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 A Golden Game November 22, 2008
Eoghan CC (Ireland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This Is One Of The Best Games I've ever played.
When i was younger, and just got a PS2.
This is one of the first i got given, and it blew me away.
First of all however i think i should tell you about the PS2 Scooby Doo games in general.
This was the first to come out and is by far the best.
The Second; 'Mystery Mayhem' is entertaining, but does not stand a chance against this game. The object of 'Mystery Mayhem' is to capture different monsters and ghosts in a book that you collect different pages for as you progress through five or six levels. It is fun, but does not let you explore as this game does.
The Third game; 'Unmasked' is worse then all the others. While 'Mystery Mayhem' brought a sense of creativity and new ideas with it. This game simply feels like nearly all children based platform games.
You kill the monsters you find the special things, and then you end it. It doesn't even boast one of the best stories either. A little disappointed with it.
Then we come to; 'Night Of A 100 Frights' (this game) and even though this is the oldest, it is still by far the best of the series.
The story is entertaining and downright funny in parts.
We get to see classic "Scooby Doo: Where Are You" monsters and ghosts,
and best of all you get to explore.
With the other games you feel like the path has already been set down for you, and you cannot alter it no matter what you try.
But in this game there is countless secret passageways leading from one place to another, so that you can be on one side of the map one minute, and be in a locked dungeon on the other side of the map that you couldn't access earlier the next.
There are countless monster tokens to try to discover and collect, and there are Scooby Snacks to collect all over the place (you need these to access another level), and a manner of inventions to discover that means you have to retrace your steps all over the map to acquire things that you weren't able to get earlier (there are even portals to help you get around).
At the beginning of the game there seem to be only three main location settings (excluding 'Mystic Playground').
There's:
"Mystic Manor"
"Hedge Maze" &
"Smugglers Cove".
But as you progress you find more and more places to go, so you can even get lost at times (once for around an hour), not to mention the "Secret Passages" area.
Story: The story is that Daphne's cousin Holly's uncle has disappeared and that she wants them to help her find him.
He was a scientist, and has left countless inventions lying around, just waiting for Scooby to find.
But when the rest of the gang disappear also, it's up to Scooby Doo to help them escape from the plague of monsters living around the manor.
Scooby Doo must journey to defeat three main bosses; "The Black Knight, 'The Green Ghost' and 'Captain Redbeards Ghost' to rescue Fred, Velma and Daphne. With Shaggy appearing along the way.
Before they must confront the evil Mastermind.
Hardness: The games difficulty largely vary for what age you are.
When i first got the game and was an inexperienced gamer, i found it very difficult.
But nowadays i could probably defeat most of the game in about two days, and defeat bosses and levels which otherwise would seem impossible.
Nevertheless, this is still one of the most challenging childrens games around. the Graphics aren't superb like many new generation games, but it is not a simple shoot'em up like so many games today (nothing against that however) but the game play is fantastic, and some of the scenery and backround shots poisitively frightning (especially in the "Hedge Maze".
GOOD POINTS: An exceptional and very deep game that could take forever to fully complete, and will by no means be over in a day.
But will linger on and on, getting more fun and more difficult by every step you take.
FUNNY POINTS: One of the best things of this game is that despite all the monsters, it is very good humoured (i love the lampshade & Bunny Slippers disguise).
BAD POINTS: It can be difficult in places and if you get stuck then there is no simple - go off, level up, and come back again more powerful - aspect to the game. You simply need to keep trying until you get it right.
WORST POINTS: There's not much worse then a bad joke, i can bare these however, as really the game is based for younger players, even if the gameplay is very hard at parts.
GRAPHICS: By no means stunning, but good enough for the game it is.
CONTROLS: There is nothing much different in these controls, then many other controls in these sorts of games. Simple and to the point.
OVER-ALL: One of the best games you could get your hands on. If you like:
Story,
Adventure,
Fun,
Something thats not over quickly,
and Discovery.
This one of the first games i ever got and thank goodness it is.
An exceptional game.
Scoobtastic November 10, 2008
J. Travis
Well where should I start I got this game when I was twelve, and yes It is quiet difficult but I completed it a month later. I am now fourteen even though i'd completed it it is still fun to play.
Fandabidoooo, 5 stars for scoobydoo! April 11, 2008
Mrs. M. Lambrou-whiting (London)
Luv this game even though i'm a grumpy teen! had this game when i was little but only started to play it now!! It is addictive and has hundreds of levels. I've only just completed it. it is very taxing in some parts (trying to work out what you actually have to do to get to the next level!
You should play this game at least twice (that is if you finally manage to complete it!) coz there are loads of things you may have missed out in the first levels of the game where you need the umbrella to get all the items or somthing like that!
I would recomend this for EVERYONE. The BEST ps2 game I've ever played!
I only wish there were more games like this one! lol! :)
 Scooby-Doo: Night of 100...hard levels?! November 30, 2007
XTG (UK, England)
I saw the advert for this game on the television one morning when I was 5 and asked my Mum for it. I got the game for my birthday and I must admit that I found it fun. However when you get to later levels, you find one thing: THEY ARE INCREDIBLY HARD!! Even now when I'm much older I'm still stuck on 46% or something like that. It's a good fun game but you do seem to die an awful lot which is annoying when, every time you die you go back to the beginning of the level.
Okay, now that we have the negatives out of the way, let's get on to the positives!
The graphics are brilliant as it's only a early PS2 title and the character voices sound authentic. The levels are funny as the enemies are gormless, and killing them with a helmet is pretty satisfying.
Fantastic game for everyone October 5, 2007
Jane (Swindon, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Me and my 9 year old daughter have been playing this for some time now... niether of us are hardened gamers so we don't play none stop... but this has been really fun... some of the tasks are quite difficult so I'm really not sure that a 3 year old could play it! but the content is very child friendly and on the whole we have had a lot of fun... there is certainly a lot to do and with a bit of practice we have got through nearly all of it now... if you are a scooby fan then this is great... but for all those parents out there who are sick of buying games that are either too hard for the kids to complete or are so short they only last a day or two... this is a good game... I bought this second hand off Amazon and it has turned out to be great value for money...
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