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great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I like this little guy, hes entertaining and fun, and if you think its easy its really not for most. and it will make you laugh and get you frustrated at the same time. have fun with it.

Snarky and funny romp through the Big Easy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Basically, Voodoo Vince takes a page from Midevil and Psyconauts and uses rock solid game play with a total ascrewed off beat sense of humor.

You are Vince, Madam Charmaine's 3rd best Voodoo doll, brought to life by a pair of blundering goons trying to steal a bottle of magic Voodoo powder. While Vince has the classic jump, double jump and melee attacks, where he shines is in self-inflicted punishment. He has a variety of special attacks that hits him with some bizzare attack, resulting in him transfering it to all enemies in range (he is still a voodoo doll, after all). Combine that with his smart mouth, rather lazy attitude, and all out randomness it makes for a new twist on a classic idea.

It is most certainly worth picking up (particularly now since the price has come down so much), and just letting yourself laugh outloud at all the random silliness contained within.

A really top-notch platformer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

What makes this game great is that the boards are highly varied (some are puzzle boards, some racing, some fighting, some action, some mazes, etc) but each board focuses on *one* thing. If it is a puzzle board, then you are safe to wander around and try things out. If it is a fighting board, then you beat the heck out of everything you see. It is exciting without being overwhelming. Everyone will find some of the boards to be *really* hard, because that particular type of board will be their weakness.

Although this is a one-player game, we found that it is best played with a driver/navigator combo -- one person playing and trying to deal with whatever is coming at them, while the other person is watching carefully to try to see where the important parts of the board are hiding.

I'm playing it with my nine year old, and it works out great. He's terrible at the methodical (puzzle) boards and the racing (agility) boards. I can't deal with the three- and four-button combos in the fight boards. Between us, we can work through the game without getting frustrated.

The humor in the game is really top notch, as are the voice-overs. ("Something in here smells like sausage. I hope it's sausage!") Unlike most platformers, there are lots of totally unnecessary bits in the game to throw you off the trail -- In most games, when you see an item you can pick up, it always has some critical importance. But not in this game!

Fun, fun, fun...kids loved watching me play it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First game I've bought that actually encouraged bonding between my kids and I...they loved watching me play it and clamored for "Voodoo Vince" quite often. Great game!

voodoo vince - great game for all ages

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game for all ages! Lots of 'figuring out' things and of course it's set in New Orleans!!

Crazy wacky! Addictively fun! Super Amazing!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yes - it is that good. Great graphics, music, tons of humor all threaded beautifully through a zany story line. So many things to discover in this game. Each level holds complex surprises that you have to figure out - who knew you'd have to light yourself on fire and run across rooftops to blow up the evil, wrench hurling, trash talking gas station -the whole time dodging flying frogs and bottomless pits?! Ride a mouse in Rodent Rodeo, drive a flyboat in the bayou, fight goblins in a graveyard using your voodoo powers (one attack consists of dropping a cow on yourself which, in turn, voodoo style, squashes all monsters in the area), swing like Tarzan through swamps, battle a possessed talking doll who throws poodles. This game is just a totally fun, hi-larious good time.

Enter Voodoo Vince...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Voodoo Vince has class! REAL class! I love it.
Firstly, the locations are awesome. You'll be playing in a New Orleans-like setting, then you're in a Mansion, a Swamp, a Carnival, and a bunch of other places. There's one part where you're setting this clock to make all these bussinesses open so that you can get stuff and finish the level.
The monsters are fun to beat up and really cool looking!
Now, the Voodoo powers are just great! Really funny! There's a bunch of them and they all make me laugh. "Chainsaw" will make just that pop up and saw you in half, a Anvil will drop from the sky, on you...there's Toxic Waste, Blender, Shark Attack, Alien Attack, Bear Trap, Angry God, Lightning, the list goes on and on...and all of them will use that same effect on other monsters! My favorite Voodoo power is "1930's Mob Hit".
All the special moves are awesome. Head slam is great, Spin move, you can also Float to places while in mid-air, which really comes in handy.
Vince himself has class. He always has a little wise-crack or something to say, and the other characters are just as fun as he is.
Honestly, I can't think of a single thing wrong with this game. It's not too hard, but then it's not too easy. It requires a little strategy, but all of them are made really creative.
This is THE most original, most creative, most fun game I've ever seen. Period. It's totally worth the money. Thumbs up for Beep Industries(the guys who made the game)!

