#94: Hook

YAAAAAAR!

Hook was a Robin Williams movie from 1991 that I really enjoy. The idea is that Peter Pan eventually left Neverland and grew up and had kids. Hook got bitter, found out about the kids, and kidnapped them in order to get Peter Pan to come back to Neverland so he could get revenge or something. So you've got Robin Williams as old Peter Pan trying to remember how to be awesome so he can rescue his kids. It's pretty great, and this game starts off with a _lot_ of cutscenes spelling all that out for you.

Tink is ever so jealous and bitter.

The game itself, unfortunately, is pretty bad. It's a platformer where you take the roll of adult Peter Pan. They sprite transform you from fat businessman to skinny elf dude which doesn't make a whole lot of sense but I guess they wanted to really drive home that you're Peter Pan. But the platforming is painfully slow. It actually reminded me a lot of the platforming in Act Raiser, except even clunkier. And in Act Raiser you were a statue come to life so a lack of agility made sense. Here you're PETER PAN! Even old, fat Peter Pan should be better than this.

No pirates allowed!

Anyway, I liked the movie and I wanted to like the game, but it just wasn't any fun. Maybe part of the problem is I didn't play it as a kid so I don't have any nostalgia for it? It certainly had good production values in terms of sound and graphics and cutscenes and stuff. This wasn't just a terrible rush job. No, it's like someone intentionally wanted the platforming to be this slow, and that makes me sad. It's not an unplayable pile of garbage, but it's not very good either.

Rating: C