Xbox Indie Games Review - Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess

There's a few flaws with an otherwise really fun game. The general story of the game is... yep you guessed it. You're run through a total of 5 levels in order to get to the princess.

The gameplay has you jumping on platforms, which increases your combo until you jump on the same platform again, and you need to double jump to hit the monster and hurt it. Each monster takes 3 hits and when you hit it once it jumps up the screen a ways so you need to start, or continue, your combo while making your way back up to attack it again. You have to be quick though because if the monster makes it to the door at the top you will fail and must retry the level. Levels are as wide as the screen but plenty high so you'll do plenty of climbing to reach the monster as they float up.

There's cutscenes in between each level which are fun and a little quirky since the main character, dracula, is a little full of himself. I found them to be quite enjoyable though and they help move the story along.

I loaded up the game and jumped right into story mode and about 10 minutes later I beat the game. I failed once on the first and second level since I was learning to play but otherwise it's pretty easy if you want to just beat the game. You can always go back through the Donkey Kong style map and replay levels to get a higher combo. There's also awards and a scrapbook of unlockables you can earn so while the story mode is very short there's still more you can do before you put the game down.

Overall, it gets a 8 from me because it's terribly short. It's presented in a cool way so you should at least check out the demo and find out if it's worth your $3.

Rating - 8/10