Ape Escape is a fun fast paced game for the kids and parents. It offers wide variety of play. I like to catch the aggressive monkies with lots of speed and weapons while the 3 year olds can easily manipulate the console in a the training room without the need to understand all the gadget controls. The Thick Jungle is one of the 25 levels that the 5-6 year olds have a pride in capturing and locating monkeys with the Monkey Radar. Even though my five year old got frienghtened when Jake was brainwashed and turned into a bully the overall violence is very mild. I was disapointed in the lack of development of multi player abilities. I was looking for Sony to come out with a level game that allows several people to play and even better play together. I've played take turn games (Crash, Croc and Mario Party on Nintendo) but was hoping that Sony Playstation would set the standard for more advanced multi player interaction.
Ape Escape offers a fresh change from the same old buttons I got familiar with. I was frustrated at first when I kept hitting the X button instead of L2 to jump but the wide range of console buttons from joystick push to the 360 degree moves makes quick strikes on wilder monkies - fun.