11mo ago

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (2024) - Teaser Trailer

HD remaster of the first Croc title will be released for “all the current consoles and PC". There's no specific release date beyond "2024" at the moment.

Here's an article with additional info and screen shots. Main points:

HD graphics keeping the original art style
updated controls
digital museum containing development assets, design documents, concept art and more

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I played the original countless times as a kid! It was a great platformer hindered by the tank controls, which unfortunately led me to prefer Spyro. If there ever was a game in need of a remaster (as opposed to a remake), it's this one. Update the controls, and the game itself is still a lot of fun.
- I've seen a lot of comments about the controls and I don't really get it. I've played through both games about two years ago, I think, and didn't have any problems with either of them. Maybe I'm just used to the jank due to playing a lot of older games but I remember both titles playing fine.
  I'm curious how they'll modernize the controls. The little gameplay present in this teaser looks pretty close to the original and I don't think they talked about this in detail. Whatever they'll do I just hope it'll allow people to play and enjoy this little gem. It deserves it.
  
  Tank controls have been pretty universally despised for many years now. Basically since we got analogue sticks, tank controls never really made sense.
  Stuff like the Grim Fandango and RE1 remasters were offering alternate non-tank controls back in 2015 and there’s probably earlier examples too
I like the idea of the digital museum. Would be nice if remakes of games would include stuff like that about the original. If the remake isnt faithful to the original (faithful like the Resident Evil remake from 2002 was faithful, or something like Metroid Prime Remastered but an actual remake), then at the very least remakes should include a copy of the original game playable on the same device, either as a port or via emulation.
- at the very least remakes should include a copy of the original game playable on the same device, either as a port or via emulation.
  I'd love to see developers and publishers start to do this. Though I am interested in Tomb Raider and how they handle the graphic toggling, which seems like a half-way point to what you're describing.
- As much as I like this idea I don't think many publishers would look at it and said anything other than "yeah, not worth the money". We probably have a higher chance for the classic versions landing on GoG than being added as a freebie to a remake - they want you to play the new shiny thing, not the old one after all (that and no need to provide support to the old version).
  
  Yes, but emulation is a very easy work around. There are even some open source emulators that allow commercial use without credit required and only require source code to stay open and post any changes made to the source code online. For most games, the default emulator will run like 90% of games perfectly fine and if proprietary code for porting to consoles is an issue, a compatibility layer can be written that isn't open source can work around that.
  Whats I am saying is, its such a low effort thing to do that shows the company honors and values their legacy content.
LOL 1 and 2 is abandonware and you can play for free. Runs fine on modern PCs. I have finished it last year.
I remember this well from my childhood, so it was nice to see that trailer. I love how they seem to have barely changed anything except higher res textures and models. I'll be looking at getting this when its out.

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