Customer Reviews

Hail To The Chimp: The Presidential Party Game

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My husband brought me this game because he thought it looked cute and like something I might enjoy on a rainy afternoon.

The story sounded promising: become the president of the first animal republic (after the lion king has been dethroned because of some scandal or other) by securing the votes of - clams, of all things. During the presidential campaign you are sent into arenas to compete against the other candidates.

I played two challenges and then I got bored. In the first arena, the objective was to run around and collect the most clams, in the second, to run around, collect, and hold on to the largest number of clams for two minutes. During the game, you had to - literally - beat your competitors to your shelled voters, or you could team up with a competitor against the others.

Unfortunately, the challenges were over very quickly, because before I had figured out where I was supposed to go and what I needed to do, my computer-generated opponents had already won.

This may be fun in a multi-player setting against other like-skilled (or -unskilled) human beings, but as a single player, I got frustrated and bored after approx. 40 minutes. There was just nothing there to draw me in. The graphics were barely average and the arenas small, crowded, and confusing.

This game was a gift for my 11 yr old grandson. He really enjoys the game.Purchased at Amazon as it was not available at any of my local stores.