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The games were OK, but they struck me as a low rent Jak/Ratchet platformer
The games were OK, but they struck me as a low rent Jak/Ratchet platformer
Our friends in Australia called him "Australia's answer to Crash Bandicoot". I never played Ty, only... Crash Bandicoot.
I actually played through it. Pretty run of the mill Ratchet knockoff- you used boomerangs as weapons and got variations on them (fire, ice, blah-fucking-blah). It was decent enough for my young self, but looking back it was formulaic to the point of rinse and repeat, uninspiring combat, and waaaay too many 'collect the things'. Still in my house somewhere though.
I remember it through the eyes of a 8 year old as it being pretty fun although like Chomoko said repetitive
yeah, i too played this in my youth. i just loved cartoony platformers so i ate it up as a kid, but im guessing playing through it again now would yield unfavourable results.
I remember Ty. Sure he was a knockoff, but he was a fun knockoff. He doesn't deserve to be relegated to a Facebook app. He atleast deserves a downloadable game on PSN or XBL.
I played the first as a kid, loved it. I remember the end battle scenes being epic. And I played 2 a few years ago and kinda liked it. I might give 3 a try soon.
I played the 2nd one and the only thing I can remember is throwing explosive boomerangs at people. I don't know if that makes it good or not but whatever I'd rather see the return of classic Crash Bandicoot.
@conrad zimmerman: you dolt! Ty is a Tasmanian tiger, A member of the marsupial family! these grievous mistakes are embarrassment to the site, and a knock against your journalistic integrity. I'm quitting Dtoid and going to kotaku from now on.
Conrad, a Tasmanian Tiger is a marsupial, not a feline. This is basic biology. You may as well call an elephant equine.
@spot the spy & Indigo Dingo: I'm going to correct the post because you are right and because I'm annoyed by it. In future, please endeavor to name species appropriately by not making comparisons to animals in other classes. Thank you.
Fucking christ. So he got an Animal genus wrong... Big fucking deal. I hardly think it's a hit against his integrity as a VIDEOGAME journalist. You all need to get off of your high horses before you fall and hurt yourself. For someone who doesn't study animals as much as some of us do, calling a Tasmanian TIGER a CAT is an honest fucking mistake. If your all specialists, I would like to see you all get a degree in Biology/Animal sciences. Let me tell you, it's hard fucking work.
/but then again, most people on destructoid are the pinnacle of the human race /sarcasm.
(On a side note, TY is one of my favourite platformers of all time. It really fealt like the older platformers on PSX.)
/but then again, most people on destructoid are the pinnacle of the human race /sarcasm.
(On a side note, TY is one of my favourite platformers of all time. It really fealt like the older platformers on PSX.)
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my post was meant to be sarcastic, but it is a requirement to know all 140+ animal genus's to be a gaming journalist, duh.
my post was meant to be sarcastic, but it is a requirement to know all 140+ animal genus's to be a gaming journalist, duh.
@spot: lol, OF COURSE IT IS!
I Guess I'm just getting sick of everyone slamming the writers of this site when they get the smallest of things wrong. It's as though the people of the internet just don't allow even a small mistake.
I Guess I'm just getting sick of everyone slamming the writers of this site when they get the smallest of things wrong. It's as though the people of the internet just don't allow even a small mistake.
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