MC
Hammer once had a song called "Can't Touch This". If I were to write a
song about this game, it would be titled "Don't Touch This", as this is
one of the worst playing games I ever laid hands on. You're probably
wondering why I would even play this game. Well, it was lying around
the house, and NO, it's not mine. But for laughs, why not review this
game. Going in, I knew it wasn't going to be good, and for the brief
time I could tolerate it, it's pretty bad. Bad for even a kid's game.
The first strike against the game is the fact that it
really
has nothing much to do with the Yu-Gi-Oh card game. Rather, it's the
typical 3-on-3 style of role playing battles seen many times over. The
second strike is that EVERYTHING in the story is in text. That would be
fine if it were a game for advanced audiences, but again, this is a
kids game, and I'm not too sure if every kid who plays this can read
and understand what is written, if they even have the patience to read
the text, which they probably won't. The battles are simple but lack
complexity. It's simpler than a Pokemon title. The interface is
confusing and somewhat non-functional. I was never sure if what I
selected and wanted to do was ever confirmed, because the menu layout
and design just doesn't work. This really isn't a fun game at all. Oh,
and Konami must be insane, as you have a choice of two characters to
play as in the beginning (like that f---ing matters), which means you
can play through the game TWICE! Oh rapture!
Things in the visual and audio department don't help the
game
out any further. The visuals are pretty stripped, almost like a sparse
N64 game using the expansion pak. The character models are decent and
there a few effects that don't look too bad, but the lack of
environments and the canned animations just don't do the game any
favors. On top of that, there are no cutscenes, which is a bit odd in
this day and age of RPGs. The music is average and the effects lack any
impact, what a surprise. Absolutely no voice work to be found, which
may
be a good thing, because I hate the cartoon, and to have those voices
would drive me crazy.
Final Thought
Before you get on me about
trashing this game simply because I hate the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise, let me
say this: if you stripped off the Yu-Gi-Oh! license and replaced it
with a Mario, Mega-Man or even (god forbid) a Zelda license, it would
still be an awful game because the design is poorly conceived. The fact
that it just so happens to involve the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand made my day a
little brighter. Now, let's never speak of this again and find a game
that's actually GOOD.