Game #1054: Around the World in 80 Days

  Or in about an hour give or take.

 Since I never tire from playing garbage, today I'm writing about Jackie Chan's Around the World in 80 Days videogame adaptation. Y'know, muddy digitalized sprites, somewhat labyrinthic level design, a password system... yeah, I've been here before.

 So, the basic gameplay loop is weird, you have to find four symbols on each stage before you can proceed, and upon finding all of them your health bar is permanently lengthened. There are very light platforming elements, but the game is a beat'em up, Jackie Chan's character can punch and kick, jump and wall jump.

 Combat is pretty much the core element of the game, and it's weird... if you try to straight up fight enemies you'll probably take damage, so you have to employ these lame looking hit and run tactics which aren't much fun. On the other hand, stun-locking enemies with your attacks is so easy it ain't even funny.

 Yeah, another shovelware game on the GBA, who'd have known!? It was sorta kinda maybe almost fun a few times, but it never lasted more than a couple of minutes, so... better off left forgotten alongside the movie that inspired it.

 3.0