Pac-Man World 2

GameZone (8.9 out of 10)

Definitely a fun and enjoyable all around gaming experience. If you’re looking for a good platformer, you’d be hard pressed to find a better one, and this one will be a good buy and will provide hours of amusement for just about anyone. Hey … if someone like me who doesn't even like platformers can enjoy it as much as I have, I’m sure that you will too.

Consoles Plus (87 out of 100)

Un jeu de plate-forme amusant, fort agréable à jouer et bourré de passages secrets. Dommage que la caméra ne soit pas toujours placée au mieux.

Worth Playing (8.1 out of 10)

Pac-Man World 2 is an adventure/platforming game complete with a Super Mario Bros 3 type world map. The in-game play-control style is fully 3D but is also similar to SMB3 in the sense that it offers top-notch, well thought out, running-and-jumping dynamics. What keeps this game from being in the same league as the classics however is its unbalanced difficulty and short life span. For how well the game looks, it is pleasantly surprising to find gameplay that is equally appealing. PW2's nagging camera issues are somewhat diminished by the fact that the game actually lets you know when the camera is only partly functional or completely inoperable, by means of an on-screen notification.

Game Over Online (81 out of 100)

Pac-Man World 2 feels like it was influenced from games like Crash Bandicoot, Super Mario World, Sonic Adventure, Klonoa, and even Super Monkey Ball. What is surprising is that Namco was able to extract all the fundamentally entertaining aspects of these games without botching the project along the way. Not to say that Namco has a tendency to churn out poorly executed titles, but even the most respected companies sometimes set they're sights a little too high -- State of Emergency and Ehrgeiz for example. The only detrimental thing that this game has inherited from its predecessors is the sometimes-in-the-way camera issues.

GamePro (US) (4 out of 5)

Pac-Man World 2 takes dot eating to a whole new level, making this 3D version of an arcade classic a nostalgia trip worth taking. Namco’s portly Pac-Man travels through six vibrant worlds and uses ice skates, turbo rolls, butt bounces, and more in his quest to retrieve golden fruit stolen by Spooky, a ghost of monstrous proportions. Maneuvering Pac-Man can be difficult at times since the controls are ber sensitive a bit too much pressure on the analog stick can easily send Pac-Man careening over an icy cliff.

GameSpot (7.9 out of 10)

Pac-Man World 2 is a great platform game overall, one that anybody who's into the lighthearted style of the game would do well to check out. There are a fair bit of extras packed in as well, which extends its longevity--the most significant of these is an arcade full of classic emulated Pac-Man games, which you'll find in Pac-Village. This GameCube version is essentially identical to the PS2 version, with just one exception: Ghost monsters no longer kill you instantly if you touch them when not under the influence of a power pellet. Rather, you'll just lose one pip of health. While this makes some of the sequences a little bit easier, it doesn't really have that much of an effect either way. It's still quite a fun game, and anyone who's the least bit excited by the history of gaming and the sights and sounds that started it all should enjoy it.

4Players.de (77 out of 100)

Angesichts nicht gerade übermäßig vorhandener Jump&Run-Konkurrenz dürfte es Genre-Fans nicht schwer fallen, Gefallen an dem GameCube-Einstand von Pac Man zu finden. Zwar gibt es keine weitreichende Bewegungsfreiheit wie bei Überklempner Mario, doch die Verknüpfung bekannter Pac Man-Elemente mit dreidimensionalen Umgebungen und neuen Bewegungsmöglichkeiten ist gelungen. Steuerung und Schwierigkeitsgrad sind nahezu perfekt aufeinander abgestimmt und werden nur von den gelegentlich auftauchenden Kamera-Problemen überschattet. Was die Sounduntermalung betrifft, bietet Pac Man zwar nichts Herausragendes, doch die Melodien bleiben stets unterhalb der Nervgrenze im Hintergrund und werden von immer wieder auftauchenden Einsprengseln der bekannten Retro-Soundeffekte wunderbar ergänzt. Für Fans des gelben Wuslers führt kein Weg an Pac Man World 2 vorbei. Doch auch Gamer, die ihren GameCube mal mit anderer Jump&Run-Kost als Crash Bandicoot oder Mario füttern möchten, werden gut bedient.

