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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful. The premise of Scooby-Doo Unmasked: Scooby and the gang are looking forwards to assembly Fred’s cousin, Jed. But when they arrive at the Giant Fright & Magic special effects company, Jed is nowhere to be found. It that wasn’t sufficient, the company’s top-secret Mubber formula, an incredible invention that allows Giant Fright & Magic to make the most realistic monster costumes even conceived, has also disappeared–and Jed is the prime suspect! With Mubber-fied monsters popping up all over the place, it’s up to Scooby-Doo and the super-sleuths of Mystery Inc. to stop the creepy costumed creatures, unmask the truth, and prove Jed’s innocence. In some ways, Unmasked is a cross between 100 Frights and Mystery Mayhem: it has some of the free-range game play of 100 Frights and Scooby is on his own. Yet, Scooby touches base with the gang after each amount, sometimes interacting with the others and even rescuing them. Using Mubber amassed from defeating Mubberized villians–as well as a Mubber apparatus–Scooby can change into 3 different costumes which will help him perfect certain levels. These costumes are Kung Fu (helping him to peform martial arts moves and mega strikes), Bat (for riding air currents and gliding), and Robin Hood (for shooting plungers at the rival and targets). Scooby needs to find the Costume Coins–and have sufficient Mubber–to be able to wear the costumes, though. As in 100 Frights, Scooby chomps on Scooby Snacks which help lead him to where he needs to go next. After eating 100, he gets another medal. Scooby starts out with 4 medals (when he uses all 4, he loses his life) but if he finds food throughout the game, he can return to Shaggy’s food cart. Shaggy will mix ingredients and each recipe increase Scooby’s medals by 1. (I reckon I had 10-12 by the time I finished the game.) Also, Scooby collects clues which help you unlock new levels and secret areas. After you return to the central “hub”, you show Velma the clues. Scooby Doo Unmasked features 3 generous levels: Shuddery Showdown in Chinatown, Haunted Rockin’ Roller Coaster, and Harum Scare’em Museum. Chinatown was my LEAST favorite amount. I couldn’t wait for it to be over. In many respects, it’s probably the most hard. It’s also the most lackluster, in my attitude. The sewers are quite tough to steer and skipping along tree tops is also tough because if you stay atop one too long, you’ll fall through. The Haunted theme park is probably my favorite. I especially loved the Water Park (the sliding is AMAZING). Riding on ghostly roller coasters was fun as was the circus. The huge top really got my heart pumping because you have to steer high up on trapeze as well as bounce on huge clown balloons. You also get to battle evil clowns, passionate men, and more. The museum was pretty fun, too. Here’s an underwater section, a prehistoric section (where you have to battle dinosaurs), and much more. Unmasked didn’t seem to be as extensive as 100 Frights, but it WAS simpler. Don’t get me incorrect, here’s some really tough parts in this game that took me hours to master! Supposedly, Unmasked uses an all-new game engine featuring “contour shading” that makes the game look just like the cartoon. I beg to differ. If they were shooting for simplified and lacking detail, then they achieved that…especially with the villians. I reckon the graphics of 100 Frights were much better and reminded me a lot more of the spirit of the cartoon if not the letter. One business that bugged me about Unmasked is that you have to go through an ENTIRE amount before saving. So even if you’ve completed several areas, you will LOSE that gameplay unless you get to the very end where you can save your progress. I found this irritating and a bit frustrating. Unmasked stirred along a bit nearer than 100 Frights and is much more forgiving control wise. Here are clean challenges like flying airplanes, skidding down water slides, gliding atop ballons, shooting at targets while moving, and more. All around, I reckon Unmasked is the best Scooby game thus far. If the set-up were similar to 100 Frights and built-in the same quality of graphics, it would be 5-star superb. But it’s a excellent game that will likely keep the attention of children over 6 as well as 30-something gamers like myself who like Scooby. 21 of 21 people found the following review helpful. 10 of 14 people found the following review helpful. The graphics are… yes. Cel-shaded. Scooby and the gang look excellent but the baddies less so. Here is this guy called Guitar Ghoul and he looks dreadful. THe environments look excellent but sometimes, objects just disappear; a conundrum seen in the recent The Incredible Hulk: Essential Destruction. The music is fantastic. A mix of techno and soft rock is always welcome and I haven’t seen that mix work so well since my all-time fav game Sonic Heroes. Sly Cooper And The Theivus Racoonus also got it right and so did Ratchet & Clank 3: Up Your Arsenal. The voices are brilliant. Scooby sounds like Scooby. Shaggy sounds like Shaggy. Velma sonds like Velma etc. The gameplay itself has some new parts that are more than welcome. Unlike Mystery Mayhem, Unmasked got combat. The classic Crash Bandicoot Spin and the Sonic style Spin Dash. Here are also costumes. THe Kung Fu/Ninja costume is fantastic because it gives Scooby the skill to fight even better. Here is a super charge-up attack that is powerful and will defeat any animatron in a 1 hit. The bat costume is a waste of time because you only need it like 3 times in the game. The game is small. Very small. I git it yesterday and already have cleared 50% of it. Bummer. Best bit of the game: The entire first planet: Shuddery Showdown in Chinatown. Graphics- Sound- Gameplay/Lifespan- Overall 8/10 -FINAL VERDICT- By the way: IM THE FIRST FRIGGIN REVIEWER!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! |
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