Big ol' romslut ([info]mia_d) wrote,
@ 2008-04-27 18:46:00
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WHY DOESN'T THIS GAME HAVE WIFI UGGGGGH NINTENDO

Guess which game I finished?




Make no mistake: I'm a pretty easy-going lady when it comes to shovelware games. Hell, I even had fun playing the Bratz Ponyz game, which had this lovely laid-back soundtrack and some gorgeous graphics. It does take a LOT to get me to curse at a video game, and the last ds game I played that made me say BAD WORDS was "Homie Rollerz"



Don't be fooled by the official trailer! They don't even SELL this game at "Best Guy". Also, Best Guy doesn't exist. STILL! don't be fooled.



Cory in the House, for those who want to know, is about Cory in the White house. It's a spinoff from "That's So Raven" and he's like raven's brother? I don't really know or care! Anyway! Cory's father is the official cook for the President, Something Martinez. He lives in the white house or something, and he has this band with these two kids from high school or middle school or whatever. One of them is this blond surfer dork and the other's this broad from a foreign country and her dad's an ambassador and there are plenty of "laffs" to be had about the crazy ways of her homeland! FUNNY. There band's called DC3 and Cory is always trying to make money and whatever, that's Cory in the House.



The ad is not telling the truth. This game has no fun. Ever. The Plot? There's some fucking bobble head dolls Cory made for this contest and he sells them to people at the mall and then the bobbleheads hypnotize everyone and whatever and Cory and his friends have to save the day or something, I don't fucking know. You also have a magic PDA and like some cia weapons and exploding muffins.

Each """episode""" consists of you doing this really weird sequence of selecting paths to go down and then wandering around stopping people and trying to save the day or whatever. Then you go home and do this absolutely AWFUL Oendan/Elite Beat Agents style rhythm game. It's EXACTLY like Oendan/EBA. EXACTLY. Except, you know, it's not in any sort of rhythm and it goes on and on and it's also not fun.

While the rest of the game is dull and derivative, it does have ONE unique feature that I have Never ever EVER seen in a game:

Indeed, Cory. Indeed.

It has a LAUGH TRACK

I'm not joking at all, during the cut scenes where the characters talk back and forth there's a LAUGH TRACK whenever someone makes a joke. Every. Single. Time. And one time when there wasn't even a joke at all! Not only does it have the typical laugh track laugh, it has the SOMEONE JUST MADE A JOKE AFTER THE JOKE WHOOOHAHAHA YEAH CLAP CLAP laugh for when something's especially """"funny"""".

A LAUGH TRACK.

I'll wrap up this review with some QUICK POINTS

*The blond kid constantly talks about hearing voices in his head. I guess it's because he's supposed to be Ditzy but I think I'm at a point in my life where seeing signs of schizophrenia as a sort of character gag as a bit terrible!

*The President's daughter sold all of Cory's dolls for a new phone and Cory had to get them back. What a bitch, man. Cory probably can't tell anyone about it because it's the president's daughter and like, you can't hit her for being a bitch because she's the president's daughter.

*Apparently in the Coryverse there's a show/game called KUNG FU KATS.

*This game took about three-four hours to beat, tops.

*I hate this game

RATING: D

for

DURRR I'M CORY HERE'S MY BIG FAT HEAD I SURE LIKE TO MAKE MONEY HURR DURR SPEND THE MONEY IN THE GAME ON UPGRADING WEAPONS OR BUYING ME CLOTHING

GIVE ME YOUR MONEY

I'M CORY



CORRRRYYYYYY AND HIS FAT HEAD IN THE FAT HOUSE


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[info]arnoldrimmer83
2008-04-28 01:42 am UTC (link)
Weird that you posted this, as only yesterday I passed this game in a store, and joked to my friend that he should get it. I've only seen like maybe 2 episodes, but I'm pretty sure half the time the plot does revolve around something having to be done for the president's bitchy daughter. Not being able to hit her, is just following the show more closely!

I'm sure in 50 years, we will see a Disney Treasures release of Cory in the House. Right?

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[info]zartan
2008-04-28 03:48 am UTC (link)
Share the magic

Share the laughs

Share... before it's too late

Buy the Cortex-Scan Platinum Collector's Edition of the complete Cory in the House with U-R-There Hand-Holding from stars Kyle Massey and Jason Dolley BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE DISNEY VAULT... FOREVER

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[info]transfestunerix
2008-04-28 02:05 am UTC (link)
I really hate to deprive this game of its magnificent achievement (you know I'm dee-dee for Disney), but of the video games I am aware, of, Legend of Kyrandia 3 and Ganbare Goemon 3 both have laugh-tracks. However, they aren't at all invasive, because in the former's case, it activates randomly rather than as a planned response (except when Malcolm the Jester eats sesame seeds and says "crrrunchy," because that's ALWAYS funny) and can be deactivated once you're sick of it, and in the latter situation I have no idea what anyone's saying so the mysterious mirth itself sort of becomes the joke.

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