ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!

macauyley culkin

The gameplay gets old pretty quickly. Each level requires you to enter the elevator for the next floor -- sometimes you'll need to collect a spaceship part before doing so, but there was never anything dramatic about it. The enemies' only means of hurting is often to chase you, so while a lot of enemies look different, almost all of them act the same. Throughout these runs, you can grab power-ups, but unlike other roguelikes/lites, they only last about a minute.

The original is still King Toejam and Earl are products of the era they were made in. Very early 90s where everything was hip and cool. The gameplay was a very unique co-op game. Two Aliens crash their ship on earth and are looking for the pieces find them all and you beat the game. You go up on elevators looking for pieces in areas running into friendly and unfriendly humans. It was a very silly game that dosen't take itself to seriously. Back in the groovve is a reboot/remake of sorts and I'm not impressed Toejam and Earl's personalities are completly flipped Earl (Big Earl) was chill laid back in the og not Patrick Star dumb, Toejam was brash, and hip now he's a selfish narccissist. They're personalities complemented how they played Earl was slow but had more health, Toejam was Faster but was more fragile. I did not like the updated graphics the mix between 2D and 3D backgrounds is not pleasing to me, I played as Earl and he moves slower than I remember, enemies are way more persistant and the appearing ground to other islands now you have to be very near the edge for it to emerge. Presents are more prevalant in the reramke. In the og they were mysteries until you opened them, most acted like timed power ups, faster speed, attacks, health ect. and now with more rng and a upgrade skill tree for the characters. Joy. The only thing I really enjoyed was the soundtrack it was updated perfectly, hitting that easy listening bass and funk the voice acting on the other hand was hit and miss its trying to be a silly cartoon (good call) but tries to hard to be silly while the og was effortless and unapologetic in its wierdness. So yeah not recommended stick with the original.

A real masterclass in how to modernize an older game. The original was amazing for it's time, but hasn't held up. Playing it now... the original feels too slow and events are too spread out. Which makes it hard to revisit - even as a diehard fan. Let alone trying to convince people that aren't wearing the same nostalgia glasses that it's a great game. Back in the Groove fixes that problem. This title respects your time much more than the original. Fun events and presents are much more frequent. You've got to strategize nearly constantly or you're not going to go the distance. A real masterclass in how to modernize an older game. The different tiers of presents & enemies really spices the game up. The addition of searchable trees and bushes adds tons to consider when taking chances. I didn't like this feature at first, but once I got used to the search action and understood the game loop more, I really appreciate it. I just wish they had included the tree shaking animation from the 2nd game. That would've added some extra jazz. The inclusion of the hYpErFuNk Zooone is a ton of fun, and is a great throwback to the underappreciated 2nd game. In the harder difficulties, jumping into the hyperfunk zone can be strategic and can literally save you. And the money you can get inside can help extend a dying run. This game is actually difficult! Which I love. The little lumps and hills in the terrain are awesome. Ramping over them feels amazing. Really awesome idea to add this bit of 3d to what is a 2.5d game. The rocket skates feel aaaamazing. Really well done. Slapping earthlings off the edge or into water is great. My negatives are that -> the rhythm game doesn't work properly and the instruments in it sound bad (they have no weight to them, they're empty). The buttons never seem to hit at a place the makes sense, leading to constant false negatives. The background music to the rhythm game is just bad too. please fix and make more like the rhythm game from TJ&E 2. There's no joy in it as is :( -> some of the background music in the game has bad sounding instruments and effects -> movement is 8 direction for some inexplicable reason and not analog... making precision movement difficult. -> sometimes your character just hops over the side of the map...instead of giving you the "I'm about to fall" animation -> sometimes you just can't use the shops, and you get mopped up trying to interact with the good earthlings Things I'd like to see added -> some really awesome music from TJ&E 2 that is not present -> Funk scan & maybe the funk vac Thank you for not including funk fu! I think you guys did a really amazing job on picking and choosing which mechanics to bring back and which to exclude.

This is a great remaster of a classic game. Captures the look and feel perfectly. Basically a 'roguelite' before it became a popular genre. Full of 90s 'feel'. Definitely not an amazing game by todays standards but I'd get it on sale. Easy to jump in for a quick run.

This is terrible. bad controls, bad everything.

ToeJam & Earl es uno de los juegos favoritos de mi infancia. Lo disfrutaba en mi antigua Megadrive, y ahora me lo estoy pasando bomba de nuevo con esta fórmula atemporal que nunca pasa de moda. Es divertidísimo (sobre todo en cooperativo) y está repleto de novedades que hacen que jugar con estos extraterrestres extravagantes merezca la pena. Muy recomendable, sobre todo por su buen precio. Lo compré en oferta.

O original era um ótimo jogo de mega drive, ótimo para jogar várias vezes, um Roguelite da decada de 90. O remake é basicamente uma versão modernizada do jogo original e pelo preço atual, não precisa nem esperar uma promoção, quais jogos hoje vão custar menos de 30 reais. Recomendo para a coleção de qualquer jogador, em especial que ainda joga com alguém do lado.

fun with friends. pick this one up if you wanna play something chill with your buddy.

Totally groovy