Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (2004) Pitfall Harry aims to prevent the dastardly Jonathan St. Claire from claiming the lost city of El Dorado.
PITFALL, shitfall, you might think, knowing that this is a conversion of the lukewarmly received console game released earlier this year. But it's not all that bad. What you've got is a cheery platforming adventure that might end up annoying the bejeezus out of you, but could be a good buy for a younger family member - should they be among the .01 per cent of the pre-pubescent population that doesn't have a console.
Based on a classic platformer of yore, Pitfall is nicely presented in a mock-Indiana Jones style. There's a bit of fighting, a bit of puzzling and plenty of platforming in a Prince Of Persia kind of way, set in some cutesy jungle and lost-civilisation environments.There's little innovation going on, but provided you've got a joypad to play it with, Pitfall is fairly fun, and stuffed with plentiful mini-games to keep you distracted for the odd half hour.
However, it's also saddled with the usual fallibilities of the genre: clunky camera, cliched puzzles, annoyingly difficult bits - so we won't go overboard.
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