But if you're looking for something deeply engaging, the rhythm in ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! feels just a bit off-key.The Extreme and Endless game modes for Back in the Groove! have been put in place after the development team listened to what the fans wanted, and it turns out that ToeJam & Earl veterans wanted a more retro difficulty level that was similar to the original game. Still, it can be fun to team up with a buddy for backup, and to see how the various characters can interact with one another.
This is broken up with the occasional (and somewhat underwhelming) rhythm-based dance mini-game or the fast-paced side-scrolling endless runner-style "HyperFunk Zones." The game can be played by up to four players, though playing with more than two at a time can get a bit confusing, due to the game's cramped environments and dynamic split-screen mechanic. Instead of blasting through waves of bloodthirsty foes, players saunter around each randomly generated level, trying their best to avoid any confrontations while poking around for treasure. It's a relatively basic and simple game, but it still has some old-school appeal. The personality of ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! might not have aged too well over the past few decades, but its gameplay managed to fair a bit better on the whole.
It's like going to a reunion and running into that one person who never left high school behind.
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! has crash-landed back on computers and consoles once again, and while the hip-hop loving, beat boxing extraterrestrial visitors from the planet Funkotron are just as funky as ever, the gameplay in their new game is closer to a strange head trip that's part retro-inspired fun, part nostalgia-driven fad that feels like its day has long passed. The original game poked fun at urban culture while giving gamers something truly different for its time, but this feels like an auto-tuned reboot, remixed with just a few brand-new beats and moves.
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