Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers

The Good
The graphics are top-notch with extra textures and better use of colour. The gameplay does a lot that is different such as starting every level with a timer for bonus points and collecting five gears in a second for a special bonus. Learning new moves with each level feels like proper game progression. Those changes put a small amount of intrigue to play, but you've only scratched the surface.

The Bad
It's no surprise that this version of the game inherits the worst from the predating console versions, including Gyro's spam messages, those hideous claymation cutscenes, incessantly bad voice acting, weak critter enemies and easy to beat bosses.

Some design changes to this version the game could've done without, such as the basement styled level selection room. Even the new mid-game cutscenes don't do justice. There are some things taken out, which was quite a mistake, including the rage powerup and collecting the nephews' toys.

Gameplay is no better than what you got on PS1, N64 and Dreamcast. You're mostly doing a marathon of running, jumping and bouncing around. It gets old when you have to type your initials every time you beat a level, when you should only have to type them once at the start of the game. To add to the annoyances, Donald Duck constantly makes awful noises with every move you make, it just kills the music, which is forgettable and samey anyway.

The Bottom Line
This game is essentially two coats of paint on the PS1 version. Graphically good, but the effort is lacking everywhere else. If you've played this game, then you've played every other version in existence. It's sad this port did not directly improve on the N64 and took much from the very first PlayStation version. Even with the new good stuff, this game's unimaginative, it's like the makers were trying to push the game into every existing console on the market. Thankfully we won't get to see an Xbox version. No sense in getting this title. Get a better game or the latest Disney movie.