On a purely visual level, Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie is stunning. Its lush landscapes of raw forests and craggy mountainsides supply a cinematic feel. In fact, at times I felt like I was actually in the movie. It doesn't hurt that gamemaker Ubisoft gives you the option of playing in a widescreen (16:9) format, and that Jackson decided to do away with the typical onscreen gaming options (health bar, ammo supply, weaponry, etc.). It was cool.Kong's story begins just like the movie, too. Haven't seen it yet? Jack Driscoll is a New York playwright who's been hired by filmmaker Carl Denham for his next project. Carl is banking on Jack's talents, as well as those of down-on-her-luck actress Ann Darrow, to help save his career. But his reckless plan causes them and a couple of shipmates to crash into the shores of Skull Island, a place most thought didn't exist. It's on this mysterious island where the crew encounters strange beasts, a savage tribe and a 25-foot ape with a thing for Ann.t's those beasts that continually up the scare factor here, routinely jumping out of nowhere to take a swipe at you. For most of the game, you play as Jack in first-person shooter form, which makes a stab from a giant megapede or a swooping "harpie"-like bat that much more jolting. But sporadically you're given the opportunity to play as Kong while the story follows his adventure with Ann. In this third-person mode, the game takes on a completely different feel as you swing through the jungle and send opponents flying with your massive forearms. And, of course, there are the "boss fights" as Kong faces an assortment of menacing, meat-eating dinosaurs.
You get the picture, right? Since both Jack and Kong face the task of warding off bloodthirsty attackers, violence plays a key role throughout your adventure. With Jack, your only defense is finding (and using) spears, bones, fire or, if you're lucky, artillery that's left behind in crates. And with Kong, it's all-fury-all-the-time as he grapples in hand-to-throat combat.
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