Great Game

Reviewed by kylehenning on September 22, 2006  |  report this review

This game is great. The audio is amazing and the graphics are stunning exspecially on the Xbox 360. The game is very short, but dont let that stop you from buying this game. It fills in with some great adventure.

Better than movie

Reviewed by i_love_games11 on October 29, 2006  |  report this review

First off, let me say that I can't stand Peter Jackson's King Kong movie. Don't get me wrong. Peter Jackson is definitely a talented movie maker. Although I hated the Lord of the Rings movies because I don't like fantasies, they were still made very well. The man knows how to use a camera, that is except in the case of King Kong. The movie had an incredible amount of build up with music and slo mo. Like for instance, in the movie when Anne was stepping onto the ship reluctantly, the music built up and when she stepped on, there was the big crescendo. Yeah, because nobody knew that she was going to step on the boat. It was overused and just plain ridiculous. Although I wasn't a fan of the King Kong movie, this game was an adequate attempt to convey the emotion that Jackson tried to evoke in his movie and it succeeded on some level. Just in case for some reason you actually don't know how the King Kong story goes, here is your fair warning. There will be some spoilers in this review. So do not continue reading if you somehow don't know how the Kong story happens. You start the game off playing as Jack. You are on your way to Skull Island where the director dude wants to shoot his new movie. Nobody has even been there and been back to explain what's on the island so it's uncertain what you will find there. Well, you find out that it's inhabited by strange people and various creatures, including dinosaurs. You are soon taken captive by the natives on the island and Anne is offered as a sacrifice to Kong. Well, Kong happens to have a strange love for her and treats her great, but Jack also has a love for her. The story really revolves around Anne wanting to stay with Kong because in some strange way, she loves him back, but also to leave the island. All the way up to Kong's death, the game grapples back and forth between these two loves, and it's told in a great way, but the problem is that if you know the story of Kong (which I'd say most, if not all, of us do), you know exactly where the game is going to go next and it takes a lot of the emotion out of it.

The gameplay is decent enough. When playing as Jack, it basically consists of running away from big dinosaurs, shooting giant bugs, and burning bushes. I can't stress enough how quickly this gets boring. Almost every area of the game forces you to find a spear or bone and light it on fire just to clear the brush to proceed to the next area. So what you're telling me is that they can't just walk through it? Please. Yeah, it has small spikes on it. It may hurt a little bit, but I'd take that over being eaten by a dinosaur any day. It's a terrible play mechanic that they incorporated and since it isn't fun the first time you do it, it certainly doesn't last until the end. There are only about 3 guns in the entire game to battle your foes with, but you can only carry one gun at a time. It makes no sense. Why can't you hold a pistol and the sniper rifle? A pistol is small and can fit in your pocket

King Kong is the King of easy achievements!

Reviewed by sn1pe_warman on July 17, 2008  |  report this review

My favorite part about this game is the easy 1000g's you get for beating it! This game has become famous for it. Its also fun to play, definitely not a game to buy but great for renting. The thing that sticks out for me is the cinematic gameplay it really does a good job of making you feel like your in a movie or even at the scene!

King Kong is the King of easy achievements!

Reviewed by sn1pe_warman on July 17, 2008  |  report this review

My favorite part about this game is the easy 1000g's you get for beating it! This game has become famous for it. Its also fun to play, definitely not a game to buy but great for renting. The thing that sticks out for me is the cinematic gameplay it really does a good job of making you feel like your in a movie or even at the scene!