Earthworm Jim 3D

This is the more complete version of the game with the missing OST from the N64 version, but that's about all it has going for it. That being said, I do admit I have a guilty pleasure with Jim 3D. I occasionally like to go back and enjoy its crazed messiness with my good friend Teddy from the Earthworm Jim server: The Jimcord. We have also just gotten word that people were able to make a possible widescreen fix, as well as working controls for the xbox series of controllers as out of the box as it were, some buttons do not work. Come say hi to me if you ever get interested in getting these fixes, and come to Retroplanet for a full review coming soon.

The game leaves Earthworm Jim's roots and tries (unsuccessfully) to mimick 3D platformers such as Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie. The game-play stinks, the humor of the earlier games is gone and every single boss fight consists of surfing on a pig and collecting marbles. Avoid this piece of garbage!

The game is not bad because of lack of controller support or because of bad camera controls. Neither of these things is remotely true. Camera and Controller works fine. What makes this game bad is the dang marble races. What makes this game bad is collecting marbles, and having to do so in one life . That is what makes this game bad. IF there had been proper boss fights instead of these silly marble fights, perhaps Earthworm JIm 4 would not have taken almost 20 years to make.

I own this on the N64. This doesn't have the same humor or charm as the originals (Earthworm Jim 1 and 2, which you can get here on gog, by the way). There are a handful of gags that are genuinely funny to me, but overall it doesn't save the game. The gameplay itself seems pretty average to me, and sometimes a little frustrating. You'll probably get your money's worth out of this game, but only just. There's better games here on gog you could spend your money on, in my opinion.

As a huge Earthworm Jim fan, I can confirm this game is utter garbage. Instead of following the video game series, this game is based on the cartoon version of "Earthworm Jim". The slime character which used to be snot coming out of your neck in EWJ2 can suddenly talk for some reason, the fridge jokes are overused and Peter Puppy stars as a big decapitated head inside a huge tube in Jim's mind. This is all he gets. The levels are bland and boring, with absolutely no connection at all to the Earthworm Jim universe. The first world is a barn, the seoncd a fast food island, the third is a horror house and the last is a deserted canyon. Most of these worlds are incredibly empty, which is why the developers added collectibles (marbles and udders) and a swarm of enemies to hide it. After collecting and killing everything, you will start to notice how empty these levels really are. Every boss battle is done by "Pork Boarding", where you slide on a pork and collect marbles by shoot ing the bosses to make them drop the marbles. This is quite a challenge, as you've got to collect absolutely EVERY marble while dodging enemy missiles. This is extremely repetitive. Expect each boss to take 1 hour at least. The humor itself is very dark and doesn't really fit the E rating it was given. Every character you help gets crushed (and killed) by a fridge, you decapitate cows by throwing a bloody meat axe at them (with a realistic death), you "kill" Elvis (yes, THE Elvis) by grinding him into a burger and you shoot old ladies and babies. I am not kidding. There is also a lot of gross out moments, like a river made out of c**p and people puking on you. There is even a mild yokel swear in there (Dayaaaam!) I love Earthworm Jim 1+2, even the HD version was good. But this was dissappointing. It took me 12 hours to finish and every hour was painful. Play this if you are an ultra hardcore fan, but stay away if you have no good childhood memories of this belovable characters.