Game Reviews | Game Previews

Summary

ahahahahahahha wjhat can i say about ice age 2 the meltdow. well first it is all about the little squirl. what about the other animals. second its not fun and just plain weird. third its just boring. its has nothing to it. the story itslef is horrible. i would deffinatly not buy it unles ypur buying it for your little brother/ young child. it is deffinatly not what i was excpecting but it was amusing to whatch at first. i would say if it was for an older audiance to rent it first or to just never even bother with it unless youre really with those kind of games..

Summary

ice age 2 meltdown is a good game for kids .the graphics of this is great all characters are look so great like in film.The sound of all characters in ice age 2 game is orignal.The gameplay of ice age 2 meltdown is very easy every one can play ice age 2 meltdown game.ice age 2 meltdoen is very good game for kids.ice age 2 meltdown is only 3 OR 4 HOURS game.

Difficulty: very very easy.
Story:very very good.
Time Spent Playing, to Date:3 OR 4 HOURS.
Gameplay:very good.
Learning Curve: 15 minuts.
Sound: very good.
Value: very good.

Summary

You might be thinking another kid friendly game based on a movie uh oh. Well you see Ice Age 2 is actually no that bad. Let me explain.

Well first off lets see what the gameplay is like. Pretty good actually. I mean yeah it's targeted at little kids but it is fun all the same. It's simple platforming fun at its best. Which is great 'cause it was proved a long time ago that simple platforming was great (think super Mario and Rachet and Clank). But all the same it has been done thousands of times before so it's not revolutionary. You know collect all the collectibles and perform simple attacks.

Well the main character of the game, Scrat the cute little saber toothed squirrel thing controls very well. The controls are tight and the varios attacks are simple to pull off.

As for the graphics, You're not going to be disappointed. There probably some of the best in the genre and definetly the best for a movie tie in game. All the characters have been done very well and the backrounds aren't as great but still good.

The sound is well, sound. I mean very good. The voices are from the actors of the movie (which will put a big smile on the faces of Ice Age fans). Scrat has lots of little expressions like he wheezes and puffs whenever he moves. And the music is kind off backround noise that you don't seem to notice until you get to the mini-games where it changes.

The only downside to Ice Age is that it's pretty short. I have not yet completed it but you get one bonus feature per level and there are two left to unlock after four levels and other reviews said it had only six levels as well. And also it's easy which I don't find a problem but very hard-core gamers will be annoyed at this.

Finally. This is a great simple platformer that is a must for Ice Age fans and for little kids. And also people who are rubbish or are casual gamers should think about this title as well . I'm not hard-core but I play games almost every day and I relly like this game, although it's not every bodies cup of tea. And also if you are a platformer perfectionist stay clear as it's predictible in what you must do to advance.

In short, good for some, great for others, not so great if you insist on perfection.

Summary

Although Ice Age 2 The Meltdown took me about a day and a half to complete you'll still get a lot of fun out of it, I'm 14 and still found the game pretty enjoyable, especially the the mini missions. Making a movie tie-in game is very hard to do put Vivendi Games have really thought this game through well. Ice Age 2 will appeal mostly to young children as it is not very challenging. Fans of the film will love this too. Some solid gameplay and impressive graphics add to the fun. Despite being very short any young child or someone just looking for a small, easy and simple game then look know further.

Maybe slightly childish and a bit short, despite these small floors Ice Age 2 is a great game.

Summary

This game could be much better. You only play as scrat through most of the game, why can't you play as manny, sid and diego moving around doing the same thing scrat is doing? but playing as scrat is ok. The controls when you're swimming are very lousy and the graphics are not the best. The game is also too short, once I completed it in quite a long time and the second time i played through it it took me just about 3 quarters of an hour for me to play through the whole game! Probably the only thing that's good about it is the locations of where you play like the sloth lava world and the icy cave that's flooding and you have to stop it from flooding. Collecting flower petals as health is pretty stupid and collecting fruit to get energy is quite weird too.