| noname2200 said: Ouch! Was it really that bad? Obviously I've never played it, but I liked the N64 editions well enough (even if this one seems to have almost nothing in common with those). |
Most people around here seem to really like it, so I am probably in the minority. But I hated it by the time I got the last Jiggy. Starts off well enough, vehicle editor is really well done, and assuming you're patient, there's a lot of crazy parts to find. The problem is all you really have to do are the missions, which are tried cliched trite that bore you or drive you crazy demanding perfection if you want a damn trophy.
It's like if you played a Grand Theft Auto game and all you can do are the missions. No side activities or rampages and the city is split into a bunch of enclosed domes you have to teleport to and from. That may sound like a werid comparison, but it's the best I can think of, Nuts and Bolts have more in Common with GTA III then other Banjo games. There's even COPS in the game, who attack you for bumping into citizens or moving jiggies. (Which you have to do to open up more of the game.)
The world's are huge empty shells with little to find or do. There's some music notes scattered around, but they're just money to buy crap. There's a few Jinjos but they just annoy you with one of six repeating challenges. And the mission givers, which are usually your only point in being there. And each world is split Acts to further drag out how much time you waste in them.
I wouldn't mind, except the missions are the same old crap. Race, Escort, Kill or some variant of them. Over and over again. And the ground vehicles handle like horrible. Everything knocks them off course and turning is always a pain in the ass. I'm going to stick the damn thing up for sale and hope to get some money back.
