Quest for the Golden Duck

Ok, so they tried to give Pac-Man a campaign mode. I think they have achieved at least that. BUT sadly the controls are not precise enough for a Pac-Man game regarding the speed this game is set at. What's worse is: they got the control principles wrong (as did many ports in the past)!

In classic Pac-Man you have to press ONCE to go in a specific direction and good ol' Paccy will not stop until he hits a wall or you (the player) reverse direction. Sadly, this is NOT the case with this game. Instead you have to keep your directional input pressed.

Furthermore they messed up the cornering (one of - if not THE - essential thingyou have to have precise in Pac-Man games). Often enough you press too early (what isn't a problem in the original due to the mechanics I explained above) what results in your character going anywhere or changing movement heading directly into the enemy following you and loosing a life.

Apart from that, one can see and feel they put quite a bit of work into the game, working out several new ideas and making okay-ish fantasy style graphics, music and sounds for the game. They could be better of course, but hey, it's indy and cheap, so I could get my head around that.

So, in the End, I can't recommend this game, solely because of the poor controls. As it is now it's ultimately frustrating for Pac-Man fans wo dig the controls of the original, but for newbies as well who will be infuriated by falsely interpreted inputs. Too bad. Maybe they release an update. I'd love to see that happen, because I really do like Pac-Man.

Very nice game.

Would love to hear more sound effects like the gold being picked up.

It's fun to play in 4 on the couch on tv (connected to PC) with gamepads.

Pure nightmare fuel. Horrible, horrible sound, lousy animation, and the versus mode is impossible for the gold collectors because the monsters can simply camp on the coins. This game is not worth the mere $1 I spent and is nowhere near worth $10!

The game is fine for 2d platformer fans, though sometimes a bit too annoying with those dogs running too fast. The biggest problem that made me put aside this game after an hour of playing is that your progress is not saved, so if you die or decide to play it some other time, you'll have to start all over and pass the same levels you passed before

I just want to find that Golden Duck!

It's cooperative pac-man, with enemies you can aggro to pull them off from your team mates, and powerups that work for your team too.

The versus mode is funny, but doesn't really work with two players.

It´s a nice and playable game ... without more ... acceptable.