Skullmonkeys (game)

Skullmonkeys was released in 1998 on Playstation. A sequel to The Neverhood, it was not an adventure game like the previous title in the series (The adventure game market was down in the 90s.This caused not only the downfall of The Neverhood, but also of other adventure games such as Grim Fandango) but it was a platformer, still starring the main 'Good Guy' and 'Bad Guy' of The Neverhood, Klaymen and Klogg. Skullmonkeys is not set in The Neverhood, but is set on the planet Idznack, home of the Skullmonkeys.
==Plot==
===Start===
At the end of The Neverhood, as fans may well remember, Klogg was blasted out of Hoborg's castle with his own cannonball. He fell out of the castle, no-one knowing where he would land. Until 1997, of course, when Skullmonkeys was released. He landed on a strange planet known as Idznack inhabited by strange creatures known as Skullmonkeys. Klogg then realises that he can become their ruler, and sets out to build Evil Engine No. 9, which will destroy The Neverhood when made.
===End===
Generally, Klaymen destroys Evil Engine No. 9 and defeats Klogg, who is now thankfully dead forever.
==Voices and Speech==
The voicers for the characters in the original Neverhood game return again for the sequel, all except for the original voicer for Klaymen, whose voice is not only different to that in The Neverhood, but seems to change slightly throughout the game. Klaymen talks a lot throughout the game, mostly exclaiming when he sees something out of the ordinary, sometimes laughing and saying things like: 'Cool!'. Klaymen speaks a lot more in Skullmonkeys, compared to only saying his own name in The Neverhood.
==Reviews==
The game was a lot more successful than The Neverhood, financial-wise and critically acclaimed-wise. The game's music, graphics, gameplay and humour were widely recognised and known. It was a lot different to The Neverhood, which is probably why it sold a lot more copies. Skullmonkeys is known for it's difficulty, not only in the game but in the ability to save. The game could not be saved, like The Neverhood, but instead has a password feature, requiring players to either remember or write down a given password to get back to the part they were on before. Technical problems with the password feature sometimes caused the game to crash, and lose it's general data. Despite this, however, critics gave the game a 'Thumbs Up' and gave it high ratings. Critics were setting the bar high for Skullmonkeys, comparing it to other successful platformers such as Earthworm Jim, which happened to also be created by Doug Tennapel, the creator of The Neverhood series.
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