Hohokum was reviewed using pre-release debug code and final downloadable PlayStation Network code provided by Sony. It sure is lovely to look at, and if that's all you want, you won't be disappointed. But Hohokum is the prime example of a game whose beauty is truly skin deep.
I don't think video games all need to be the same not every game needs a fail state, and not every game needs a deep story, and so on. If there's a greater purpose to Hohokum that reveals itself by the end of the game, I was never able to discover it. Wrap Up: Hohokum is beautiful but shallow After a few hours with the game, I found myself wandering from level to level aimlessly, never totally sure which areas I had already cleared and which had something left to be done.
Levels are interconnected randomly through warp holes, and there's no immediate, easy way to tell whether or not you've already finished the goal in a level without warping back to the "home" zone. However, the game doesn't seem interested in helping you accomplish them or even tracking what you have accomplished. Though it can be meandering, each area of Hohokum does have a single goal that you're headed toward. Flying around an area for 20 minutes only to cause a few characters to shift around didn't feel like payoff for figuring out the game's "puzzles," for lack of a better word. But my biggest issue was the simplistic, boring nature of most of the things you're able to accomplish here. The problem isn't the lack of clear goals or a driving narrative - though certainly that will frustrate and scare away some gamers. This rotation held my attention for approximately two or three of Hohokum's couple dozen levels. Interaction is limited to bumping into things or providing characters a ride When I succeeded, I was awarded a short cutscene and a new worm character who would join me in floating through that zone. Then, I tried to piece together a plan to change the status quo of that area. Every time I entered a new map, I took about ten minutes to fly around, get the lay of the land and figure out what I could and could not interact with. Interaction is limited to bumping into things or providing characters a ride to other parts of the area. That's one of the more complex examples, and one of the better levels in the game. The monkeys will grab onto you as you fly by, and if you provide them with fruit - found elsewhere in the level - they'll begin pelting it at the elephant, eventually freeing their friend. Elsewhere in this level, you'll discover other monkeys hanging from vines, staying out of the elephant's way.
For example, one area opens by introducing you to an elephant stomping around with a caged monkey on its back. As you fly around the areas, you'll discover small interactions that can, bit by bit, change the environment. But this is ostensibly a game, so of course you won't just be looking.
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