Jackass The Game

Jackass: The Game is a ridiculous action game based on the MTV television show of the same name. Like its mega-popular television counterpart, Jackass: The Game features an abundance of wacky and dangerous stunts, attempted by a rowdy group of skateboarders and slackers. Instead of settling you on the sidelines, this adaptation puts you in the director's chair, tasking you with replicating insane stunts for a brand new season of the television show. With a handful of game modes, some truly wild mini-games, and an overabundance of juvenile jokes, Jackass: The Game provides a mixture of laugh-out-loud antics and painful falls.

Main Game Features

• Over 50 crazy stunts to perform
• Unlockable characters and outfits
• Includes a story mode and multiplayer options

Story

Your adventure as the creative mind behind Jackass begins when Jeff Tremaine, the real director of the show, suffers a painful accident and ends up in the hospital. With their director out-of-commission on the first day of filming a new season, the cast chooses you to helm the show. Since MTV needs another season of the popular show, it's up to you to craft seven episodes of wild stunts.

Each episode contains five stunts, some original and some based on classic episodes from the show. As you progress through the game, you'll meet and recruit the core cast of characters, slowly building up the most epic season of Jackass to ever air. While the storytelling is notably light and mostly played for laughs, the narrative is exactly what you'd expect from such a ridiculous game.

Gameplay

There are three modes of play available in Jackass: The Game, including MTV Story Mode, Challenge Mode, and Multiplayer. In MTV Story Mode, you must complete seven episodes of the show by participating and filming five unique stunts. In order to successfully progress to the next episode, you must raise enough revenue by earning high rankings on individual stunts. Each stunt has an extra list of approximately 5 “video wish-list goals”, requiring you to hit certain props, obtain a high injury rate, or complete the stunt in a specific time frame. Each episode of the show has a loose theme, with a variety of stunts ranging from shopping cart jumps to riding a wakeboard through the suburbs.

Once you complete a stunt in Story mode, it will unlock in Challenge mode, where you can retry with more objectives to complete. Performing stunts in Challenge mode properly earns you cash, which can be spent in the Jackass Mart shop. Here, you'll be able to unlock a variety of cosmetic items, including over 20 props, new characters and outfits, as well as concept art and clips from the show. The game also includes some fun multiplayer offerings, including four-player competitive and head-to-head battles. There are five unique stunts in head-to-head battles, including a modified version of rock, paper, scissors, and some shooting galleries. Four-player competitive multiplayer places you in a round-robin contest, where you must perform better than your opponents across a variety of mini-games.

Conclusion

Although Jackass: The Game has a ridiculous and underwhelming story, it offers a gameplay experience that perfectly mirrors the irreverent attitude of the original show. Playing through wacky stunts and watching the cast members get brutally injured stays entertaining across the seven unique episodes in the main campaign.

Pros:

• Features the real voices of the tv show
• Aloof and ridiculous stunts
• Good for humorous, casual gameplay

Cons:

• Gameplay is shallow
• Somewhat juvenile humor
• Mediocre graphics