![]() ![]() The main difference here is that while even the most despicable murderers can generally be stopped by a few bullets, humanity has never invented any truly effective shark fighting weaponry, leaving 30 foot great white sharks nearly unstoppable killing machines. ![]() After all, there are plenty of games these days that allow gamers to take on the role of a despicable murderer. I can understand why they made the mistake. Settling on the Jaws license was the first critically inexcusable flaw the game makes-thinking that people would want to play as the shark from Jaws. As a result, Jaws Unleashed is basically a rehash of Ecco, a third-person swimming game, with Ecco's adorable headbutting replaced by vicious biting, and wacky leaping replaced by jumping and biting. Apparently Appaloosa Interactive, developers of Ecco the Dolphin, discovered that that title hadn't sold enough copies to warrant a sequel and went looking for a popular license that they could attach their swimming engine to. I mean, even the title is ridiculous! How on earth would you leash a shark in the first place? They don't have necks! And what did I find by playing it? That although Jaws Unleashed is a game with massive, crippling design flaws, it's by no means the worst game I've ever played.Īmong the possible reasons to make a videogame, Jaws Unleashed owes its existence to one of the strangest stories I've ever heard. So when word began to spread about the legendary, almost apocalyptic, badness of Jaws Unleashed I knew that as someone who specializes in reviewing unbelievably bad games, I was going to have to give it a try. People throw around the term "worst game ever made" pretty frequently these days. ![]()
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