Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jun 26, 2022

  Where to begin? Since the dawn of time, Man has tried to discover meaning and purpose to life. Whether it be through religion, learning about a variety of subjects, production of art, thorough examinations of old live-action Nickelodean shows, or otherwise fruitless endeavors which lead to nothing, there are a variety of ways we can interpret meaning. For me, however, it would have to be thoroughly enjoying the content within this very game. While not the most intellectual, hardcore, or challenging game, Earthworm Jim 3D still comes out to be a true scholar's game of choice. To begin with, the very controls are fluid, and allow you to perform many different actions with it's vast button arrangements, however it doesn't get to the point where the player is overwhelmed. It introduces "Dodge-Rolling", a concept Dark Souls would steal decades later, and to great effect. Getting out of the way in the nick of time from enemy rockets feels great, and allows for glorious comebacks on boss fights. Besides that, there is also his "Helicopter Hop", allowing him to compliment his already vast moveset with a handy hovering ability. Combine this with his High Jump, and you can go a considerable distance from being stationary. Of course, I can't choose to forget mentioning his greatest asset: The weapons. From his basic gun, which isn't named in-game but I refer to as a Peashooter, to some of the more extreme weapons, such as the Elf(?) launcher, or even just using your own head as a whip, Jim's got a hefty arsenal to take down any foe. All the weapons (except his basic Whip attack, for a good reason; It doesn't use Ammo) feel amazing to use, hands down. Finally, I can't not discuss the level design. The very first level you encounter instructs you without being overtly annoying, just explaining your options. You don't *need* to use all the options, such as the High Jump, in order to progress, but when doing so, you discover one of the many collectables scattered throughout the level. It's a great feeling picking them up, as you know that with each one picked up, you get closer and closer to that great reward at the end of the tunnel. Later levels see you using all the skills you've harnessed throughout and expertly timing them to succeed, and the gratifying feeling when you've gotten past an annoying section is without compare. Overall, I mean this when I say it; Earthworm Jim 3D gets my dick harder than my wife does. Haha, just kidding, I don't have a wife. But I do have a girlfriend, and we have so much sex. I am not lying about this part. Earthworm Jim 3D has cured my ED, along with giving me confidence and a promotion at my job.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 23, 2014

  Don't. Even. Bother. This game was bad on the N64. It's worse now, and the music doesn't even work. The controls are so bad that the first boss is nearly unbeatable. Go get Psychonauts instead.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 15, 2014

  This port is absolutely horrible. Glitches Galore, missing sound, Music, Constantly Crashes, Bad Controls. This is a good game, but this version is nothing short of broken and unplayeable. You're better off buying an N64 and Physical copy of the game. Everyone who purchased this deserves a refund!!
• gamedeal user

  Dec 21, 2014

  DEVELOPERS: Game Randomly freezes and says Please Insert CD-ROM which requires force-close with task manager and does not save the game. It seems most vulernable to this in the hub world or paused. Also, the game will not save video / control settings. If you don't have a Nintendo system, you have a limited selection of animated 3D platformers. This game scratches the itch quite nicely with it's qwerky sense of humor and Free-Range Exploration. And although it's easier than it's 16 bit counterparts and utilizes auto and manual saving, like most games from the 90s, it will challenge you with unforgiving collecting requirements and limited lives. It ran smoothly on my Windows XP 1.8ghz system. Bring your own music because it's been removed, evidentally, for copyright reasons. Also, although I could save the game, it didn't seem to save my control and video settings. I managed some permanent custom controls including turbo whip and camera by keyboard mapping to my controller using xpadder. A very underrated title. Put down your realistic war or bloody zombie game for a while and walk or crawl into this free-roaming, challenging, and light hearted genre.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 28, 2015

  I do not understand how this game can be made for kids!! The games audio is close to broken (it actually started playing music from Frogger 2 during the game because it was in my disk drive.) The pace is really slow and tedious. I'm not even past the first level and now im stuck at the FIRST BOSS because the game controls are also broken and weird. Not to mention, apart from it crashing, Sometimes the game promts me to "reinsert the CD-Rom" which is unbelievable. I get it's an older game but that s**t is too much. Only thing I liked was that it was only $3 so I dont completely hate myself for actually spending money on this garbage.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 17, 2015

  You have to be some kind of fucking stupid to design that Psycrow boss fight.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 28, 2011

  The king of werid imaginations and creativeness in a game. Whoever thought up this game didn't have a entirely sane mind. It is because of its strange content a one of kind amazing game and very fun to play.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 6, 2017

  I do not like to review games since every person has there own opinion, and just because someone says a game is bad or good does not mean it is for you, the reason i am writing this is beacuse this game seems to not work at all. it only worked once and after doing all the steps listed by steam support it still does not work, so be warned those who want to buy this game.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 3, 2017

  First things first. This game is pretty good. It's pretty easy, but it's alright, and fans of the series will enjoy it. That's not why I'm writing this review, though. I'm writing it because... there are some very interesting quirks to the PC version. The less interesting error you'll encounter is, if you try to render it above 1080p, it won't work. That's not really such a big deal - I didn't expect it to work above 720, so whatever. The more interesting bug is that the port does NOT include the music. See, the original release of the game read the music tracks from the disc and installed most of the rest to your drive. This one has a bypass so you can play it "without the disc." But this means you will have NO music. At all. Unless... well, you see, when I first played the game, I didn't realize I'd left a CD in my drive. So... instead of hearing the standard entry level music, I heard Smash Mouth's, "Holiday In My Head." I cracked up, because not only was it not meant to be playing, but... "Holiday In My Head." That is... the game. This continued on every level for a while. Running past the grenades got me "Shoes 'n' Hats." After the second world, though, the music stopped entirely. The Smash Mouth CD only had so many tracks, after all. I bet if I'd put in my Sonic Adventure CD, it would have filled in all the blanks. This port DOES have all the sound effects and textures, so it's not technically broken. And it plays really nice with a modern controller. But... look, I know some cats are against emulating. So just buy this. Now you own it, hooray! And go emulate the N64 version. It's okay, trust me. If, however, you want the music to have nothing to do with the source game, OR if you already own the original disc, you might as well play this version. It really is a wonderful experience.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 26, 2018

  This game is not as bad as everyone says. Sure, it has problems, but it isn't a bad game. Nevertheless, I wish that this wasn't the last game in the series. The game is challenging, and unfair at times, but it can be fun still. The music in this version doesn't work, but you can download a patch off the Internet pretty easily. F**k the porkboarding sections, though. Those are absolutely unplayable.