Kongkong Online: the Online Jumping Game

KongKong Online: The Online Jumping Game

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Developer(s): Mega Enterprise
Publisher: GameMediaNetworksRelease
Date: 2008 Q1(open beta already out)
Genre: Online Racing

Starting the game
When you've created your account on the GameTribe website, you can log on to KongKong Online. When I first started the game,I noticed it started in windowed mode automatically, which was pretty good for me since I like to chat while gaming. After itfinished loading, I saw the ingame 'DB' server selection screen. It looked very clean, nice illustrations, nice buttons, the onlything I didn't like was how the DB server selection looked like. It looked like something quickly made in Photoshop to be donewith it. Never mind that though, this review is about the game itself, not to complain about my personal preferences of theDB server selection screen. After you have selected your server(which is currently just the Open Beta one), you arrive at the log-inscreen where you can log in, choose your world, choose your character and hop into the game.

The first minutes
Before you can go race other people, you have to finish three simple tutorials. The first tutorial teaches you to use thedirectional keys to move your little toy vehicle around the racing field which is a track in a toy land, this reminded me ofMapleStory's Ludibrium. So you have to move your character around with the directional keys, not that hard. When Ifinished that tutorial I was eager to see what the second tutorial would teach me. I found out it was using boosting panels.Boosting panels are small tiles and if you land on one it'll give you a nice boost into the direction the arrow on the tile points.There are two boosting panels, a yellow one and a blue one. The blue one gives the biggest boost. So I finished the secondtutorial and moved on to the third. The third tutorial explains you how to use items. Two little ball like creatures appeared so Icould test my items on them. When I was done with the third tutorial, I was finally able to join the real races with other peopleall over the world.

Racing for the win!
I noticed the 'race joining' system was similar to Gunbound's system. You pick a room and you press the 'ready' button. Wheneveryone in the room presses ready, the race starts. There are different racing modes; Speed Race, Battle Race, CrazyRace and Challenge Mode(available to time-attackers). You can also choose between individual racing or team racing. Ichose an individual Speed Race.The loading time was quite short, it was not long before I ended up on the racing track. 3, 2, 1... And there I was, hopping myway to the finish between the other contestants. While racing I got hit by all kinds of funny items, I got turned into a frog bysomeone and someone else threw a thundercloud at me, which followed me and it affected my jumping height. It was a funexperience, though I naturally didn't won because it was my first race ever.The difference between an individual and a team race is quite obvious I believe, when you choose for an individual race, youhave to race for yourself and get to the finish first. When you choose a team race, you get divided into two different teams.The first member of a team to reach the finish makes his team win. I personally prefer an individual race.

Overall
KongKong Online is a good game, addicting gameplay, nice music and cool items, but the graphics could've been better.

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