#Pac man 2 the new adventures how to#
While it is not a big problem, since there are infinite lives and very few enemies floating around, the player will always have to mind the hero’s moods in order to understand how to solve each puzzle. Problem is, the angrier our hero gets, the more he is prone to do stupid things and, naturally, get himself killed. The positive thing about forcing Pac into an hysterical fit of rage is that he has more strength than when he is depressed, so it is sometimes required to actually anger or calm down our hero in order to advance through the game. Shortly before the end of the game, a plot starring The Ghost Witch of Netor (yes) finally rears its ugly head, only to get quickly resolved, so that the Pac can finally be proclaimed the hero by the townsfolk. It definitely feels like playing “Pac-man 2: Marital Bliss”. Pick up the milk, find a flower for the wife, etc. Indeed, that is the core of the gameplay, just average every day chores. of the titular game, I’m assuming) and two children: his family will be the main source of all the different errands and quests our yellow hero has to complete in order to get to the end.
#Pac man 2 the new adventures series#
Pac-man 2: The New Adventures seems to have been inspired by the short lived cartoon series from 1982, rather than the original arcade title. The developers tried to keep the Pac-man character (or should I say characters, as we’ll see in a minute) relevant by substituting the gameplay from the outdated maze arcade format, with a more console-friendly adventure. The game came out in 1994 for both Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo, being basically identical on both platforms. Pac-man 2 was developed by a subset team at Namco, one with apparently little previous experience, even though they would then go on to work on the Klonoa series. Pac-man 2 is actually an action-adventure where the player is not even in control of the titular character.
Well, as it turns out, none of these things happened and, as we’ll see, that number two does not really mean much. So, one would think that finally getting around to an official sequel to the game, Namco would find a way to make the maze gameplay relevant again or, at least, involve in some way Toru Iwatani, providing the original designer with a development team.
Apparently no, Pac-man never did get a sequel. Pac-man was considered a spin-off, Pac-mania was a “reimagining”, Pac-land seemed to be really another spin-off, even though it definitely did look and play like what most people would imagine a sequel to feel like. But how does on go about making a sequel to one of the most famous arcade maze games ever? Also, weren’t there already several sequels to the original game? Well… apparently not as such. Pac-man 2: The New Adventures makes it pretty clear from the start that it is a sequel.
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