Croc Legend of the Gobbos

I don’t know why I keep buying those Souls-like games

GET THAT CROC BACK IN YOUR LIFE!!! (Even have fun time trials and other stuff, ace your childhood.)

Children, let me take you back in time, when I opened my final birthday present one year: the original PlayStation, the thing I wanted more than anything else in the world. In addition to the three games my parents got me, there was a demo disc that came with the console. For you whippersnappers reading this, a demo disc is what it sounds like: a disc containing demos for various games. One of these demos was [i]Croc: Legend of the Gobbos[/i]. Eventually, I was able to get the full game. I never properly beat it back then thanks to a mix of my lack of skill at the time and my memory card no longer working. Yes, youngin's, we needed a separate item inserted into the console to save or we'd lose all progress any time we turned the game off. Now, I have finally been able to play the game all the way through. You play as the titular Croc, who needs to rescue his adoptive family, the titular Gobbos, after they've been kidnapped by the evil Baron Dante, who's goals are to... I don't know... be a jerk, I guess. You make your way through your typical platforming stages (grassy field, snowy landscape, desert, and castle) while collecting crystals and gobbos and defeating bosses. The platforming is fairly easy early on with it becoming more precise the farther in you get. This rerelease appears to be faithful to the original. The main differences are an option not to use the original tank controls and higher definition graphics. The colors are still vibrant and cheery, and the soundtrack is great, although the fact that the music changes every time you enter a door can be jarring. Unfortunately, not all is well with this visit to the past. There appears to be a slight input lag to jumps that I remember being frustrated with in the sequel, but not the original, and moments when Croc will just not grab a ledge I jump toward that I also don't remember being a problem. It has been a long time, though. Some of the HD upscaling also seems to end once you reach the castle levels with some very noticeable missed objects. Finally, some achievements unlocked for me when they should not have. I got the achievement for getting 30 gold times after only earning one, the one for beating all boss battles without taking damage after unlocking the first bonus level, and the one for collecting all puzzle pieces after collecting 500 gems. It beats an achievement NOT unlocking, but it's still odd. Still, it was nice to revisit this hidden gem of yesteryear and see my boy again. Is it worth it? Well... it [i]was[/i] 50 bucks back in the day, but 30 is still pretty high for a 30-year-old game that won't even take a shift at work to beat. Maybe if it had come with its sequel, the pricetag could be justified, but you should probably wait for it to go on sale.

I love platformer games, and finally having the chance to play this one was such a joy for me.

Really cute and nostalgic, hope Croc 2 gonna have the same treatment :)

Safe space pour millenials

Croc is the type of game that if you grew up playing this on the PS1 and have nostalgia I'd recommend it. I played this as a kid so instinctively I picked it up on sale to give it a go again. The thing is, if you don't have the nostalgia for this it's quite honestly a pretty clunky and mediocre game. It plays a lot like a solo dev project more so than a game that was actually backed by a studio. It's hard to give it a pass as a "oh it's a product of the 90s" knowing it came out around the time crash and spyro were a thing. The levels are *really* short and feel soulless throughout. It wasn't until revisiting the remastered I realized just how average this game is once I looked past it without the rose-tinted glasses. I don't think the remastered is all that bad, they give you an option to swap between new and retro graphics which I liked. They also removed tank controls which is great but the platforming itself is pretty atrocious in this game. Croc just feels really stiff to play and moves very 'scripted' if that makes any sense. I'm giving this a no just for the vast majority of people, but a yes for those of you who have nostalgia for this game.

𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖺: ★★★★✩ ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ ✎﹏maravilhoso! ótimo jogo e ótimo remaster.

I was given rhis game as a gift by onr of my steam friends I give it a Yazoo! It works well on bazzite os too! 👍💯

Junk chasing junk, i remembered if fondly, too bad it was just my memory