Running in hi-res at 30 frames per second, Croc II promises to blow away its predecessor at least from a visual standpoint.Īfter defeating the evil Baron Dante in the first game, the back-packed reptile leaves his adoptive island home in search of his long-lost parents. Argonaut learned a lot from Croc that they implemented in Croc II,' commented David Stalker, producer of both Croc: Legend of Gobbos and Croc II. Croc II runs on a modified version of the original Croc engine, which isn't a bad thing considering the first was quite impressive, at least graphically. Unfortunately, we have yet to actually sit down and play the game since all Fox had on display at E3 was a videotape of 40 percent complete gameplay. Even so, this isn't a bad game by any stretch of the imagination, just one that's overly challenging due to execution, not intentional design.įox Interactive and Argonaut Software will hopefully waste no time bringing us the sequel to the first true 3D action game on the PlayStation.

Unfortunately, despite a lovely visual makeover, Croc 2 suffers from horrendous camera positioning and simple jumps are made unbearably difficult. Venture far enough and you'll get to make use of mine carts, hot air balloons, speedboats, and hang gliders. You can also push objects, pick them up and toss them about. Movements are your bog standard run, jump, climb, swim and swing on monkey bars. The Croc 2 world is composed of huge areas devoted to four tribes of Gobbos, where the aim of the game is to nab powerups, whack enemies and overcome reflex-intensive challenges to save the day. So, no plot then, but it's a good excuse to dive into more than 40 levels of 3D platform action. Now he's gone and kidnapped the Gobbo kings, and somehow or another Croc's parents are involved. If you've played the first one, you'll be sad to hear that Baron Dante didn't learn his lesson the first time he was trounced.

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