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game is horrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: June 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Game is horrible dont buy definitley a waist of money. The most boring experience ever.

Good game, but nothing special

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The Pac Man video games were some of the first to be truly successful in the video game industry, so it's not surprising that Namco has revived the character in recent years. Pac Man has starred in a number of different types of games over the years, and here he stars in a three-dimensional platformer! Read on for my review of Pac Man World 2.

PROS:
-The graphics for this game very good, in particular those of the cut scenes. The cut scenes really must be seen to be fully appreciated.
-The controls are, for the most part, pretty easy to learn. You should be able to pick them up pretty quickly.
-There are a number of things to hunt down in every level, which slightly boosts the replay value of the game.

CONS:
-The control scheme has a number of problems, which are particularly noticable when you're in the heat of battle, or trying to make a virtually impossible jump.
-Much like the recent Sonic games, the camera is pretty lame. It has a tendency to get stuck on pretty much anything and everything, which can really hurt your gaming experience.
-The swimming controls flat out suck, mostly due to continually-shifting camera angles underwater. You shouldn't include swimming stages in a video game unless you can get it right!
-In the end, this ends up being a pretty generic three-dimensional platformer. There are considerably better games of the same genre available. The game comes off seeming like something intended more for younger players.

OVERALL:
Overall this game is decent, but it doesn't really do anything special, nor is it bound to hold your attention for very long. My advice to potential players of this game is to rent it before you make the purchase. And if you MUST buy the game, buy the Gamecube Player's Choice version - it includes the ultra-fun Pac Man Vs. multiplayer game as a bonus.

a pretty good game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

all in all a good game, but it gets borring after a while.the controls aren't to great ethier.

A few changes and it is perfect!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 17 / 18
Date: May 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Being a fan of 3D platformers I felt it was my obligation to pick Pac-man World 2 up. ... However, I never expected it to be as good as it was.

Graphics 9/10
The graphics are really nice. I know people keep saying that these graphics are bad, but they are using a lot of the Gamecubes power. After playing it for a long time, I never saw a choppy frame rate.

Sound 7/10
It nothing special, but it doesn't get annoying. It's not as good as SA2: Battle's music is.

Control 8/10
Actually moving Pac-man around and jumping isn't a problem. The problem comes with poor camera angles and occasionally you will also have touchy controls. The slightest move can send Pac-man to his doom. This isn't that common, but the poor camera angles are. They can get REALLY annoying in some cases. At one part of the game it took me ten tries to get through a spot because of bad camera angles. (It's a good thing every time I died I could get an extra life. That way I could try as many times as I wanted.)

Gameplay 9/10
This game has six worlds, each with at least 3 levels. There are also six bosses. Each of the levels are pretty strait-forward. You just get to the end. That's the easy part. To get a 100% you need to collect all the fruits and pac-dots. This gets really hard on the later levels. You can also do time-trial mode to attempt to clear a level as fast as you can. Then, try the arcade, where you can play all the old pac-man games if you collect enough tokens.

Fun Factor 9/10
The touchy controls and poor camera angles do lower this score, but the game is still fun. It has plenty of levels and then adds a ton of replay value to all the levels. It even has a multiplayer mode for the arcade games. (The regular game lacks an multiplayer mode.) Pac-man World 2 combines elements of the original pac-man with modern 3D platformers to make a fun game worthy of [the price].

Here is how my scoring system works:
Graphics: 10%
Sound: 05%
Control: 25%
Gameplay: 30%
Fun Factor: 30%

Pac-man World 2 got the following scores:
Graphics: 9 (.9)
Sound: 7 (.35)
Control: 8 (2)
Gameplay: 9 (2.7)
Fun Factor: 9(2.7)

Final Score: 8.65 rounds to a 9!

A solid platform game that will please Pac-Fans

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: April 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Pac-World 2 is a platform game based on the popular arcade character. As the storyline goes, the ghosts that continually haunt Pac-Man have unleashed an ancient evil on the Pac-World, and you, as Pac-Man, are the only one who can stop it.

The goal is to get through the levels, attempting to eat all fruit & dots on each level. Through the game, you will encounter different styles of mobility, including ice skating & swimming. As is the norm for platform games, after you have cleared a few levels you will encounter a 'boss' character, represented here by Pac-Man's regular crew of ghosts.

Gameplay can get a bit frustrating at times; jumping seems to take up around 75% of the actions in this game, as you will have to jump on rooftops, from branch-to-branch in giant trees, from platform-to-platform over lava pits, and more. Still, the controls are easy to pick up, and you never get a feeling of being hopelessly stuck in the game; it's just a matter of being able to time the jumps right.

