King Kong reviewed - 7/10
PJ 's King Kong : The Official Game of the movie seemed to be a good idea , when it was announced by Ubisoft entertainment . Almost all the versions where made by a different company , and the PC and PSP versions remained to be assambeld by by team Ubisoft Romania , a company close to my heart . The PC version came out wonderfull , but the PSP version suffers from many flaws .
The game is a half PS2 port , meaning that it only contains half of the games levels . There are 19 levels in the PSP version , while ~ 40 in the console version . But is the fact , that the game is to short ( ~ 5 hours , tops ) the only issue .
Graphically the game is ... well not ugly literally , but it has many problems . The textures are extremly low-quality ones , and the game is full of glitches . Also the colors are pretty dark , making the game impossible to be played at daylight . Than whats good in it ? Well the dinosaurs and weapons are really well animated . Also some effects are nice to . Here and there you can catch a possible eye-candy ... and thats all .
If somebody doesn 't knows , the game is a first person , survivor game . You have to aim in the old way ( read : no crosaimer implemented ) , and your almost every time out of bullets . The controls are a bit awkward , but you will get used . Walk with the face buttons , and aim with the analog nub . It sounds hard , but it works well after a while . There are also some King Kong segments , where you can beat up V-rexes ( the cousin of the T I guess ) in 3rd person view , which saves a lot . And I really mean it . They where put in there as some bonuses , but they give ~ 60 % of the entire joy .
The audio translates the best from all the other elements to the PSP . Though you will find some glitches , there isn 't much complain about it . To bad that the total lack of voice-acting spoils a bit to .
The game is an original aproach towards the genre of survivor games and shooters alike . It sounds perfect as a concept , but unfortunatly the final product is far ... way to far from the concept .
But the game is not a total flaw .
If your interested in a different game ... buy it , if you want something truly great ( and there are many games like that on the PSP to you know ) than look elsewhere . This game is only for short game lovers .
Graphics 6
Audio 8
Gameplay 7
Originality 9
14 Oct 2007
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