Graphics
Gameplay
Story
Sound
Developer
Realore
Publisher
Realore
Pros:
• Fun and thoughtful level designs with great “flow”
• Very cute and happy theme
• Lots of secret areas to uncover
Cons:
• Classic platformer style that you’ve seen 100 times
• Story is confusing—although it’s a good effort
• Minor spelling errors throughout
With all of today’s fancy 3D graphics, explosions, flashing lights, and breakneck action, it can sometimes be hard to find a nice, child-friendly platformer in the same vein as Mario or Donkey Kong. Fortunately, Realore steps up to the challenge with Turtle Odyssey 2, a perfectly charming adventure about a little turtle named Ozzy.
The gameplay will be immediately familiar to anyone who’s played a platform action game. Your goal is to get Ozzy from one end of the level to the other, all while collecting coins, defeating foes, and uncovering secret areas (of which there are lots, by the way). Each level has five gems positioned somewhere within it that you must recover before you can exit the gate at the end, and there are no time limits, so you’re encouraged to explore along the way. You’re given ratings at the end of each level for secrets found, foes killed, and coins collected.
As for the general design of the game, it’s very cute. The graphics are extremely colorful and the sound is appropriate to the setting. It’s a very fun, light-hearted game. The enemies even make cute noises when you kick them off the screen, and Ozzy has a little turtle dance when he’s riding elevators that was a source of much amusement. The actual levels clearly had a lot of thought put into their design, and you’ll encounter many instances where precise timing and creative play pays off. For example, jumping on an enemy flying in the air to reach an otherwise unreachable location. It sounds obvious, but you’d be surprised how many platformers don’t add the little touches like that.
The one thing I have to ding them on is the story, which is a bit confusing at times and exhibits poor grammar and spelling. Nonetheless, you probably aren’t playing a game like this for the story anyway. You’re playing it for the action and the fun, and there’s plenty of both to be found here. Get it for the kids or get it for yourself; either way, give it a whirl. You’ll be dancing with Ozzy in no time!
Review by
Cameron Sorden
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