Have you ever thought on how Tom and Jerry feel as if you are in their shoes? If you have been a fan of watching Tom and Jerry classics on the television, it centers between the rivalry of these lovely characters; a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry. Tom is always the losing end when it comes with a fight with Jerry. In Tom and Jerry Chase, you will finally have a chance to help Tom as you’ll be playing him in this game hunting Jerry and the rest of the mice gang.
Tom and Jerry: Chase is a 1 vs 4 2-D platformer casual mobile game with the nostalgic feels of the original classic animated series. It was released last week August 21, 2020 and available to the Southeast Asia regions including the Philippines. The game was officially licensed under Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and brought to you by NetEase Games.
Gameplay
Play either as Tom or Jerry the mouse in a 10-minute battle, playing Tom is a little bit in a bully sometimes as you’ll be up against 4 mice as your enemies. Your primary objective is to catch them one by one and place it on a fireworks to eliminate each of them and most importantly to stop the mice from getting the cheese to their hideout (mouse hole). Tom’s advantage is he is faster to walk and have much higher life. On the other hand, playing as Jerry will allow you to pair with other 3 players, your main objective is to steal all of the cheese that are randomly spawned around the house and you need to push as many cheese as you can to the mouse hole. Once Jerry team succeeded a brick will open that will allow them to escape from the battle, but the last obstacle is you need to destroy the bricks to escape.
It features a multiplayer, where you will be playing with other 4 players online either by a random pool or forming up your team with friends. The match making is pretty quick, in just a matter of seconds you’ll be able to find a match as many players around SouthEast Asia are playing the game.
Each round, there is only one Tom in every game and the rest are of 4 players are the mice. The matched game includes a ranking leaderboard where players can showcase their scores and ranked level against other players.
Before proceeding to the game match, you will undergo a 3 to 5-minutes training first as it will allow any beginners to familiarize the basics and expert tutorials for the game. Players can also do a Bot Practices, which we recommend before playing with other players or in the ranked mode. Under Test Courses are the basic course, advance course (unlock after reaching level 10) and expert course (unlock after reaching level 15).
For players who wants to take basic or advanced course, they can finish tutorials which players will also receive a course certificate that contains rewards like coins and perk points which they can use in the game.
For the game controls, it is just right, roaming around the house is a no problem. The controls use a joystick controls for strafing from left to right. In the right corner of the screen, the controls for jump, skills and other interaction are located – pretty much like controls from an MOBA or Battle Royale game. You can also choose 4 different skill keys which may suit you during the gameplay. These are composed of the following:
- Free Attack
- All-in-one
- Free Interaction
- Free mode
Note: Key bindings can be changed in the Settings page at any time.
Conclusion
Our final verdict for this game is Netease nailed everything, reviving this nostalgic animated TV series into a game is just a dream come true for every 90 kids from the visuals, characters the sounds are all on point.
It is also a on the go game as you can play each round for less than 10 minutes, best for busy people who can play during their breaktime. And as well as for gamers who want to have a new level of a challenging game or for casual gaming.
Tom and Jerry Chase is now available on Google Play for Android and App Store for iOS in Southeast Asia in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, East Timor and Brunei.
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