[archive]
Kim Possible - Global Gemini
I like this character – I am even wiling to put up with bumbling Ron, but this game
is just not user friendly.
What defines Kim is all her acrobatic and fighting moves — lots more than are really necessary
to move the story along.
She can climb poles, ladders and ropes, do double jumps and handsprings, perform ten different combat moves,
and there are ten different gadgets between the two characters.
All this leads up to a stiff learning curve, somewhat comparable to The Prince of Persia.
With a stiff learning curve, you need save points.
Die on the first mission and you get sent back to the beginning.
Doesn't Disney know that girls don't want to start over?
Anyway, after dying three times in the training mission, I finally got down to smoothly
handling Kim's moves – the YYY+B combo.
When I started Ron's training, I died fighting – or not fighting enough
and was sent back to the beginning to start Kim's training again.
No thanks. I never got to play the game.
Maybe the designers should have been at the Game Developers Conference where
they talked about creating options to make games easier, what they call "more accessible" and what I call game friendly.
Earnest Adams made a strong point that gamers should not have to "earn" the right to play a game.
Hell – they paid for it. So expect my future reviews to pay more attention the this aspect of game design.
Reviewed by: Editor - 03/07
Ages: Everyone
Fun Factor: Game should be renamed Kim Impossible.
Female Factor: Wonderful arobatic spunky character.
Player Friendly: No saves in mission one, blocking furthur progress into game.
|
Unless otherwise indicated, games, movies, books or other products which are reviewed or mentioned on this site have been given to us by the respective authors, publishers, distributors or their public relations representitives. |
Reviews - Computer-based games
Reviews - Console Games
Reviews - Hand Held Games
Reviews - Two Person Games and MMORG
Reviews - Strategy Guides
Reviews - Anime and Manga
Reviews - Movies, DVDs, Books
Reviews - Mobile and Casual Games
Reviews - Software and other stuff
Reviews - games for younger girls
Coming Soon
Our Favorites
Return to Games4Girls Main Page
Games4Girls(SM). Metron Studios is a division of Metron Computerware, Ltd., Oakland, CA
Copyright © 1999-2005 Metron Studios
20050725