Lots of variety and funny cutscenes make the second Madagascar game a good reason to escape to Africa.

The Good

Activities are varied and fun; The characters, especially Julien, are funny; Forgiving controls; Multiplayer mini golf is quite awesome; Good amount of replay value.

The Bad

Too simple for experienced players; Some of the voice actors sound out of place; A few side quests aren’t worth playing more than once; Durians are a disgusting fruit.

Alex has impeccable balance.

While licensed video games have a dubious history, those targeting the younger set have been particularly uninspired. It is a pleasant surprise, then, that Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa not only makes excellent use of its license, but presents a worthwhile game experience as well. Despite using different voice actors than the movie, the cutscenes capture the essence of the characters quite well, providing a continual string of well-constructed and downright funny moments. The simple gameplay may turn off experienced players, but the sheer variety of enjoyable activities will more than satisfy those looking for a fun romp through Africa.


The story in Madagascar 2 follows the path laid out by the movie it’s based on. Julien, king of not only his fellow lemurs but apparently every other species as well, thinks it is cruel to stay hidden away in Madagascar when the whole world should be lucky enough to make his acquaintance. The penguin-piloted plane carrying Julien and the rest of the animals crashes in Africa, though, far short of their New York City goal.
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Several top gaming sites as well as the Lionhead forums are reporting a game breaking glitch within Fable II. The glitch appears during the quest entitled “Monk’s Quest”, in which players are sent to speak to the Abbot of the Temple of the Light in Oakfield.

Once there, if players run into the temple and speak with the Abbot, but leave the region before the conversation is finished, players will be unable to resume the quest which prevents them from completing the main story of the game. Lionhead is aware of the problem and they’re currently working on the issue.

In the meantime, Lionhead advises all players to make sure you finish the conversation with the monk, as well as the cut scene before you leave the area. Currently, there is no fix for those who have already encountered the glicth. If you’re the type that doesn’t follow the story and just plays the game, then it serves you right to be stuck with this glitch! Lionhead should have a fix for it soon enough.

Another known glitch is one which all experience and gold will be wiped from a co-op character when playing with another character. Lionhead hopes to address both of these issues in a title update, but currently advises players to only play in co-op mode until after the childhood stage of the game has been completed.