Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)
To be honest, right after finishing the game, I wanted to give it a thumbs down, cause the last level in the game is absolutely the worst, especially if you are trying to go for a ‘no-hit’ fight. But I changed my mind, cause in the end, I enjoyed most of the game, I even went for 100% achievements, which I would not do if the game sucked. So don’t mind that I give many more cons than pros, I would play it again.
PROS
+Varied gameplay
+Nostalgia value
+Decent audio
+The game actually looks alright for a 17-year old game
– Real player with 13.8 hrs in game
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I got this while it was on Steam for free, which I was quite happy about actually as I was tempted to buy it very shortly before it went on promotion and I decided against it.
Kao the Kangaroo Round 2 is a classic 90s style 3D platformer which was originally released on PS2 in 2003 and re-released on Steam in 2019.
I love this era of platformers so I was eager to play through this. It took me 10 hours to complete apparently, which I can shamefully admit I did in one sitting due to me being a bit of completionist with these games. That time does include some hunting for tedious achievements of which I’ll mention soon.
– Real player with 10.4 hrs in game
TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2
This game is amazing. 11/10 would play for hours then die knowing they lived a life fulfilled.
Taking off the nostaliga goggles now.
This game game out originally when I was a kid, so back then I wasn’t aware of what a good ps2 game really was. Looking back, I can say that this game, while not particularly a pioneer of the system, was very well made for the system and its time. The game takes the parts of its predecessor that worked very well (the rang variation, story, setting, characters, and physics, among many other things) and fleshs them out to a much fuller extent.
– Real player with 92.9 hrs in game
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Note: My review is set to change as more updates come out, please beware that the game is not 100% polished yet.
TL:DR - Buy the game if you are a fan of the series but also platformers and collectathon type games. It runs well and plenty to do for what you pay for.
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Runs smoothly (for the most part)
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Bigger world
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More puzzles
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Keyboard & Controller support
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Racing
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Cutscenes
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Random slow-down
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No check-list
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Biting Issue
The game runs well, for a game larger than Ty 1 I expected it to run kinda slow due to it being not 100% polished but it runs very well. Only in minor areas has the game just slowed down for no real reason but has quickly fixed itself. I believe the loading gates are to thank for this and they don’t seem to drag on as much as I remember they used to do.
– Real player with 43.2 hrs in game
TY the Tasmanian Tiger
TL;DR
It’s an amazing blast from-the-past from the PS2/Gamecube/Xbox era of 3D Platformers. Very charming, with solid (but easy) platforming, great music, and with some good graphical and camera improvements.
Positives:
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A classic brought back from the dead! This game is (considered by me and others) a classic from the PS2 era!
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It’s a solid platformer! Nice tight controls, nothing to horribly hard, and good level design!
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Quirky characters! From Shazza, to Maurie, to even Ty himself! They all have there own personality and, sometimes they are even funny! (Especially Maurie!) Boss Cass is a legendary villain in my eyes!
– Real player with 29.6 hrs in game
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Ty The Tasmanian Tiger is essentially a 3D platformer in the style of classics like Super mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, Crash Bandicoot and Croc, just to name a few. The game clearly takes inspiration of those and even wears some of the design decisions on its sleeve. Ofcourse there is absolutely nothing wrong with that when its done well.
And well they did!
Let’s look at the pros and cons!
Pros:
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Fun and varied gameplay
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Great and fitting soundtrack for each individual level
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Cute characters and simple story
– Real player with 19.9 hrs in game
Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
A fun and sometimes very challenging game.
Gameplay is focused on collecting everything in every level, with some basic environmental puzzles and simple combat to keep things interesting. The remake seems to stay true to its occasionally outdated old-school roots, which means difficulty swings widely between cool and casual to punishingly difficult. If you’re a completionist then get ready to sweat: there are time-based precision challenges. Most are fair and can be beat with a lot of practice, but a few really made me question my life choices.
– Real player with 67.1 hrs in game
I’m giving a positive review because the game does not deserve a bad review at all, but a lot of times the game feels clunky. If they bothered to patch the issues it could probably be in a better state.
The artwork / graphics seems to be the highest regard here. It’s amazing.
Music was there but nothing insanely amazing either. It’s alright.
The gameplay is what I have problems with, I like the basic levels best, exploring, collecting, beating enemies it feels nice but the jumping sometimes annoyed me when u try to make a jump and he slides of the edge instead.
– Real player with 45.0 hrs in game
Psychonauts
First time playing in 2021 and it is still worth it!
– Real player with 22.0 hrs in game
its style is timeless
its gameplay IS NOT
psychonuts
– Real player with 19.1 hrs in game