Two nights ago I had this strange urge to play Tarzan Untamed again... perhaps I having withdrawls from school being out and not having to babysit 7th graders all day... maybe I am just a glutton for punishment, but I poped Tarzan back in the Cube and went for it... this time the stars must have been in alignment because I kicked some trash... I got through Level after level with narry a thought for how frustrating and bored everyone else was getting watchign Tarzan smack into rocks and slide through green crystals (apparently Superman and Tarzan have an aversion to glowing green rocks). I ignored the cries of my wife and child and kept playing. Around this time the game informed us that we needed to go back and find more Film reels, or else they wouldn't let us go to the ancient Elephant burial ground... I went back to the surfing and skiing levels,and My wife went on-line to look up divorce attorneys. After a few hundred hours of Tarzan testing his skull strength against rocks and trees; I had enough film to move on.
At this point I think it is important to mention the boss battles. These are one on one fights in the tradition of Street Fighter,and MK, but instead of fighting you furiously tap on the "B" button until it reveals your "special wrestling move" which you must perform in a matter of mere nano-seconds or else start the whole "B" pounding again... now this button pounding isn't smooth or easy like one might imagine after having played a Mario Party game, no, this is hardcore, your finger will hurt after the last two bosses pounding... in any case if you happen to pull off this feat of controlled magic Tarzan switched into a cut scene of him wrestling or running away, or whatever...
When I got to the third Bungee level (the Baboon one) I had to run to the bathroom-- the game had somehow given me diarreah. My wife tried the level a few times, while I expelled the entire contents of my digestive tract into the toilet. When I came back Tarzan was still falling hoplessly into trees and rocks... this didn't change much after I took the controls back. Eventually I got the all important Film Canister winning the respect of the Baboons. They take their film VERY seriously.
Ok... so Then I got to the last level (before the final "boss" battle) I go crusing through the level dodging kryptonite and saving baby monkeys only to find Turk or Tantor... whatever the elephants name is... standing there to tell me I needed to go back to the start of the level and find the "real" entrance to the Elephant Grave yard. I went back to the start and having won the trust andlove of my Baboon friends I was alble to gain entrance to the Elephant grave yard...Here I went on the final Boss battle where I had to "fight" two people at once... This ended with a cryptic cut-scene that I think promised me a better ending if I found all the film canisters...
All in all my marriage survived and I found that Tarzan really was worth the 20 bucks I spent 7 months ago in Wal-mart... did I mention that It was about 2 A.M. when I bought the game...
I give it a Z+ or a Q- depending on what scale you want to use...
