The Impossible Lair is a much more enjoyable experience than the first game in the series, keeping the same slick controls and using the smaller overall scale to its benefit. Even the most annoying gimmicks never overstay its welcome, the smaller-but-in-greater-quantity levels keep things fresh, and the world map being a top-down Zelda adventure gives you a nice change of pace between levels, preventing the gameplay from becoming stale despite the lack of unlockable special moves. To a trained eye, it's clear corners has been cut in some places (the achievements being the most obvious) but very few of the cut corners impacts the feel-good-ness of the core gameplay.

The Impossible Lair is a much more enjoyable experience than the first game in the series, keeping the same slick controls and using the smaller overall scale to its benefit. Even the most annoying gimmicks never overstay its welcome, the smaller-but-in-greater-quantity levels keep things fresh, and the world map being a top-down Zelda adventure gives you a nice change of pace between levels, preventing the gameplay from becoming stale despite the lack of unlockable special moves. To a trained eye, it's clear corners has been cut in some places (the achievements being the most obvious) but very few of the cut corners impacts the feel-good-ness of the core gameplay.