Croc Legend of the Gobbos

Overall it's a good re-release but it's lacking some polish at some places The worst is the bug introduced with the hit box of the flail (spiky ball on chain swinging back and forth). It will damage the player even if you successfully avoided it, this makes 4-1 way harder than it should, especially when you are out of gems to protect first hit, instantly killing you unfairly. This bug alone is enough for me to lower my rating from 4 to 3. Second issue is the lack of rebind-able input - if you are using keyboard you are stuck with the default input mapping based on key arrows and old school tank controls. What I would like to see is an option to play with WASD for movement and mouse for camera. I also wished the UI would be more animated similar to original PSX release. In the original the colored gems and Gobbo counters would have blink if you collected the full set for the level, Also if you approached colored gem doors the original version would have show you what gems you are missing, this is not a case with the remaster, but it's not a big deal. Sadly, classic edition is also lacking the DirectX based rendering which the CD release had.

I played the original for the first time on PS1 many years ago and the game stuck with me and I'm so happy to see it get this kind of treatment, The graphical updates are good and it's great that you can set them back to close to how it was visually plus on GOG the classic version is included. Would love to see Croc 2 get the same treatment eventually. It really is a 5 star effort all around but that price is perhpas a little too high (Coming from AUD).

With Croc being one of the first 3D platformers, I'm floored by how fun of an experience it still is to this day! The quality-of-life updates for modern gameplay and visuals make this a game I would recommend to anyone. Huge praise to the team for providing so much behind-the-scenes content in Crocopedia. Very thankful to experience the story of this game and the creatives behind it, and that it's now immortalized for future generations of gamers. If you like 3D platforming, this is a game that contains it in its purest form, which makes it such a refreshing experience. It has that perfect "simple to play, difficult to master" combo that makes a game timeless.

I recently tried the original, which is a fun game overall, but the controls are very nerve-wrecking, making Croc feel unwieldy at best. In the remaster, the controls are butter-smooth, and with updated graphics that doesn't overdo it. Some minigames even became fun, as opposed to anxiety-inducing due to the lack of control over Croc. The loading-screens are completely non-existent and the transitions between retro and remastered graphics is seamless. I highly recommend anyone deterred by the original game's controls to give this game a try - and fingers crossed for a remaster of Croc 2!

cue game 10/10