Disney's Emperor's New Groove Action Game

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Product Features

• Adventure..Fun..Challenge..Bring it on! Product Information Thisaction packed game is starring the jaguars. The forest has a surprise or twowaiting for you.  You want to keep the energy as high as the attitude -that could keep you from becoming lunch. Get your groove on with thisaction-packed title based on The Emperor's New Groove. Give Yzma and Kronk theslip as you race across the countr

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• ASIN: B00004U5R6
• Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 8, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,213 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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This is the best of the recent batch of games revolving around the Disney film, The Emperor's New Groove. The self-absorbed Emperor Kuzco is in a real fix. He's impulsively fired his royal advisor (and sorceress), Yzma. In her enraged state, she tries to "put Kuzco to sleep" but instead turns him into a llama. Llama Kuzco ends up on the top of the mountain in a small village. The goal of the game is to help the llama make his way back to the palace to find a potion that will turn Kuzco back to Emperor. This is no easy task, however. There are coins to collect, secret passageways to explore, puzzles to solve, and combinations to figure out. Kuzco essentially jumps and kicks his way through each chapter, ultimately finding his way back to the palace.

The game play is fun but challenging, the graphics are colorful, and younger testers appreciated that the dialog was read aloud. The puzzles aren't always easy to figure out- in fact most players had to enlist the help of older siblings and parents. All things considered, this is a solid game, with a strong theme and a wide variety of activities. Note that the Win and PlayStation versions of the game are identical.
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Adventure..Fun..Challenge..Bring it on! Product Information Thisaction packed game is starring the jaguars. The forest has a surprise or twowaiting for you.  You want to keep the energy as high as the attitude -that could keep you from becoming lunch. Get your groove on with thisaction-packed title based on The Emperor's New Groove. Give Yzma and Kronk theslip as you race across the countr

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Fun Game, February 18, 2001

By 

Farffleblex Plaffington (Parnybarnel, Mississippi) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Disney's Emperor's New Groove Action Game (CD-ROM)

First, let me say that my sound, and everything else, worked fine, and I even installed this game on an older PC running Windows 2000 Advanced Server, even though it doesn't meet the requirements for it. I've also installed it without a problem on a system that was pretty hip a couple years ago, which means it's pretty dated now, running Windows 98 and with no new drivers.

I'm not a very experienced gamer. On the other hand, I'm in my 30's. I found The Emperor's New Groove challenging and fun. While from a strictly technical standpoint, I can see arguments that the graphics aren't perfect (as mentioned in reviews for versions of the game for other systems), the graphics were absorbing to me. I also loved the music and the funny, sarcastic attitude of the characters.

You control Kuzco, the Emperor, in his transformed, llama state. The game begins high up in the mountains, in Pacha's village, and your goal is to travel back to the royal palace to be transformed back into a human Emperor. The game is a series of levels that take you through the mountains, rivers, catacombs, etc. You have to collect coins and other items, solve puzzles, and make many challenging jumps--in many ways, The Emperor's New Groove can be considered a cross between an adventure/logic, an action and a platform game, just like most other Disney Action Games.

One of the things that makes the game challenging is that you only can take five hits before you lose a life. It is possible to collect extra lives, but it usually isn't easy to find the object you need to get them. Until you've mastered defeating enemies like the "evil" royal guards, you can take those five hits in a matter of seconds. Losing all your lives (I often only had one) means starting over from the beginning of a level. When you're in a level that takes 40 minutes to get through and you have to defeat the guard 20 minutes into it, that can be quite a challenge.

Of course, to experienced gamers, say someone who plays computer/video games an hour or two per day and has been doing so for 10 - 15 years or so, this might not be such a hard game. But as a Disney title, The Emperor's New Groove is directed at kids from 8 and up. For more inexperienced gamers of any age, it may be _too_ challenging. My wife, for instance, who hasn't tried playing computer games before this title (she liked the film so much that she wanted to try it) has given up for the time being, at least until she builds some experience on easier titles. I'm a bit more experienced, but there were levels here, such as the very long one full of huge Venus Flytraps, lava pits, bees, elaborate arrow booby traps, etc. that took me _at least_ 5 or 6 hours of gameplay to get through.

Elsewhere, I've read some complaints about the way the 3D camera automatically scrolls. I agree that when you're in a tight spot, the camera changes can make the game quite difficult. Also, you have to position the camera in order to make many of the jumps, and tight spots, as well as trying to maneuver so you won't miss the jump, can make positioning the camera correctly _extremely_ difficult. But that's part of the challenge, isn't it?

In my opinion, the most recent Disney Action Games I've played--which also includes The two newer Buzz Lightyear games, 102 Dalamatians: Puppies to the Rescue (this is the best one for the most inexperienced gamers, since it's much harder to die) and Donald Duck Goin' Quackers--are not only the best Disney games so far, but are the most fun games I've played yet. Of course it helps that I'm a huge Disney fan, but I enjoy the Disney games more than anything aimed at my demographic.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Despite problems "Emporer's" is still Groovy, August 27, 2001

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Amy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Disney's Emperor's New Groove Action Game (CD-ROM)

First off, this game is worth it's price! It allows for several hours of amusement (several days for less experienced gamer I'm told) for relatively little cash. The story line is engaging, the commentry is fresh and amusing, and the game play style is varied enough to keep from being boring. There are, however, a few problems. While the backgrounds, animals, and enemies are very well designed the 3-D people are HORRIBLE! The bodies are sharply angled and box like and the faces are rounded without any 3-D detail. This, however, is just an asthetic issue and shouldn't deter buyers. Another problem, however, may deter those gamers who are really into their sound. Be prepared for sound skips during scene changes as well as random repetitions of the same phrase when moving Kuzco (the llama) at high speeds. The only other issue is the camera angle. At times the camera defaults to a view that makes precise jumping rather difficult. While frustrating at the moment this does add a measure of skill to the game. In enjoyability this game rates five stars but the technical issues listed above drop it's total score down to four stars.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars last groove, September 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Disney's Emperor's New Groove Action Game (CD-ROM)

I play this game with my 4 year old. She has a tough time moving the characters and the graphics are very disappointing for a Disney game. The manual has minimal instructions and no hints where to look for the extra goodies.