EXTRA Haunted Copy of Pac-Man World 2
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EXTRA Haunted Copy of Pac-Man World 2
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*DE-*PAC IS MORE LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amount of times I have dreamed about a better Pac-Man World 2 remake since World 2 Re-Pac came out: 4
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I HATE PAC-MAN WORLD 2 RE-PAC!!!
A GIGANTIC THREAD.
Decided to check up on my buddy PAC-MAN after I doomed him to an eternity in the abyss. Yep. He's still in there alright.
Your commentary is always a delight, StupidWizard. :)
Well. I suppose new guidelines that remove character and expression fall under "they didn't care", too...

Thank you for the reply! That was very interesting!
I assumed so!! Even if not, they could also probably just make the model be able to Do That. To say nothing of the stiff animations...

Does Pac-Man have different, new guidelines for how he is to be depicted, now? If it isn't just "they didn't care", then that certainly seems like it could be it...
My wife says the darndest things sometimes. Here is a small snippet of some of my favorite Catherine Quotes pulled from my Catherine Quotes List.
This, of course, does not even come close to being a massive issue, on its own, which is why I elected to only mention it in a "lightning round"-esque segment of the thread... Sadly, it does not exist on its own, and, well... death by a thousand cuts.

...And a few amputations.
It's less egregious than I remember it being, so my bad! But Pac-Man does look to simply bob his head with alarming regularity. I.E., at all. I've included a timestamped YouTube video link. In any case, his eating of the Pac-Dots is far less exaggerated than in the original.
youtu.be/2e-9EP5GGVg?...
Pac-Man World 2 Repac - Full Game Walkthrough
YouTube video by BeardBear
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I also blame Nintendo.
From what I hear, they sort of screwed third parties in regards to how those special cartridges are priced... Not that Bandai Namco hasn't got the money. But, ya know. Still.
I didn't know that it was............. why have they done this to us...............
This is what Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac feels like to me
It's impossible to 100% Space Station Silicon Valley (N64) due to one of the trophies being intangible, but good news! The PlayStation port (that renamed it to Evo's Space Adventures, halved the framerate, removed some levels, and replaced the whole soundtrack) fixed it!

tcrf.net/Bugs:Space_S...
BlueSky increased the maximum length of videos up from a measly 30 seconds, so now I can share the full version (plus one loop) of what I think is my best composition, Haunted Gourdwalk!

You might be able to guess where the inspiration for the song name came from...
I agree with you entirely!! My biggest critique is that I think Crash would look better with his chin. Oh, and that I think they made Cortex a little too... normal-looking, I guess??

But I think they pulled it all off great!! It's very expressive and alive!!... Unlike a certain OTHER GAME!!!!
But the animations were Fantastic, in my opinion!! Waow!!
Heheh, I was thinking about saying that exact thing myself. In my memory, Spyro's PS1 models left a lot more to the imagination than Crash's... I do think a lot of the redesigns were hit-or-miss, though.
OR to re-imagine it in a different style entirely! I heard there were a few well-received Resident Evil remakes like that? I also used to daydream about a Pac-Man World 1 remake in the style of World 2 maybe being cool...

Sometimes a company just wants to test the waters, too, if it's been a while.
I suppose I can understand that sentiment. I personally think remakes can and should co-exist with New Things! I think there is value in going back to an old game and expanding on things that maybe weren't fully-baked. Or to just make 'em look fancy, if they're really really old.
It would've been really easy to just.... not do it this way.... why are remakes so obsessed with genericizing everything...???
Again, though, I never played any of the games, so I can't go much more in-depth than that. I hope the remakes are at least good for what they are. They look like they are, from my perspective?

Thanks for the insight!!
I had no idea the Spyro remakes were so different! I can see the redesigns being divisive... I like a lot of 'em, personally (but not all), and I definitely appreciate all the dragons you rescue all being unique in looks and voice, now (they weren't before, right...?)!
Totally agree about them fuckin' up Crash's style. Forgot about that, somehow. 'Least a lot of the cutscenes are still pretty well-animated? Thinking of like... the Time Twister animations and stuff. Environments look nice, too, in my memory?
This is Marcy. She is an odd little creature who lives alone in the strange area containing the border between life and death. She doesn't know how she got there, or if she's even alive herself. She is kind to all passersby... or, she would be, if anyone ever showed up.
Oh! How do you feel about the Crash and Spyro remakes? I heard most people liked those... They seem very full of added life, to me! Never played any version, though, personally, so I wouldn't know if they Really stack up.

And, of course, most people like the Re-Pacs despite their """quality"""...
I feel like the TTYD remake does a really good job, personally!!

That's... the only example I can think of, though... my "Gaming Portfolio™" is, admittedly, not very diverse...

I don't really get why this is the case. It shouldn't be very hard to just... do it good??
That's good, at least :)
Better than having the double whammy of "it looks AND plays bad"!

The bugs and crashes though... come on man... there's never an excuse for that. Just playtest it...
WAOW!!! YIPPIEEEEE!!!

That's so cool that you did that!!
I'm sure you could fix it up with some tinkering!!