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We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Considering I spent most of my childhood playing PS1 platformers like Crash, Spyro, Croc, Toy Story 2, etc, etc, it's kinda crazy I never touched Ape Escape. I saw it in magazines, but it just wasn't big where I grew up in England - nobody I knew owned it and I never got my hands on a copy. Having got a 7 day free PS+ trial recently to play Stray I saw it on Sony's wimpy PS1 back catalogue and thought I'd make the most of my $0 sub.
It holds up surprisingly well for a 5th gen 3D platformer! The levels are good, the gadgets are good, smacking a monkey with a net feels great every single time. It makes remarkable use of the right analogue stick and L3/R3 in a way that I just didn't realise PS1 ever did - obviously, it came right at the end of PS1's life cycle and it shows in just how far removed it is from some earlier games on the system. The voice acting in the English version may well be the absolute worst in any video game I've ever played which to me is a huge bonus. We're talking worse than RE1. It's incredible.
So, is Ape Escape 2 on PS2 more of the same on better hardware? Because that's on PS+ as well and that idea sounds great to me, so I'll probably go check that out while I still have days left. Really pleasantly surprised with this one. Also, the OST has no right going as hard as it does.
It holds up surprisingly well for a 5th gen 3D platformer! The levels are good, the gadgets are good, smacking a monkey with a net feels great every single time. It makes remarkable use of the right analogue stick and L3/R3 in a way that I just didn't realise PS1 ever did - obviously, it came right at the end of PS1's life cycle and it shows in just how far removed it is from some earlier games on the system. The voice acting in the English version may well be the absolute worst in any video game I've ever played which to me is a huge bonus. We're talking worse than RE1. It's incredible.
So, is Ape Escape 2 on PS2 more of the same on better hardware? Because that's on PS+ as well and that idea sounds great to me, so I'll probably go check that out while I still have days left. Really pleasantly surprised with this one. Also, the OST has no right going as hard as it does.