{"id":15461,"date":"2016-09-26T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=15461"},"modified":"2016-09-21T04:35:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T04:35:20","slug":"george-of-the-jungle-owie-owie-ios-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/26\/george-of-the-jungle-owie-owie-ios-android\/","title":{"rendered":"George of the Jungle: Owie Owie (iOS, Android)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GEORGE_BOX\"<\/a>I\u2019m a big fan of Jay Ward Studios, and I even used to know someone who worked there.\u00a0 So what is Jay Ward Studios?\u00a0 Well they made a pretty well-known cartoon called Rocky and Bullwinkle.\u00a0 They also did a lot of animated advertising, and created a pretty popular cereal character.\u00a0 You may not remember Quisp and Quake, but you might recall a certain seafaring gentleman known as Cap\u2019n Crunch.\u00a0 Another cartoon they did back in the day was George of the Jungle.\u00a0 Despite having two dopey live action movies and a lousy animated remake, George still has one of the catchiest theme songs on TV.\u00a0 So when I read about a George of the Jungle free-to-play downloadable game on iOS and Android (reviewed on iPad here), I was mildly curious.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the game isn\u2019t based on the old Jay Ward cartoon, but the new remake that was done a few years ago.\u00a0 I saw it once on Disney XD and couldn\u2019t sit through five minutes of it.\u00a0 The game is equally as bad.\u00a0 In the game, you play as George and must jump up tree limbs to rescue Ape at the top.\u00a0 Although I think these are endless trees so you\u2019ll probably never get to him.\u00a0 To climb up, you must hold down on the touch screen and pull back like a slingshot to propel George to the next tree limb.\u00a0 It even shows a dotted line with your trajectory, similar to Angry Birds.\u00a0 Actually the game could be best described as a cross between Angry Birds and Doodle Jump.<\/span><\/p>\n

You must hurry as a red line will creep up from the bottom.\u00a0 It won\u2019t kill you, but it\u2019s there as warning to let you know that dangerous bugs are coming which are hard to avoid, and if they get you, you\u2019ll fall off the tree.\u00a0 You must also watch out for other obstacles, like leaves that have retractable spikes, moving platforms, and more.\u00a0 If you get hit or miss a jump and fall off the tree, it\u2019s Game Over.\u00a0 You also can\u2019t jump through the branches, but around instead, as if you do try and jump up from the bottom of the branch, you\u2019ll just bonk your head and fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

As you jump up, you can collect fireflies scattered about.\u00a0 These act as your currency which you can use to buy new power-ups, outfits, and levels.\u00a0 Only problem is they cost thousands to buy, and you\u2019ll be lucky to pick up a few in a run.\u00a0 But that\u2019s just one of the many issues this game has.\u00a0 Poor controls and instructions on how to play, not to mention choppy animations and gameplay keep this game from being remotely playable.\u00a0 A popular line in the lyric of the George of the Jungle theme song is \u201cWatch out for that tree!\u201d\u00a0 For this title, they should change it to, \u201cWatch out for that game!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"GEORGE_SCREEN\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Kid Factor:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

George can get prickled by spikes, bitten by bugs, and fall down off the trees onto the ground like a ragdoll.\u00a0 But he doesn\u2019t seem to be phased by any of it, so violence is just cartoony, like Looney Tunes.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Parental supervision is recommended for the in-game ads and purchases.\u00a0 But I don\u2019t think this game will hold most kids\u2019 attentions very long anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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