Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge

"The most under-rated game since Legend of Legaia!"

That is right. No typo. This does have a 10. I'll say it again incase you think i am using the same typo again. 10, 10, 10, 10, 10. Frogger 2, is one of the best game's I have played.

Story : - 10 The story starts with Frogger and his Girlfriend enjoying a day in the sun with all their children. meanwhile, Swampy the Crocodile is getting fed up of Frogger, you see, Frogger has jumped on Swampy's back soo many times before, ever since the first Frogger game, and Swampy plans revenge, by kidnapping all the baby frogs. Unlike most villians (Bowser, Robotnik, Cortex etc),his first plan fails, then he finally gets the baby frog's and goes to his hideout. It is up to Frogger and Lilly (His girlfriend) to stop him. The story deserves a 10, after all, his plans fail, and there is a background drop to it, I mean, most villians kidnap people for no reason right?

Graphics - 9 Cute, Colorful and splendid. The spirit graphics are made beautifuly, You can hardly see the polygons which made the game, they are cleverly hidden. There are many FMV's in this game, and the graphics on them are just well done. Because there is a ''Classic Mode'', Which lets you play the first Frogger game, and many others the graphics don't look hot on big screen, and tend to be a bit stretched. I forgot, the water texture in the waters are great, it looks like the developers slapped a rectangle of spanish sea water on to you're screen :D.

Sound and Music - 10 Though not many gamers notice, the sound and music ranks in as one of the best. You can hear machines, enemies from a distance, the quiter the enemy (roach) the sneakier it is, the louder the enemy, you know it is big. As for the music on each level, it blends in well, from cheerful tunes for a Garden theme, to spookyish music for Haunted Houses.

Gameplay and Challenge - 10 The game is VERY HARD! You'll get frustrated after a bit at times. You need to time just right, plan just right, or take Life or Death decisions. The controls are easy to figure out, why did they even put in a training level? There is a Classic Mode, where players can expirence old gaming, and some old challenges, which did'nt meet it to the arcade.

Replaybility - 9 The story mode is hard enough as it is, once you complete that, you might want to move on to getting EVERY coin in each and every level, or beating the best time, which is HARD!. Then there is a multiplayer mode...

Multiplayer - 10 Hohoho! what fun. A fair selection of characters to choose from, playing modes and levels. You can race each other in short levels. And you know that mobile phone game called ''SNAKE'', well, you can even play a multiplayer version of that, where you are to trap other frogs, or make them bump into you're wall.

Overall - 10 A funny, cute, challenging master peice, which will last longer then you will expect.

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 05/26/01, Updated 05/26/01