- December 1, 2022
- Mr. Nutz Studio
New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja
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New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja is a single player and multiplayer arcade platformer game. It was developed by Mr. Nutz Studio and was released on December 1, 2022. It received negative reviews from critics and neutral reviews from players.
We're back in the distant Past, when “Rock & Roll” was just about rocks and “Fast food”, a dinner that you couldn’t catch. 2 cave dudes named Joe & Mac live in a peaceful and cool village. Cool it was, until a bogus bunch of Neanderthal snatched all the village’s women!
- The game features cool graphics and a beautiful art style that makes everything on the screen pop.
- It offers memorable variety in stages and bosses, with the potential for multiple playthroughs due to alternative routes.
- The remaster stays true to the original arcade experience, allowing for co-op play and experimentation with weapons.
- The gameplay feels weird and disconnected, with floaty controls and poor hit detection that frustrate the experience.
- There are significant quality of life issues, including a lack of options for audio, video, and control configurations.
- The game is excessively difficult, with health draining too quickly and a lack of meaningful healing items, making it less enjoyable to play.
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The gameplay has been widely criticized for its awkward controls, sluggish mechanics, and lack of essential quality-of-life features, leading to a disjointed and frustrating experience. Players noted the absence of customization options, poor audio design, and a general feeling that the game does not live up to its predecessors, particularly the arcade and SNES versions. Overall, many feel the game is not worth its price tag due to these significant gameplay shortcomings.
“Also for $30, you think they could've included something like the Super Nintendo version's campaign with its levels and new gameplay features, because honestly, I always felt this was one of the rare few games where the console version just straight blows the arcade out of the water.”
“The gameplay is just weird and doesn't feel right.”
“Gameplay just isn't there (loose, floppy controls, slow motion, sluggish behavior, dull weapon balancing compared to arcade and SNES versions, the addition of Super Adventure Island food bars is not a fun option, missing control shadows/helpful guides).”
“The bad - no options (text language and keyboard is all you get, no gameplay adjustments, no video, no audio, no pad config options), audio is super low and drowned out, audio design is absolute trash, the arcade and console versions had such great sound effects and music compared to the extremely generic stuff they got here and the music remixes aren't doing it for me.”
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New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja is a arcade platformer game.
New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.
New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja was released on December 1, 2022.
New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja was developed by Mr. Nutz Studio.
New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja has received negative reviews from players and negative reviews from critics. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.
New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.
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