Croc Remastered Confirmed date.

[Jeff]

Argonaut Software has announced the release date Croc Remastered Edition with a April 2nd release date... Probably not a best date to release a game during Nintendo Switch 2's big presentation. But what do you think? Will you be picking up this classic PS1/Saturn game? Or wait after the Switch 2's presentation?

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

SO MANY OPTIONS FOR REMASTERS! I already own the OG on PS1, so I'll pass for this, mainly because I'm already buying Tony Hawk 3+4 this summer and paying the costs of owning a Saturn.

Maybe my partner will want it though!

 

[TheSoulWalker]

Depending on the price I may pick this up, but if it's any more than say like... $25 I'll pass til it hits a Steam Sale.

 

[HextarVigar]

Remasters are lazy.

 

[TheSoulWalker]

Remasters are lazy.

Maybe so but I'll take a remaster over whatever the hell "AAAAA" is

 

[Bakuma1997]

Hope they add an option for free movement, tried to enjoy you Crock, but Tank Controls belongs to Survival Horror, not a genre where precise and quick movements are mandatory or at least suggested

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Maybe so but I'll take a remaster over whatever the hell "AAAAA" is

I think it depends on the remaster! Virtua Racing on Switch is a remaster, but it's an amazing version that is truly definitive! Other remasters, I won't name names, can be super busted though. And some others are... ports with a different name.

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Hope they add an option for free movement, tried to enjoy you Crock, but Tank Controls belongs to Survival Horror, not a genre where precise and quick movements are mandatory or at least suggested

I was never bothered! I also think the game was designed around them, so I would be worried if they were taken out without the level design being accommodated.

 

[Gorse]

Will there be there an option to use non-tank controls? I actually might consider it if there is.

 

[Johnathan Smikey]

Argonaut Software still exists?

 

[Bonkers225]

...Why? Who asked for this?

I'm asking for Tomba 1 and 2 Remastered, and that shit is never happening.

 

[Tonberry]

Kind of excited for this one, it was my first ever PC game alongside Jazz Jackrabbit 2 so I wonder how it holds up.

Will there be there an option to use non-tank controls? I actually might consider it if there is.

I think they mentioned new controls in the trailer actually!

 

[TheSoulWalker]

...Why? Who asked for this?

I'm asking for Tomba 1 and 2 Remastered, and that shit is never happening.

Honestly we're getting a new wave of young leaders that are wanting a push for preservation and re-releasing old games or remastering is the safest bet.

 

[Bonkers225]

Honestly we're getting a new wave of young leaders that are wanting a push for preservation and re-releasing old games or remastering is the safest bet.

I mean if preservation is your focus, there are emulators though.

 

[TheSoulWalker]

I mean if preservation is your focus, there are emulators though.

Sure but this would allow consumers that just don't want to go the emulator route to have a legit way of playing said game. Sure it's still probably emulation but there's a factor of convenience that we are getting by these collections and remasters

 

[Boo Man]

im fine with the original game
they are just playing on nostalgia now
how many times can they sell you the same game?

 

[TheSoulWalker]

im fine with the original game
they are just playing on nostalgia now
how many times can they sell you the same game?
for me its ONCE

So Steam, That's usually how that works for as long as it works without having to constantly rebuy it and is why I think Microsoft is right for championing forwards compatibility with their titles on console. On steam I would happily rebuy a game released on a console from the early 2000s era to be able to install with one click, and plug in a controller to play. We also need to consider in this case, Croc was considered abandonware for the longest time before this.

 

[HextarVigar]

So Steam, That's usually how that works for as long as it works without having to constantly rebuy it and is why I think Microsoft is right for championing forwards compatibility with their titles on console. On steam I would happily rebuy a game released on a console from the early 2000s era to be able to install with one click, and plug in a controller to play. We also need to consider in this case, Croc was considered abandonware for the longest time before this.

I'd rather staple my face shut then have anything to do with Steam.

 

[Tonberry]

...Why? Who asked for this?

I'm asking for Tomba 1 and 2 Remastered, and that shit is never happening.

I bring you happy news:

 

[lil_thang]

as i already saw on a couple of the post announcement press releases, lotta commentors seemed to go "ew yucky why does this look so terrible" at screenshots that were just croc ps1 at a modern resolution.

i think this one moreso than other comprarble 'remasters' will explictly need a like 'swap between original and updated graphics' and the original includes a scronkly CRT filter or people finna bust a brain vessel imo

"ew yucky tank controls" etc etc this one will be divisive i think

 

[Yousef]

Argonaut Software has announced the release date Croc Remastered Edition with a April 2nd release date... Probably not a best date to release a game during Nintendo Switch 2's big presentation. But what do you think? Will you be picking up this classic PS1/Saturn game? Or wait after the Switch 2's presentation?

I’m really looking forward to this. It’s my most anticipated remaster by far.

 

[lil_thang]

respectfully, why though? I see a lot of others share this sentiment, but playing croc, especially for a the demographic that would freqeuent this forum, is approximately 15 seconds away from running upscaled in an emulator.

 

[TheSoulWalker]

respectfully, why though? I see a lot of others share this sentiment, but playing croc, especially for a the demographic that would freqeuent this forum, is approximately 15 seconds away from running upscaled in an emulator.

I will reiterate the convenience factor. One click to install game.

 

[lil_thang]

i understand that but the convenience should presumably already be there for Croc superfans whomst this would be a highly anticipated release. it would take couple minutes tops of effort to drag croc1.iso into whatever you already have.

it is that very convenience factor reason contributing as to why we've gotten and continue to recieve kinda benign remasters

not everyone is a poweruser i get it but i would've assumed the demographic here would lean more on the "fuck remasters i've already done been playing it" crowd

 

[TheSoulWalker]

i understand that but the convenience should presumably already be there for Croc superfans whomst this would be a highly anticipated release. it would take couple minutes tops of effort to drag croc1.iso into whatever you already have.

it is that very convenience factor reason contributing as to why we've gotten and continue to recieve kinda benign remasters

not everyone is a poweruser i get it but i would've assumed the demographic here would lean more on the "fuck remasters i've already done been playing it" crowd

Well personally it's not a high anticipation release by any means, like I didn't ask for this but I won't look at this and go "how dare you even bother."

 

[fake-kun]

I remember this from people complaining that it was less known than Banjo-Kazooie, despite selling about the same amount, and thus somehow proving the existence of Nintendo-centric bias among retro gamers.