Super Duper Quack Sauce
I'm no aficionado of the NES but lets just say I played the heck out of that thing back in the day, and even later through emulators. Ducktales was one of the games that I could kick the butt out of. I could beat that game no problem, and I loved it. Awesome music, sweet levels and an excuse to play with another person's pogo stick besides my own.
Now. I don't know anything about the old TV show or the movies involving Ducktales. This review of the remastered edition is coming from a guy who only knows Ducktales through the original NES game. So let's keep that in mind while we try to keep all those other things we need to keep in mind, in mind. Like those responsibilities other than playing video games that we all have, even though we'd all rather not have those. Oh man, the day we win the lottery. Am I right?
So Ducktales Remastered is literally like Ducktales NES just with some upgrades in the graphics and music department. There's some boring cut scenes tossed in their like fluff on a thanksgiving turkey too. So where does this remastered super edition go wrong? Did they developers piss me off on some personal level? Like, did they come over my house and steal my girl? No, of course not. I don't have a girl. I mean, I want one but I don't got one. Did they get me fired from my current job? No, of course not. And even if they did I would love them more for it. My job sucks.
The original Ducktales was a game that had a time and a place, whatever that means (probably something to do with the NES). It had these little unique quarks to it that added up to make a decent experience, for example that two function pogo-stick that whacks slow. Remaking this game without changing anything is just strange. It's like keeping the gameplay in chains for no reason. Your friends might say if you play this remastered version over the original you just want some artsy, fartsy graphics and a trip down memory line. It's called, just play the original if you want to taste those ducks armpits so bad....I don't have friends like that.
Why can't I just say this game is boring and move on with my life?