Madagascar 2: The Crate Escape

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Rediscover each character's unique abilities & combat skills, learning new & special moves along the way
• Experience a wide range of fresh, exciting game play as you work through 12 distinct levels & numerous mini-games featuring a variety of quests that include swimming, driving, racing, playing soccer, & safari photography
• Non-linear structure - each evolving level takes you on missions that offer platforming, exploration, collection & combat challenges
• Game exclusive environments including the Watering Hole, the African Jungle & Savannah, the Hippo Mud Pit, the Volcano, & an open area that's been expanded for the game
• Twice as many multiplayer mini-games than before as you team up to overcome enemies or challenge each other in the enhanced tournament mode

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001AWFIU4
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 4, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,281 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for younger crowds, January 15, 2009

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K. Martin (Kissimmee, FL) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa (Video Game)

I picked this up wanting a game that wasn't about killing and fighting and something that young kids (7-10) could both master and enjoy. I'm not disappointed.

The game is obviously platformed for kids. It's not too difficult and actually acts as an excellent tutorial on working the controller's many buttons and levers.

Aside from the actual game, there's also a mini-arcade, which consists of several stand-alone games which can be played one by one or on a tournament basis. Up to eight players can play at one time.

The game allows you to chose between several characters and pick your own musical selections and locations, keeping it from getting too boring. If you're looking for something the whole family can enjoy, this is a good bet.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Family Fun in Far-off Africa, August 21, 2009

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Pyanfar Chanur (USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa (Video Game)

My daughter and I played the first Madagascar and had a ball. It's nice to see that the second Activision movie tie-in is also lots of fun. Both movie games take the tack of not trying to walk you through the movie but instead focusing on the basic plot elements and wrapping them around fun things to do.

In Madagascar 2: Escape from Africa, you take the role of each of the main characters in the movie. You wander around the landscape fairly openly, switching from one to another at will. As you interact you can decide to help various other characters, and that's what drives the gameplay. For example, Alex the lion scares off a series of other lions by roaring at them, one at a time. Gloria the hippo tucks herself into a ball and "bowls a strike", trying to knock over all ten pins. The games get more complicated--you play the penguins driving a jeep, and have to ram each car in a convoy in succession, and each needs to be hit a number of times.

The biggest success of this game however, is that it plays to its audience. Escape from Africa brings something to the table for children small and not-so-small. Tough quests aren't necessary. Failing a game gives you the option of going and doing something else. As I watched my 10-year-old daughter play, I also noticed that if she had a bit of trouble with a game--but tried it again--the game made itself progressively easier. Imagine the difficulty being like a "Pitch til U Win" game at the carnival.

This might also be its downside: older children highly experienced with these games might say, "That was too easy"...but still get a giggle or two. Younger children will be happy to have something they can play that also surrepetitiously gives them a helping hand. Either way, I can say that the content is perfect for families not only because nothing's inappropriate, but also because nothing is boring. Highly recommended for fans of the movie.

5.0 out of 5 stars So much FUN!, February 11, 2010

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Shawna Lee - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa (Video Game)

My whole family loves this game. My daughter is 7 and it is easy enough for her to play, but me and my husband play it with her alot and there are challenging areas too. There are so many different levels to this game. We really got our money's worth!

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