2006/11/23

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

If your a fan of Capcom's Power Stone games, you would definately get into this one easily. You pick from one of several characters from the cartoon series and plow through a story mode where you fight the other characters but running around a small environment and beating the tar out of them either with your fists or with an assortment of weapons laying around. You can even use traps in the area to dish out damage, but the only way to truly defeat your opponent is to do a finishing move once their life meter is all drained and their standing there dizzy.
Besides having a lot of extra characters to unlock and other hidden goodies, there isn't really much replay factor in this game unless you've got a 4-player adaptor and a group of friends to mindlessly waste the afternoon away with.
For some reason, some of the characters don't seem to translate all that well to 3D, like Mandy's hair for example. But the cell shaded characters are nicely done overall. Audio is ok, with a lot of repeated voice samples throughout the battles. And the controls can be confusing as it's hard to get a lock on who your trying to hit and you end up taking a lot of punishment just trying to get a weapon.
Overall, this probably could have been done a lot better I think. Power Stone is definately the better game if your looking for a 4-way brawl for all. Rent or borrow, but not really a keeper, maybe just for the kids.

Game Ratings:
Graphics - 6
Sound - 6
Gameplay - 6
Lifespan - 5
Overall - 5

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