Sam
August 12th, 2008, 05:12 PM
I think enough people here have played this game to start a decent discussion about it.
This game made its way to "time-out" one day when I was playing in my 10-year old "let's get all the way to exile and die" routine. I started the game, and when I got to the second stage, things went downhill. The first obstacle of the stage is to jump on giraffes' heads, from one to the next, doing so quickly, as they tilt their head upwards to knock you off (you're essentially recreating the song and dance scene for "Can't Wait to Be King"). This, being the very beginning of the stage, is not all that difficult. The stage, later, consists of difficult timing sequences when you ride on the back of an ostrich (stay with me here) and ridiculous purple and blue monkey-tossing.
Anyways, for some reason, on this seemingly-normal day, I could not get passed theses giraffes. My jumps would only be slightly off, and I would see myself slide down the back of the giraffe and fall into the lake. This continued in nearly the exact same fashion until I was slapped in the face with a game over screen. I was so frustrated with the inconsistency of the game, I did the only thing a 10 year-old could do to make himself feel better about losing at a video game without breaking it. I threw it under the entertainment center; put it in "time-out". I have not played the game since.
Either way, with this one incident aside, the furthest I've ever managed to get was to the "Exile" stage. I would always get to this one part. A boulder would chase me, I believe it was the second time in the stage it happens. There was a formidable stretch of cave with a speeding boulder behind you. It got me every time. I was later told by many friends that this is the stage before adulthood, which is a shame that I freaked-out and put the game in "time-out" without truly experiencing it.
This game made its way to "time-out" one day when I was playing in my 10-year old "let's get all the way to exile and die" routine. I started the game, and when I got to the second stage, things went downhill. The first obstacle of the stage is to jump on giraffes' heads, from one to the next, doing so quickly, as they tilt their head upwards to knock you off (you're essentially recreating the song and dance scene for "Can't Wait to Be King"). This, being the very beginning of the stage, is not all that difficult. The stage, later, consists of difficult timing sequences when you ride on the back of an ostrich (stay with me here) and ridiculous purple and blue monkey-tossing.
Anyways, for some reason, on this seemingly-normal day, I could not get passed theses giraffes. My jumps would only be slightly off, and I would see myself slide down the back of the giraffe and fall into the lake. This continued in nearly the exact same fashion until I was slapped in the face with a game over screen. I was so frustrated with the inconsistency of the game, I did the only thing a 10 year-old could do to make himself feel better about losing at a video game without breaking it. I threw it under the entertainment center; put it in "time-out". I have not played the game since.
Either way, with this one incident aside, the furthest I've ever managed to get was to the "Exile" stage. I would always get to this one part. A boulder would chase me, I believe it was the second time in the stage it happens. There was a formidable stretch of cave with a speeding boulder behind you. It got me every time. I was later told by many friends that this is the stage before adulthood, which is a shame that I freaked-out and put the game in "time-out" without truly experiencing it.