Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: EA Games
  • Release Date: Oct 12, 2004
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71 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2 picks up where the original popular action platform game left off. The evil Boss Cass is up to his old tricks. After breaking out of Currawong Jail, this feathered villain has re-instated himself as the dictatorial ruler of Cassopolis, a high tech island home to lizards and birds. Now Cass has hatched a plan to take over the world with an army of Uber Reptiles. It's up to our boomerang-wielding hero, TY, and his newly formed team of Burramudgee Bush Rescue mates to stop Cass! Set in the Outback of Australia, TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2 offers platform gamers a huge open environment to explore by foot and vehicle. This time around TY is equipped with an arsenal of 21 upgradeable boomerangs, including the Lasharang, Kaboomarang, and Megarang. In addition, the game will feature five different "Mech units" to help TY fight large numbers of enemies and complete mini-missions. With these "Mech units" TY has the ability to swim under lava; shoot lasers, Blastorangs, water or fire; and much more. TY is also challenged to complete driving and flying missions featuring combat and puzzle solving, with access to helicopters, submarines, and off-road trucks. Unlockable cart racing mini-games allow gamers to challenge their friends in seven unique cart racing levels. [Electronic Arts]… Collapse

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. 1UP
    80
    The frustration many hit during punishing sections in this sort of game is never allowed to develop. All the skill moves still require the right touch; the designers simply opened the window of what constitutes the "right" touch just enough to let everyone in (with some practice).
  2. Warcry
    72
    It is rare to find anything that can hold a five year olds attention for more then 20 minutes; well, Ty2 repeated the first installment's rapture. The game is actually too hard for her, but she kept trying till she could get no farther, then it became mine to play.
  3. IGN
    70
    Succeeds as a simple, lighthearted platformer. It lacks the challenge and depth of other titles in the genre, namely Super Mario Sunshine and Sly 2: Band of Thieves, but offers nifty features like sprawling environments and a unique style to help offset its deficiencies.
  4. AceGamez
    70
    If you don't complete it far too quickly, you may become bored of the missions or the story.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. GregoryM.
    10
    Very intertaining without any R rated material.
  2. TheAgentBrandon
    8
    Not as good as the first, but still pretty fun to play. It kind of took the same route as the Jak Daxter series and started with this mission based type gameplay. This is still fun, but collecting thunder eggs was much more satisfying.… Expand
  3. consumer
    7
    Unlike its predecessor, where Ty travels to missions by portals, now he got a 4*4 car to travel around Southern Rivers and head to his missions. The very first missions serve as tutorials. Ty uses his trusty rangs and sharp white teeth to defeat his enemies, also uses giant humanoid robots to take out the big ones. The graphics in this game is awesome. You can see everything clearly and it showcases the beauty of its setting, Australia. The audio is just like the game's graphics, wonderful, well-produced and fits the missions. The dialogue in this game is really well-scripted although not as well as Sly Cooper but much better than Crash Bandicoot's usual toilet humor. Since the game is set in Australia, everyone speaks in Australian accent. Collectibles can be found anywhere. You can find them and buy them in shops. That's also racing games too. The racing games is almost like Crash Team Racing and Mario Kart, are filled of power-ups. The downside of this game is, with so little to offer, the game may look very empty in certain times. The hub looks very bland with that few missions. Unfortunately, the missions is almost similar to the others. They're like search and rescue, defense, dangerous delivery, chopper rescue and goes on and on like that. The game is really short, like much shorter than Sly-Cooper-and-the-Thevius-Raccoonus-short, when gamers already know what to do. Other than that, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue is a very fun game. The game doesn't break new ground but really entertaining. Below-12 years old kids, which this game is target fir, will love this game a lot. Too bad teenagers wouldn't enjoy it as much as they do to Star Fox and Spyro the Dragon though. Crash Bandicoot, you better understand that Ty is catching up to you!… Expand
  4. JohnB.
    0
    Rubbish.

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