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Beta CArotene ISland: Just About The worst Poptropica Experience, Ever

6/21/2013

9 Comments

 
I just finished... if you could call it that... playing Poptropica's Beta Carotene Island. And I can only say one thing to sum it all up: it sucks. The only truly strong point is the inspired soundtrack. See for yourself:
  • The mouse is a total joke of a glitch. It's supposed to be a crosshairs mouse, like the one in multiplayer rooms, but instead seems to just change to anything it likes, whenever it wants.
  • Again with the mouse: it keeps locking in the 'move' mode, so you can run for a little bit, then release the mouse button back to stop... you'll keep going. Move your mouse up, and you'll start jumping. Also, if you stop too suddenly, your character does into 'duck' mode, which means you can't move. At least until you go into the Settings and change the dialogue speed.
  • You want to jump straight up? Not gonna happen. Your Poptropican might as well be drunk the whole time; no kind of precise control is possible at all. Speaking of the Poptropican...
  • Your Poptropican is also another joke of a glitch. Sliding randomly, making weird and out-of-place expressions no matter what you do.
  • Coming back to control: every single move you try has a ridiculous delay on it. Try the conveyor belt mini-game: no. You'll be squashed five times before you figure out how to compensate for this.
  • The rabbot ears are unusable. You can't put them on, so how in the world is anyone supposed to beat this stupid game? EDIT: I played the game for the fourth time and finally managed to put the rabbot ears on. This is an unacceptable glitch.
To be fair, there are some very good points that need to be mentioned:
  • The soundtrack is simply amazing. The sound effects are a nice try, but need a little work.
  • The bigger screen makes a huge difference. It is absolutely amazing to play in the larger area, however I can see some Poptropica fight scenes becoming too easy with the extended viewport. Also, the graphics in some buildings, especially the Carrot King Diner, look like they weren't redesigned for the larger screen at all, but just scaled up from their original, making it look slightly annoying and 'fuzzy'. 
  • The menu's open/close animation is pretty sweet; it actually looks good to see the items 'tumble' out of the basket. I think in the final version, they should use some more of the blank space that's on the menu screen.
I know this is supposed to be BETA and therefore not guaranteed to work right, but I don't think they know what beta means. Beta means that it's supposed to work right, but probably will mess up some of the time. This poorly-designed game is so consistent in it's faults that it looks like it isn't even supposed to work right.

In short: Creators -- if this is the future of Poptropica, it is severely disappointing.
9 Comments
lainey
6/25/2013 01:44:12 pm

I had the same problem with the ears. I couldn't put them on either

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Red
8/31/2013 06:06:10 am

Same here! Can't put on the ears...D:

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impulsove
8/31/2013 06:31:29 pm

my facial expressions r changing all d time!now my eyes r closed and wateva i do i cant get them open! let pop be AS IT WAS! soundtrack and bigger screen-only these 2 renovations r required.d other aspects r k!

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Enkiu
9/7/2013 12:10:05 am

Ever since the new 24 Carrot came, I can't get my eyes to open! And I don't know what to do. Can anyone help me?

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YO
9/22/2013 01:12:04 am

The barrels keep disappearing so I cant get in the pipes!

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Scar
9/28/2013 03:22:47 am

I can't even get it to load, I tried to go to the new virus hunter island, and it brought me to this thing, and all it does is load... now I'm stuck on this loading screen, no matter how many time I log in and out...

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WInta
10/18/2013 12:14:49 pm

IVE BEEN BLIND SINCE FINISHING VIRUS HUNTER( not a big deal but i want my poptropican to not stand with its eyes closed looking like an idioit)

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PoptropicaLover
10/25/2013 12:22:38 am

I'm having the same duck problem on Virus Hunter

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scoop666
12/15/2013 12:11:04 pm

cant do the new beta thing on 24 carrot

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