Peter Jackson's King Kong: the Official Game of the Movie
by Ubisoft
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Video Game Reviews of Peter Jackson's King Kong: the Official Game of the Movie
Customer Review: how the heck is this game bad?
Summary: 5 Stars
It may not be halo or resistance but its fracking fun! playing as kong or Jack... the guns are ok... but its awsome... controls are easy but the space bar thing wasint nesacery... awsome story line but grahics are out dated but it took me weeks to finish... plenty of challenge...mostly the end was hard other wise its awsome!!!! if you liked avp1-2 youll love this! END!Customer Review: King Kong by Peter Jackson
Summary: 4 Stars
Excellent action packed game - purchased for my grandson (11yrs old).
He has played it everyday, but two, since getting it on Dec. 15th.
Customer Review: cool, but annoying
Summary: 4 Stars
for some reason the creators of the game decided to follow a completely differant storyline than the movie, so i dont know why its called the official game.
this game is highly addictive but one downside is, kong suck. i know, i know how could i say kong sucks, its not him its the way the gamemakers made his controls and graphics, thats why he sucks.
all in all, great game, but dread becoming kong.
Customer Review: Despite All Its Reported Problems I Gave It A Try...
Summary: 1 Stars
I found a copy of this game at a brick & mortal store going for $10 and since I have a spare computer system which I could install and play it on without having to worry about the "StarForce" malware, I gave this game a try. Given all the negative feedback of the past year, and UBISOFT's agreeing not to use the 'StarForce' malware copy protection sceme going forward, I was surprised that they still haven't released a patch to resolve the problem for this game. In fact it looks like UBISOFT has abandonned any ongoing support of this game.
As for game play? It sucks. Not only are the graphics cutting edge for the end of the 20th century, the game play is very linear and if that weren't bad enough other characters in the game are constantly telling you what to do anyhow. Further, appearing as a 1st person shooter, the game has some sections that can only be completed as 3rd person and parts of the game have continuous strobing type flashes which aren't safe for some people with seizure disorders.
I was originally interested in this game because of UBISOFT's FarCry release. But after dealing with this game, it's clear that CryTek is soley responcible for FarCry's excellence. Hopefully, CryTek will find a new distributor for their 'Crysis' upcoming release...
Customer Review: Beautiful-Linear-Short
Summary: 3 Stars
There's actually not much of a game in this one. It's basically a play-through-story in a lot of cases, and the entire game feels like it's on a rail. This is especially true of the kong levels..which are pretty much just narrow lanes to jump through with a small boss arena at the end.
This almost gives the game an arcade feeling--with the camera scripted to react differently almost every single second of a kong level.
The Jack levels are a lot better, and in most cases are actually fun. The game is still linear, but the game does fall back on open-spaces-then-chokepoint-then-another-openspace design principles, which can get old.
Still, there's a real nice beauty about kong. If you've seen the movie, you know how 'moody' Jackson strove to make Skull island--the gray wall, the dense jungle, the thick swarms of insects--it all translates VERY well. Constant rainstorms, the roll of thunder, the maze of corridors atop the wall, the alley of dinosaurs to dodge and run through, the bleak, dense, and dangerous swamps...though it's a linear ride, it's a very very pretty one--worth the budget price even in my opinion.