S tier,10/10. I have no nostalgia for ape escape whatsoever. Even though I grew up with a PS2 it was a game series I had heard about but never played. It wasn't till years later when I saw the HD port of this on the PS4. It was everything I wanted it to be.
The gameplay of ape escape is easily some of the best I have ever played. Such a unique controll scheme that mainly revokes around the analogue sticks. Jumping and camera control is a bit difficult to get used to, not bad but definitely not as refined as it could be. Capturing apes is so satisfying with different types of ape and ones unique to each level. The gatcha ball reward system at the hud was brilliant. Even if you can get reppeats, making completing it so annoying. You don't get a reward but having those jigsaw pieces filled was kind of satisfying. Wouldn't recommend doing it though.
The levels themselves are all interesting and so fun to explore. Such a brilliant mix of settings. Almost any kind of area type you can think of is included, I don't want to spoil any but there is a brilliant selection. Some levels can be a bit to big and difficult to navigate but even then you can use gadgets to explore more easily.
The soundtrack is almost perfect, with that one or two levels having a bit of a repetitive song. Theue all great in but just having some play constantly in a difficult to navigate level is really fustrating.
The bossfights are great, each ape is unique and has so much personality. The yellow ape, just perfect. Collecting all the apes for the final boss was a bit fustrating but made me appreciate all the depail put into the levels.
Despite some flaws I think this game is a must play. Such a brilliant game that should be talked about more. There is so much potential in this kind of gameplay, especially with the PS5 controller. I don't know why the other ape escape games haven't been ported to PS4/PS5, the first one is even on the PS3 store. Apparently ape escape 3 is the best, I ll get it at some point, even if it is only available in PS2 as I love this game so much.
The gameplay of ape escape is easily some of the best I have ever played. Such a unique controll scheme that mainly revokes around the analogue sticks. Jumping and camera control is a bit difficult to get used to, not bad but definitely not as refined as it could be. Capturing apes is so satisfying with different types of ape and ones unique to each level. The gatcha ball reward system at the hud was brilliant. Even if you can get reppeats, making completing it so annoying. You don't get a reward but having those jigsaw pieces filled was kind of satisfying. Wouldn't recommend doing it though.
The levels themselves are all interesting and so fun to explore. Such a brilliant mix of settings. Almost any kind of area type you can think of is included, I don't want to spoil any but there is a brilliant selection. Some levels can be a bit to big and difficult to navigate but even then you can use gadgets to explore more easily.
The soundtrack is almost perfect, with that one or two levels having a bit of a repetitive song. Theue all great in but just having some play constantly in a difficult to navigate level is really fustrating.
The bossfights are great, each ape is unique and has so much personality. The yellow ape, just perfect. Collecting all the apes for the final boss was a bit fustrating but made me appreciate all the depail put into the levels.
Despite some flaws I think this game is a must play. Such a brilliant game that should be talked about more. There is so much potential in this kind of gameplay, especially with the PS5 controller. I don't know why the other ape escape games haven't been ported to PS4/PS5, the first one is even on the PS3 store. Apparently ape escape 3 is the best, I ll get it at some point, even if it is only available in PS2 as I love this game so much.
