I honestly haven’t seen a game so poorly designed in a long time. The screen tears regularly and, to top it all off, the frame rate plummets the moment anything seems to happen on screen. A serious lack of anti-aliasing makes everything appear grainy and unpolished, and a dodgy motion blur effect makes every camera pan a nauseating and amateur-looking affair. A weird fur effect plagues all the animal like creatures that grace the game’s world. They too pose no challenge for anyone with an IQ in the double figures.Ĭonsidering how expertly crafted the visuals are in the Kung Fu Panda films, it is laughable that the game looks so awful. The odd puzzle is also thrown in for good measure, though so many obvious clues are given that they may as well not even be there. They only serve to make the game easier however, ironically making the combat even more annoying and forgettable. It’s clear that somebody twigged on to the repetitive combat, leading to new moves being introduced to keep players involved. This is about as exciting as Kung Fu Panda 2 gets It doesn’t help that it is also horrendously easy. The fighting is repetitive, tedious and highly uninspired. A predictable light and heavy attack control scheme and the occasional dodge or partner assist is all that prevents the inevitable boredom, and it doesn’t do a very good job. A standard third person platformer/brawler, Kung Fu Panda 2 suffers from the worst afflictions that plague the back ends of the genre. When you do, all that awaits is loss and despair. Though half of the game is taken up with cut scenes, you do actually have to play it at some point. Sadly though, this is where my praise for the game ends abruptly. The team deserve credit for trying to create an original tale, and it manages to fit into the Kung Fu Panda universe by effectively portraying all the characters from the film. In the ensuing chaos a gang of wolf mercenaries begin terrorising the populace, and it’s up to Po and the gang to put a stop to them. The story leads on from where the film ended, with Po having defeated Shen and restoring peace to Gongmen City sort of. At least all the characters from the film are faithfully recreated
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