Barbie Explorer

" "A blatant insult in the face of girl gamers worldwide!""

I am offended by this game. Honestly, I am. I've been a female gamer since the age of 5, starting out with Sonic 2 and moving on to some of the greatest games ever made. This is a blasphemy in the face of those games. Overlooked classics like Earthbound and Dynamite Headdy, but anyway, on to the review!

GRAPHICS- 3

The graphics weren't too bad, considering the time it was made. The jungles and snowy tundra look nice enough. However, Barbie's sugary-sweet , female-degrading face ungraces the game, It gets a 3 for that.

GAMEPLAY- 1

Gameplay was terrible! Beating the jungle is impossible simply because of Barbie's awkward jumping patterns and bad aim. Did I mention that Barbie jumps like a FREAKING MORON in this game? Every time she jumps up, it looks like she's doing the long jump! Her running patterns are even worse. You'll find yourself steering her right into every obsticle you find, but is that really a bad thing? This area gets a one.

SOUND- 1

Throw in some generic animal voices and grunting for the animals, some thumps and bumps ripped directly off of other games, and that's the sounds of this game. Oh yeah, let's not forget Barbie's completly EMOTIONLESS voice. She says everything like she has a giant smile on her face. You know, that sweet, fake-happy voice. It's voice acting at it's very worst, and makes Amy of Sonic Heroes's voice seem like the chorus of a thousand angels. It gets a sad 1.

MUSIC- 4

Not horrible, but not classic. In terms of ET and Final Fantasy, it's dead inbetween. I guess it depends on the level that you go to. A 4.

OVERALL- 2

A blatant insult in the face of girl gamers worldwide, just like all of the other "girl" games out there. Do yourselves a favor, girls, and go play GOOD games, like Super Smash Bros. Melee or Sonic Adventure.

Reviewer's Score: 2/10, Originally Posted: 11/29/04