Every day Ben “Ben Pack” Pack or one of his brave compatriots will play a retro game, and break it down for you. That’s right, every day. To complain about us eventually missing a day or suggest your own, go ahead and comment below the article, or email us at retrogamefunclub@gmail.com.
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The Game: Claymates
Holographic box holy shiiiiiit.Release Year: 1993
Skewes: SNES
So what’s it like: "Claymates" is not an erotically themed clay magazine, but rather a platformer for the SNES. The game was published by interplay, and is a predacessor to the :ClayFighter" games. It is the first game in this feature that I never played as a child, so remember this is coming from someone with no nostalgia for this game.
I am a big blue ball of clay trying to fist a squirrel-dog. What have I gotten myself into?"Claymates" is very similar in style to "Kid Chameleon" You play as Clayton (get it?), a young boy who gets turned into a ball of clay after a mad scientist steals your dad's formula that turns clay alive. So you must traverse different lands as a piece of clay, collecting power-ups that turn you into different animals with different abilities.
Did I just turn into a rat with a supersonic bark?This game isn't the best. The controls are really floaty, which cause you to get hit, alot. That is a huge problem in istelf because if you get while you're just a clay ball, you die; but if you have an animal upgrade you only revert back to the ball. The problem with that is the power-ups are so few and far between taht you will be dying a whole lot. There is also an overworld which has puzzles, but they are easy and prove to be more of an annoyance than a challenge or something fun.
No.Should you go back: No. As far as platformers go, there are many more competent ones out there. Go play those. Or just play Super Mario World again.
Should this game be remade: Nope. This game might have been serviceable at the time, but if you never played it as a kid, don't bother going back.
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