Revenge is Sweet: Drive your Neighbour Nuts!
- EU release: 4th March 2005
- NA release: N/A
- JP release: N/A
- Developer: JoWooD Vienna
- Publisher: JoWooD Productions
- NGC Magazine Score: 12%
- Mods Used: None
Woody has a peaceful life. That is until Mr. Rottweiler moves him and makes his life a living hell. It’s time for revenge: he hires a TV show and creates his own reality show all about pranking Mr. Rottweiler. This was originally a PC game, with the GameCube and Xbox versions coming later, but only in Europe. This version takes the first game and combines it with a selection of levels from the second game, which takes place in various locations across the world.
Each level is its own miniature point and click style adventure game. You have to work out what Rottweiler is doing, find objects throughout the house and then figure out how to use the objects you have to mess with Rottweiler. Replace his soap with hair-growth cream, swap out candles for dynamite, stuff like that. All these pranks come with great animation, with a great claymation style.
For some pranks, you’ll need to string them together, with one prank setting up another.. Luckily, you can repeat these pranks so you don’t fail by doing them early. To get the best scores in each level, you’ll also need to learn how he reacts to each prank so you can set up all the pranks so he triggers them all one after another.
There’s also a stealth element to the game. You can’t be in the same room (or area) as Rottweiler, and there are sometimes other people where you’ll need to move very slowly. There are some hiding spaces, but some will make you complete little quick time events to stay hidden, which is a bit annoying. Overall, it’s a rather amusing and enjoyable little game.
Fun
It’s complete rubbish. The fuzzy graphics make it impossible to tell what many objects are supposed to be, an the gameplay is all trial-and-error. If the pranks had amusing results then there might be a reason to keep playing past the first five minutes, but since they’re all about as funny as a motorway pile-up, this game deserves nothing but our contempt.
Martin Kitts, NGC Magazine #105
Remake or remaster?
The re-releases currently available are fine.
Official Ways to get the game
The PC versions of both games are available on Steam, GOG and mobile.
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