Sneak King

The Good
Advergames have been rather underused as a promotional tactic and this is the first time I'd seen this particular tac used to distribute them. You could buy there games at any Burger King. Sneak King was only $4, or, more accurately, $8 and came with French toast sticks.

The concept is simple. You are that creepy king from the Burger King ads. You have to sneak up on people and give them Burger King food. Once you do this, a meter starts to fill and you hit A with the meter as close to full as possible to get a flourish. By giving food to multiple people without being spotted, you can build a score multiplier and get big points.

It has a few good graphical touches, like some very nice textures. Look at the King's robe, for instance. Also, all the characters are unique. They have their own face and their own tasks to perform.

The Bad
As you might expect from a cheaply-made game like this, there are lots of glitches. Shadows are often cast in completely the wrong direction, cast through walls or don't connect to anyone's feet. The king's robe clips through his legs and sometimes the camera ends up inside the king, who is apparently hollow.

When you make a delivery, the camera angle can change abruptly, making it difficult to go the correct direction afterward. This is especially frustrating when it screws up a long chain.

This missions fall into a few very basic categories: don't let anyone pass out from hunger, perform a certain number of deliveries before time runs out and perform a particular level of flourish. Sometimes you aren't allowed to be spotted at all. In practice, even these work about the same as the entire game is walking up behind people, pressing A, then pressing A again and trying not to get spotted in between.

Each mission gives you a ranking, but doesn't tell you how much better you have to do to get the next ranking up. This can be a big pain if you spend a lot of time trying to get a perfect run, then realize it was unnecessary.

The Bottom Line
The game is much like the French toast sticks, edible and not exactly bad, but not comparable to what you could get with a bit more money. The game does deserve some points for a relatively original concept, but is very limited and things like getting spotted 18 minutes into a 20 minute run because the camera shifted and made you run the wrong direction kill a lot of the fun.