Highly Underrated Platformer with A Lot of Laughs!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: July 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I didn't pick this game up until it dropped to $20, mainly because I had heard mixed reviews about it. After playing it, I'm beginning to think that many reviewers are just jaded from the surplus of platformers available on the market. The game is beautiful and easy to learn. Voodoo Vince is a very cute mascot with just enough personality to crack up even the most serious of players.

Story
The story is pretty entertaining. You are a voodoo doll named Vince. You are the "third best" doll of a woman by the name of Madame Charmaine, who has been kidnapped by Kosmo the Inscrutable. During the crime, Vince has zombie dust sprinkled on him, bringing him to life and allowing him to receive telepathic messages from Mme. Charmaine.

Characters
Vince is a very likable character, with his tongue in cheek disdain for all things platforming (e.g. "Another musical gate puzzle...hooray"). I can't decide if he has very low or very high self-esteem, because his character seems to waffle between the two. In any case, he is very entertaining. Mme. Charmaine's visual role is small after her abduction, but her voice haunts you throughout the game (think Cleo from the Psychic Friends network). The main "baddy", Kosmo, reminds me of Bert from Sesame Street. He is supposed to be quite comical, but I find it hard to believe that a Muppet could pull off such a heist!

Gameplay
The gameplay is standard 3D platforming at its best -- jump around and float/hover to drop more slowly and find secret areas. Your special attacks are one of the more novel I have seen. To harm a large number of enemies around you, you invoke a random special attack which involves...hurting yourself! You collect icons throughout the game that add to your portfolio of attacks, including my favorite: the shark attack.

WOW! Animation and Great Tunes
A few other reviewers have dissed the animation, saying it isn't XBox calibre, but I couldn't disagree more. The first time Vince looks in an old, worn out mirror in the first level, I was amazed at the attention to detail that the designers put into this game. The burlap on Vince looks so real that I expect to get a rash from touching its rough surface! Everything else is cartoony, but the lighting effects are excellent, as is the feeling of age in certain areas (e.g. inside an old drainpipe).

Jazz and blues tunes permeate this title, giving it a real Cajun feel. The Main Street level of The Quarter really feels like New Orleans, especially how the music speeds up when Vince catches on fire. (Don't ask...it's an important part of the story).

Will This Gather Dust?
It certainly won't in my collection. Vince is cool, and his antics are classic. I am still revisiting levels trying to get all of the pages and skulls that I missed the first time through.

At $20, this game is a steal.

Overall Recommendations:
You'll like this if:
* You grew up on platformers and still love them.
* You like Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga style humor.
* You like New Orleans.

Highly Recommended

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: May 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The game has three-D graphics and allows multi-direction movement of Vince. The levels are challenging and solutions cleaver. The game will hold the interest of players from early teens and up.

It just might work its voodoo on you. Good - not great!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: April 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Voodoo Vince. I bought it for the Xbox because it got pretty good reviews and my XBox needed a platformer. By the way... three out of five stars for me, means that I liked the game and would reccomend it to fans of the genre. In truth it is worth 3.4 stars, but no way is it ever gonna be worth five. The only five star platformer I have played was the original Super Mario 64, so based upon that game, 3.4 is a fair assessment of Voodoo Vince. What can you expect?

Graphics...Astounding: 4.5
Music...Very Original and good: 4.0
Control... better than most: 4.0
Originality...somewhat lacking: 2.0
Humor...sometimes funny, sometimes dumb: 2.5
Gameplay...fun...but nothing new: 3.0

OVERALL SCORE: 3.4 out of 5

This game is probably one of the better platform titles for the XBox, so if you must have a platformer... rent it first. Odds are, if you like platformers, you will have fun. If you don't like them, however, Voodoo Vince isn't going to convince you otherwise.

JEFF

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