VGC: Meet the Robinsons
May. 12th, 2012 12:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
psi_star_psiMeet the Robinsons is the video game tie-in to the movie of the same name. We've all enjoyed the movie, so when I saw the game for $5, I figured it would be a good choice for Ike. And me.
The core game is a platformer, though without the detailed jumping of most examples of the genre. Jumping is automatic here, either you can make it safely, or you don't try. A great reduction in needless deaths. You play as Wilbur Robinson as he initially steals the time machine and then corrects several mistakes along the way. It can be argued that it is a prequel to the movie, in as much as you can well-order a time travel plot.
In addition to the main run around, shoot, and solve puzzles plot, the side-games include a Marble Madness variant, a Discs of Tron variant, and a Boulder Dash variant. *sigh* The classic games of my youth are now merely bonus content in movie tie-ins. Get off my lawn.
Anyway, it was a nice game, not too long, and the difficulty level is probably just about right for Ike. Once he's finished Arthur and the Incredibles, I shall recommend it to him.
The core game is a platformer, though without the detailed jumping of most examples of the genre. Jumping is automatic here, either you can make it safely, or you don't try. A great reduction in needless deaths. You play as Wilbur Robinson as he initially steals the time machine and then corrects several mistakes along the way. It can be argued that it is a prequel to the movie, in as much as you can well-order a time travel plot.
In addition to the main run around, shoot, and solve puzzles plot, the side-games include a Marble Madness variant, a Discs of Tron variant, and a Boulder Dash variant. *sigh* The classic games of my youth are now merely bonus content in movie tie-ins. Get off my lawn.
Anyway, it was a nice game, not too long, and the difficulty level is probably just about right for Ike. Once he's finished Arthur and the Incredibles, I shall recommend it to him.
