For those of you who enjoyed poy poy (the first) to the extent that you thought it necessitated a sequel , then I can conclude you've either lived a sheltered gaming life, playing exclusively on unwanted copies of power piggs, skullmonkeys and a variety of other sub-par anthropomorphic titles; or more likely you don't actually exist. Its a shame to see that the 'crate throwing' genre never really took off as it had potential to move into other hybrid areas such as 'first-person crate throwing' and 'crate em-ups'. The latter purely for the opportunity of an announcer saying "Crate combo!".
Poy poy 2 struggles to be anything other than four people throwing things in a confined space, effectively simulating how Russian democracy worked for many years. Konami however has managed to create depth to something that really didn't need any, the Poy Poy cup is that most coveted of prizes among people who don't mind inanimate objects embedded into their faces. Being a televised event one might think the cameramen would like to find some edgy shots to invoke audience participation, clearly the cameraman in question is a junior rookie given a shot at the big time. His unique static camera method may not be the norm now, but when he becomes the first person to nab rare pictures of Spiderman its greenhorn no more!
Playing the 'story' mode in the loosest sense of the word provides that epic feeling of watching the second half of Eurovision. An irksome announcer introduces and closes the show with a grating voice that more than makes up for the absence of awkward banter normally seen between two presenters. Followed by every round is a score tally by a woman who possibly due to equality regulations has just as irritating a voice as her male counterpart. The score tally marathon tends to take between 3-5 minutes as the disk slowly loads up the individual sound bite for each characters name. Considering there are several divisions you begin to resent any competitor with a name over two syllables, especially when they have names like Ten Ten. Clearly he was so adept at throwing things at an early age that they decided to name him stupidly twice.
I'm sure when four players gather round for 'Poy Party' as we all know them might increase the games appeal. I along with many owners of this game however find it difficult to justify inviting three people into my home for the sole purpose of playing something they probably haven't heard of, and I know just about enough to struggle through an article about it. I know many retro gamers are all for seeking out the niche titles, but much like the ark of the covenant they are often hidden with good reason. I'm not saying Poy Poy 2 will melt the faces of the master race any time soon, but it might unlock the secrets of an ancient alien race...that secret being throwing things is the basis for a lucrative TV show.
Poy poy 2 struggles to be anything other than four people throwing things in a confined space, effectively simulating how Russian democracy worked for many years. Konami however has managed to create depth to something that really didn't need any, the Poy Poy cup is that most coveted of prizes among people who don't mind inanimate objects embedded into their faces. Being a televised event one might think the cameramen would like to find some edgy shots to invoke audience participation, clearly the cameraman in question is a junior rookie given a shot at the big time. His unique static camera method may not be the norm now, but when he becomes the first person to nab rare pictures of Spiderman its greenhorn no more!
Playing the 'story' mode in the loosest sense of the word provides that epic feeling of watching the second half of Eurovision. An irksome announcer introduces and closes the show with a grating voice that more than makes up for the absence of awkward banter normally seen between two presenters. Followed by every round is a score tally by a woman who possibly due to equality regulations has just as irritating a voice as her male counterpart. The score tally marathon tends to take between 3-5 minutes as the disk slowly loads up the individual sound bite for each characters name. Considering there are several divisions you begin to resent any competitor with a name over two syllables, especially when they have names like Ten Ten. Clearly he was so adept at throwing things at an early age that they decided to name him stupidly twice.
I'm sure when four players gather round for 'Poy Party' as we all know them might increase the games appeal. I along with many owners of this game however find it difficult to justify inviting three people into my home for the sole purpose of playing something they probably haven't heard of, and I know just about enough to struggle through an article about it. I know many retro gamers are all for seeking out the niche titles, but much like the ark of the covenant they are often hidden with good reason. I'm not saying Poy Poy 2 will melt the faces of the master race any time soon, but it might unlock the secrets of an ancient alien race...that secret being throwing things is the basis for a lucrative TV show.
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