The Elephant Collection

I played these games a lot when Flash was still alive, and I still think they're fun. However, do not go into these expecting amazing gameplay. They're changed only in areas where it was impossible to leave them as their original. The physics are still very janky, and certain achievements are evil (I'm not doing the 20 combo jump on hamsters). It's good, but I'm not sure $15 is worth it. I got it on sale.

Played a bunch of these games growing up. Worth buying for the sole purpose of supporting the dev.

While I think John is a nice lad who's games I've played since I was young, this collection of game was very fun and engaging with a way to financially support but I am now done 100%ing the game and left frustrated at how tedious some of the games were. Some were lagging after a while, many have way too much screen effects that make it hard to tell what's happening, and the challenge for several of the achievements let alone modes are ridiculous. Understandably a lot of these flash games are old and are not going to be really touched upon as a "balance patch" nonetheless that doesn't make the last 5+ hours of my time with this game (almost half if not over it) not NOT tedious and frankly not worthwhile. I also brought up an issue via Bluesky about a bug and was met with a "oh, yea that's unfortunate" making me have to redo a whole game over at 99%... blegh, yea, no thanks. Sorry Jmbt02, the rose tinted glasses are gone. (Tl;Dr fun novelty but do not 100% the collection)

Thank you for putting your care into the Elephant's legacy! Elephant Quest in particular was a part of my childhood I held dear, and being able to experience the full context in which it exists. As a child, I never thought about the circumstances that lead to the creation of my childhood, and having a dev commentary on every game through Memories gave me a much deeper appreciation of an era that honestly we might never get back again. Each game was integrated pretty nicely, and I appreciated the novelty of involving Elephant Rave as both an introduction and [spoiler]a grand finale[/spoiler] for this collection. It worked fairly well. I do have some issues with UI clunkiness in LOOT! and increased lag especially in more complex games like Elephant Quest and Achievement Unlocked 3. I'm sure sure why they happen with my hardware, but I can overlook it. [spoiler]While I am not usually a fan of lyrics in my main songs (personally preference), the surprise of hearing a 'full version' of the House lobby upon reaching enough Memories worked really well and invoked emotions in me[/spoiler]. I am so glad these games were looked kindly upon, [spoiler]especially our farewell as we accompany the Elephant through one final rave[/spoiler]. Fly highaphant, elephant!

Fun series, but an obnoxious amount of seizure-inducing screen flashes and grind, really should be fixed in the year of our lord 2000+

Expect performance below 30fps. I was hoping for a constant 60. One thing that detracked from my experience was the constant stuttering. I don't know if it because the games are running off a Flash emulator. The gameplay is fine. the music score is good (especially for the raves). The little developer commentary tidbits over each game's door was interesting. But Nostalgia is a cruel mistress and I just didn't enjoy my time for most of the games (mainly due to the performance). Elephant Quest looked like it would have been fun to play (since I never played that one back in the day) but the poor performance is just too much for me. I noticed the stutters especially in that one.

It is a genuinely good thing to see art preserved like this. Mostly just purchased for elephant quest. The rest are good, EQ is one of the best games ever made.