One instance where I may actually prefer the original to the remake - what registered as endearingly rustic on the PS1 just feels kind of cheap, basic, and dull on the PS5 despite retaining pretty much everything the former had to offer and not even really looking bad per se. I still think this is a pretty good little platformer - but even looking at it as its own product there's still some depth problems, inconsistencies in the moveset (especially that damn rev roll), and seriously unreliable controls (most notably in original mode, where the amount of times you firmly press a direction and Pac just straight up ignores it is too high to ignore - especially in such fast-paced gameplay). It's fine but tbh it just really made me want to go back and replay Pac-Man World 2.

Reviewed on Jul 16, 2023


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