When Joe Danger arrived in 2010, it was the more playful, more colorful answer to the very brown, very difficult, and very redneck Trials HD. A motorcycle stunt game that played like a Mario platformer, it boasted perfect controls and clever levels that encouraged exploration instead of a straight shot to the finish line. Now Joe returns for the sequel, Joe Danger the Movie, and like any Hollywood follow-up, everything is bigger and louder.
But, as is also too often the case with Hollywood, something has been lost in the attempt to top the first Danger. It still charms us with slick visuals and amusing level design, just not quite as much as the original did.
After successfully making a comeback to the world of death defiance in the first Joe Danger, our hero has now been hired as the stuntman for "the greatest action film ever." He will travel the world skidding through avalanches on skis, juking helicopter missiles by jetpack, and barreling past buzzsaws in a mine cart. He's not just a motorcycle-rider any longer.
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