To be fair it has been over ten years since I've suffered through this game. But I doubt replaying it will change my thoughts much.
It takes everything lovable about world 2 and removes it entirely. Unlockable arcades? There's now just one sad machine sitting in a dark basement. Music? Basically none. Goodbye to the appealing pacman world, hello extremely generic locations with monsters you beat up with the same 3 hit combo for hours straight. Platforming is beyond basic. The games got 2 bosses and they're both the same, and really bad. Not content with being a bad brawler that locks you in a room to slay enemies endlessly; It's also got a 2nd type of enemy wave that's just a bunch of ghosts. On what planet do you see the interaction of grab power pellet, touch ghost and go "Hey, let's lock you in a room and make you eat an arbitrary amount of ghosts to move forward" Not remotely compatible or well integrated with the already tired brawler format this game went for.
Just kinda sad and feels like it does not end. Almost every idea results in a boring binary interaction. Pink ghost can make platforms solid. So you activate pink ghost, jump on platform, make it solid. Now pacman can use that platform. It's about as engaging and fun as it sounds. Some really weird, dreadful writing too.
It takes everything lovable about world 2 and removes it entirely. Unlockable arcades? There's now just one sad machine sitting in a dark basement. Music? Basically none. Goodbye to the appealing pacman world, hello extremely generic locations with monsters you beat up with the same 3 hit combo for hours straight. Platforming is beyond basic. The games got 2 bosses and they're both the same, and really bad. Not content with being a bad brawler that locks you in a room to slay enemies endlessly; It's also got a 2nd type of enemy wave that's just a bunch of ghosts. On what planet do you see the interaction of grab power pellet, touch ghost and go "Hey, let's lock you in a room and make you eat an arbitrary amount of ghosts to move forward" Not remotely compatible or well integrated with the already tired brawler format this game went for.
Just kinda sad and feels like it does not end. Almost every idea results in a boring binary interaction. Pink ghost can make platforms solid. So you activate pink ghost, jump on platform, make it solid. Now pacman can use that platform. It's about as engaging and fun as it sounds. Some really weird, dreadful writing too.