Was it Good? - Croc: Legend of the Gobbos

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Croc, one of the best selling Playstation 1 games of all time, a childhood icon, everyone has fond memories of saving the gobbos and defeating Baron Dante, but... was it actually any good?

Join me as we go back to 1997, run, swim, tail whip and box stomp our way to 100% completion and review this classic gem. Warning, may not have aged as well as you think.

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[ambrite]

Croc wears a backpack because it's adorable, leave him alone

[LukeZalvino]

The audio and visual sensory stimulation in this game are S tier

[lordovthorn]

26:33 came out AFTER Mario 64 after being in Development since BEFORE Mario 64 because it was originally developed as a Yoshi game for the ill fated and never made Nintendo Playstation which was so succeed the SNES.

Croc was literally dev'd as a Mario-universe tie in title.

[CsubAzUrmedve]

I played this game as a kid, but I was never able to complete it.

It was not just the game being hard; somehow this game made me depressed. I don't know why. It's strange to read that I was not alone with this problem. I remember deep sadness when I'm looking at this game.

[TheDualTatorz]

I know Josh mentioned how he used to be a teacher, but throughout this series, it feels like he is grading somebody's paper. Pointing out what is good, what makes it good, and doing the same with the bad. As someone trying to become a teacher myself, its always kind of funny when I notice moments that sound like that xD

[hwLUke]

Almost every single game on this channel is a nostalgic game from my childhood that i spent countless hours playing and loved the crap out of it. Love the content. Every time a new video drops it's like christmass

[Tastelesscow]

You just hit me with so much emotions...my grandparents had an old PS1 and that was my introduction to gaming. I played the greats like crash and crash racing but those never disappeared with their popularity. This game though, I totally forgot about. Seeing this video pop up I immediately remembered all those memories associated with playing this game at my grandparents. I started to cry as my grandma just passed away a few months ago, the last of my grandparents, and I still am grieving. It's amazing what memories can be attached too, but I remember very vividly my grandma helping me play since I was too young and being so enamored by the colors of those gem things when you collected them. I never beat the game though, maybe I'll emulate it and finally get around to doing it...I miss you grandma, thank you for all the love and memories.

[nidungr]

I love how they implemented the gobbos as simply two sprites with feet and eyes.

[THCAMGUY]

At 42:20 "Croc wears a backback because Lara Croft wears one" honestly as a kid I just assumed that's where he puts his gems. Perhaps he stores them somewhere else though? 🤔

[merens]

Don't know why but I always remembered Croc as the saddest platformer. I recall a mood of deep loneliness crossing its various levels. Did anyone had that feel too ?

[garyskippracing]

I feel like the backpack could have been easily justified by animating the gems being placed inside. Or even pseudo cheating the effect by having the flap open and close so it at least looked like they were going inside, at these low frame rates that could be made convincing, even if fully animating it was problematic.

[divinkitty]

Here's my reason for replaying Croc: He is so cuuuute. Such an adorable mascot. If I got this game as a kid I would spend hours on end playing this just to see Croc.

[bloodletterable]

That musical nostalgia hit. This, medievil and gex the gecko were the games of my childhood.

[gameswithtoasty]

I remember this game creeping me out at a kid. The weird, boxed in worlds, lifeless enemies and weird musical jiggs mixed together to make me feel uneasy.

The weird boxing boss used to give me nightmares. His entire design, to this day, creeps me out.

[Kieranh]

Fun fact: I got this, on Sega Saturn, when the game came out and the Saturn version of the game actually shipped with a bug that made Croc's head invisible..but you could still see the eyes. So it was just a body with floating eyes, running around. How a bug that apparent, could go through any kind of testing is beyond me lol

[Lopitra]

If Croc does anything that is specifically Croc, it is the music and artstyle. Those are the most unique and memorable bits of the game.

[richardpreston]

My favourite anecdote about Croc is that they pitched it to Nintendo, who said no, and when Super Mario 64 came out somebody from Nintendo went up to them at (I think) E3 and basically went "Yeah... sorry."

[travislee]

The game's real secret? You could put the game disc into your CD player and jam out to the soundtrack

[ecyor]

interestingly enough, while the tank steering is awkward, I distinctly remember the combination of the tank controls and 180° flip being VERY satisfying once you got the hang of it.

[MasterSorez]

This was actually the first game I ever played in my life, so this holds a super special place in my heart <3