Pandora's Box: The Ultimate GameCube Tier List

#135: Scooby-doo!: Unmasked

Rating: E

Players: 1

Price Range: ~$22 USD

Yep...

This is my pick for the worst game on the system, at least to me, that I've played.

Many people say Universal Studios Theme Park Adventures is the worst game, and I have yet to play that. I don't doubt that it's terrible, but here's the thing...

The worst games to me are the boring ones. The ones that don't have anything to offer me and are just a whole load of nothing.

That is this game exemplifies that above all others.

This game is so braindead, that it isn't even funny.

Scooby-doo!: Unmasked is so basic, so generic, so easy, that I genuinely feel like I'm wasting my hard-earned time, and the worst games are the ones that make me think that I'm wasting time.

If that is so, then why play it?

The game is a 3D platformer, but is so bland and forgettable, it could put me to sleep.

The platforming is mindless, the difficulty is nonexistent, and the gameplay is so empty, that is cold be described as cookie-cutter and as interesting as a cardboard box.

This game's main gimmick is obtaining this collectable from enemies called...mubber I think?

This game is so forgettable I don't think it matters...

And so, this is used to give the player (as Scooby) special costumes with new abilities.

The problem is that it doesn't change anything substantial or even game changing as, well, the game is still as soulless as a hollow skeleton while being very sleep-inducing.

The bosses are nothing to ride home about either, as they are repetitive, boring, and not special in the slightest, while also being unchallenging. I think the game tells you how to beat them, which reinforces that this is a product made for children and children only.

Another part of this game is searching the games levels for food items to give to Shaggy to increase Scooby's max health (I will call health hit-points every now and then in this list).

And so, I'll ask, why?

Why increase my hit-points?

The game is so easy to me, does it matter?

I think not.

The one thing I distinctly remember from my childhood playing this game was the final boss.

In this boss fight, you do the same thing over and over again.

You hit lamps into this bird...monster...thing's...mouth and do a special attack when it's stunned.

I didn't think I knew that.

Each time you hit a lamp, you degrade a tiny slither of its health bar.

Do you know what I did?

I surmise that I wasted about ten minutes just shooting these lights into its mouth, just over and over...

I must've been so bored back then to find this entertaining.

The only thing that makes this game stand out is the Scooby-doo property, but it isn't enough to save this train wreck of a video game.

And no, just because the game is "meant for kids" doesn't mean it is exempt from criticism, unless it is something clearly meant for very young children, like Dora the Explorer or something...

A good game can be understood by a child, while also having something for those older who can understand the game inside and out.

Simply put, this game is unfun. Not worth the price at all.

And to be blunt, this game has nothing going for it but the Scooby-doo name, and it really shows, and other than a miserable experience locked away on my shelf, it is a game I am not willing to replay.