Jonathan James finds prickly problems with this hedgehog-based Nintendo DS game…
The nucleus of making such a game should be simple, right?
So after playing this game, the question keeps circling in my head.
How did Oxygen (the developers) get this so wrong?
The object of the game is to move three of your Hedgehogs from one side to the other.
Sounds simple enough right?
Perhaps…well get to that in a bit.
The graphics are every bit as uninspiring as I expected, but I can live with that.
Often, these guys seem to bear little representation to whats actually taking place.
One move later, itll switch to looking like its won the national lottery.
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In terms of sound, it just comes across as lazy.
Now well move onto the game play which is where things really start going wrong.
From the Oxygen website:Hurry Up Hedgehog!
game play dynamic is based on the popular board game Igel ArgernPopular huh?
If this board game is so popular then why the hell have I never heard of it?
The game consists of three parts:
You turn ends once youve made the forward move.
The first team to get three hedgehogs home is the winner.Sound easy?
It should be, but just reading this irritates me.
Why is anyone pretentious enough to put an option on the first menu screen to show the credits?
32 different ways to play theback of the box screams.
Very impressive, until you realise what these options are.
I bet each and every reader just wet their pants at such an exciting option!
I do like the doping option though.
I hope I dont need to point out why this is really, really wrong.
There are actual problems with the game itself, in addition.
Sometimes youll have a lane selected that no one can actually do anything with.
Youd be shocked how many times this happens.
On the other hand, why blame innocent creatures?
I think the developers deserve the boot in question.
Oxygen should really question what they are doing.
And more importantly, who was ever going to enjoy it?
The store staff were not terribly kind when discussing Oxygen, either.
This game would be fine given away with a packet of cereal, but for 19.99?
Its 19.99 too expensive.
Rating:
1 out of 5
