by Jay "THE FLEA" Wade
Yonks! Those meddling kids and thier goofy dog are solving mysteries on the Nintendo 64.
You play as Shaggy and he picks up clues and items to trap the villian bring them to the rest of the gang. Make the villian chase after you and trap him and they get all the credit.
(Poor Shaggy is just being used by his friends.)
Tagging along with Shaggy is of course Scooby-Doo, He really doesn’t do anything but make comments and get in the way. (There was many times I wanted to kick that dog outta my way)
You solve the mysteries of the Black Knight, Snow Ghost, Witch Doctor and the Ghoul King.
If you have ever watched the classic Scooby-Doo cartoons you might Recognize some of these villians. There’s only four levels in the game and they are not the most challenging. The hartest part is tring not to get Shaggy scared to death and run back to the beginning of the level. You can refill your scare meter by finding Scooby-Snacks or playing a mini game of making a sandwich.
Some of the puzzles will have you scratching your head. . . for about a second at most. The game takes only about 4 to 6 hours to finish, and thats if you don’t get scared away all the time.
The stories are as campy as the original cartoon, don’t expect a major mystery story line.
Theres a monster scaring every one away and our gang just want to find out who the monster really is.
They unmask him and are shocked it’s the only other person to appear in the level. Tring to figure out who the monster doesn’t take a lot of brain power.
The Graphics are okay but nothing special. Basic polygons with an animated look.
The control is the scariest thang about this game, the control changes with every camera angle change and Scooby’s always getting in the way. (Again, I really wanted to kick that dog outta the way!)
This game really has little or no replay. After finishing it you think “that’s it?” and most likely ponder at the mystery of why did I buy this game? As most this game is a renter for a few laughs then return it. It’s a nice attempt at a Scooby-Doo game, it just needed some more to it to make it stand out.
PUBLISHER: THQ
GRAPHICS: 6 MUSIC & SOUND: 5 CONTROL: 3
SECRETS: 3 ORIGINALITY: 6 FUN & REPLAY: 3
OVERALL: 4