Earthworm Jim HD Demo Impressions (w/ Game-Play Video)

DualShockers writes, "Hitting the North American PSN Network a little late from its Xbox Live (or European PSN) counterpart, Earthworm Jim HD presents itself as a downloadable title for $9.99 and comes with the free demo treatment as well. I haven’t played Earthworm Jim more than a few times in the past, but I found this title to show some promise in key areas for those who may be new to the series while finding it almost certain that returning fans will enjoy this romp in 2D side-scrolling action. The graphics and art style are fun to explore and interesting, with levels that become similar to puzzles at times challenging the player to solve tricks and turns in the game-play to progress while fighting off enemies with a combination of melee and projectile attacks...."

[ShadyDevil]

Been lookin forward to this game. Might pick it up when i get a PSN card.

[Hitman0769]

I think this game has a lot of fun factor to it but if you have trouble returning to the old school control systems then you may not enjoy it. It's a tough call for me because I'm 50/50 on the issue. Other than that though it seems pretty great, I could have done without the goofy sound effects though!

[taz8080]

Old school earth worm Jim was awesome. Glad to see him make a comeback.

[Chadness]

I remember playing the original back in the day. An HD remake sounds pretty cool.

[crimsonfox]

i should tried out the demo for Turtle's in time... i figured the game was so good back then it would be hard to ruin... i was wrong -_-

[Bedrockk]

with so much love being given to throwbacks like donkey kong, kirby, and the like, i am REALLY happy they brought EWJ back - even if its only in a downloadable throwback (admittedly, there may not have been enought there to warrant a $60 followup).

[Baltis]

I wish they'd remake Duck Tales 1 & 2, along with Darkwing Duck "nes". Those would be sharp. I bought EarthWorm Jim last Tuesday, after a long delay of not having it on the PSN, and then my launch Ps3 died in mid download. Made me mad. Lost everything as the back up file I made the prior week did not work on my slim. I lost nearly 4 years, since launch day, of data and games. Luckily, I have a slim and I sent my ps3 off to Sony already, but all that work kinda puts things into perspective.

[BigKev45]

The FULL game is good... on XBL Arcade.

[Silly gameAr]

Good on PSN too.

[ActionBastard]

The FULL game is good... on PSN too Duke Failington.

[maniacmayhem]

The FULL game is good....

edit: non-fanboy version

[karl]

awesome game..

i just feel 9.99 is way to much for it.. its a really short game, right?

ill try the demo and decide..

[Demons Souls]

Why don't you buy the game?

Nvm, I just looked at the URL and noticed dualshockers. Of course they would post something irrelevant.

[ChronoJoe]

I thought it was pretty great.

I also appreciated the reduced difficulty. Not that I shy away from the challenge it's just since I bought it for the nostalgia, primarly from seeing all the stages and stuff, it was nice to be able to play through them... minus frustration, and just enjoy.

[DJ]

Mostly because of collision detection.

[booni3]

that isnt a lot to pay if its good and it seems like it is, but even if it isnt good, its still only ten bucks so this one is kind of like a win/win situation.

[Redempteur]

my impression of the demo

" buy the game"
" you could have unlocked a trophy if you had the full version"
"Buy the game "
"wanna try another level ?" ( just 15 seconds )
"buy the game "

DELETED..how to make a bad demo ..because that is a perfect exemple of bad in my eyes

[ChronoJoe]

You got to play a level between advertising. How's that different to most demos? It's not.

The only difference was the 'you would have got a trophy...' thing. Which didn't interupt gameplay, I even thought it was funny.