Ape Escape Ps5 Port Review

    I have to say at the start here that this game is enjoyable for how old it is (26 years old). There are many points that do seem random, unless I somehow just missed something like the seemingly random encounter with the main character’s friend. Given the story of apes trying to take over the world during this period, such a random involvement of this causes the game to be more enjoyable as it does show the surprising nature that games took in the earlier days. The main complaint I have for the ps5 ported edition of the game is that it does seem to hold the ps1 control of the player, which doesn’t feel like it should exist for a console like ps5 and does make it feel more difficult than it should.

    I seem to be doing less of a job in this game review to prevent spoilers because, for one, the game is 26 years old, easily making this the oldest game I’ve reviewed so far. Because of this, there is less reason to hide any of the story. I feel that the title of the game itself, and any description of the game that a person will read would give a pretty in-depth look at how the game is, that of apes escaping with the player required to capture them. Given that it does have random points, it does make me miss years ago when AAA companies were a bit more experimental with how they create games. Now, it does seem like it’s more over the shoulder shooters, or some heavily detailed game that requires a lot of space to occupy. While I enjoy the shooter genre too, it does feel like it’s becoming stale, so the randomness of this game is a relief.