viewer)

[JamesH]

Ok, I must admit that I'm not too pleased with what you've done to Rayman, but I've always liked you a lot, so now it's all good.


http://ps2.ign.com/articles/389/389869p1.html

 

[Graeme Clark]

I'd love to see this sell a ton, just to see SCEA kicking themselves.

 

[BrianB]

It came out in the UK on Friday, and a few friends picked it up (guys & a gal who loved the first game). "More of the same but not quite as good" seems to sum up their initial impressions so far. :-/

 

[JamesH]

Maybe they're just jaded. How can a monkey catching game be bad?

 

[Graeme Clark]

I think PC Gamer had one of those on a CD a long time ago that wasn't very good

Of course, those were probably Coconut monkeys which may disqualify it.

 

[BrianB]

Well, JamesH, here's what one friend said about it:

It's more of the same, really - there are some cute new ideas, but nothing dramatic that wasn't in the first one. They seem to have dumbed-down the control scheme a bit, which annoyed me somewhat (as the new one is less precise IMHO), and the graphics are really not all that impressive. The voice acting is the usual emotionless crap that seems to be becoming a de-facto standard for games nowadays - not actively cringeworthy, but just unbelievably drab.

So basically, it's vaguely amusing, but has little of the flair or charm of the first game. Worth 20 quid if you want a decent platformer, but I wouldn't pay full price for it.

 

[paul h]

Hmmmm, gamespot gave the Import version a very respectable 8.7

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/a...pe2/index.html

 

[JoshF]

Interesting that the games SCEA are avoiding include dumbed-down sequels that could have been better, like Wipeout Fusion. Part of me says that I don't blame them.

I suppose when you don't have to publish everything under the sun, you don't.