To most millennials, Space Jam: A New Legacy is heresy. Space Jam needs no legacy beyond what it already had, and replacing a living basketball god like Michael Jordan with an admittedly talented but no #23 god like LeBron James? Blasphemy. I do love me a good video game, though, and since I already had Game Pass Ultimate, I figured why not? I'll give it a shot. Space Jam: A New Legacy - The Game is a pretty basic beat 'em up. You get to play as either Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny (who I'm convinced is why so many milennials are furries), or LeBron James. They all feel pretty much the same, but while I'm pretty sure this was just the placebo effect, it did feel like LeBron was a little stronger than Bugs or Lola. The game looks okay. It's a pixel art game that mimics a 16-bit art style, and while I'm beyond sick of pixel art games since they're a dime a dozen in the indie scene, but it looks fine. In addition to your player character, you get to choose another character as a card to determine your especial ability. Tweetie gives you extra strength, Taz gives you the Rampage ability, the old granny whose name I always forget makes food drop to restore health, etc. Each level you beat unlocks a new character card. Speaking of those levels, there are only four. Each level is capped off by a boss, but none of these bosses are particularly difficult. I completed the entire game start to finish in 32 minutes. That's way too short. Granted, the game is free and just a marketing gimmick, so you can only expect so much, but still, it's pretty disappointing that you can start and beat this game faster than you can watch an episode of Star Trek without commercials. It wouldn't be so bad if the game were really good, but it's not. It's the most painful mediocre beat 'em up I've ever played. It's perfectly functional, and it supports three player co-op, but there are a TON of co-op beat 'em ups. Outside of "OMG I LOVE SPACE JAM," there's absolutely no reason to pick this one. For a product given away for free, Space Jam: A New Legacy - The Game is fine. I mean, my personal rule is that you've got to really try to make something free pan out to outright "bad." As a game judged on its own merits aside from the $0.00 price tag, though, this game is bad. It controls okay, it supports co-op, and you can play as everyone's favorite rabbit waifu, but honestly, it's kind of boring. If you want to play a beat 'em up, play TMNT. Play Sailor Moon. Play River City Girls. Play Double Dragon. They're all better than Space Jam. My Rating - D |
I'm a teacher.And I like to play video games. I like to collect video games. I like to talk about video games, and I like to write about video games. During the day, I teach high school history; during the night, I spend my spare time gaming. Then I write about it. Archives
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