The game does feature 17 pretty well designed stages, so I can’t get too angry at them. I was still having fun during the game, but you can tell there should have been more time dedicated to getting the game as polished as possible. Not only that, the game had many times where it overall felt unpolished. One stage will have you bouncing off bumpers (See Sonic 2’s Casino Night Zone), squirting water on seeds to make platforms appear and a couple of stages even has you pushing a huge bowling ball of destruction because, ya know, why not? Talking about the bowling ball sections of the game, I found the physics in those sections to be really questionable. Each stage has its own unique look and most offer new gameplay mechanics to use. That was a bit annoying but I got used to it.Īnother great thing that the game does is try to keep things fresh. One of the moves that I did keep accidentally using was this one move where instead of butt stomping straight down, I would butt stomp diagonally. All the moves work great and make sense with the type of animal that Tembo is. Jump stomping on bad guys, uppercutting helicopters with your trunk, blowing water all over raging fires, and a few other moves are what this elephant has up his arsenal. The game has you running through enemies like nothing. Game Freak really made the game feel like your controlling a massive tank of an elephant that can charge through anything. One of the great things about the 16-bit platformer craze was that almost each animal they brought in tried to offer something unique to the gameplay we all knew and loved. The cutscenes are short, but that’s a good thing since you’re not here for the story. I really liked the color usage and art style portrayed in the cutscenes. The story is presented in a storyboard/comic book style layout, mostly silent with no voice acting. Just like those good old games of the 16-bit generation, Tembo the Badass Elephant skips the long drawn-out stories and gives you a simple story of a badass retired war elephant that has been called back on duty after after the citizens of Shell City has been kidnapped by opposing forces calling themselves ‘Phantom’. Tembo the Badass Elephant is a big homage to the early 90’s platformer era where you would have tons of animal based platforming games with unique mechanics coming out left and right. I have been itching to get my hands on this game since SEGA first showed it earlier this year and now that I have beaten it was all my excitement worth it? Is Tembo the Badass Elephant a good enough game to earn the honor of having ‘badass’ in its title? SEGA and Game Freak Inc ( Pokemon series, Pulseman) partner up once more to bring us a brand new platformer starring Tembo the Badass Elephant.
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