The game throws you headfirst into pure chaos, casting you as an enraged monkey whose sole purpose is to destroy anything that dares cross its path. From the very start, you are given a set of abilities that feel perfectly suited to the wild personality of the character. The most important of these is the monkey’s talent for vertical movement. By holding down a button, you can climb almost any wall with ease. The same button serves a different purpose when used on flat ground, activating a blistering sprint.
Mobility is further expanded through a flexible jumping system. The monkey has a standard jump, but you can chain it into double or even triple jumps if you have enough energy. Energy management is straightforward, since your meter refills constantly. Still, jumping is not the primary focus. What you will be doing most of the time is beating down whatever unlucky enemies appear in your path. To support this, the game provides two distinct attack options.
The first attack is a chain strike that does not seem impressive at first glance. Its usefulness only becomes clear when you close in on an enemy. Once within range, the chain allows your monkey to leap onto the opponent, clinging to them while you mash the attack button to unleash a barrage of punches until the foe collapses.
However, it is not without risk. To prevent this attack from trivializing encounters, enemies come equipped with shield bars. If you try to pummel them before their shield is gone, you will manage to inflict some damage, but the punishment is severe. You take a heavy blow yourself and get thrown off, preferably into another enemy that deal even more damage.
To handle shields, the second attack comes into play. This is a fireball ability that specifically targets shields and softens up tougher opponents. You hold the button for a few seconds to charge the fireball, and the longer you hold, the more powerful it becomes. The strangeness is that the same button also controls sprinting and climbing, which will probably help have a fireball ready while you’re running around.
Combat is rounded out with an ultimate ability. This special move charges as you defeat enemies, and once it is ready, you unleash fire around your monkey. For a short time, your attacks deal significantly more damage, but you can’t go crazy because your protection doesn’t go up. This ultimate is particularly important during boss encounters, where the sheer number of threats on screen can make careful strategy impossible.
Instead, the game encourages you to dive headfirst into the frenzy, mashing the punch button until everything around you is gone. The ability is equally essential against late game enemies, which do not necessarily hit harder but overwhelm you with sheer numbers and relentless speed. More often than not, avoiding combat entirely becomes the smarter choice. Enemies rarely drop anything of real value since coins are plentiful elsewhere, so skipping unnecessary fights saves frustration.
Not all encounters are intentional, and the game stumbles in its handling of stairs and steps. Enemies have a noticeable problem with uneven terrain, their models tilting awkwardly as if stuck between standing and falling. This glitch directly impacts combat since it prevents you from leaping onto enemies for your chain punches, forcing you to rely only on basic attacks in these situations.
To keep you alive through the chaos, the game provides three injections that act as healing items. Once depleted, you can occasionally find bananas to restore health, though these help only a little. If you fail to notice your dwindling health bar amidst the chaos, your monkey first transforms into a tiny looking version of itself before dying outright. This small form gives you a short window to recover because using an injection or grabbing a banana restores you to full strength. However, if you are surrounded during this phase, you will still be eliminated instantly. Injections can be replenished by resting at save points, and you can increase the total number you carry by finding extras scattered throughout the world.
Exploration plays some role because of treasures scattered across the map. You can find additional injections, books that upgrade your attacks, and rare tomes that grant perks such as poison damage. Coins are the most common find, used primarily to purchase more upgrades from a wizard character who often appears near save points. Death does not reset progress entirely, since books and permanent rewards remain safe, but coins are lost. There is a chance to reclaim them by returning to the spot of your death to collect a dropped bag. Dying again before retrieving it, however, means losing everything. Given the high speed of enemies and constant chaos, this happens frequently.
Overall, the game delivers a unique brand of frenzied fun, but it often feels like the speed has been cranked up several notches too far. The screen becomes overcrowded, enemies blitz past faster than you can react, and the sheer pace can make it difficult to follow what is happening.