An added treat in this game is the addition of some of the older Pac-Man arcade games, which require you to collect certain amounts of tokens througout the game to unlock. Included are the original Pac-Man & Ms. Pac-Man & PacMania (a Tetris-like game), plus some other bonuses. Also included are semi-hidden bonus mazes, which put you in a 3-D version of a regular Pac-Man style maze. Complete the maze without losing 3 lives & you will be able to replay the maze at will.

All in all, this is a solid platform game that will certainly make Pac-Fans happy. Hardcore gamers might find it to be a bit short & repetitive, but will still enjoy renting this one.

Pac is Back and it turns out to be a HIT!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Pac-man has been a classic arcade since late 80's. Now it is available for any console (videogame)! I own it on Psx (playstation), it is called Pac-Man World 20th aniversary, it was great, it has a 3D environment and for the first time, Pac was turned into a 3D blast! When i heard Pac-Man World 2 coming for the gamecube (i own a gamecube and a psx) i decided to be one of the first ones to buy it, and i did! It is amazing, the 3D worlds are huge, which means you will have to explore alot. check out the good and bad things about it:

The Good Things:
-Huge 3D worlds
-Pac never looked better
-outstanding graphics and sound
-arcade version is included
-pretty difficult and challenging
-awesome moves and powers
-incredible enemies and story-line

The Bad Things:
-The music can get boring (not a big deal)
-The cameras can get a bit rusty (you will get use to it)

Overall, this game is a worth buying game to any arcade or plataform fan! A solid title!

Note: I actually have it, not as many people who write reviews before the game is out.

I Love Pac Man!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: May 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Pac Man World 2 is the sequel to Pac Man World on the Playstation system. It is an old school Capcom character with a completely new appeal. The best thing about this game is that (with tokens) you can play the original Pac Man games such as Ms. Pac Man and Pac Mania. The levels/worlds are realistic and colorful, and it's a ton of fun watching Pac Man eat his way through the clouds when he lands on a red power ball. The major downside is that some levels are incredibly difficult to get through and the controls are very sensitive. With practice you can get a grip on the controls and enjoy a fun but quite challenging game.

Its too pleasant thats why I gave it 4 stars instead of 3

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Buy this game if you like short single player games,colorful graphics,snappy music,easy gameplay, clever mazes and old arcade games. There are a few major flaws such as its too short,its not very original,and a few levels are bland but its too pleasant to give it anything under 4 stars. Pac Mania is addictive as is Pac Attack and Pac Man as well as the unlockable mazes.Plus the game itse;f is still fun no matter how many times you play it.So in conclusion this a pleasant game and hopefully there will be a Pac Man World 3.

Fun, But the Bosses are Too Hard

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Parts of this game just seemed impossible. I don't think I would have finished without purchasing an Action Replay disc so I could get infinite lives, but I really needed infinite health and the cheat codes don't provide that. I never could beat the last boss level, but since I got to see all the "worlds," I was satisfied. Strangely enough, I suffered from motion sickness during the first two levels, the flat Pac Village and the benigh Forest, but after that, I was fine. Maybe it's less dizzying when the colors get more intense and dark in caves and ghost worlds. So if you get sick, just stop, throw up, rest, and continue. By the third world it'll be over. I really needed the infinite lives to get through the Volcano level.

It Made Our Holiday Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This Christmas we got a GameCube, and several games... Pac-Man World 2 was an impulse buy from the $20 rack at Wal-Mart. Boy, was I glad I picked it up! It almost instantly became our favorite of the 3-4 games we've started out with. We've had a great time playing, and although from time to time we will get stuck on a particular screen (I must have played the end of the ice skating screen... the part where you start by going into a cave mouth complete with fangs and finish with a long jump over a bottomless canyon... I must have played it 50 times before I made it over the canyon!) but I've never gotten fatigued trying to get past or through something. Maybe, as a few other reviewers have said, it IS a little on the easy side... I would definitely not say there's no challenge at all, but for people who aren't hard-core gamers it could be just what you're looking for. Fun stuff to do, nothing truly frustrating (some of the boss levels were tricky, but never seemed impossible), and the chance to play classic maze Pac-Man on your GameCube!

This is an excellent first GameCube game. Even my 3-year-old likes to go to the pond level and swim around, or go to the Pac-Village and jump on roofs for a while!

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