Kao the Kangaroo - Bend the Rooles

Critic reviews

• Hey Poor Player

  Josh Speer · May 06, 2023

  6.0

  Visually, this is still pretty much what fans of the original game will expect. There’s not much in the way of new bells or whistles, just more of the same. The only exception is there are a lot more corrupted crystals. As for the sound design, it’s also unchanged. I was hoping for some hot new track to motivate me, but it’s the same lowkey adventure music.

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• VGChartz

  Lee Mehr · Jun 06, 2023

  6.0

  Gameplay seems to be where most of the allowance was used. Just like the original's baseline remains the same, environments and enemies – except for the final level and boss – are Xeroxed over. There's also no narrative beyond "save kid and defeat bad guy" told within a few comic panels at the beginning and end. I don't recall Kao having any canned dialogue throughout the expansion either, nor do I remember any new soundtrack beats.

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• TheXboxHub

  Dave Ozzy · Jun 05, 2023

  6.0

  Kao the Kangaroo: Bend The Roo’les DLC is a case of ‘be careful what you wish for’. We weren’t fans of the direction of Kao’s DLC so far, as they focused on charmless challenge wells. We wanted new levels and bosses. Our requests have been heard with Kao the Kangaroo: Bend The Roo’les DLC, but not without small print. The levels are just as difficult as the challenge wells, and come with all the frustrations of the main game.

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• modaafoca

  Luís Alves · Sep 22, 2023

  6.0

  Kao the Kangaroo – Bend the Rooles é um DLC incrível para quem gosta de desafios exigentes de plataformas e de revisitar conceitos de outros tempos num formato atual, dado que o jogo bebe de várias franchise nostalgicas em pequenos momentos dos desafios (ou na sua totalidade). É pena que a fórmula não tenha sido melhorada, já que elevaria toda a franquia do conjunto de jogo + DLCs.

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• PSX Brasil

  Victor Vitório · May 11, 2023

  7.0

  O DLC Bend the Roo’les traz cinco fases com mecânicas variadas e um novo chefão exigente, mas a reciclagem da apresentação do jogo base faz parecer um mais do mesmo em um pacote reduzido quando comparado ao conteúdo de cada mundo de Kao the Kangaroo. É um conteúdo divertido, perfeitamente recomendável para quem gostou da campanha principal e quer mais Kao e mais desafio, mas não vai surpreender aos que, baseados no título, esperam que a expansão realmente reinvente o canguru.

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