Today’s game was originally given away back in February of this year. Check out the comments from then by following the link below:
http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/foxy-jumper-2/#comments
and check the Googled images:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=Foxy%20Jumper%202&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
It received 85% thumbs up from over 100 votes and the comments were generally quite positive. In particular check out comment #5 from guyfromtrinidad, #16 by Duh, #20 by Chris Jack, #23 & #32 by Game Seeker, #24 by nareshjikbn2, #25 Laura Sierra, and #33 by Tiffany,
There’s even a sequel, Foxy Jumper 2: Winter Adventures, follow the link:
http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/foxy-jumper-2-winter-adventures/#comments
I’ll post a full review later today. I haven’t the time at the moment as I have to go to my Hydrotherapy in about an hour’s time, which isn’t enough time to review this game. Later
WR
p.s.
It definitely looks like a cool platform game at first glance, plenty of power ups and colorful animations, the options menu is basic, with the usual music and sound sliders and key binding mapping for two players; which is a good addition for a family game. My children often love to play two player games when we have the time, so this is an added bonus; unfortunately it doesn’t have mouse controls.
Using the freeware program recommended in the forums (Alawar thread) by Hempman called Process explorer (thanks Hempman) It seems that this program uses about 46% of my cpu resources (using a dual core system)
Back later
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After plaing through the first 8 levels quite fast, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. There are enough bonuses, momsters and special items, as well as bonus levels, to make this a game with plenty of replayability. The characters have a cartoon theme that will certainly endear the game to the young ones; but I don’t think the game would be restricted to the kids simply because theres more than just collecting a few treasures and jumping from one platform to another (although it is one of the main features lol.
There are four special items that are positive in nature, that is the portal, which leads to bonus levels; see the images by following the link below to my photo bucket account for details. When you pass into a bonus level, which can be any time during a level, you will know immediately s the background changes significantly. My first (and only encounter so far was in level seven, which took me to what I initially thought was level 8, but I knew it couldn’t be because I’d not collected the key to escape level seven yet. Once I’d collected all the treasure from the bonus level, I wasn’t sure how to return, however after about a minute I was returned to the level I’d not finished.
Other special items include the Lamp Djin (on of the three classes of beings that god is supposed to preside over, the other two being us; human beingsand the melehica.) that shoots all monsters on a level and converts them to cheese, which foxy can eat by catching it. There’s also a jackpot item that is a simple slot machine. Whenever you score three of the same you get a shower of coins that can be collected for extra points.. Finally there’s a lamp that turns the light off. I didn’t get the significance of this because I didn’t, come across it during the 8 levels I played.
Besides the special items there are eight bonus items which include:
1) Tornado; which makes you invulnerable from the monsters missiles or via contact with the monsters.
2) Speedy shoes; that enable you to move at lightning speed
3) Magic Potion; that gives you the touch of death
4) Hard Hat that makes you invulnerable to parrot eggs that are thrown at you sometimes.
5) The Ghost; that helps you to pass through walls and platforms
6) The Magic clock; freezes everything but foxy
7) The Bomb; kills all monsters on the level at the time
8) The Heart; need I explain, lol
There are several monsters and other objects that can impede your progress through the levels, for example the yellow ghost (you can’t mistake this for the bonus ghost) will steal some of the treasure you’ve collected and return it to where it was originally taken from. The Trompert (spelled correctly) throws projectiles at you, e.g. parrot eggs. Storm clouds try to electrocute you as they pass over where you may be standing, so don’t stand about while these are floating about. There are also treasure chests that try to bite you. Again, you can’t confuse these with the treasure chests you collect as they are bigger, move around and have an evil look about them :) All of the treasure chests must be killed and all of the treasure collected before you can progress to the next level. You will also come across boss monsters that try to follow you around, however up to level 8 at least; these were restricted to the ground level. There are also orange bombs that are not to be confused with the bonus bombs despite having a smile on their faces as they will lose you a life. Thankfully there are lots of lives to pick up in the early levels. You can access any level in sets of 8. It looks like they get steadily harder as they progress, so it would be advisable to save as many lives as possible by collecting the hearts as they appear. Watch the sides of the playing area for these, as it’s an easy place to miss. When killing some of the animals such as mice and what could be storks or flamingos’ you can sometimes pick up letters, which go towards spelling the word BONUS . Completing this will give you a bonus. The first and only time so far completing this gave me loads of stars, each one worth points
The game is controlled by the keyboard or a key pad, with six keys required. Four for movement one for firing and one for pausing the game, which brings up the options menu as well as an option to end the game or return to where you left off. From the options menu you can change the key bindings for both players. If you select a single player game you can actually bring in a second player by clicking on the second players fire key, which by default is the left Ctrl key. Bonuses are dropped onto the platforms by the balloon that you see floating around. Once a bonus has been dropped it seems to be indestructible. I didn’t want to wait more than about a minute to see if it disappeared, which I thought was ample time..
Check out the screen captures from todays game; these include lots of in game images showing the various bonuses and negative objects as well as bonus levels and the menu screens. You can view them either all on one page (all 39 of them) or as a slide show. (which lasts just under 2 minutes as the change over is set for 3 seconds)
All on one page:
http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/gaotd/Foxy%20Jumper%202/?start=all
As a slideshow:
Other Foxy Jumper Reviews:
http://www.alawar.com/games/foxyjumper2/comments/
Overall I’d give this game 6.5 out of 10 or maybe a 7 if you have children. It’s cute and easy to play, but there’s enough going on and later levels are a little harder to progress through to make it a worthwhile download. There is no save facility
If you like platform games here’s a freeware platform game called Adams Family, I’ve downloaded a few titles from the ‘free downloads’ centre and have not had any problems so far with malware, however ensure you have your pop up blocker activated before downloading this program though as my blockers did inform me several times that pop ups had been blocked.:
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Games/Arcade_Style_Games/Addams_Family_Download.html
I’m sure I’ve missed something, but as usual, my hydrotherapy session has left me in serious need of a decent sleep. The kids will be home in about an hour and a half, so I’d better get this review posted and then crash.
Thank you Alawar and the Game Giveaway team for providing a repeat of this excellent game. If you fancy the original game Alawar are selling it for half price:
http://www.alawar.com/games/foxyjumper/
check out the comments: