Platform	NES
	Genre	Platformer
	Publisher	HAL
	Points	500
	Rating	6 / 10

Review

Adventures of Lolo was developed by HAL Corporation for the Nes back in 1989. In the mixed bag of quirks and cliche plotlines, you control a blob named Lolo, who must save Princess Lala (notice gramatical similarities?) from the clutches of the Great Devil. Armed with a dexterous mind and prowess, he enters his lair to solve puzzles in a sundry of mazes and rooms!

That is correct, the title mislead the player to think this is an adventure, or anything that shows relevance. Instead, Adventures of Lolo is a puzzle game, in which the player must enter various rooms, and find a way to escape. The gist does give a repetitious notion to the game, though that is basically the truth. Each level leaves the player one certain way to exit. There is a treasure cache which hides the key, but you must collect all the heart containers in the room in order for it to be revealed to you. Some of the puzzles are common sense, while others will leave you with a callous taste in your mouth.

As if title fallacy wasn’t bad enough, Adventures of Lolo becomes a slight pain in the duration of the levels. If you are not a quick thinker, or you detest solving puzzles, than you’ll thrash this game apart. Filled with cheap thrills, each level contains a certain element that’ll do everything in their will power to stop you. Seeing the glass half empty, this obligates the player to actually rush, because taking your time isn’t an option. But then again, there are so many other things to consider, which makes Adventures of Lolo frustrating and broken at heart. Like I said before, many levels are filled with cheap thrills which you’ll catch onto after dying a few times. You have a limited amout of lives, so if you don’t understand the predicament you are in, you’ll have to start the entire floor again (floors contain a certain amount of levels). There are other puzzles where you don’t die, but instead, get stuck and become out-of-place, leaving you with the option of reseting the game completely.

Adventures of Lolo contain 50 plights, which actually seems like a lot. I wouldn’t even consider them levels because of how frustrating they can become. So if you are a callow puzzle solver, don’t even consider purchasing this VC title. But then again, people looking for a rich game that challenges their intellect, I guess this game can compensate.

Overall Score: 6/10