Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)

Very good sequel to the first game, it has voice acting now along with better graphics and more gameplay mechanics

IDK how this re-release is, but the original was THE bomb on the PS2!

Best platformer.

Playing this with purely Keyboard is a nightmare, honestly having to use the arrow keys to move the camera, the default settings were just painful to use. Now when I switched to my Rog Ally X at 7w mind you absolute minimum possible power usage. I still managed to get over 180fps at 1080p and zero stuttering or frame drops so the game is made extremely well, which makes sense for its time. Gameplay wise, it's a really enjoyable 3D platformer collectathon from 2003 with certain awkward features like the swimming. I was not told to hold LB and press A to actually swim because I thought to spam A at the speed of light to move inches, turns out I had to hold another button to actually gain momentum. Later on in the game there's also a section where you need to fly on someone's back and they can only jump 5 times before resting. I struggled so much at that bit until I found out from a discussion that if you spam the jump button there wont be any tight jumps. I feel like the game fails to explain certain mechanics to a tee but I figured it out in the end with some help from people on the discussions. The collectables also reward you which is unexpected and genuinely really fun. Co…

definitely showing her age and budget these days, but still a fun, if simple, romp. Could use some polish around the edges but still plenty enjoyable even after all these years

Pure nostalgia. I remember getting this game with a magazine when I was a child. It was the first PC game I ever finished. My GPU broke during the racing level, so I couldn’t play for two months. Then, on my birthday, I received a new GPU and finished the game that very same day. Thank you for this masterpiece. If I had to name one game that made my childhood truly happy, this would be it.