About half a year ago I was looking through PS2 games at the local Gamestop, since they were having a sale. Amidst crappy titles and even more crappy sports titles, a familiar logo stood out: From Software. The makers of the Armored Core, Souls, Shadow Tower, and ofcourse, King's Field series. But what's this? "Kuri Kuri Mix!"
When I think of From Software, this is generally not what comes to my mind:
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But yes, this is actually a game developed by From Software.
So a few weeks ago, a friend was visiting, and we wanted to play a co-op game. Sadly, I don't have too many co-op games, but then we found this game in my shelf. So we figured, why not just give it a try? And I must say, I'm really glad we did!
The game lets you control the two rabbits Chestnut and Cream as they try to find the moon, which - according to a rooster - has vanished from the sky. And without the moon, there will be no festival! Oh no! So our two rabbit heroes take it upon themselves to find the moon!
Each player controls their own half of a vertically split screen. You have to get from the start of the map to the goal at the end of an obstacle course. The obstacles are different for each of the two players, and they have to help each other out by doing actions in one player's obstacle course which affects the other player's obstacle course. Sometimes you also get to control a vehicle of sorts together, for example an airplane where one player controls left and right movement, and the other player controls up and down movement, or a boat where you each have one oar to row with. As it says on the back of the cover, "love is optional, but co-operation is essential ..."
The graphics reminds me a lot of N64 graphics, similar to Banjo Kazooie, and the like(although slightly better). Which is weird, considering this game is for the console generation after that. Also, the audio is just plain weird! Lots of strange sound effects, and the music is just plain crazy! And I actually consider that one of this game's highlights!
The gameplay is simple: One control stick moves your rabbit around, while you've got one button for jumping and one for using stuff on the map. You can play this game with a single controller, controlling one character per controller half, but even though i haven't tried it myself, I think this might be a bit hard. And much of the fun in this game comes from playing together with a friend.
My friend and I completed this game today, our third evening playing it. Probably spent a total of 12-15 hours in it - it could be quite challenging at times, but we eventually got through it every time. I highly recommend trying this game out! I can't remember how long it is since I last played a game that was so much pure fun!
This game has pretty much made me come to the conclusion that From Software is able to create any kind of game and make it a complete gem!
Note: The game is known as "The Adventures of Cookie and Cream," in North America.
When I think of From Software, this is generally not what comes to my mind:
But yes, this is actually a game developed by From Software.
So a few weeks ago, a friend was visiting, and we wanted to play a co-op game. Sadly, I don't have too many co-op games, but then we found this game in my shelf. So we figured, why not just give it a try? And I must say, I'm really glad we did!
The game lets you control the two rabbits Chestnut and Cream as they try to find the moon, which - according to a rooster - has vanished from the sky. And without the moon, there will be no festival! Oh no! So our two rabbit heroes take it upon themselves to find the moon!
Each player controls their own half of a vertically split screen. You have to get from the start of the map to the goal at the end of an obstacle course. The obstacles are different for each of the two players, and they have to help each other out by doing actions in one player's obstacle course which affects the other player's obstacle course. Sometimes you also get to control a vehicle of sorts together, for example an airplane where one player controls left and right movement, and the other player controls up and down movement, or a boat where you each have one oar to row with. As it says on the back of the cover, "love is optional, but co-operation is essential ..."
The graphics reminds me a lot of N64 graphics, similar to Banjo Kazooie, and the like(although slightly better). Which is weird, considering this game is for the console generation after that. Also, the audio is just plain weird! Lots of strange sound effects, and the music is just plain crazy! And I actually consider that one of this game's highlights!
The gameplay is simple: One control stick moves your rabbit around, while you've got one button for jumping and one for using stuff on the map. You can play this game with a single controller, controlling one character per controller half, but even though i haven't tried it myself, I think this might be a bit hard. And much of the fun in this game comes from playing together with a friend.
My friend and I completed this game today, our third evening playing it. Probably spent a total of 12-15 hours in it - it could be quite challenging at times, but we eventually got through it every time. I highly recommend trying this game out! I can't remember how long it is since I last played a game that was so much pure fun!
This game has pretty much made me come to the conclusion that From Software is able to create any kind of game and make it a complete gem!
Note: The game is known as "The Adventures of Cookie and Cream," in North America.