This is Halloween! This is Halloween! Listen to us sing...the same (damn) thing! Over and over again till the end of the game – god damn it! (Capcom)... no not really !
Yes this was the game that I chose to review for the Halloween, my special choice - but first let me put this simple; I love this game, i love the movie… so let´s start OK.
The game was Designed to work as a sequel to the cult favorite stop-motion animated film ,Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas still remains widely popular in Japan (of course Capcom developing the game and releasing it exclusively in Japan). But most people who have more than a casual fancy for the film are Hot Topic-loving mall Goth’s and creepy Tim Burton fanatics (…or both). The developers clearly went to a lot of work to re-create the delightfully weird characters of the film, going so far as to include elaborate musical numbers and all sorts of subtle visual details. But while the game is a success on this front, sorry to said this (it pain´s me), it's not really 100% much fun to play. Charm and atmosphere certainly help, but this is a game we're talking about after all, and without quality gameplay to back it up; in terms of charm and atmosphere, you basically suck (but as a fan of the fill I love the game so screw you- Let´s be honest Capcom was afraid that Disney would fall on them just like it did to squareenix because of "Kingdon Hearts".) So let’s talk about the game in general.Basically, Oogie's Revenge is a hack-and-slash with some platforming and rhythm gaming tossed in for good measure. Upgrades are available for the soul robber (your main weapon), but generally speaking, you'll be repeating a lot of the same attacks. Over time, you can earn new costumes for Jack that will provide some new attacks (spoiler Alert!).
Christmas Jack, for instance, can toss presents that stun enemies in different ways, and Pumpkin King Jack can spit fire.
More often, though, you'll be using the soul robber and repeating the same basic attacks over and over (and over again).You’ll be playing some manner of fetch for one of the random townspeople, running back and forth, backtracking way too much. The boss fights are pretty much the lone bright spot of the gameplay even though they repeat the spider boss over 4 times (geez.....). Here, you'll typically find yourself running around and punching the boss character in his (showy though u cant miss it,but if u do miss it u are a noob! ) weak spot or spots, while musical notes spit out of the said boss. Once you collect enough of these notes to fill a note bar, you'll launch into what can be a quite challenging musical rhythm game. Successfully completing the game causes Jack to launch a super powerful attack at the boss, which does a lot of damage. If you screw it up, you'll still launch an attack, but a much weaker one. Unfortunately, these fights don't pop up terribly often, so you'll have to sift through a lot of tasks and search to get to the good parts.Unfortunately, things like jacked-up camera angles and periodically obnoxious frame rates do distract, to be honest it reminded me a bit of "Devil May Cry" or "Resident Evil (classic version )", maybe it was the same team that made it ,so engine must the same... maybe!. Well If you loved "The Nightmare Before Christmas", there might be a rental's worth of enjoyment to be found in "Oogie's Revenge" ( because i did!). If you're anything but a hardcore fan, though you better spend your time somewhere else or do something else, but in my opinion you may still like it.
So this is my verdict:
6/10
that´s the score
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