Where popular character faces and video games meet, it's almost a sure bet that at some point, somebody's going to end up jumping on a bandwagon. Shrek Superslam unfortunately falls into this category, which is a disappointment.All of you remember Super Smash Brothers for N64, I'm sure. And anyone who played it fell into one of either two categories, with no real in between: those who thought the game was FRIGGING AWESOME, and those who thought it was a pretty stupid plotless, mindless fighting game. (I fell into one category, and all my siblings and cousins fell into the other. Perhaps I'm missing something.) This game is exactly the same way. Same type of premise and everything. You pick your fighter, and you get placed in different scenarios to fight, fight, fight! There's items (just like in SSB) that you can pick up and fight with, and....that's about it. There's a VERY loose attempt at a storyline, but it falls pretty flat. It's a tiny little sequence where the kids are being read a bedtime story, and whichever character you pick as a fighter takes on this story, which apparently is nothing more than the fight scenes. (I would imagine this would work kids up rather than put them to sleep, but I digress.) Working your way through all the levels doesn't even take very long! I was pretty let down that that was all there was to the game.
So, if you were a fan of SSB, you might dig this. If not, don't waste your time, it's essentially the same thing. I'll give it 4 out of 10 Shreks.
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