Wayne's World

by THQ

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3.0 out of 5 stars A stale adaptation that only barely passes, May 20, 2011

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This review is from: Wayne's World (Video Game)

To be honest, I've never seen the movie, Wayne's World. However, I've played the DOS game, and I've watched a Saturday Night Live sketch starring them. Apparently, it's a side-scroller, and not what you would have expected, either.

Wayne and Garth venture across a level with the most random enemies and level designs you can possibly imagine. The majority of the graphics aren't totally detailed, the music is okay, and the gameplay....well, let me explain it.

In the first level, you begin as Garth, who is equipped with a gun. There happen to be no gaps in the floor whatsoever, so you can just walk across, shooting the enemies that come toward you. The second part of the level has you play as Wayne, but he doesn't carry a weapon. Instead, he kicks. In order to actually kill enemies with the kick, though, you have to time it right. If not, then you get hit by the enemy. At the end of each level, you come to a donut shop. This gives you a chance to restore your health for the next level.

As Garth in the second level, all you have to do is go jump up the platforms to the door, which is cakewalk. This is the shortest part of the game. Then you get this strange cutscene in which the duo says "Party on, Garth!" and "Part on, Wayne!". That's just pointless. Now as Wayne, you jump from platform to platform. This provides a nice challenge, since there are fair enemies that are on top of a few platforms. They don't move, however. At the end, you find a muscular guy to kill. Sadly, he doesn't move, too. But then again, there's not enough room to move, so I guess it's reasonable why these guys won't budge. After that's over, a girl rushes to Wayne. Then you get a cutscene, which reveals that this must be his ex-girlfriend. How? Because he insults her for the gun rack she is holding. Eeeesh. Then, there's another guy to beat up. As you go to the stage, you find another girl. Maybe it's his current girlfriend?? When you walk to her, you beat the level. That was strange....she is a door? How'd you end up in the donut shop? This is just another pointless part. Why did we need to see the girls? There's no point. After all, it doesn't impact on anything in the game itself, so why's this necessary?

The third level has you play as Garth once again. This time, you actually beat the level with him. During the whole level, however, you have to fight cats and ninjas. The ninjas are really annoying. Even though they use the same jump-kick attack, they are just brutal if you don't act fast, especially since they come out of nowhere. Mainly, I would just inch my way across, so I can be prepared when the ninja pops out. This way, things are easier.

The fourth level is the worst of the bunch. You're Wayne the whole time, and I guess you're in some TV factory. TV screens are your enemies, and they're slightly (only slightly) more difficult to attack. In the next 2 parts, you end up encountering spiders and painful waterdrops. What's even more brutal about this level is that you must maintain your health throughout all 3 of these parts, and there are some major dangers in the way. Oh well...at least this is the only hard level.

Guess what? The fifth level is actually your last. The game is very short for a movie licensee. Here, there's a cutscene that finally fits in the game. Garth is aware that they happen to be in the wrong apartment (?) and Wayne must go up the building. to see what's up (no pun intended). The only enemies here are cats and flying newspapers (It's windy). Really, you may as well jump over the cats and avoid the newspapers. After two parts of climbing up the building, you fight a muscular dude who happens to be the final boss. Yeah, there are bosses in the game. I just didn't mention them because they feel like ordinary enemies that last longer. So, you're supposed to defeat this guy and then you win the game. Yes, the ending sucks.

After all of what I played through, I faced bland level design, okay music, random enemies, random places, not-so-detailed graphics, and pointless scenes. Even though all of this is present, I, strangely, actually liked playing through the game. While it's all dull, the gameplay was somewhat entertaining. So overall, it isn't a TERRIBLE game, but it could have been so much better. There are several things in every part of the game that should have been improved upon (Level design) or removed entirely (Cutscenes).