Croc: Legend of the Gobbos

Buying PS1 games these days is like playing roulette, you never know how well a 20 year old disc will run. In this case, the copy I received had some minor scratching, but was enough to freeze the game before the first level would even load. The seller was more than willing to offer a refund and accept the product back. As far as delivery time goes, I received the disc less than a week after I ordered it, so it came really fast. I would order from these guys again.

I absolutely love croc and was devastated when my copy ended up getting ruined with no hope of getting a replacement. Years later I found this on Amazon I just had to have it and I I'm glad I did. The story is cute and the gameplay is fun for an old style platformer. I mean, what's not to love about a crocodile hero trying to save his cute fuzzy friends from certain doom?The only complaint I've ever had with this game are the controls. They're a bit floaty but many PS games were back then so I can't complain too much.

Unless you still have a PS 1 and like it, the game sucks. Bought it for my Son(5) and playing it on a PS2.It's very anoying to have only the option to use U/D/L/R to moove in the game. No joistick(L3) use at all.It may be a very nice Game but the controller use make it suck. Comon, we are in 2011. It may be my bad do not know more about PS1 use, still, if I had read a review about that I wouldnt had bought the game. My Son played TY2 all the way trought with some help of me. We are not big gamers but like jump n' run games.So, please be aware of the controller use limit. The game will en up in the corner. Very sad, shipping and the item it self where very good. Hope the TY1 is better(is in the Mail). LOL, yes, lots of old games but my son is 5, so let him scratch or kill the game on accitent, same as the PS2, it's not a big Deal. But for now it helps him to learn to handle games and take care of stuff. And the games are cheap, since some PPL always think they have to have the Newest. Thanks to those, like this we have fun for less.Sincerely,-M.

Came as described love the video game very cute good for children and adults because I love it to very happy with my purchase

The game disc and case are in good condition but the actual game has aged poorly due to the dreaded tank controls. Tank controls are manageable in games that don't involve platforming like the classic Resident Evil games but when you make a 3D platformer control like Resident Evil, you run into a huge problem. 3D platformers live or die based on precise controls and there is nothing precise about tank controls. There's also a poor hit detection issue, a curiously absent save feature (you have to use codes) and the level design is decent but not great. The graphics are good for the time and Croc is an appealing adorable protagonist but those things don't save this incredibly clunky PS1 game. My advice is to wait for the HD remaster. It will inevitably feature save states, cleaned up visuals and more manageable controls. I could see this score going up to a three out of five if all the issues are fixed in the remaster. I still think a remake would have been better because there are some bone deep issues that are impossible to fix without a total from the ground up remake.

YES CHILDHOOD.NO ADULTING!Being a perfectionist sucks. The game is just as hard as I remember. Definitely a classic game deserving praise - no matter how childish it may seem. Croc is still enjoyable many many years later. Not as great as something like Gex, but definitely a must have for your collection of memories.

Croc is one of those games I only had a small chance encounter with when I was younger. The demo disc that came with my PlayStation back in 1997 had a demo of the game and by all accounts I was pretty taken with. The graphics were bright and colorful, the world it presented (and by extension Croc and the Gobbos) were cute and likable and overall it seemed to be a pretty solid 3D platformer. Developed by Argonaut Software who developed the Super FX technology used in Nintendo's Star Fox on the SNES in the early 1990's, I ordered a copy of the game based on those memories... but fifteen years is a long time to be away from any game and with advancements in gaming this leaves little room for error. Unfortunately, if the title of this review is any indication, Croc pretty much squanders most of the good will its positives bring to the table and only serves as a history lesson as to why the series never saw daylight after the 32-bit generation.Almost all of Croc's problems center on the controls. Well, it's not completely on the controls, rather it's a combination of the controls AND a camera that does whatever it wants - but if it wasn't for this I firmly believe more people would remember it. The game's controls are not unlike those in Core Design/Edios' Tomb Raider series - which in today's world some people find rather archaic - but I'm still at home with them since I grew up with that game. What makes Croc different (and ultimately more problematic) is the camera is not completely locked behind Croc at every moment. This makes certain moments of the game painful to play and its because these controls are more befitting of a game like Tomb Raider where the game world is more technical being built on a grid of squares. This isn't the case with Croc.Well, that's kind of a lie because the further you get in the Legend of Gobbos the more technical (and challenging) the levels are with all their little platforms and obstacles where the clunky controls become a real liability. Even worse are the controls when Croc is underwater or doing a mini-game as these sections are simply horrendous. The situation with the controls is a real shame since the game (aside from the utterly pathetic boss battles) would still be astounding today if it wasn't for them. It's (kind) of possible to enjoy Croc despite its problems but I personally had to play the game in small bite-sized portions to really avoid my building frustrations - a red flag for a gamer if there ever was one.Despite Croc's shortcomings I can't really tell people to flat-out avoid the game. I still have a soft spot for it (and the characters) despite what I experienced while playing through it. Still, if you can I'd recommend trying - or revisting - the game before you buy it. For those that played Croc when it originally came out nostalgia might be enough to save it, but those without an attachment to the IP will quickly see the game as the ailing entity it is.