Thread 723229390

Dear Boomer players, please give me an introduction to this game.

https://youtu.be/o4No89pk-fM?si=jBzr9DH0i7A8ILAB

>>723229390 (OP)
I liked it a lot, finished it a few times. It's a simple, fun platformer.

This game looks like Mario 64, but with crocodiles instead of Mario.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3043940/Croc_Legend_of_the_Gobbos/

>>723229390 (OP)
Basic 3D collectathon platformer that originally came out on the PS1 and somehow sold really fucking well.
Boss fights and controls (which were tank controls in the original) were absolute trash, but the rest of the game is fairly charming but forgettable.

>>723229540
I thought this already released, or is this the sequel?

>>723229390 (OP)
It’s not abysmal but neither is it particularly good. I bought it because I played it on a demo disc and wanted to Mario 64 but only had a PlayStation.

>>723229390 (OP)
it's a 3D platformer with tank controls
it's as awful as it sounds

>>723229752
Tank controls are good after you get used to them, some players are just really low skill so they cannot adapt.

>>723229390 (OP)
>>723229752
This. I was a PS1 kid who really wanted to like this game, but it turns out soul isn't enough when the gameplay just isn't fun enough.

>>723229886
Just because you can "get used to it" doesn't mean that tank controls suddenly don't suck ass for platformers.

>>723229661
Gog exclusive till now, dummy

>>723229752
>>723229886
>>723230253
The new release has new controls, retards

>>723230490
OP asked for an introduction to the game from boomers, that's what we're giving kiddo.

ps1 bargain bin fodder that lots of kids in pal regions played because it was cheap and their parents bought it for them

>>723229390 (OP)
Platinum edition?
It's a fucking remake why the fuck does this need an "edition" other than the base game?

>>723229390 (OP)
>ninja theory was originally a subsidiary of the company that made croc
wtf

>>723229752
>>723230490
Tank controls are unironically part of the SOUL of Croc just like Tomb Raider and removing them makes the game pointless. The platforming is designed around the shitty tank controls. Removing them makes the game too easy

>>723231150

Something about PlayStation update rules; it was easier to just release a new game.

>So why the new name? Great question! When we initially launched the Croc Legend of the Gobbos remaster, we didn’t include enough trophies to qualify for the Platinum trophy on PlayStation. And it’s not permitted to simply fix this with a patch. So we had to come up with a smarter solution: release a new version of the game with a comprehensive trophy set, including 16 new Trophies and the highly coveted Platinum Trophy."

>>723231249
Tombraider is grid based and needs precise tank controls. Croc does not need them

>>723231271
>release a whole new game just for ttophies
That's the most disgusting thing I've ever heard.

Didn't this already get a remaster? What on Earth is the Platinum version?

>>723231830
>>723231271

>>723231615

It’s free to existing owners.

Still begs the question of why even bother

>>723231857
>achievementfags
We really should have scourged these supposed "people" long ago.

>>723231910
But anon, the BEST part of gaming isn't beating the games themselves! It's showing everyone else that you did. :)

>>723229390 (OP)
Its a pretty mediocre to forgettable game that only got remembered because it sold a decent amount to fill the void at least a little bit that not having super mario 64 on the ps1 created.
People make fun of banjo kazooie for only selling just as many copies and wonder why it gets discussed far far far far far far more. Its simple, banjo was good. Croc was bargin bin slop parents picked up for their kid who played like 3 levels and forgot about it

I was going to buy the remaster but 35gb it's unacceptable. What were they thinking? It should be 5gb max wtf

>>723232002
Didn't sales also drop off a cliff with Croc 2 while Tooie still sold pretty well?

>>723231998
I know you're joking but I'm still mad about it.

>>723232056
Tooie sold as well as a late stage n64 game could but yeah croc 2/3 sold like nothing.

>>723232002
Spyro is a lot more like 3D Mario than Croc though.

>>723229390 (OP)
Still pants on head retarded that their excuse for releasing this only GOG is because "we didn't want DRM" when they released on it on physical based DRM boxes and you can't put games on Steam DRM free.

>>723229390 (OP)
While Nintenchads were having a blast playing Super Mario 64, Snoycucks were stuck with Croc's tank controls and linear level design.

>>723231998
>>723231910
Achievements were a really really cool idea when they were brand new on the 360 and you also got into that one program thst gave discounts when you got enough achievement points
But i don’t think anyone cares anymore and haven’t cared for like 15 years.
Im going to assume croc only has mostly boring achievements you unlock via just 100% the game anyways.
I like the ones that make you do essentially a challenge run to get

>>723232053
>35gb
>its real
How the fuck? The original game is maybe 500mb at most.

