Playing A Game Drawn to Life NDS

After something of a hiatus, I came back to Drawn to Life to see if maybe I just didn't get it. Suffering through a terribly boring platforming stage was enough to convince me I still don't. And then there was story crap going on in the town!... I don't think I've ever played a game that felt so much like a chore. Everything is insipidly easy, but takes way too long, and is infested with sickeningly cute characters and just plain sickening music. Platforming formula basics like jumping and the viewport are handled poorly, and the level design is really no more than a lengthy sequence of 20-year-old platform constructs.

I'll say it again - if you just want to doodle, this might be your cup of tea, but I hesitate to call this a "game" in any real capacity.

Progress: Gave Up -- Finished snow world (still 100%)

Rating: Bad