Ooga Booga

Also known as: N/A

Developer: Visual Concepts

Released roughly a year after the Playstation 2 hit store shelves, and already after Sega had announced that Dreamcast consoles would no longer be produced, Ooga Booga was a decent multiplayer game released very late into the life of Sega's final console. Essentially, you can partake in three different modes, against up to three other friends and/or computer-controlled opponents. Back when this launched, you could play these modes online. The modes consist of a four-way brawl, a variation of brawl involving a wild boar, and "boar polo" where everyone rides a boar as you try to score the most goals before time runs out. The levels range from being incredibly tiny to being mildly large…but since there's really only four people in a stage at a time, I found the larger stages to be pretty dull. With a smaller quantity of players, a smaller level is typically going to be more exciting. In fact, the most fun in Ooga Booga seems to be in the chaos of a small stage with everyone crammed inside. The big downside, in my opinion anyway, is a lack of a single player mode. Yes, you can play against three computer-controlled opponents in any of the modes…but an actual single player mode (preferably to unlock additional content) could have gone a long way to adding some replay value here for players like me, who don’t mind multi-player games, but prefer playing solo. Still, though, if you've got some friends to play with, Ooga Booga can be a good time. If you plan to play it by your lonesome, though, it's got a very limited shelf life

Review added: 09/14/2022