Game:

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (1997)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 4:15:39

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I played Croc a bit when it came out since my sister owned this game on PC, but I never knew that it was such a popular game! I believe I played as far as World 2 and I've seen World 3, but never finished the game or seen it fully explored so here we go! It also got more than just the sequel, Croc 2. There are many spinoffs, especially on mobile. Maybe I'll explore more of Croc in the future!

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a 3D platforming game and it was a popular genre back in the era of the original Playstation. You play as Croc, a... crocodile who needs to save the Gobbos who were captured by Baron Dante. Why? Who knows. Youtuber JoshStrifeHayes was quite pedantic about the story and the character traits like Croc's backpack, but with 3D platformers in particular, I just don't care about the story. To me, they don't feel as a proper world, but stages are only a container for platforming challenges. After all, the stages are all just very simple layouts made with a low polygon count.

Our character has tank controls, but I never found this to be a problem. He can stomp on enemies or swipe his tail at them. You collect gems throughout the level that work like Sonic's rings such that you cannot die if you still have at least one gem. Colored gems will open a special area that contains the last of six Gobbos you can find in each stage. Find them in each stage and you will unlock special stages, two in each of the four main worlds. Find the puzzle pieces in each of them for a final world. There are also ten more or less well hidden secret areas in the regular stages. So, while Croc is a simple game made for young children, there is a lot to find.

The graphics are fine and still hold up well today. The version I'm playing here is based on the "definitive edition" which is a fan made update that you can find on the internet. At some point, the developers made the engine open source so people made sure it ran well on modern systems. This particular version I got was also modded to include the soundtrack from the Playstation release. I used that soundtrack in my playthrough since I read somewhere that it had more tracks and better quality. I hope that was true - I didn't verify and have no nostalgia for a particular game version so I'm not sure. The music is very catching and upbeat so it's definitely worth listening to.

As you may know, I'm a completionist so obviously I wanted to find all gems, all gobbos, play all stages and find all hidden areas. However, as said, you lose all gems if you get hit. To me it didn't feel like I collected all gems if I can't get them to the end of the stage. After all, what's the point of picking one up if you lose them. It felt meaningless. So I came up with the extra challenge to keep all gems to the end! It's essentially a hitless run of Croc and some stages were absolutely brutal with this limitation. At least you can save after each stage to make it a segmented run.

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00:00 - Intro
01:57 - Title Screen

World 1 (Mountain Zone)
02:27 - Stage 1-1
06:26 - Stage 1-2
10:52 - Stage 1-3
17:35 - Stage 1-B1
19:56 - Stage 1-S1
26:37 - Stage 1-4
30:20 - Stage 1-5
35:27 - Stage 1-6
39:33 - Stage 1-B2
43:28 - Stage 1-S2

World 2 (Arctic Zone)
46:47 - Stage 2-1
51:50 - Stage 2-2
58:08 - Stage 2-3
1:03:11 - Stage 2-B1
1:05:50 - Stage 2-S1
1:09:10 - Stage 2-4
1:15:54 - Stage 2-5
1:21:35 - Stage 2-6
1:29:16 - Stage 2-B2
1:33:24 - Stage 2-S2

World 3 (Desert Zone)
1:43:15 - Stage 3-1
1:51:27 - Stage 3-2
2:01:56 - Stage 3-3
2:12:48 - Stage 3-B1
2:15:14 - Stage 3-S1
2:18:38 - Stage 3-4
2:28:59 - Stage 3-5
2:37:49 - Stage 3-6
2:48:20 - Stage 3-B2
2:50:44 - Stage 3-S2

World 4 (Castle Zone)
2:54:35 - Stage 4-1
3:03:06 - Stage 4-2
3:08:54 - Stage 4-3
3:15:01 - Stage 4-B1
3:17:27 - Stage 4-S1
3:22:20 - Stage 4-4
3:29:14 - Stage 4-5
3:39:51 - Stage 4-6
3:46:14 - Stage 4-B2
3:48:57 - Ending 1 (not 100%)
3:52:06 - Stage 4-S2
3:53:55 - Jigsaw Cutscene

World 5 (Crystal Island)
3:54:37 - Stage 5-1
3:58:32 - Stage 5-2
4:02:18 - Stage 5-3
4:06:59 - Stage 5-4
4:10:05 - Stage 5-B
4:10:55 - Ending 2 (100%)

4:13:02 - Showcase of Entire World Map

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