 Review By: Siou Choy |
Developer: | Artificial Mind and Movement |
| Publisher: | THQ | |
| Genre: | Action | |
| ESRB: | Everyone | |
| # Of Players: | 1 | |
| Online Play: | N/A | |
| Accessories: | N/A | |
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Back to the hard facts: the game lacks any degree of real variety. Most levels are repetitive and disturbingly similar to those preceding them. How many times can you sneak around the hallways without getting bored? More to the point, why are you sneaking around in the first place? I mean, reality check: what’s the worst thing that could happen to these two? Detention? OOH, SCARY!
Well, OK, there are at least two levels of play that break the pattern, one involving a food fight and the last performing a concert.
Speaking of which. This kid Drake, you know, the "cool one"? Mr. guitar virtuoso? Yeah, that one. He must be really popular in school. Especially considering that the last level of the game consists of him performing in front of said school while trying to dodge tomatoes, eggs, cabbage, and if I saw correctly, even live chickens (!) from his good friends and adoring public. It makes you wonder how he’s able to pick up the guitar after being booed so much. Not to mention the fact that you have to use it as a shield to deflect all this crap from hitting him.
Free PSA: Kids, bottling isn’t exactly appreciated by performers…if you don’t like ‘em, don’t waste your money going to see ‘em. If you think you’re so much better, get up on the damn stage and do it yourselves, ya jealous pieces of crap! (Sorry, former musician speaking…proud to say that never once have I been "bottled", for what that’s worth).
As with any game developed for the GBA, we’re talking some seriously limited graphics. There’s nothing groundbreaking here, not that you expected such: Drake and Josh is a typical-for-the-console, sprite-based game. Of course, it is just a little disconcerting watching disembodied dork heads floating around at you. The losers are coming to get you, Barbara…
Bottom Line:
Despite the fact that we’re talking about a tie in for a kid’s TV show, Drake & Josh isn’t all that bad, I guess. A little boring and repetitive, but diminished expectations (particularly after a grueling experience reviewing the sadistic torture experiment Zoey 101 immediately prior) work in the game’s admittedly limited favor.
Moral for the day: after a few hours with Jamie Lynn Spears, even junk like this seems good.
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Posted: 2007-05-27 07:06:08 PST