Penguins of Madagascar

Penguins of Madagascar is an action game developed by Torus Games and published by Little Orbit, released for the mh:awesomegames:Nintendo 3DS, mh:awesomegames:Wii, and Wii U. It is loosely based on the 2014 film of the same name by Dreamworks Animation.

Why It's Not Cute and Cuddly

 * 1) It barely adapts the movie's plot in a good way, as many parts are left out and some parts aren't even in the movie.
 * 2) * For example, the Penguins don't immediately find out about Dave the Octopus (the main villain of the movie) or the captured penguins in the movie, and the tutorial is set on an island HQ, which isn't shown in the film, besides the movie takes place directly after mh:greatestmovies:Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, where the penguins escape the circus, so why is this island here?
 * 3) * Also, the North Wind aren't present in the game, which makes Madagascar 3: The Video Game look like a masterpiece.
 * 4) Unlike the other games (even The Penguins of Madagascar on Nintendo DS and its sequel), there is no voice acting, which proves that the developers are lazy to hire the voice actors from the Madagascar games or films.
 * 5) Like other 2013 and 2014 games, releasing the game on the Wii on 2014 is a very bad idea. Especially since the Wii's lifespan was already dying out, and by the time this released, Nintendo's other legacy console, the Nintendo DS, had already received its last game, so releasing a tie-in game on the Wii this late makes no sense. Even worse, there were no Xbox One, PS4, PS3, PS Vita, Xbox 360, mobile phone, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X versions.
 * 6) All the characters play the exact same except they each have their own special ability, but it doesn't change the fact that they play the exact same.
 * 7) It is nothing but a generic stealth and action game with some platforming and basic puzzles.
 * 8) The levels drag on for way too long, and to make matters worse you can't manually save, so if you die or leave the level, you must start it all over again! This is unacceptable for a game with lengthy levels.
 * 9) The gameplay quickly gets repetitive, and there is no variety to keep players interested. It's the same thing every level.
 * 10) For whatever reason it was released exclusively for Nintendo consoles, unlike the other games based directly on the Madagascar movies (with the exception of spinoff games) which were multi-platform.
 * 11) The cutscenes are boring dialogue exchanges, which is proof that this game was rushed out with absolutely no effort whatsoever.
 * 12) It is very short despite the long drawn out levels.
 * 13) The graphics are somewhat sub-par for 2014 standards.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The music is actually okay.
 * 2) The death animations are pretty funny.