![]() The other consideration is, how much has gone into the Remastering efforts? On that front, I’d like to get out of the way that developer Monkey Craft has done what I feel is a fantastic job in bringing these games back for modern consoles. So one aspect of the review will come down to whether this fairly simplistic (I prefer to use the term “classic”) platforming is still your bag in 2022. So even the “newer” title is still 21 years old so some may baulk at the near full price of this 2 for 1 package. Door To Phantomile came out in 1997 for the original PlayStation and Lunatea’s Veil for the PlayStation 2 in 2001. This is an interesting game to review…for a few reasons. It’s the 25th Anniversary of the Klonoa franchise and after 25 years, do these PlayStation platforming classics hold up in 2022 on Xbox? Let’s find out… Two games are better than one As I no longer own my original PlayStation or PlayStation 2 to access those save files, there’s an element of experiencing these games for the first time to this, despite having technically played them before. While I have played both these games, it was a long long time ago so it’s possible my memory of them is clouded by nostalgia. I didn’t manage to get a copy of the Wii Remake and eBay prices on it are completely out of control so this came at a great time. I’ve been wanting a Remaster of these games for some time and when rumour spread that it was happening, my heart was a flutter. ![]() Most will know I was a Sega kid growing up who progressed to Xbox, but as someone who still owned a PlayStation 2 when it released, Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil was one of my favourite games on the console and definitely my favourite platformer on it.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |