That's So Raven

"You ever wake up one day and feel like making a game about a Disney TV Show?"

Introduction
So my friend and I are chilling and suddenly he's like "Hey, did you know they made a That's-So-Raven video game?" And I was like "Whoa! That sounds pretty fun. But how can I enjoy That's-So-Raven on my Gameboy Advanced Handheld system?" He replied "Buy it from me! I'll give it to you for a discount, only 50 bucks." It was a swell deal. My friend makes a profit, I become depressed, everyone's happy.

Music
The best part about that's so raven is the hippy tunes. Darn, these tunes are hipnotic, funky fonic! A bunch of pop tunes are played as you walk through the halls of Raven's school. If only all games had awesome R and B tunes and Rap and all that stuff!

Graphics
The other best part is that the graphics are amazing. The animations are very fluid! When Raven has a vision, there's an animation of her getting the vision and looking really dumb while doing it. Cracks me up. Anyway, the graphics are awesome, you can clearly make out Janitors and Nerds pushing AV Carts.

Plot
Raven's back to school, she has to make love to all the hawt guys and try to survive high school all together. Her friend Chelsea and Eddie are both level 9 spellcasters and can help her along the way.

Gameplay
When I first played the game, I wondered "Hmm. There's a health bar up there. How am I supposed to die in this school? Will someone shoot me?" I soon discovered that bumping into janitors and getting muffins thrown at you depletes your health bar. I then wondered what it would be like to die. So I wait about 5 minutes, standing in front of the janitor, continuously falling, then getting back up..Eventually, I got taken straight to a game over screen. I wondered how the hell I died. Wouldn't the Janitor get sued for killing a student? I then asked random student number 4, who told me that if your clothes get dirty, or you feel like crap, your health bar goes down. If you do something nice for someone, like, find their book, your health bar goes up. Basically, if Raven has the worst day of her life, she instantly commits suicide, as she cannot take it any longer. The game plays out like a sidescroller as you walk through the hallways..avoiding janitors and kids with AV carts. It's very exciting and gets the blood pumping.

Controls
Well, here's the thing. Your only real enemies are janitors, kids who throw muffins at you, and kids who are pushing AV Carts. Raven refuses to, say, move, or say excuse me, or "Stop throwing muffins at me, dude", so she has to get serious. You can find water bottles and perfume around the school, which can be used with the L and R buttons. Water bottles make Janitors like, choke, and you can spray perfume in people's faces to sort of tell them to buzz off. Other than that, she can flip her purse, which, just like real physics, bounces back muffins to their throwers, not affecting them at all.

Overall:
That's-So-Raven is perfect for someone who is living underground and has nothing but a GBA and That's-So-Raven to play. Perhaps they'll become a Pro Ravener.

Reviewer's Score: 2/10, Originally Posted: 02/23/05