Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal -- WTF?
It's not often that a game is so awful that I feel I have to warn people about it, but sadly, Warner Brothers Games' Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal necessitates just that. This game is so bad that I beg of you -- don't buy it, don't rent it, don't even borrow it.
After being unimpressed by the demo available on Xbox Live Marketplace, I really didn't expect to pick it up. But seeing as how I'm a total sucker for a cute bear, when my better half showed some interest in it while playing the demo with me, I thought to myself, "Well, it might be a fun co-op experience and easy gamerscore." Oh, how wrong I was.
I guess with several genuinely fun co-op experiences under my belt recently, I have just begun to take for granted that "co-op" is equal to "fun with a buddy." Lego Star Wars is a good example of cooperative play done correctly. The same goes for Gears of War, Crackdown, The Simpson's Game, and even Eternal Sonata. So it was with blind optimism that I traded for Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal on Goozex, expecting to spend a few casual afternoons and evenings plodding through story mode with a partner. Instead, we saw the "if it's not fun, stop playing" rule enacted faster than ever.
I don't understand why it's 2008 and some developers don't seem to grasp the fact that having to manually control the camera completely blows ass tarts. Taking into consideration the level designs found in this abomination of a gaming experience -- lots of turning, exploring, a lack of melee targeting -- the game quickly devolves into a ever-spinning experiment in motion sickness. Add a second player and the problem only worsens. When you're spending more than half of your play time simply trying to position the camera so you can see what's going on, the fun stops (if we had any to begin with). If you really can't set up a decent camera angle, at least design the levels to be more linear so that a player can primarily move forward and can concentrate on the "action" rather than just struggling to see what's going on.
So, while I might have written a full review of Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal, this is all you're getting. Why? I think I mentioned my long standing rule before: If it stops being fun, quit playing. That's exactly why we didn't even make it twenty minutes into the game. So heed my warning, ladies and gents, avoid Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal at all costs. Avoid it at retail, avoid it at rental, avoid it at the bargain bin. Your sanity will thank me.
TexCub
Posted to Video Games on 9 March 2008
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furthermore, why are you playing anything other than Smash Bros right now?
Did you guys at least get some achievements unlocked? :)
I finished the tutorial for one achievement. The remainder of the points were not worth the headache. No achievement is worth sitting through that mess!