Eat Dirt... Again!
We all know the story: Succeful game that sells a lot of copies, will have a sequel for sure... This sequel thing can be pretty weird sometimes, it can result either in a better game than it's predecessor (or at least, something similar), or in a really bad game that has nothing to do with the previous part.... Luckily, the game I'm going to review today fits with the 1st. Example of a sequel... The sequel of a game with a... Um, let's say "Unique" protagonist: A worm. No, I'm not going to review a "Worms" game. It's the game of a worm with a super techno-suit... That is! Today, I'm going to review "Earthworm Jim 2". Which was released for multiple system. But, It was released for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo before being ported to those systems... I'm going to focus on the Genesis's version. So, Take a seat and read this!
Story: Right after rescuing Princess "What's-her-name?" of this evil sister, The Queen Slug-for-a-butt... Jim inevitably falls in love of the Princess, and since that day, he tries to conquer her heart. Failing at that task every time he tires. However, one day, he hears that she has been kidnapped once again. This time, by Psycrow. One of the Slug-for-a-butt's minions.But, this time being his own boss. He's planning to marry the princess, only to get the proper powers of the royalty. Now Jim has to chase and stop the Psycrow's plan... Even if that implies having to travel through the Galaxy, and having to visit the most strangest planet of the same (which are also, the Vacation point of many evil villains). (5/10)
Graphics: Same as it's prequel, this game counts with great graphics. However, these aren't good as the ones of the first part. Only take a look at the graphics of the 1st. Part, and then look at the ones of this sequel. You can see a big difference between them. Backgrounds are okay, some are pretty simple... Nothing amazing on them. In another words: Not so good, not so bad. (7/10)
Sound: One of the strengths points of the game. The music you hear here, has the same quality of the previous game... You can hear different kinds of songs: Epic, Slow and calm, and exciting songs. There aren't two similar songs in this title. About the SFX: Most part of the SFX are ripped of the prequel. It would have been better if they replaced those and made a few new sound effects. (8/10)
Addictiveness: Fair... That's all I have to say. This game isn't much addictive... But, for some strange reason, you'll ever come back to play it one more time. I dunno why, really. (7/10)
Depth: Let's see what we've got here... Here's how you control Jim: By pressing "A", he'll shoot the current weapon, By Pressing "B", he'll use his head as a whip, and by pressing "C", he'll jump. As you may have noticed, it has the same controls of the previous title. Sounds Simple, right? Well, this time, Jim counts with some extra moves, the most part of these, involve "Snot". A big green mucus. By Pressing "A" while falling, Snot will act like a Parachute, and it will reduce the Fall's speed. By pressing "C" two times, we can use him to swing between platforms covered by Mucus. And, by pressing, "Up+A and B", Jim will use the "Manta Shield", that covers him from the Enemies attacks for a few seconds... But, that's not all: We also have new weapons. Such as the "Home-ing Missile" (that shoots a house that can follow enemies, hence it's name.) the "Wall Blaster" (that gets rid of all the nearby enemies) or the "3-Way glove" (that shoots bullets, like the regular weapon, but with the difference that this one covers a wide rank with it's bullets). We also find a lot of depth in the stages... For Example: On one of them we must guide Jim (on a Blind cave salamander disguise) through a strange looking stage, on another we'll have to pilot the Jim's pocket rocket through a scrolling stage, etc. There are many original stages... If you want to know how they look, play the game! (8/10)
Difficulty: If you're good at Video Games, this one shouldn't be a problem... If you want some challenge, I recommend you to play this game on the harder difficulty. You won't regret it. (7/10)
Final Rating: 8
Just like it's prequel, we have a good game right here... Good Graphics, good gameplay. A great game that deserves to be played... Just you need to give it the chance to see if I'm right.
-Eddy Out- Eat Dirt... Again!
We all know the story: Succeful game that sells a lot of copies, will have a sequel for sure... This sequel thing can be pretty weird sometimes, it can result either in a better game than it's predecessor (or at least, something similar), or in a really bad game that has nothing to do with the previous part.... Luckily, the game I'm going to review today fits with the 1st. Example of a sequel... The sequel of a game with a... Um, let's say "Unique" protagonist: A worm. No, I'm not going to review a "Worms" game. It's the game of a worm with a super techno-suit... That is! Today, I'm going to review "Earthworm Jim 2". Which was released for multiple system. But, It was released for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo before being ported to those systems... I'm going to focus on the Genesis's version. So, Take a seat and read this!
Story: Right after rescuing Princess "What's-her-name?" of this evil sister, The Queen Slug-for-a-butt... Jim inevitably falls in love of the Princess, and since that day, he tries to conquer her heart. Failing at that task every time he tires. However, one day, he hears that she has been kidnapped once again. This time, by Psycrow. One of the Slug-for-a-butt's minions.But, this time being his own boss. He's planning to marry the princess, only to get the proper powers of the royalty. Now Jim has to chase and stop the Psycrow's plan... Even if that implies having to travel through the Galaxy, and having to visit the most strangest planet of the same (which are also, the Vacation point of many evil villains). (5/10)
Graphics: Same as it's prequel, this game counts with great graphics. However, these aren't good as the ones of the first part. Only take a look at the graphics of the 1st. Part, and then look at the ones of this sequel. You can see a big difference between them. Backgrounds are okay, some are pretty simple... Nothing amazing on them. In another words: Not so good, not so bad. (7/10)
Sound: One of the strengths points of the game. The music you hear here, has the same quality of the previous game... You can hear different kinds of songs: Epic, Slow and calm, and exciting songs. There aren't two similar songs in this title. About the SFX: Most part of the SFX are ripped of the prequel. It would have been better if they replaced those and made a few new sound effects. (8/10)
Addictiveness: Fair... That's all I have to say. This game isn't much addictive... But, for some strange reason, you'll ever come back to play it one more time. I dunno why, really. (7/10)
Depth: Let's see what we've got here... Here's how you control Jim: By pressing "A", he'll shoot the current weapon, By Pressing "B", he'll use his head as a whip, and by pressing "C", he'll jump. As you may have noticed, it has the same controls of the previous title. Sounds Simple, right? Well, this time, Jim counts with some extra moves, the most part of these, involve "Snot". A big green mucus. By Pressing "A" while falling, Snot will act like a Parachute, and it will reduce the Fall's speed. By pressing "C" two times, we can use him to swing between platforms covered by Mucus. And, by pressing, "Up+A and B", Jim will use the "Manta Shield", that covers him from the Enemies attacks for a few seconds... But, that's not all: We also have new weapons. Such as the "Home-ing Missile" (that shoots a house that can follow enemies, hence it's name.) the "Wall Blaster" (that gets rid of all the nearby enemies) or the "3-Way glove" (that shoots bullets, like the regular weapon, but with the difference that this one covers a wide rank with it's bullets). We also find a lot of depth in the stages... For Example: On one of them we must guide Jim (on a Blind cave salamander disguise) through a strange looking stage, on another we'll have to pilot the Jim's pocket rocket through a scrolling stage, etc. There are many original stages... If you want to know how they look, play the game! (8/10)
Difficulty: If you're good at Video Games, this one shouldn't be a problem... If you want some challenge, I recommend you to play this game on the harder difficulty. You won't regret it. (7/10)
Final Rating: 8
Just like it's prequel, we have a good game right here... Good Graphics, good gameplay. A great game that deserves to be played... Just you need to give it the chance to see if I'm right.
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