Ragdoll Masters review by Asvarox

Reviewer's Ratings

3.0 Graphics

3

Good

3.0 Sound

3

Good

4.0 Gameplay

4

Excellent

When I first saw this game on GameBoom, I thought "that's probably some lame game". But every time I checked this site for new posts and such, the game kept "flashing" on my screen telling me "give me a try!". So I finally decided to check what is that game about.

First thing I noticed was the license - Shareware. That, obviously, didn't make me happy, I prefer free gaming when it comes to such "little" games. Still I didn't give up this game, and I read that there's a free demo available. I went to developer's website to download it. While downloading, I read some reviews' snippets saying that this game had surprisingly addictive gameplay. Well, I didn't believe so, I was playing a lot of RPG's - I couldn't believe such simple game can be any addictive.

Well that was really what surprised me - I was obviously wrong. Even if simple, the gameplay can give you a lot of fun. Of course, you probably won't find yourself playing Ragdoll Masters for few hours, but still when you have few "free" minutes while downloading something, you would probably end up playing this game. The demo gives you 3, out of 20, levels to play, either alone or with second player and limits your ability to alter the gameplay (for example you can't change gravity power). The full game costs about $10.

Sounds are also really cool. Well not sounds alone, they are really basic, but the music. The game comes with 4 one minute soundtracks which are looped while fighting against evil grey people. I cannot really identify what genre exactly is that (something around dance-techno) as I tend to listen what I like, not what genre I like, but I need to say - I like it. Really adds much to the gameplay, makes great atmosphere.

The graphics are.. well good. This is really small game, obviously not focused on this aspect, but I'm rather away from saying it's ugly. I really like the slow motion when you hit someone.

There are also few things that I don't like. Like I said before it's not free. Another thing that is probably really annoying is that when you want to play, you need to start from the beginning, from level 1. While it's not really annoying when you have only 3 levels available, it most likely is when you "accidentally" lost at level 16 I doubt many people would try again anytime soon. Maybe such feature is unlocked once you buy the game, but honestly I don't believe so.

So here are mine "final thoughts":
Pros:
- Great gameplay for such little game
- Excellent music and sounds.
- Satisfactory graphics.
- Ability to co-op play with friend or against him
- Many levels
Cons:
- It's not free
- Missing "start from level" feature.