GameSpot: Move Ape Escape keeps the charm but loses the fun from its goofy predecessors.
PlayStation Move Ape Escape is the type of game that you’ll either burn out on quickly or become hooked on like a monkey fiending for bananas, and since a demo version is available it is recommended that you download it first to see how it suits your taste. If you’re hungry for more monkey mayhem afterwards, you will get your $20s worth from the full game.
Eric of VividGamer.com writes:
"July is notorious for being a slow month in the gaming industry and this year was no different. There weren’t the big AAA titles that we saw last month but that doesn’t mean there weren’t any good games to play this month. Let’s take a look at which games were the best and the worst for the month of July 2011."
sad about the ratings of Ape Escape and Call Of Juarez..definitely a great month for downloads though!
I was a big fan of Ape Escape back in the day, it's a shame to see its current incarnations doomed to be watered-down on-rails Move shooters. There's so much interesting stuff that could have been doing with the Move controller and an Ape Escape game - get back to the platforming of the original!!!
I think this month's lists are even more interesting than they were last month. I hadn't realized how badly Call of Juarez had done, for example.
The first Ape Escape game was released on the original PlayStation, and ushered in a revolution, showcasing the Dualshock’s twin analog sticks in a marvellous way. Now, twelve years after that initial game, Sony has enlisted the venerable monkeys as another technical showcase. But does the Move-required game have enough gusto to usher in a new wave of gamers?
Brutal.
This could've been PlayStation Move's killer app, but was ruined by making it a rail shooter.