Monday, July 22, 2024

Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! 2 for Genesis


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Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! 2

Barkley, Shut Up


Genre: sports - basketball

Publisher: Accolade

Year: 1995

System: Genesis


Gameplay Score: 1

Gameplay Notes:

Slow movement. Terribly slow animation when passing and shooting. Opponents move twice as fast as you. Basically impossible to complete a pass without it getting stolen. Plays worse than the first game. Steal/push is hard to connect with. You control the same player but it switches to your teammate sometimes. I can't figure out what causes the switch so it's annoying.


Level Design Score: 1

Level Design Notes:

Tournament and exhibition Only 2v2


Theme Score: 0

Theme Notes:

This is one of those "street" sports games that were so prevalent in the late 90s. The list of players looks like a prison roster. A bunch of gangstas. I couldn't even find Charles Barkley so I'm not sure where he is or how to play as him. It feels like his name was tacked on.


Art Style Score: 2

Art Style Notes:

Fluid anmiation and well drawn sprites. Very grainy artwork and no animation or anything interesting in the backgrounds. At least there are multiple arenas.


Audio Score: 1

Audio Notes:

Clear voice samples who mostly just smack talk Music is a hip hop beat. Sounds are too loud and abrasive. Dribbling the ball is a constant, loud drumbeat. A steal attempt sounds like loudly swinging a samuari sword. It's really loud


Overall Score: 21

Review ID: 764



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