Final Thoughts

[Pix]

#9974

I was expecting this to take weeks to complete from what I’d heard about it’s difficulty but it turned out to be a lot shorter than I expected. I don’t think some of the other releases included a password system which would have made this a real slog to learn every level inside out.

Really enjoyed it anyway. It’s so smooth and well animated and has to be up there with the best DOS platformers for that alone. The worlds are extremely random. There’s no plot here, it seems more like the designers just threw whatever they thought would be fun into each level. The difficulty was quite well judged on the whole, not easy but doable with practice. Just a really polished and well put together game. There is a little style over substance possibly and I can’t say it plays as well as the Mario games that were around back then but the competition was a lot less stiff for DOS. Looking forward to the sequel.

[dr_st]

#9975

That was quick, wow. I’ve only replayed about 1/3 of the first game.

Well, you have a whole month – are you going to try EWJ2? The level skip system there is slightly more tricky.

[Coops]

#9980

You’re doing better than me. I’ve spent about an hour with the game so far and I can’t pass the first level. I keep dying on the pig boss who spews fish. Maybe I’ve lost my touch (I played a lot of these kinds of games as a kid) but I’m finding EWJ to be pretty challenging. I’ll keep at it.

I played a little EWJ2 and found that pretty hard too. I’m stuck at the part of the stairs elevator.

[dr_st]

#9981

>> I’m stuck at the part of the stairs elevator.

Fresh!

[Coops]

#9983

I’m now up to “What The Heck” (the second platforming stage). There’s a section I can’t get past where you’ve got to hook your head around a gold hook, jump, then do it again in succession. Talk about tedious and frustrating. I think that’s enough Earthworm Jim for today.

[dr_st]

#9985

I just finished Pod Race today, and either I got worse, or the timer runs faster on ‘Medium’ versus ‘Easy’, but I found it surprisingly difficult to complete, usually dying before reaching the secret pump. Maybe I should not have tried collecting that hidden extra life. Of course once you get to the secret pump, completing the rest of the course is straightforward.

[TigerQuoll]

#9986

EWJ very much feels like a console game, and I think that took me off guard. I was expecting a more PC-like experience, with the ability to save at any point for example.

I generally like this particular formula – unfair difficulty that expects you to memorise the levels – but when you’re expecting something else it’s just frustrating.
I also rage quit at the fish belcher bit on my first play.

I’m going to have to give it another shot, but imagine myself playing on a SNES!