![]() You don’t necessarily need to have played the original – as I hadn’t – but you do need to have fond memories of how simple these kinds of games generally were. With that being said I will say that, like with the recently-released Klonoa collection, and indeed most classic platformer remakes and remasters, Pac-Man World is more for the nostalgic than newer players. As it is, though, this feels like one of the most authentic Pac-Man games that isn’t a riff on that classic arcade cabinet that I’ve ever played. They are a necessary element for Pac-Man World too because, while the 3D platforming levels of Pac-Man do play well, there was a risk that without some of this classic maze action the game would have lost sight of the titular main character’s tradition. In those mazes you’ll be doing what Pac-Man usually does – munching dots and dodging ghosts – only with a modern sheen, and these play really nicely. So there’s a space maze, a jungle maze, and so on. Each is essentially an interpretation of the classic Pac-Man arcade game, themed after the game world that they belong in. There aren’t that many levels in Pac-Man World (six worlds, each with three or four levels), but because you need to collect all the “PACMAN” letters to unlock bonus levels, and there are bonus mazes to find in some levels, the game’s going to take a while to fully complete. On top of that, each new level adds new gimmicks as you play, to keep the variety strong from one stage to the next. Many of the pick-ups are optional, though of course, if you want to fully complete the game you’re going to need to track them all down. This frustrates many, but entertains and challenges plenty more. Each level has a wealth of things to collect, and the need to backtrack and explore every nook and cranny to find them all. You do see a lot of what would become standard for 3D platformers in it, too. Unlike the open-levels and hubs approach of a Banjo-Kazooie, however, Pac-Man World is split up into smaller discrete levels and, if anything, looks like a precursor to Super Mario 3D World or the recent Kirby game thanks to its camera perspective. So Pac-Man World, while not exactly innovating or pioneering the genre, was one of those formative titles that were there right at the start. Crash Bandicoot was only three years old and the genre clones – things like Donald Duck, Goin’ Quackers – would only start to flood the market the year later. Banjo-Kazooie had been on the market for two years and arguably the best 3D platformer not made by a Nintendo company, Rayman 2, meanwhile, was released in the exact same month as Pac-Man World. This is good, honest platforming fun.įor context, Pac-Man World: Re-PAC came out just as the 3D platformer genre was hitting its peak. ![]() ![]() Having now played this ground-up (but, based on the footage of the PS1 original I saw, pretty faithful) remake, I can see why. I had never played it, nor any of its sequels (despite being a general fan of the yellow pizza-man), but in researching the original for this review I did see that it was sold and reviewed very well indeed. I did like how we got more story with the characters in this game.I had no idea that the original Pac-Man World was so well regarded. The focus on repetitive combat, repetitive random mazes in the level and some of the puzzles in this game made it miserable and unplayable to me. Unless world 3s levels are heavily reworked to be like the first two games it can fuck off and die lol. I pray that this eventually leads to a revival of world 2 and world rally, my most favorite platformers and kart game ever. It makes my heart very happy that world has been revived. Hopefully these can all be remedied with switch mods at gamebanana eventually.Įverything else is looking good. Really missing the ghosts old look and hate that tocman doesn't have a nose. ![]() I dont like that the ms pacman fiasco caused her to get cut, ripoffs shoved in and the other characters getting unneeded and inferior redesigns too. If they feel the need to include easiness for casuals or kids then we should have difficulty modes. ![]()
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