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PLOK!

PLOK!

This is probably my favorite title for a game EVER!

PLOK!

A SNES Golden Oldie, in PLOK! you get to play as PLOK!
He's a cute, cuddly character, with an endearing attitude, made entirely of VELCRO.
This basically means that his limbs are not securely fastened to his body, which only goes to show that flesh is a lot more sensible for living creatures.
The advantage this offers though, is that he can use all of his limbs as weapons, and long before Rayman started using his fists as projectile weaponry, PLOK roamed the plains of Akryllic, his kingdom, firing arms and feet at anyone who dares stand in his way, after which his limbs come flying back magically, not entirely unlike pigeons.

PLOK!, being the materialist that he is, has provided all his domains with Flags sporting his own likeness, but one dark day, the flags are stolen and replaced with Flea Flags, which naturally means the Evil Flea Queen is behind everything, so it's up to you, as PLOK!, to finish her off.

As you can tell, platform games have fantastic stories, and this game is no exception. What you might NOT be able to tell from this blurb however, is how surprisingly much fun it actually is.
The sense of humor is really cute, and it's actually pretty original for a platform game. It's got its own style and attitude, colorful graphics, and even has an entire world done in Black & White, accompanied with appropriate Silent Movie-esque music, where you play as Grandpappy PLOK!
Oh, the miracles of technology!

Also at your disposal are several vehicles to blast the color out of those nasty Fleas, like a Unicycle, a Tank, a UFO and several more. There are also several bonus stages revolving around a time challenge with any of these vehicles, which, when completede succesfully, will warp you a couple of stages ahead.
It's all great fun, and it gets DAMN hard too near the end. Don't be fooled by it's kiddy appearance, it gets REALLY challenging later.

One point of note I feel I should make, is the incredibly high quality of the soundtrack. Hot Damn, this is some of the finest music the SNES has ever produced.
It's mostly a disco/pop/rock kind of affair, but considering this runs off a 16 bit Cartridge system, the quality is absolutely mind-blowing! It has in fact been hailed by many as one of the very few SNES games sporting actual CD quality sound, and it's LONG too. That's a good thing, as there are some HUGE levels in here, and most of the music takes 3 or 4 minutes before it loops, which was insane back at the time.
Even by today's standards it's still above average I think.
I'll be more than happy to host some music files if anyone's interested in hearing SNES music. REALLY GOOD SNES music.

Anyway, musicwise it would have been a definite 10, but seeing as how it's a simple but very enjoyable platformer I'll give it an 8.




On a side note, you may have noticed that my Comment system now requires the confirmation of a random code before you can post. Sorry for the bother, but all the Spam was driving me goddamn crazy.

posted by Ingen! @ 3:16 PM