Woody Woodpecker: Escape from Buzz Buzzard Park

This game occurs in the cartoon universe and for much of this adventure, the main character is Woody Woodpecker. During Woody's absence, his nephew Knothead and niece Splinter were abducted by Buzz Buzzard, which requires an exorbitant ransom for a release. Unwilling to pay, Woody goes in search for his missing nephew and niece by venturing into the huge and dangerous amusement park built by Buzz Buzzard.[3]

Woody Woodpecker: Escape from Buzz Buzzard Park is an adventure game in the third person, in which the player controls his character in an environment modeled in computer graphics and real-time 3D, with the camera placed behind or around the figure.[3] The game consists of twenty-one levels of type platform.[3] The progress in the game is based primarily on the skill and dexterity needed to overcome obstacles that present themselves (to cross chasms, climb walls) or unblock access to the following level by manipulating objects (Woody sometimes needs use its beak to that effect).[3] When Woody must skip a cross indicates in advance the precise location where it is about to fall, thus aiming at best.[3] The game also includes a battle against the minions from Buzz Buzzard and Woody can attack in different ways, using its beak or special attacks.[3] Besides Woody Woodpecker himself, the player can also choose to play Knothead or Splinter once Woody found one of them.[4]

The game received a favorable critical reception at its release. The Windows version of the game got an 81 out of 100 of the French magazine Joystick, which the judge "fairly good".[7] Jeuxvideo.com gave 16/20, praising the gameplay, graphics and cartoon atmosphere, but was critical to the game's short length, the small number of different environments and sometimes repetitive music.[3] German critic site Gamesmania gave the game 78%,[8] while the PC Gameplay website gave it a 73 out of 100.[7] The version for PlayStation 2 was also well received: Game Vortex gave it 83%,[9] PGNX Media gave it 80%[7] and jeuxvideo.com 15/20,[10] while Game Zone, however, was less convinced and gave the game a score of 59 out of 100, reproaching the geometric graphics, repetitive music, sometimes annoying camera movements, and level paths being quite linear.[7]