Ducktales Remastered

[DisturbedSwan]

Played the first 90 minutes or so of this earlier.

 

Been wanting to play this for absolute donkeys years but missed the boat on its first 360/PS3 release, got it on PS+ but by then my PS3 was unplugged and in the cupboard, so just been biding my time for it to get to a price I'm comfortable paying on Steam.

 

I never played the NES original so have no reference for how faithful a remaster/remake etc. it is, I vaguely remember them saying they got the original voice actors back but I'm not sure of that. 

 

Anyhoo, the game is pretty good, I roughly knew what to expect by watching footage years back, I knew about the pogo stick beforehand and am familiar with the characters from watching the TV show as a kid, got a kick out of hearing the theme tune when I first booted the game up. The gameplay really surprised me by how tight it controlled, it controls really nicely and I got into the Platforming very early on.

 

Not really sure what the point is of it other than get a shit-load of cash and the level selection seems rather limited, but yeah I'm having a great time with it I have to say, reminds me of DKCR a bit with the hidden paths that there are to find, it has actually exceeded my expectations in a lot of ways.

 

Had to restart after getting stuck on the first 'proper' level though, bloody hard it is! Feels like it has retained its NES-era difficulty for sure, can't imagine how difficult it would be on Hard! So yeah, restarted after getting stuck on the first level and went through the tutorial and eventually completely the first Amazon level on Easy.

 

Will pick it up again tomorrow.

[DisturbedSwan]

Unfortunately it seems that first level I played was the best one and all the rest weren't quite as good. 

 

That Amazon level is great, feels just the right side of challenging on Easy, but the rest feel too simplistically designed and a bit too easy, on normal is too hard so the difficulty could be adjusted better.

 

A lot of the cutscenes got in the way of the game too, it seemed to bog the game down at points which just weren't needed, the voice acting was excellent throughout but I don't need a monologue each time Scrooge picks up a key object in a level.

 

Some of the levels have mine-cart sections, and I love mine-cart sections in games in general so they were bloody good, the final level and boss fight was great too but I can't say it's a a particularly memorable game.

 

It's very short too, only took me 4 hours to finish, could definitely do with much more levels but the environs and variety on offer is decent at least.

 

I did enjoy it and it never felt like a chore or anything, I'm glad I played it but I would've been annoyed if I'd paid full whack for it for sure.

 

 

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