5.7 out of 10

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"It's tail time," proclaims Crystal Dynamics' trademark gecko upon booting Gex 64: Enter the Gecko. The above greeting transpires via an opening 3D animation in real-time. The reptile runs out onto a blank blue background, spits out his tongue in an impressive display of poor animation, moves his lips perfectly out of synch with the said speech and then flops off the screen revealing the game's opening title. The attention to detail and precision is nonexistent. This is only the beginning...

The Facts


•24 movie and television theme levels.
•Full 3D control.
•More than 125 moves including whip-crackling, tail attacks, tongue grabbing, flying karate kicks and climbing up walls.
•The voice of comedian Dana Gould as Gex.
•Controller Pak required.


[INFO PROVIDED BY IGN64.COM]

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Elfpack User Reviews:

Horrible
I've tried playing this game multiple times and can never decide the worst aspect of it, the virtual non-existant cammera, the horrible lip synching, or the delayed controlls? It plays, feels, and looks like a game that is only halfway finished and I'm not even sure what the point of it is...all I can say is leave this stupid gecko alone
1.2/10
~[wolvie]

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Internet Reviews:

Gex 64 isn't a terrible game, but it's definitely not in the same league as Nintendo 64's Banjo-Kazooie or Super Mario 64. In fact, Bomberman 64 is probably the better game. It's really a shame, too, because Gex for PlayStation was actually a commendable attempt at a 3D platformer that pushed the console's hardware. On the Nintendo 64 though, Gex has been watered down, fogged in and ultimately sloppily ported. This could have been a much better game. And given its competition, it should have been.
~IGN.COM

from Peer Schneider
I enjoyed Gex on the PlayStation a lot more than Gex 64. The one added level (Titanic) isn't worth the price of admission and the rest of the game has been ported 1:1 from the PSX -- well, in theory, at least. Gex 64 suffers from low framerates, horrible camera control (even in the manual mode), and washed-out graphics. Even the more imaginative levels can't make up for the mediocre sound and and loose gameplay (it doesn't even have true analog control!) Considering the strong competition on N64, this just doesn't deliver.

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