Frogger deviates from this formula. The only thing that really carries over from the original title is the gameplay in the retro levels. Other than that, the graphics and, for the most part, sound is nothing like the original.
What is wrong with taking the addicting gameplay and updating the graphics and sound to today's standards? Not a thing. I really enjoyed the retro levels on this game. They felt like the good old arcade game if it were to be released in the 90's.
You get that same feel that the old arcade machines gave you, right down to the rushing traffic and perfect timing required. It was a bit difficult to get used to guiding your frog with a control pad instead of a stick, but you will get the hang of it soon enough.
The multi-player mode was also fun on the retro levels. This has you and up to three friends battling to get to the top of the screen and save the most baby frogs. This mode resulted in more good-natured harassment than I can remember in a long time.
You will get a few good hours of enjoyment out of this mode. The only drawback is that when playing with more than two players, the screen does get difficult to see. So what is it that I didn't like about this game? First, and foremost, I did not like any of the new levels. In the retro levels it is clear and easy what the intended goal is. The new levels are very unclear on what the object is and where it is located. In the retro level, you know the object is to work your way from the bottom of the screen to the top of the screen.
Simple enough. The new levels have you going off in directions that you have no clue or indication if this is even the correct way to go. Since everything is on a time limit, you don't have the time to explore the level and locate your goal. It is also very easy to get lost and not have any clue where it is you are supposed to be going.
This will leave you throwing the controller down in frustration. The other thing I did not like about the game was that it just gets boring pretty quick. Like I said, the retro levels were fun, but you can only play them so many times before you get tired of doing the same things over and over again. Since the new levels have no direction and are basically a crap shoot on the object, you will find more frustration than fun.
If you are like me, you don't mind challenge, but you at least want to know what the hell you are trying to do and have some idea of how to do it. The move to 3D has done our little froggie well. The updated graphics on the old levels look good and it makes you think about how much things have changed. The cars, trucks, logs and alligators all look cool, and there is never a question of what items are.
The only thing is, back in the old days, graphics did not matter much. So in the one area the new Frogger really shines, graphics, it really is just secondary because the gameplay on the new levels is not too enthralling. For fans of the old classic, this game will be worth a rental to play the retro levels. This game could have been better if they would have just followed the same concept of the original game. It must have gotten lost somewhere in the translation that the thing that made the original game fun was a test of reflexes and quick thinking.
The new games just missed this completely, and that is why they just did not work for me. The 3D environment serves Frogger well, but this is only secondary to the gameplay. In the early s a company named Konami released a very popular video game named Frogger. Rather than being a standard platform game or an arcade shooter, you tried to get a frog to jump across a road without being flattened by onrushing cars and trucks to save its babies. It was quite fun, despite the limitations of the primitive graphics in those days.
Incorporating the very latest technology the game includes support for MMX and 3D video acceleration , the new Frogger springs us into a full 3D world incorporating 50 levels of play in ten new environments. Hopping carefully through hungry enemies and dangerous terrain, Frogger now incorporates new features including a Power Croak used to help locate baby frogs , a Heat-Seeking Tongue used to swallow nearby flies , and a Super Jump used to overcome particularly troublesome obstacles.
The gameplay in Frogger is fast, frenzied, and fun. Needless to say, this is not a cerebral game, and if you spend too much time thinking about what to do next you will run out of time.
You guide the frog not only across busy highways, but also through polluted ponds, hostile deserts, and dark caves while avoiding the likes of crocodiles, lawnmowers, turtles, and snakes ready to end his days. In addition to the standard single-player game, you can play Frogger with up to 4 players with a multiplayer split screen. You can play over LAN, modem-to-modem, or via Internet. The game can be controlled by either keyboard or game pad, but the game pad seems a lot more fluid to me given the speed of movement necessary.
The level of challenge differs markedly depending on which world you are in -- some seem nearly impossible, while others are quite straightforward.
There is no discernible artificial intelligence in the game, as all of the enemies move in predictable repeatable patterns. However, most objects are constructed with relatively few polygons, so there is not much detail or subtle texturing to be found here.
I felt that the arcade nature of the game made further visual refinements largely superfluous. Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker.
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