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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best game on the GBA, 13 Jul 2005
I played and loved the original Sabre Wulf on the Spectrum back in the '80s. The creators, 'Ultimate: Play The Game', were THE most original and exciting programmers in the country. The company have gone through a number of changes since then, including renaming themselves Rare, but this game is, as I hoped, the most original and exciting game I have played for years.The gameplay has almost nothing in common with the original Sabre Wulf, so don't buy this expecting a remake! Instead of a top-down hunt through the jungle, this game consists of dozens of small platform levels. Within each level/cave you have to make your way to the treasure, guarded by the wolf, and then escape. To get to the treasure you must use various animals to help you jump gaps, build bridges, and avoid or destroy various nasties. You have limited numbers of these animals to use throughout the level, and they are all replenished (and sometimes increased) for the next level. Later on there are several ways of using your animals to get to the treasure - your choice! The first level takes about 10 seconds - you use one animal to make a jump up to the treasure - and thereafter each succeeding level takes a few seconds longer than the previous one. Towards the end of the game it takes several minutes to get to the treasure - but its satisfying when you do! Once you touch the treasure, the game saves (so even if you die you won't have to repeat getting TO the treasure again) and you face the most exciting part of the game - a race back to the cave entrance, with the wolf hot on your tail! All the obstacles are removed for the return journey, so its just you versus the wolf! The wolf gets faster with each cave visited, so you have to jump over him and take interesting routes home again... This is a unique and innovative game, and if you have a GBA or a DS, then I cannot recommend this game enough. Best new game I've played this year. It reminds me of Lemmings - but with more humour, the best sound in a GBA game - and, of course, those fantastic chases with the wolf.
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