Jill of the Jungle: The Complete Trilogy

...but at the time of writing they are free, so it is hard to compete with the cost-benefit ratio. I did not play this back at the day but I have played a lot of platformers and this trilogy is not particularly good even by the standards of the early nineties. The sound and graphics are passable and it has some interesting ideas but the controls and the level design are terrible. However, there are unlimited lives and a save option so it can be completed in an afternoon, just before it becomes really frustrating.

Jill of the Jungle is an epic prequel to the not-epic (but capcom) game so-called Resident Evil. Here you will learn about perils that Jill Redfield has faced in the jungle before she was called to investigate Chris blood. Or at least this is what I believe according to my game multiverse theory. It's a fun 2D platformer of olde that was made by Epic Megagames. It's now exclusive to GOG store for free, hoo hoo. If you look at core gameplay, it's incredibly sloppy and clunky - on jump and on landing you stop for a moment. You can't throw knife when crouching to hit low enemies. Most enemies just boringly walk left and right. However, JIll is responsive to the controls and level design actually take into consideration all the core design limits in order to create mostly fair and fun maps. And on top this game is amazingly quirky. It doesn't take itself seriously. And the amount of self-boasting is too charming. Or cringy. Cringy + Time = Charming, I guess. I was surprised that in game's ending the prince didn't ask for new hot Epic Megagames game. Like Fortnite. I mean, it has weirdly weird sound effects, that I am sure were done on purpose, that also change between episodes. Jill sounds like she is a metal woman when she lands in the second game. Mmmmmmm~ It also has a health bar so it beats Commander Keen. Also, the two apples that somehow remove the limit on game's speed that you can pick up in the third episode level under some block in waterfall confuse me endlessly. No idea if it's DOSBOX glitch or what.

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Когда столы были высокими, а плитка на этаже одинаково коричневая, я с огромным удовольствием играл. По мне - отличная аркада, эх, где мои 14 дюймов элт и 80286......

Jill of the Jungle was made by Epic Megagames, the company that brought us such awesome titles like Jazz Jackrabbit and Unreal. But this one is... not that good. I have two main complaints: the controls and the level design. The controls are clunky and awkward, especially the jumping (which you do 90% of the time). The level design is all over the place, some levels are OK, but others are torture to get through. You weapons are lame and hard to hit enemies that are on the ground. I know it was released in '91, but Commander Keen was already out, and it had better graphics and much smoother gameplay. I like a few things though: the music is nice, and it's cool that you can transform into animals to fly, swim or jump higher. The game is free, so you can give it a try, but there are much better platformers around.