Topic: Jett Rocket II

I was stupidly disappointed in the first level, thinking "They actually went for this 2.5D crap? Why?"

Then I reached the bonus stage and was happy again.

I'm worried about how long the game will be though. It seems like it's only 15 levels based off of that picture screen, which is the same length as the original (which was too short for a game of this quality). I was hoping there would be a load of content like AoB: Touch.

I also got the black screen the first time I Game Over'd against the first boss, but I got a couple more game overs against him before beating him and each time it took me to the "Game Over" screen.

I'm on the third world now and I'm enjoying the game, but I find that I like the 3D levels a lot more than the 2D levels. I wish they had made the entire game 3D!

Yeah even if you find everything is seems like it can be beat in about 5hours. I beat the first boss and I don't even think I played an hour yet!

I'm actually enjoying the 2D levels more. The 3D ones feel... sparse? I'm not sure how to put it. I guess it's impressive for a download title to be going for full 3D at 60fps, but a lot of the time I feel like I'm just making simple jumps and not doing that much.

Sooooooo...I got the back screen of death last night. And the L/R camera controls are not working well for me. But I'm still enjoying it.

Funny how I've had 2 game overs and 2 black screens!

Not to far into but I prefer the 3D levels to the 2D ones.

@MERG Yeah, the camera controls seem a little obtuse. Generally they will only move if it means they don't clip into a block, and since this game has a lot of corridors that's pretty much bound to happen all the time :/

@CountWavula I'm about halfway through and I can attest you'd probably hate this game for the same reason that you hated Gunman Clive

While I will say this game is very bland, Fast racing on the Wii had the interesting mechanic of switching colors to use certain element of the track. and the Nano series far precedes Stardust... certainly though, it is a shmup which is an oooold genre.

While I think the first Fast and Jett Rocket II are pretty Bland, I think their other games like the minigolf and Nano Assault are really good. Its pretty basic indie platformer. I give the game a ton of leeway since 3D platformers aren't the biggest genre we see alot of. My biggest problem with the game is the jump is mapped to the A button instead of the B button. The jump attack feel weird as well, in game it works like a Mario jump attack but the charcater's movement and momentum kind of call for a sonic style homing attack. I also hate how the charcter loses momentum after doing the jump attack.

I agree with the comments about the game feeling sparse. There are a couple of places which need enemies or something to interact with.

Memorable characters are not necessarily an indication of creativity. I was arguing that for Fast, they tried using a creative mechanic. No, they are not the most wildly creative of the bunch. But that isn't to say they don't try.

But who cares anyway. I enjoy playing some of their games, you enjoy playing none, surely some out there enjoys every single one. Arguing about videogames is boring.

And unfortunately the Lostwinds dev, last I recall, made those kinectimal games for the 360 where you pet the air and the animal on screen reacts. I think their talent is being squandered there...

Nano Assault was wonderful, the Art of Balance games were great and the minigolf game was terrible. I don't believe Shin'en go out to copy game ideas, but they do stick to the tried-and-true methods. It's hard to blame them for doing so though, since they're a pretty small studio. Their games all look fantastic though and they have this shiny-metal theme goin' on. I wouldn't say they're experiences which stay with you forever, but they're good fun when you need it.

I've always loved the way Shin'en games look, but agree that they need a better designer. A great designer to go w/the gorgeous visuals and they'd be one of the best developers anywhere.

I like Shi'en stuff because it is technically good and not stupidly easy.

(3D Land / NSMB2 don't even have the right framerate).

3D Land would be better than this if it was 60fps but it is no fun to play fast because of technical issues. I never like to do anything other than play at max speed - don't care about characters or story in anything other than JRPG's (And I am not even sure I like those that much anymore - New ones are like a bad movie as opposed to a really good novel)

3D Land isn't fun because it isn't an arbitrary "ideal" framerate that many don't even notice? Okay...

I never finished the original (not due to disliking it...I think I just had other things I had to review or something), but I will say that this game is longer than it looks. Keep going!

Its not arbitrary it is double 30.

If anybody doesn't notice then they are not playing it as fast as possible with the run button held down at all times. (Which is the way to play Mario always has been).

Jett Rocket II looks boring. The environments look bland, the gameplay looks generic, the character design for Jett is ugly, his voice was repulsive in Jett Rocket I so it's probably bad in this game too, the 2D levels look sloppy, and the game looks overall bad. Shin'en should just retire the Jett Rocket series. I doubt anyone would care.

Not to mention, this game rips off of Sonic Rush Adventure, Sonic Adventure, Super Mario Sunshine, the classic Sonic games, Donkey Kong Country, Jetpack Joyride, Legend of Zelda, Mega Man, Sonic Unleashed, Gradius, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Super Smash Bros. Not to mention, Jett Rocket looks like he belongs on some Nick Jr./Disney Junior show.