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Join Tak in an epic adventure, as he learns new Juju magic
to recover the Staff of Dreams and defeat Tlaloc once and
for all. It's not easy being Jibolba's apprentice, and Tak's
got the bruises to prove it. Now dabbling with new abilities,
Tak is creating a little Juju magic of his own! He's even
working on mastering the ancient Juju magic of the animals.
Between possessing them and turning into his Spirit Animal,
Tak's got a lot to learn. And he better do it fast because
Tlaloc has begun his return with vengeance on his mind...
Tak
2: The Staff of Dreams builds well on last year's (2004)
Tak and the Power of Juju.
Fans of the first game will find that this second instalment
improves upon the original format, ever so slightly.
All
the familiar elements are here - interaction with animals,
colourful environments and jungle sounds - but there are few
nice additions that will impress even the most hardened of
gamers.
The
cut movie sequences are not only some of the best rendered
sections of animation we've ever seen on a PS2 game, but they
are also incredibly funny.
One
of the best mini games, within the main game, is the wild
water ride. In this level you must guide Tak, who is stuck
in a barrel, down the perilous currents of a river - dodging
rocks and ducking under low branches. The graphics are truly
breathtaking and anyone whose heart doesn't race while playing
this section of the game should stop playing console games
altogether. It's the next best thing to going on a theme park
ride - and you won't have to queue for hours either.
There
are also a good collection of "Dinky" games including
phoenix fight, snowboard race, sandboard trick score, mummy
shuttle and feather frenzy.
Sadly,
the main game becomes a little too repetitive after a while.
Jumping around and killing monsters becomes boring very quickly.
So it's a good job that there are plenty of mini games peppered
throughout the main game to keep it fresh.
There
is a major problem with the controls for this game though.
There is no option to reverse the x and y axis of the camera
and after six hours of play, this was still annoying for me
and made it incredibly difficult to move the camera while
you are running. This is not good as you can't always position
the camera to see where you are going - which can be fatal.
All
in all this is an above average offering. Fans of the first
game will love it and it will certainly keep very young, as
well as more seasoned players, amused for hours.
Pete
Boomer
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