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SA reviews Timmy's Dream

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Timmy's Dream is a level produced by Hexagohn. Because the whole thing is done in the style of a Dr. Suess book, I figure I'll review in the same fashion, so here it goes:

Timmy's Dream starts off with Timmy asleep, his scary dreams awake they did keep,
And whilst his imagination was certainly avid, his courage found itself a little less valid,
But that's okay because Timmy knows, his teddy bear friend could solve all his woes,
So he traveled deep into his encephalon, with teddy in hand and awaiting much fun,
And what is the occasion that he has imagined? A circus of wonders, how could it of happened?
There was no scare, nothing to scar, but instead an amazing circus where he would be star.
You must brave the relentless trials ahead, impress the crowd, knock 'em dead!
The trapeze may be high, the lion ferocious, and even the enraged stuntman may appear atrocious,
But in this dreamland of wonderment and glory, stands you, brave Timmy, now do it in a hurry.

The storyline and concept, I must say, is quite impressive by today's standards anyway,
It's perky and childish, it rhymes and it's swell, and to the older generation, it might ring a bell
To a time way back when, when we used to enjoy, a bedtime story and a faithful toy
And whilst we dream of such things so amazing, the lights are bright and the fires be blazing,
It gave us reason to smile, and to create, more of these images to set our minds straight.
So, overall, the appearance is one of recurrence, to our beloved childhoods, so innocent and "over the fence".

Gameplay is solid, platforming is tons of fun, and looks to be equally entertaining, whether you play with 2 or 1.
Granted, some of the trapeze swings to me, felt a bit unnecessary,
But when it's all said and done, this level has few flaws present, maybe none.
This level is good mostly because you always know, where to come and where to go,
And also because of it's undeniable charm, a type of which can cause you no harm,
The endless stream of near perfect rhyming, seems to consistently carry the perfect timing,
And even if the level is either frustrating or hard, the rhymes will cheer you up like a Christmas card.
So, play the level and bring a friend, after all what would you being doing instead?

You know, aside from playing with your Christmas gifts.

Final Score:
9.0 / 10
Rhymes and platforming fun galore, could you possibly ask for more?
Well I suppose the 9 on this review, has to do with somewhat stale backgrounds in view,
But I point that out because I'm just no fun, I hardly think it will matter to more than some.

On a side note, as these always follow critique, I've been doing ridiculous chores now for about a week. So, I'm tired and my back is sore, but at the very least I came in to review some more. Hopefully time will now be on my side, so maybe more reviews with 90% less rhyme.
2009-01-04 18:51:00

Author:
Shining Aquas
Posts: 353


Haha nice one SA. 2009-01-04 19:14:00

Author:
Neverynnal
Posts: 374


Lol thanks for the review, I think your better at rhyming than me
Yeah the background is a little stale, can't think of to much more to add it being a tent and all but that's my fault for putting it in a tent lol
2009-01-05 01:48:00

Author:
Hexagohn
Posts: 335


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