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Another Fine Game from the Series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was introduced to this series by first playing the second game, so I can't comment or recommend the first title just yet. However, playing the second game Ty 2 Bush Rescue, I was immediately hooked by the way the game looks, sounds, and plays. It is a platform style game with plenty of exploring and mini games to go with it. Ty is a Tasmanian tiger in the outback of Australia and a part of a rescue squad that takes on missions to rescue various characters (through you playing the mini games) while defending Burramudgee with an assortment of boomerangs against evil plots from Boss Cass.

The graphics and sound although being a cartoon, more than exceeds at delivering an outback feel. Exploring the woods, you will find the foliage to be amazingly lush and detailed. The voiceovers and characters themselves are all modeled after Australian wildlife complete with accents.

The game itself is relatively easy, which might put some players off. Collecting items is simple enough and with the considerable amount of checkpoints throughout the levels, it is actually hard to lose any progress. What makes this game shine is the characters themselves, the humor, and the way the game plays. Exploring the levels is a real treat. While going into aiming mode of Ty's boomerang, it really pays to stop and look around the environment as new trails, platforms, and hidden items become more obvious.

Ty 3, is quite faithful to the second game, so what is said above can be easily applied to the third game. The atmosphere however is more strange, due to the invasion of the Quinkin. Burramudgee is now New Burramudgee and relocated in a canyon, hidden from the invading Quinkin and looks like a warzone. Ty fights more closely with hand-to-hand moves with his new boomerangs or "rangs". These rangs now have spaces to add stones to change the type of rang you carry. For example, a fire stone inserted into a rang makes the rang a fire-rang and so on. Some rangs allow for more than one stone allowing you to customize the types of rangs you can make. The mini games and bosses prove to be more challenging to beat. The Quinkin themselves are more creepy and menacing than the goofy villian Boss Cass. Despite the darker tone of the game, the personalities of all the characters remain intact with the humor to go with it.

If you have played the previous games, I can't imagine it disappointing any expectations. If you haven't played Ty before, expect Ty 3 to be a light game with plenty of action and a fair amount of challenge. Great for any age.

Not as good as first 2

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This review will be brief, as we've only played this a little while, but, that said, the graphics don't compare to the first two games in the series...not by a long shot! The characeters look kind of flat- cartoony (for lack of a better word) I don't know if (but suspect) it has to do with the third game being produced by activision, rather than Electronic Arts, like the first two (which were stunning). They're not *bad* as video games go, just not up to the standard set by the firt 2 (I'd give this a 3 for graphics, and the first 2 games 5)

While the plot is not set up as well (and I supect plays less of a role in the game), there's a definate connection...the music and scenery seem to use graphics from the second game...only darker (so maybe you won't notice they're the same?) We are told that this is because of the devastation to the town (which Ty rescued in the last game)? Puzzling that they would choose such and awkward pretext for a sequel (rather than tasking our hero on new adventures). They also seem to be migrating from more of an adventuere game to more of a platform game. This too is a disappointment. There are so few quality games out for kids- and most of those are platform games.

The first 2 games in the series were our family's favorites- our kids have played them each through several times...so we were eagerly awaiting the third. This is something of a disapponintment; still better than most of what's out there for children, just not up to the standards set with the first 2.

If you haven't played any of them before, consider getting this one first...then you'll be delighted with I & II. If you liked the first 2, you may well be disappointed with this one

5 year old loves it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My 5-year-old son (almost 6) has played every Ty game in the series, and he continues to love it. He's asking me when I think "Ty number 4" will come out. This game seems to be right at his level, and he almost never needs any help to complete the individual missions.

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