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Since tomorrow is looking like a busy day for me, I might as well do one more tonight.

115. Ape Escape - GavsEvans123
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRhDmSlr8Ns

Lets start with the obvious. The visuals look like a parody of early PS1 graphics (despite the fact this game came out in 1999). I could put that aside if the intro was otherwise decent, but the only part that works is when that monkey at the start looks up at the camera with a mischievous smirk. Aside from that, the intro is nothing but a series of desperate attempts to get a laugh with monkeys acting zany, including a trio of monkeys doing a spastic dance, and a monkey using a machine gun (which is difficult to follow because it looks like the screen is glitching when he fires).

Making it even tougher to appreciate the monkeys antics is the fact that they all look the same, with the exception of the ringleader. I suppose they gave the monkey with the gun sunglasses to make him look like a gangster or something. But for the most part, it looks like they just created a single model for all the monkeys and lazily copied it over and over.

Also, this entire sequence is all just to let the player know a bunch of apes have escaped, which is literally the title of the game. We learn nothing about the girl and the old guy frantically typing away at a computer, or the boy who catches one of the apes with a net. And why is the lead ape apparently intelligent enough to orchestrate this breakout, while still dumb enough to put flashing police lights on the heads of all the apes trying to evade being caught? Im guessing those devices on their heads let the ringleader control them or something, but you really cant tell much from this sequence.

Finally, I found the music starting at about 0:22 really irritating. It does suit the playful vibe they seem to be going for with all the apes acting crazy, but that doesnt make it something Id like to listen to ever again.