King Kong

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King Kong is atmospheric. That's a term that's often bandied around excessively, but in this case it's definitely valid. It follows bits of the film quite closely, we're told, but it doesn't rely on the traditional tactic of wrapping glorious bits of film footage in tedious bits of obvious-game. It wants to be an experience unto itself, not just a reminder of what happened in the cinema - and it recognises that it can't do that if you're just waiting for the cinematic pay-off. So instead it concentrates on putting you in the world, on Skull Island. For the first section of the game you're Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody), and you experience the whole, immensely alien environment through his eyes. As Ann is lowered by the natives onto the sacrificial block from which Kong will grab her, you're tied up nearby, watching her descent. With the movement stick, you can only struggle within the ropes failing to break free, but by turning your head you can see the awesome sight of the wooden fort that protects Skull Island's weaker inhabitants from its strongest - a fearsome, Tolkien-esque fortification of spikes and fire. They chant. You struggle. And then a mist picks up, rolling out of the jungle ahead toward Ann. There's a thumping sound, and a silhouette, and then he's there. And he's enormous. And he takes Ann.