Ape Escape Critic Reviews

This awesome platformer makes use of the Dual Shock in creative ways.

This is one of those games that just screams out fun whenever you play, even though technically apes aren't the same as monkeys. An absolutely essential part of any platform fan's collection.

The best 3D platform game on the PlayStation. Hands down. It's not only innovative, it digs deep into the analog control's inherent movements and brings out a breadth of fantastic gameplay elements that are unique to the game.

Employs the most effective and rewarding controls ever developed for a platform-action game... An instant classic.

The genius is in the innovative gameplay and Ape Escape overflows with it.

Tremendous fun... Gameplay is rarely this pure. Get monkey spanking!

Quite basically, this game rocks... Plus it lives up to the peak level of story, animation, and performance that is expected from an adventure game these days, so it isn't just sitting back on its new control's gimmick value.

A refreshing twist on one of the oldest genres.

The level structure and overall design is top notch, resulting in a game which is fun and which instils the player with a feeling of progression.

One of the most enjoyable 3D platform games to swing onto the PlayStation in quite some time. It's also one of the most innovative.

The wealth of control and freedom of movement will make gamers wonder what took so long to implement something of this nature.

One of the best 3D platformers to date, brimming with innovation, originality and fun.

Getting used to the controls can be a bit challenging at first, but you will soon be rowing the raft and netting monkeys with ease.

The amazing 3D actin game that made capturing monkeys popular again.

The right stick control feels truly intuitive and you'll wonder why you haven't used it more often.

If there was some more powerful hardware behind it, some more tweaking done to the control, and a little more variety in the gameplay (capturing monkeys for over 30 something levels can get tedious) it would have made this a definite A game.

If you're starved for a platformer you'll find plenty to do here, but personally, I'm content to let the apes run free. For now.

It's not that great to look at, but you will be gripped for a long time, this has to be the best platformer on the PlayStation to date.

Ape Escape borrows too heavily from games on other systems and doesn't deliver enough to help it stand out beyond the Mario clones flooding the market.