The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Run Review

<p>Struggling to find an interesting game to play on the Google Play Store&comma; I stumbled across <em>The Jungle Book&colon; Mowgli&&num;8217&semi;s Run<&sol;em>&period; I relatively enjoyed the movie&comma; as you might have heard on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;film-fallout-podcast-11-jungle-book&sol;">the Film Fallout Podcast<&sol;a>&comma; so I thought &&num;8220&semi;why not&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mobile gaming can be good or bad&comma; depending on the type of game you create for it&period; However&comma; what has been disappointing is that mobile games have taken away the tie-in games we used to see with consoles&comma; as it&&num;8217&semi;s typically the cheaper alternative&period; The free-to-play model also allows these games to be advertisements for movies&period; <em>The<&sol;em> <em>Jungle Book&colon; Mowgli&&num;8217&semi;s Run<&sol;em> is one of them&comma; as micro-transactions are non-existent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"wNKKVUPiMpk" title&equals;"The Jungle Book&colon; Mowgli&&num;039&semi;s Run - Official Launch Trailer"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;wNKKVUPiMpk"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;wNKKVUPiMpk&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"The Jungle Book&colon; Mowgli&&num;039&semi;s Run - Official Launch Trailer"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The Jungle Book&colon; Mowgli&&num;8217&semi;s Run<&sol;em> is an endless runner based on the opening scene of the movie&period; You are Mowgli&comma; part of the wolf pack&comma; running in the jungle wilderness in top speed&period; In the game&comma; you jump over steep falls&comma; avoid branches&comma; and occasionally slip past foes such as King Louie and Kaa with quick time events&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s fast&comma; challenging&comma; and surprisingly fun&period; In addition&comma; <em>The Jungle Book&colon; Mowgli&&num;8217&semi;s Run<&sol;em> doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have to be connected online to be played&comma; so that&&num;8217&semi;s a big plus in my book&period; However&comma; the game mechanics are pretty much the only thing that is actually on point&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When you fail in the game&comma; you also get a small clip from the movie with a character giving some sort of retort to how you played&period; I used to love it as a kid when a game included a clip from a movie&period; In addition&comma; you collect honey in the game&comma; which gives you power ups and&comma; if you collect the honey comb &lpar;by getting a certain amount of honey&rpar;&comma; you can get the concept art and the posters&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not much&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s a good way to reward players on multiple runs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;107094" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-107094" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><img class&equals;"wp-image-107094 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;03162552&sol;unnamed-300x300&period;png" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-107094" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;The Jungle Book&colon; Mowgli&&num;8217&semi;s Run&comma; Disney&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;107095" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-107095" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignright"><img class&equals;"wp-image-107095 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;03162534&sol;unnamed-1-300x300&period;png" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-107095" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;The Jungle Book&colon; Mowgli&&num;8217&semi;s Run&comma; Disney&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Rather than implementing the great soundtrack by John Debney from the movie&comma; the developers and Disney chose to use generic action music&comma; which becomes irritating quickly&period; However&comma; I do like how the music ramps up when a boss incident occurs during a run of the game&period;  The sound effects can get tiresome too&comma; but I typically just shut off the music and just deal with the sounds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Something just as lackluster as the sound effects and the music are the graphics&period; Looking like they came from the age of the original PlayStation&comma; this game looks ugly&semi; there&&num;8217&semi;s pop in from the distance&comma; a bad character model&comma; and environments that are lacking in detail&period; It looks like a rushed job&comma; but the animations during the boss encounters actually look pretty cool&period; For example&comma; Mowgli backflips through the air after avoiding Kaa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you are looking for something engaging to play for a few minutes&comma; <em>The Jungle Book&colon; Mowgli&&num;8217&semi;s Run<&sol;em> is worth a download&comma; especially if you want to play something offline&period; Just don&&num;8217&semi;t expect too much from this free-to-play title as the graphics and the audio design leave much to be desired&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;