The useless Jumper
There is only one place to start with this game, it sucks. As soon as the game begins, you can tell by the poor graphics and anoying controls. This is the game based on the 2008 film which i am told is rubbish so the game is about up to the same standards.
This game follows griffin through 6 levels of varying length and difficulty. The are collectables and weapons to collect throughout the game to extend the lifeline. The problem with these levels is that they are so linear and short that the player never get lost or confused about where to go. This gives the game around a 2-3 hours completetion time which is now where near the time it takes to complete other movie-based games on the market.
There is one thing that is decent about this game and that is the combat system. Although it can take some time to master it is origional and can be quite fun. The way in which this works is that an enemy has a ring around them with 4 sections. Depending on the difficulty, some sections will be red and some will be green. The harder the enemy, the more red sections. The player has to press the corrisponding button to the highlighted green area to attack successfully. The controls work by having the X,Y,B,A buttons (on xbox) as attack buttons. These relate to the green segments by having the segments mapped as the buttons are on the control pad. By this i mean to attack a segment facing the top of the screen, press Y and to attack facing the left of the enemy press X. If you press the wrong button and attack the enemy in a red segment they will counter attack you and you will loose health.
To conclude this game has a short easy story that can be completed in almost no time at all.(my record is 40mins). It has a original combat system that entertained me and the fact that it is easy to gain all the achievements gained it a 1 star rating.
Rent or Buy? Definatly a rental title.