64 Power / big.N / N Games (74 out of 100)

Insgesamt taugt Pac-Man World 2 aber nicht nur für Leute, die für erweiterte Neuauflagen alter Klassiker was übrig haben. Namco hat die Kombination aus altem Pac-Man-Gameplay und modernen Jump‘n‘Run-Elementen ganz gut hinbekommen. Allerdings zieht das Spiel im Duell mit Segas Sonic den Kürzeren, da Sonic Adventure 2 Battle um einiges spritziger wirkt und auch technisch mehr zu bieten hat. Dennoch werden Jump'n‘Run-Anhänger auch mit Pac-Man ihren Spaß haben.

64 Power / big.N / N Games (74 out of 100)

(PAL version)
Die sieben Level werden aber von einer schlechten Kamera und einer mäßigen Technik belastet. Das bunte Jump‘n‘Run hat aber auch das Original Pac-Man zu bieten. Während du durch die Levels saust, sammelt du Münzen, die du in Sues Spielhalle gegen eine Partie Pac-Man anno 1980 eintauschen kannst.

Gamesmania.de (74 out of 100)

Als ich zum ersten Mal einen skeptischen Blick auf die Verpackung von Pac-Man World 2 geworfen habe, war ich noch stark am zweifeln, ob das Experiment "Pac in 3D" klappen würde. Nach der ersten halben Stunde hat mich der unscheinbare Hüpfer aber tatsächlich in seinen Bann gezogen. Ein überraschend gelungenes 3D Jump'n'Run und das ganze noch vor Pac-Man Hintergrund - umso besser!

Kombo.com (7 out of 10)

Pac-Man is too short. I found the levels really short and a little straightforward. The levels are fairly easy and the controls are a snap to memorize. Though the levels are short and easy they provide a fair amount of enjoyable fun. One of the best features in the game was the exciting arcade mini games. The more tokens you find in your adventure, the more classic Pac-Man arcade games you can unlock and enjoy! Overall I found the gameplay fairly amusing, but if it weren't for the arcade games I would have given it a lower score. Overall- Pac-Man World 2 is a definite rental, and do not buy this game unless you are a real hardcore Pac-Man fan.

IGN (7 out of 10)

I like Pac-Man World 2. It's a fun, if formulaic 3D platformer. It follows all the rules right down to what kinds of levels are available. But it executes on the control and design elements of the experience much better than other, more recent platformers have. Of course I know there's not a whole lot of originality packed into this title, but what's there is still for the most part very entertaining. It's even fairly pretty. The game's biggest problem is that it has also introduced a camera system that is relatively unchanged from countless 3D platformers before it, which leads to some disorienting views at points. The only other gripe I've got is that the experience ends a bit too abruptly for my own tastes. Five hours or so and it's all over. To its credit, though, there are some collectibles to be had and the arcade emulations extend replay value.

PGNx Media (7 out of 10)

So in all Pac-Man World 2 is a fun and easy game to get into, don’t let the "kiddy" look of the game fool you, it does have some depth just get past the childish image.

Oldies Rising (13 out of 20)

Alors finalement, que dire de ce Pac-Man World 2 en guise de conclusion? Eh bien il est évident qu'il ne s'adresse pas aux enfants, et malgré de bonnes idées et une réalisation technique correcte, sa difficulté et ses problèmes de gameplay couplés à ceux de la caméra le rendent pénible à parcourir. En marge de ces soucis, les plus téméraires n'en découvriront pas moins un jeu de plates-formes original et frais avec en bonus les premiers jeux du père Pac-Man.

Officiel Nintendo Magazine (5.5 out of 10)

Un joueur moyen viendrait facilement à bout des 20 niveaux répartis en 6 mondes sans une gestion hasardeuse de la caméra. Très vite frustrante, même en mode manuel, celle-ci bute fréquemment contre les éléments du décor et rend le moindre saut délicat. Seule la présence en bonus des versions originales de Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Mania et Pac-Attack pourra consoler les plus nostalgiques.

Game Informer Magazine (5.5 out of 10)

Since Namco obviously didn't put any effort into fixing Pac-Man World 2 when bringing it over to GameCube, I've decided to do a quick "port" of my review of the PS2 versions from last month: "It's hard to pinpoint just where this game went wrong, but I think it has something to do with the decision to move away from the essentially side-scrolling nature of the first Pac-Man World. Of course, this is much more difficult to accomplish, and the developers failed to develop a camera system capable of dealing with the 3D action. Don't call it a comeback, because it's not. "Yep, it still sucks.