King Kong was something of a super-event in 2005 when it finally came to theatres and graced the world with its three-hour runtime and modernised updating of 1933's classic movie, with cutting-edge motion-capture effects and the director of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Peter Jackson spearheading the bold reimagining of The Eighth Wonder of the World!
The game is a nice extension of 2005's hit movie and also a good extension of 1933 Kong's world by leaning into the setting of Skull Island; and having the player control Kong himself for portions of the game. It's basically a tie-in game that's a damn playable reimagining of 1933's pioneering blockbuster movie, mixed with 2005 sensibilities and survival horror elements akin to Turok Dinosaur Hunter. This is a tie-in game done right, and still works independently of the movie it's drawing upon.
I just wish this game could be ported over to more modern systems like the PS5, Xbox Series X, Windows 10 and Mac (it's that decent a game that deserves rereleases for modern systems everywhere). Even with the dated gameplay mechanics, King Kong is still fun to play and encourages rationing bullets instead of treating the FPS stuff like an 'all you can shoot buffet' Halo-style.
King Kong is good stuff, and deserves to reach audiences of the 2020s absolutely! It shows that video game tie-ins were never completely crap all the damn time! The ones made with care stood out beautifully, and dared to make others try and live up to decent standards of production.
King Kong is a solid PS2 game that still has punch eighteen years on since its release.
The game is a nice extension of 2005's hit movie and also a good extension of 1933 Kong's world by leaning into the setting of Skull Island; and having the player control Kong himself for portions of the game. It's basically a tie-in game that's a damn playable reimagining of 1933's pioneering blockbuster movie, mixed with 2005 sensibilities and survival horror elements akin to Turok Dinosaur Hunter. This is a tie-in game done right, and still works independently of the movie it's drawing upon.
I just wish this game could be ported over to more modern systems like the PS5, Xbox Series X, Windows 10 and Mac (it's that decent a game that deserves rereleases for modern systems everywhere). Even with the dated gameplay mechanics, King Kong is still fun to play and encourages rationing bullets instead of treating the FPS stuff like an 'all you can shoot buffet' Halo-style.
King Kong is good stuff, and deserves to reach audiences of the 2020s absolutely! It shows that video game tie-ins were never completely crap all the damn time! The ones made with care stood out beautifully, and dared to make others try and live up to decent standards of production.
King Kong is a solid PS2 game that still has punch eighteen years on since its release.