Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley -- All-in-One.

Well, two out of three isn't bad. I have completed Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley for the Xbox 360. Comic Jumper was developed by Twisted Pixel Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Comic Jumper is Twisted Pixel's third game following The Maw and 'Splosion Man. Comic Jumper is an action game in the vein of Contra and Gunstar Heroes. A mix of mild platforming, basic melee attacks, eight-way right stick aiming for the shooting in the main action. With there being some third-person reticule controlled shooting while maintaining control over the character sections as well as what amounts to basic scrolling shooter segments. It's a total hodgepodge of styles. And that right there is the problem. It tries to do way too much without really doing any of them well. The game's graphics are great. The comics you jump into provide a wealth of different art styles. The music and sound effects are strong and follow the same sort of comic nature found in Twisted Pixel's previous games. Comic Jumper's biggest strength lies in Twisted Pixel's comic voice. It's a funny game. But I actually found the humor to start to grate on me as I became more disappointed with the combat. I just didn't enjoy the combat in this game. It wasn't at all fun for me. The production values for the game are really high. You can tell a lot of care and effort went into the production of the game. It just didn't click for me. I'll definately be interested in what comes next for Twisted Pixel, I just hoped they're jumping to a new genre. I'm giving Comic Jumper a 7.