Let's Sperg Ape Escape 2

[gaystoner]

i remember thinking monkey ball and ape escape existed in the same 'world' for some reason lol

 

[Creep3r]

i remember thinking monkey ball and ape escape existed in the same 'world' for some reason lol

I also thought this was part of the 'monkeyverse' for some reason.

 

[I-chi]

One of my firsts and favorites. Basically pioneered the analog control scheme ( because it was made for it ), and introduced me to an entire genre of music that stuck with me well into today. Such fond memories.

I really should fire up the ePSXe205 and tweak it some more...

 

[Overcast]

I remember the third game being my personal favorite. Although they were all great.

 

[Monkey Shoulder]

Never got past that fucking catfish in the first game.

 

[Billy_Sama]

Enjoyed 1-3 for being fun romps. Thinking about the first one really was amazing for it time as it showed that PS1 can have games like Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie with 3D platforming with cameran controls.

 

[Aquinas]

wheres the lets play?

 

[Marissa Moira]

Enjoyed 1-3 for being fun romps. Thinking about the first one really was amazing for it time as it showed that PS1 can have games like Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie with 3D platforming with cameran controls.

That wasn't Ape Escape that did that, that was Spyro.

 

[Dom Cruise]

I remember the third game being my personal favorite. Although they were all great.

The third is my personal favorite as well, the costume changes are fun and the theming of the levels being TV/movie sets is really fun as well.

There is a special magic to the original game but the third one really knocks it out of the park, to the degree I'm almost glad it ended on such a high note instead of a fourth entry potentially disappointing.

 

[GenericEdgelordSupreme]

you should check out 2 and 3 if you like the first one but yeah dumb idea to remake the first for the psp of all things

I started playing Ape Escape 2 on an emulator and it's touching my inner child in all the right places. I like that it plays just like the first one and barely changed the controls, but with better graphics. My only complaints are that Jimmy is an annoying little shit (Spike had more of a lackadaisical stoner type voice but Jimmy has an adult woman voicing him, I think) and Pipotchi seems pretty much useless so far other than letting me hang in the air for an extra second. Still, I'm hooked enough to play it to completion.

Never got past that fucking catfish in the first game.

You need to use the rowboat to avoid it. All the trippiest levels are past that one, so it'd be a shame to never see the rest of the game.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Ape Escape was pretty much the first game that was not Spyro, Crash Bandicoot or Tomb Raider that actually made having a PS1 worth it. I’m willing to argue that if they did do a remaster version of it for the PS5 like they did with Demon’s Souls and Final Fantasy, it would actually do numbers with the same kids that used to play Fall Guys.

 

[PeggieBigCock]

 

[Product Placement]

I started playing Ape Escape 2 on an emulator and it's touching my inner child in all the right places. I like that it plays just like the first one and barely changed the controls, but with better graphics. My only complaints are that Jimmy is an annoying little shit (Spike had more of a lackadaisical stoner type voice but Jimmy has an adult woman voicing him, I think) and Pipotchi seems pretty much useless so far other than letting me hang in the air for an extra second. Still, I'm hooked enough to play it to completion.



You need to use the rowboat to avoid it. All the trippiest levels are past that one, so it'd be a shame to never see the rest of the game.

I played the pal version which is closer to the japanese one, of the two dubs it's better and Jimmy (Kakeru in Pal) is voice by a guy but also runs at 50fps rather than 60fps sadly. For a game like this, always got to go for the frame rate.

 

[GenericEdgelordSupreme]

i remember thinking monkey ball and ape escape existed in the same 'world' for some reason lol

They're all canonical prequels to Planet of the Apes.

 

[MarkofdaBOOG]

I still get drunk to this song

 

[GenericEdgelordSupreme]

Okay, so now I've beaten it. I got exactly two game overs: once during the second phase of the final boss, and once during the secret final final boss. It was worth playing every level 2-3 times just to hear the line, "I'm gonna spank you, monkey!" and unlocking Spike for New Game Plus resolves the biggest complaint I had previously.

TL;DR: Awesome game. New favorite. Wish I had it as a kid.

 

[PeggieBigCock]

Okay, so now I've beaten it. I got exactly two game overs: once during the second phase of the final boss, and once during the secret final final boss. It was worth playing every level 2-3 times just to hear the line, "I'm gonna spank you, monkey!" and unlocking Spike for New Game Plus resolves the biggest complaint I had previously.

TL;DR: Awesome game. New favorite. Wish I had it as a kid.

If this thread contributed to your discovery of the best game of the PS2 era, that makes my soul feel good.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Confession time, I picked the female character in Ape Escape 3 because she was cuter and a nicer change of pace than the very generic male character.

 

[Aquinas]

Confession time, I picked the female character in Ape Escape 3 because she was cuter and a nicer change of pace than the very generic male character.

lol, ok tranny

 

[Monkey Pink]

I still get drunk to this song
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I mean, I named my account after her, best character and best song for sure.