PLANET OF THE JAPES

Zany adventure in outer space offers endless fun

- With Aaron Potter

IF EVER there was a game that proved that space exploration is made more fun when colourful, it's 2020's Journey To The Savage Planet.

A far cry from the usual cold, metallic sci-fi universes that often take themselves too seriously, Raccoon Logic's first galactic adventure was willing to poke fun at itself using satire and slapstick comedy.

The same is true for this bigger (and definitely better) sequel, which ditches the first-person perspective from before and throws in a boatload more planets to discover, and even more inventive ways to do it.