Earthworm Jim 3D

But it's downgraded to terrible by the awful camera, really ruins the game experience.

I love the Earthworm Jim series, I truly do. But EWJ 3D is the black sheep of the family. It did not take the transition from 2D platformer to 3D platformer well at. Sense of humor aside, this game combined all the worst of the worst. Glitchy controls, unimaginative gameplay, and a camera that seemed to actually want to be elsewhere. Stick to the first two. You can't go wrong with those. Unless you're one of those into self-inflicted punishment. In which case, you'll have a blast.

First off, the game is perfectly playable on a keyboard. There are also camera controls which 90% of the people seemingly just ignore. Use them and you have a surprising amount of freedom with the camera. It's not nearly as bad as the claims are. At least to me, controls were absolutely not an issue and anyone who played games in the 90s/2000s should do fine. What is bad though is the saving system and bosses. Basically, you have to 100% a level in a single life. Dying even once resets the level and the collectibles except Golden Udders completely. Which means you have to learn the level, the jumps and everything and then perform it flawlessly in one go. The levels are luckily not that long, but expect to replay some levels a LOT of times. Because you will. The game starts somewhat easy but right in the 2nd world, you will be required to perform several nearly pixel perfect jumps in a row and failing just one means instant death and a fast trip to the start of the level. The game also loves inescapable death pits. The lives system is also basically useless as the level just restarts whenever you die. If it at least allowed you to continue from mid-level, it would have been something but no. And if you do make it through the levels, then come the bosses. Which is probably the single worst part about this game. I would bet that about 9/10 people stop playing the game at the boss of the 2nd world. Because he's so incredibly cheap, annoying and unfun to try and beat that you'd rather say "F THIS" and drop the game. All the boss fights are also based on the same (pretty annoying) gimmick. The soundtrack has several bangers in it but unfortunately, there is no way to control the volume and some tracks are obnoxiously loud. But even through all of this, it's just old-school platforming goodness. At least a basic save system would have made it a bit more enjoyable, but those are the joys of very old games. Giving it a decent 7/10. Fun, but with some major annoyances.

I played it on the N64, and the only good thing I could say about the game back then was that the colors looked exceptionnaly good for a N64 game. Everything else was horrible, bad camera, bad controls, boring level design. This game was bad in 2000, considering how 3D games have evolved since then, and how even the greatest 3D games of this era are almost unplayable by today's standard, I can't think of how it must feel to play this game today.

The Gameplay Is Good, But It Has Some Issues Like For Example The Awful Camera, But It's Overalll Quite Fun, AND Funny! But The Keyboard Control Is Terrible, And I Recommend A ControlPad, Obviously. But No One Can Say Its Better Than EWJ 1+2, Buy That If You Don't Have It. But If You Have 1+2 And Is An EWJ Fan That Want EVERYTHING Earthworm Jim, Then Buy This, But Don't Expect Much.