Dr. Muto
- December 31, 2002 00:00 AM PST
An epic platformer starring an annoying, farting mad scientist! Why didn't we think of that?!
Holiday Platform Game #54,263 is a surprisingly large-scale effort, covering the titular doctor as he blows up his home planet and goes on a quest to rebuild it from spare parts. He manages this by transforming into assorted cartoon animals and collecting thousands upon thousands of random platform-game objects.Midway's obviously tried to do a lot here. There are some very smart ideas�Muto's animal morphing is a fun gimmick�and the levels are surprisingly well designed in spots. Problem is, Midway didn't follow through with the foundation--the game has frame rate issues where nothing obviously tricky is being rendered, and the camera will drive you bonkers in some of your animal forms. The biggest crime, though, is that there's simply nothing at the core you haven't seen a zillion times before. With a bit more effort, Dr. Muto could have been a top-class platformer�as it is, though, it's simply "just another platformer."
