Jumanji The Videogame Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · November 8, 2021

Our Jumanji The Videogame Review has us united in adventure and laughter in the action-packed game of Jumanji, as you try to survive Jumanji The Videogame Review is the ultimate challenge for those who seek to leave their world behind! A reckoning is coming – unless you and three teammates can find the precious Jewels of Jumanji and return them to their sacred statues. What’s stopping you? Just a deadly array of exotic creatures and dangerous locations, plus an army of evil marauders.

Jumanji The Videogame Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
2.08GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
You get both the Playstation 4 and Playstation 5 versions.
Optional tutorial.
4K HDR resolution.
120 fps support.
Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
Motion blur – on/off.
2 – 4 local split-screen.
2 – 4 online multiplayer.
Action-adventure gameplay.
3 difficulties – Easy, medium, and hard.
Can play with Ai characters.
Four locations – Jungle hideout, Mountain fortress, night pursuit, and Bizarre Bazaar.
Four characters – Ruby Roundhouse, Dr. Smolder Bravestone, Professor Shelly Oberon, and Franklin Moose Finbar. Each character has a unique special ability.
Fast loading times.
Uses the actor’s likenesses.
Ammo, health, and grenades can be picked up from the ground and dropped by enemies.
3rd person perspective.
Simple shooting and melee combat.
Find Jumanji artifacts to open the door to advance.
Score counter.
You can pass items to each other.
Respawning looks the same as it does in the film.
Can swap over the shoulder side with a button press at any time.
Stamina system for running.
Easy to vault over obstacles.
Slight puzzle elements.
Obelisks will turn the game into a kinda horde mode scenario whereby you have to stay by the obelisk and defend against waves of enemies.
Better loading times.
You can see the enemy’s health above their head.
A handful of enemy types.
Unlock new cosmetics for each character.
End of a level breakdown of performance.
You start a level with the gem needed to power up the statue at the end of the level, you can pass it between each other and it does damage you.
A load of easy trophies.

Jumanji The Videogame Review Cons:

Cannot rebind controls.
Not the actor’s voices.
Odd bouts of slowdown.
Not always clear what to do.
The camera goes really screwy when aiming down the sights.
The game is split into little sections but it’s the same gameplay over and over.
No facial expressions.
Forgettable and mostly insignificant story.
Extra ornaments hidden up high everywhere are only for score and score is pointless.
Small limited ammo capacity.
The game is structured in a way that when you finish a location it boots you back to the main menu.
When you finish all the locations it just ends, no cutscenes or anything just back to the menu.
Grenades go off after time meaning they are pointless.
Every location plays the same.
Online only trophies.
Annoying sections have an unkillable animal that can one-shot kill you.