Cgr Undertow - Codename - Kids next door - Operation v.i.d.e.o.g.a.m.e. review for playstation 2

By now, you guys know the drill, right? I�m an old man, and I like cartoons released no later than 1950. Maybe 1960. Point is, I have no idea what this is. Looks like...Peanuts meets Hey Arnold, or something. So I�m coming at this from a completely neutral perspective. I have no opinion either way on the Kids Next Door. Although, for what�s it worth...when it comes to the kids who actually live next door to me, I...I kind of want to throw them in the street sometimes. So, you know. Full disclosure. Anyway, the game gives me some clues as to what it�s about, though. So does the Internet. I guess it�s, like, James Bond. For little kids. So, you know, toilet paper villains. Bet his weapon is a persistent dingleberry. This maniacal...maniac, plans to reduce the ply of all toilet paper around the world. Agents, you must make a decision. Actually, that�s not the story. I made that up. True story, though. The game was developed by High Voltage Software. That�s a company that, during the Wii�s heyday, was really good at generating hype for games that never lived up to it. Nonetheless, they�re still a solid developer, but really...there�s only so much you can do with a game like this. So Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E. is...a really long title. It�s also a 3D action platformer...type, thing. If you�ve ever played a kids game based on an animated TV show, you�ve probably played a game just like Kids Next Door. But to its credit, there�s actually some pretty decent platforming here. Unfortunately, the camera is, freaking...Operation C.R.A.P. One of the biggest problems with games like this is that...they try to do a lot of things, right? Platforming, third-person shooting, melee combat...and I guess they do it for the sake of variety, but they don�t do any of them well. Again, I had the most fun during the platforming parts, which are actually kind of tough for a kid�s game. But that freaking camera. And that pink hat! It�s not that Kids Next Door is a bad game, but...it�s just another kids game, destined to sit at the bottom of bargain bins for years. Or until some kind of crazy dystopian gaming future, when consoles don�t even let you play used games. But that�ll never happen, right? Ah. Right?