Review: Portal Runner
The Army Men series marches into new territory with Portal Runner, a fantasy adventure starring Vikki Grimm.
Vikki Grimm and Leo the lion take the leads in Portal Runner, 3DO?s attempt to give its Army Men franchise a shot in the arm by yanking the action from the battlefield and hurling it full force into fantastic worlds that bend time, space, and reality. The concept of travelling through futuristic, medieval, and Jurassic worlds, however, is a hackneyed one, and with rough textures and flat prerendered backgrounds, Portal Runner looks like a late-generation PlayStation title rather than a second-generation PS2 effort. It plays even worse, due to sludgy control and an obstinate camera that doesn?t re-center itself after panning, making it burdensome to steer Vikki around while surveying her surroundings. Mercifully, Portal Runner?s missions are short, and even incompetent gamers will have no problem conquering the easy ?puzzles??a good thing since players will get tired of the tinny in-game music and Vikki?s raspy-voiced one-liners real fast. Stay away. Stay far away.
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