Donald Duck Goin Qu@ckers

Yeah, you read right. Donald f'n duck. I bought it, and I'm damn proud. As a fan of most platform games and a big fan of Donald Duck, I figured this game couldn't do any wrong. As an exact carbon copy of psx1's Crash Bandicoot series, Donald Duck proves to be a very good game...for a much younger audience.

In this game, like most any other games of this sort, Donald must run like a mad man over 22 levels in a quest to rescue his sweetheart Daisy. I have to say that the cut scenes in this game are simply beautiful, and are some of the funniest things I've seen come from Disney. Once the game starts folks, its like you're watching a Disney Saturday morning cartoon with all your favorites like Donald, the nephews, Beagle Boys, Gyro, and many more. Its nostalgia heaven for the Disney fan.

The gameplay borrows...ok...completely STEALS from Crash Bandicoot. The only thing here is that Disney’s character is in place of the ex-Sony mascot. Now, if you're a fan of Crash you know how this game plays. It could be a good thing, and it can be a bad thing as well. I am a fan of the Crash series, but I have always been upset with how on the side scrolling levels, or levels where Crash (now Donald) are running towards the screen...you camera leaves your very limited. Therefore you often have to make rash judgments that lead to numerous unnecessary deaths. Luckily in Donald, to counteract that problem. The game has made it damn near impossible for you to end up with less than 30 men at a time. So the trial and error process may be a pain in the ass, and extremely tedious. But you'll have more than enough extra men to get the job done.

A cute little addition to DDGQ is the addition of the special move challenge. In this game, you have to collect 5 little coins (what else would they be guys) in a row 7 times in a level to spell out the word special. Once you spell out special, your nephews (Huey, duey, and lewey for the ignorant) will teach you how to do a special move every time you jump on three enemies in a row without letting your feet hit the ground. This creates for some pretty funny special moves, that really is nothing more than to get a cheap laugh out of ya. Plus, Donald becomes momentarily invincible. Unfortunately, to completely bastardize UBI Soft's one good addition. They added another little bonus. Collect three cogs in a board, and you get to switch Donald's clothes. This would be fine if he could do other things in these different costumes (a la Mario) but instead it’s for nothing but show. At least in the special scenes he has the new outfit on...unfortunately not in the cut scenes...but one can't be picky can he? :-)

This is a great platform game that follows a very familiar formula. Had the game not been so easy (though some parts are difficult, but you have like 89 men so it’s not balance) it would have been even greater. But if you're looking to hear the voices of some of your favorite Disney Characters, and get a solid platform game on your psx2. This is the game to get. Otherwise, rent it for one weekend smile and laugh about how much you like the game, beat it and take it back, and then return to your 'macho' gaming experience.

The Good!		The Last Word(s): Alright folks, I know it's going to be hard as hell for you to walk into your videogame retailer and ask for Donald Duck...but i'ts a really solid action platform game on a system that has a whopping total of 2. If you miss killing tons of people with your characters arse, or just get all nostalgic listening to Donald's tyraid...just say you're buying it for your little brother. Then beat his head in with the controller when they want to play it. Final Rating: 77% Way Pimpy
Who doesn't love Disney? EXACTLY like Crash Special Moves Challenge
The Bad...
EXACTLY like Crash Pretty Easy Some camera angles are very difficult to play in. Gyro's outfit maker.
The UGLY.
Damnit, where's Unca Scrooge!!