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Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows

C'est un jeu bien moyen que voilà. Plus on y joue plus on découvre ses limites et c'est bien dommage. Mais avec un gameplay aussi étriqué et une réalisation un peu juste, il est loin de pouvoir concurrencer son modèle.

As you can see, Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows is not big on variety. There are different levels in this game, but they all play exactly the same! Sure, the level changes, but the mission does not. Run around, jump a few dozen times, shoot every enemy in sight, and when all is said and done, you get to do it all over again. And again. And yet again, until you're blue in the face.

The icing on the proverbial cake of poo is that PK has only a few levels with overly linear layout, bland textures and sub-par cel shading.

PK just doesn't prove a worthwhile diversion for any serious gamer. Give it to a three-year-old kid who doesn't know his hand from his heiney and he'll be pleased as punch, but anyone who understands the intricacies of modern development will be most chagrined. There just isn't any polish here, or anything much that could be polished to a fine shine for that matter, because it's an obscure title made with minimal resources based on a license no American has even heard of. Let's see. Gameplay. Graphics. Replay value. One, two, yep … three strikes, yer outta here!

Playing Disney's PK was a rewarding experience in one way, at least -- I got a chance to find out who PK was, and in turn ponder the mystery of how a goofy-looking duck superhero would become such a big deal in Italian comicbooks. But the game itself did very little for me, and that would probably go for most of you as well. It's as generic as action games come today, and in such a crowded market, you don't have to settle for something like this.

Ultimately, Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows is a game that would have ended up being much better if more effort had been put into the overall design, but as it stands, it seems to have been thrown together just to be a product on the shelf. There are many other games in this genre that you'd be better off spending your time with. Unless playing poorly made games is your pastime, avoiding this game is highly suggested.