![]() Zac and Sunny were famous explorers and members of the legendary Yellow Ones, a rare tribe of yellow Pac-Worlders with unique powers. She disappeared along with her husband on the last day of the war, leaving the orphaned Pac to be raised by her sister Spheria. Give this game to a kid not solely to satisfy his or her video game cravings but to keep Pac-Man alive within the next generation of gamers.Sunny is Pac's mother and Zac's wife. Most importantly, it’s a harmless addition to the Pac-Man franchise and does not offend the legacy of the original game. Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures is a simple yet fun experience that doesn’t go out of its way to break new ground or attempt to compete with the platformer heavyweights. You’re buying this game for the singleplayer mode. It’s a nice mode to have, but the overall value of the product isn’t really affected with or without it. It took about two hours to get through all of the maps and my multiplayer partners and I agreed it was a mostly boring affair. Up to four players are thrown into a classic Pac-Man maze-style map as ghosts and tasked with taking down Pac-Man using a variety of attacks and power-ups. There’s a multiplayer mode that may provide a couple of hours of additional playtime but it’s of the “tacked on” ilk. Those of us who aren’t still waking up every morning and running to the TV to catch their favorite Saturday morning cartoons would be better served playing something along the lines of Uncharted. It’s clear that the game is aimed at kids and the design philosophy is one that sponsors steady progress. I should point out that Ghostly Adventures is a mostly linear experience, the levels do not cater to the likes of open-ended exploring or branching paths. Thanks to the variety of the level design and the gameplay, I never got bored as I played through the single-player mode… but I also rarely felt challenged. Each level contains collectibles that go towards increasing Pac’s life count or currency to access bonus content. In the ancient ruins I mentioned earlier, Pac can turn into a rolling boulder (think Indiana Jones) and the game starts to play more like Marble Madness or Super Monkey Ball. These power-ups do more than make Pac an effective ghostbuster, they also play a key role in manipulating the environment to overcome platforming challenges. However, more often than not you’ll have a power-up activated which will replace the default special attack. He also has a special attack which scares the ghosts and turns them frozen with fear, as in the classic Pac-Man games. By default, Pac uses his mighty jaw as a basic attack as he chomps his way through the legion of ghosts attempting to thwart his mission. “Where the leather is scarred, there is a great story to tell” - Red Dead Redemption 2 review Each world is dressed in a unique theme, such as ancient ruins and a volcano with flowing magma, and there are unique power-ups within each so they not only look but play differently as well. Occasionally you will encounter a frustrating moment where the controls, camera, and level design become catty with each other at your expense, but it’s nothing out of the ordinary for this style of game. The levels are full of easy-going platforming challenges which for the most part are fun and not overly complicated to maneuver through. It works, though, and it gives players who don’t have lightning-fast, twitchy reflexes a chance to keep up. In other words the controls are a bit floaty. ![]() Pac-Man doesn’t run here, he moves in a nonchalant manner and when he jumps it feels exactly as you had imagined if Princess Peach and Mario consummated and we were playing a game based on their offspring. This is not the tight, precise gameplay of Super Meat Boy or Super Mario 3D Land. While the game is surely aimed at the preadolescent demographic, bearing the sensibility of a Saturday morning cartoon, there is fun and even challenge to be had for us big kids too.Īs in life, it’s the simple things in Ghostly Adventures that are its most attractive features. Ghostly Adventures is a by-the-numbers platformer that takes its cue from the Mario games by offering a collection of themed worlds containing a handful of levels that Pac (has his friends refer to him in the game) must survive in order to progress. Pac-Man represents the essence of video games and the latest game in the franchise, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, will attempt to lure your children into its unassuming ride. But that’s not why we still love this yellow chomping ball person/thing, it’s because he’s a classic video game character and one of video game’s first icons. Imagine Patrick Stewart’s head about 2-3 times its current size with a pair of arms and legs attached to it. Pac-Man looks like Patrick Stewart to me.
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