This makes everything just a little more unintuitive, especially when you forget one particular interaction that can happen between two parts. The problem is that while the original TIM made some kind of sense if you didn’t think about it too hard, about everything in Incredible Toons runs more or less on cartoon logic. You’ll find plenty of classic cartoon staples – anvils and pianos to drop onto things, or bubble gum that sends Sid & Al soaring upwards once they blow a bubble. There’s a whole lot of new parts to make use of, many of which are brand new to this title in particular. And that’s not even counting the other part interactions, like an egg that a little man on a conveyor will eat so he’ll start powering it. There’s also a ton of other items that they have their own interactions with to keep in mind – Al will move towards fish in his line of sight, while Sid will ignore them, a falling anvil will remove Al from the puzzle, but not Sid, and a lot of other things to keep track of.
Some puzzles rely on this outcome, which means knowing trying to guess how the pair will move across the various terrains they’ll end up crossing the chase. If Al manages to catch Sid, he’ll shake him around, wad him up into a ball, and swallow him in one gulp – somewhat brutal, honestly. Take the interaction between Sid & Al themselves – if they’re too close, Sid will taunt Al, which will make the cat attempt to chase down and pounce upon Sid regardless of what’s in their path. The pair have specific interactions with a lot of the new parts, and learning how those work is key to solving a lot of the new puzzles you’ll find.ĭropping something on the chicken will make it lay an egg. Pretty much every puzzle involves doing something with them, whether it’s dropping something big and heavy on one of them, leading one of them to food, or saving them from having cartoon violence inflicted upon them. Two of the most important, given they’re in the title and all, are Sid, a little yellow mouse, and Al, the fat blue cat. There’s a whole lot of new parts to make use of, most of leave the realm of “vaguely plausible” and plunge straight into wackyland without a second glance. The result, while certainly different, has its ups and downs. It’s a little less Rube Goldberg, and a little more Tex Avery and John Kricfalusi. While Sid & Al’s Incredible Toons carries the same basic gameplay as its predecessor, its whole style goes another direction entirely. While that certainly came to pass, there would be one peculiar curveball on the way there. After the success of the original game, one would assume that its creators would go on to make a sequel, doing more of what the original did in typical sequel fashion.
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