bobbyconover
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I anticipated this game hugely for a few years, hyped it up to people, bought it the day it came out, was crushed when its future looked uncertain, was thrilled when it was picked up again by Majesco, and in the end I didn't think it was that great. The writing was mostly hilarious, the aesthetics and characters rocked, but the gameplay itself wasn't especially fun to me. I found myself wishing it were a Lucasarts style adventure, honestly, so the characters, setting and dialogue could be the main focus of the game. The platforming was unfortunately not very creative or interesting for the most part, and the emphasis put on collecting, whether technically required or not, was really annoying to me.
It's strange to me that people are saying the game gets much better after the Lungfish level. For me Lungfishopolis was the peak of the game's humor and fun game mechanics, and I didn't enjoy anything afterwards nearly as much. The Milkman Conspiracy in particular was seriously one of the worst levels I've ever played in a game. I'll never understand why people think it's so "brilliant." All you do is mindlessly search a couple dozen identical-looking houses and surrounding areas for items while growing nauseated by the spinning world around you. The dialogue was semi-funny I guess, but not worthy of being quoted months or years later, and certainly not funny enough to make up for the fact that the level is otherwise completely boring.
It's strange to me that people are saying the game gets much better after the Lungfish level. For me Lungfishopolis was the peak of the game's humor and fun game mechanics, and I didn't enjoy anything afterwards nearly as much. The Milkman Conspiracy in particular was seriously one of the worst levels I've ever played in a game. I'll never understand why people think it's so "brilliant." All you do is mindlessly search a couple dozen identical-looking houses and surrounding areas for items while growing nauseated by the spinning world around you. The dialogue was semi-funny I guess, but not worthy of being quoted months or years later, and certainly not funny enough to make up for the fact that the level is otherwise completely boring.