Bubsy - Fractured Furry Tales (part 2 of 4)

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Published on March 16, 2017 7:50:59 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlbW3eARPRU

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Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (1994)

Duration: 1:07:54

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This is the ridiculously bad Jaguar game. I've never cleared this, so that should be an experience. A really boring, hyper-difficult maze of a game, with all the worst aspects of Bubsy. It could use an objective pointer and some health. List of good / bad ideas below:

Good ideas:
+Passwords after every stage.
+ Unique bosses, sure.
+ Enemy variety seems better than usual.
+ Level aesthetic is okay, and the enemies match it.
+ Enemies still stay dead when you kill them, unless you continue/password.
+ 9 lives cat joke isn't funny but it helps a lot to start with so many.
+ Configurable controls... for the 3 buttons there are.

Bad ideas:
- The maps are incredible labyrinths; dungeon crawlers would be jealous.
- As if the maps weren't maze-like enough, they added small switches all over, which open mandatory gates off-screen. No way to tell what switch did which gate, or where to look.
- Enemies swoop in off-screen like never before. Some enemies are designed for it, like hornets.
- The aggressive enemy design highlights that 1 health is still a bad idea for Bubsy.
- Momentum is all screwed up and feels terrible to try and get the right movement going, especially up hills.
- The bosses, while unique in appearance and attacks, are still poorly done. They feel bad whether you are winning or losing.
- Still requires an egregious amount of orbs to get a life back.
- Still have a time limit, which may very easily run out on you in this version.
- You are vulnerable to balloons!
- You are vulnerable to hot wax, which is almost impossible to see! It looks like a harmless neat touch of artwork, until it kills you!
- Likewise, you are vulnerable to little drips of chocolate. It's hard to describe just how heavily they use this dumb obstacle late-game. Instant death comes at you from 5 pixels of chocolate rain.


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