The control is stiff enough as it is, but with Kuzco conking himself out to an instant death on the ceilings over pits and chasms, the game is really frustrating. You're a llama. Deal with it. Learn new moves through these high-color screens. Emperor's New Groove starts off well enough, building plenty of skills to add to the llama's bag of tricks.
Trouble is, half of the game's control is more frustrating than it's worth.
The charge move would have helped make the attacks more useful, but charges don't kill, so while it's fun to tear around the stages at full speed, you'll be stopped in your tracks when you just get to enjoy it. Spitting is a freakin' blast. The spitting here is another snicker-snagging good time, and Sandbox made the most of it. You can even bank a lurch off a corner post like a cue ball. You traipse around the stage bonking on every platform and every celiling trying to make simple leaps, or else crunching your noggin on enemies that looked like they'd go down with a head-butt.