>>723229390 (OP)
I bet this will come to the switch

>>723232187
Played both back then, loved both back then. Croc is better than Banjo.

>>723232053
4k intro movies/textures and uncompressed sound bloats games massively.
I don’t touch any remaster because of storage bloat. Its literally not worth it

>>723232002
>Its simple, banjo was good.
no it wasn't

>>723232302
Lol

>>723232187
No, we were playing Spyro, you dork.

>>723232390
Croc > Kazooie > Tooie >>>>> Croc 2

>>723232053
>mario kart world with it's open world, vast roster and significantly superior graphics is 22gb
Are companies even trying?

>>723232494
Spyro was alright but the real goat was always Ape Escape.

>>723232494
I had Spyro, Crash and Croc as a kid and Spyro was the only one I ever liked enough to complete. It's also the only 3D platformer on the PS1 I'd rate higher than Mario 64 and as good as Banjo Kazooie (Tooie isn't as good as Spyro 1 but then again neither is Spyro 2 and 3)

>>723229390 (OP)
Aesthetically pleasing but pretty average platformer that kind of overstays its welcome and can be frustrating from time to time dealing with the slightly stitled camera and controls. Nothing special nowadays. Croc 2 has way too many gimmick levels and feels like they had to cut many corners just to get it out the door in time. Much more rough around the edges from what I remember of it. Love the glider/credits music though.

>>723232245
>How the fuck?
Staff interviews in 1080p and 4K included in the installation and take up majority of the space
I'm not fucking kidding

>>723232245
667 on disc, it seems

>>723233302
Why the fuck isn't that a free DLC to save on space? What a bunch of retards

>>723229390 (OP)
Ah, so this is the game that taught Trump how to put immigrants inside small cages.

>>723232245
Compression is a lost art. Now instead of working black magic like that one company did to get RE2 down to 1/10th of its size to fit on an N64 cart back in 1999, companies compete to see who can waste the most fucking space possible.

>>723234227
>Ah, so this is the game that taught Trump how to put immigrants inside small cages
Nigger, what?

>>723235210
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEWuzfldO78

>>723229390 (OP)
This was my very first game on PS1, jesus I'm old...and I am still here

>>723230327
They don't suck, the entire game is designed around them. Hating tank controls is just you parroting what your read online when retards get filtered.

>>723229390 (OP)
This originally going to be a Yoshi game made by Argonaut (the original Star Fox guys) but then when Nintendo didn't give them the Yoshi license they changed it to Croc.

>>723232245
Godawful 16K HD AI upscaled textured made personally by Rajesh

>>723229390 (OP)
>Dear Boomer players, please give me an introduction to this game.
Don't be fooled by anyone who says this isn't tank controls. The analog controls move you forward when you turn in any capacity, they are terrible to play.

Otherwise it's very repetitive, kind of boring. You have to dryhump enemies for hits to land so they can respawn 2 seconds later, it loves shutting doors in your face if you don't magically know the order to do things in, busts your balls on life drops, eh. Nice art though. Surprisingly nice looking game.

>>723231271
>we didn’t include enough trophies to qualify for the Platinum trophy on PlayStation
Well why didn't they?

Weren't there already like two other "remasters" of this game that were both not remasters but actually just taking the original game and upscaling the resolution / textures?

>>723239286
Not of this game no.

>>723229390 (OP)
It's a bit cute and comfy
>PS5
Ugh

>>723239879
And Switch and Xbox

>>723229390 (OP)
Extremely basic platformer with really good music. Original had tank controls, new version "fixes" this, but now you're overtuned and the game is piss easy. There's some neat bonus stuff if you're into that shit, I guess. No reason to not just pirate that PC version that fixed the controls years prior.
>>723239879
It's multiplat, retard.

>>723239879
>>723239974
And PC

Why didnt they not add level or story dlc? they could of made a fun challenge to bring out the new control scheme?

>>723232538
Lol

>>723229390 (OP)
One of the few early 3D platformers that worked, on tank controls at that. Croc has a little bit of wiggle control in the air, but this shouldn't be a problem as most platforming challenges are straightforward jumps with a precise timing at worst. Pretty basic game, I played it a ton when it came out as a kid, but never beat it more than once, and it's not that impressive to want to replay today.

>>723229390 (OP)
It is a well known and funny, but hard game from late 90s

>>723239284
I'm willing to bet that they planned this from the start so they could sell the game again.

>>723232002
And Gex 2 pretty much made it obsolete.