The Game Is Definately Worth A Look...
Storyline: The storyline is simple. Frogger got squashed by a car and lost his last life in the arcade machines. Then, baby frogs tried to take his place, but they got lost. Now Frogger has been brought back and re-built. He goes in and starts rescuing baby frogs. But now he looks to you and croaks, "Can you help me out?" They present this as a movie at the beginning where Frogger is hopping along in his arcade machine and then he gets flattened. Suddenly the world goes 3-D and Frogger looks around at the speeding cars. He starts to hop away from one, when he suddenly appears on top of a tower. Then he hops to another tower and onto an airplane. He lands next to a baby frog and uses his tongue to make the game logo. Cool.
Gameplay: Simple gameplay, also. You hop through these worlds collecting baby frogs and searching for Frogger's children, which are these very special golden frogs. When you come to the last level complete it and watch the credits. They put something into these credits, to make it much more interesting. I watched it over and over again. Then go back to the last level and hop through it till you get as far back as possible. Then go into the temple (but it only opens if you have collected all 8 of the golden frogs) and super hop onto the pole with the stone frog on it. All the others explode open and hop into a door where they've obviously escaped. Then the last frog gets out, followed by Frogger. They come to a pink frog (whom I suspect is the female frog in the retro levels AND Lillie Frog from the 2nd Frogger game) and start chatting. The pthers start hopping on a practice course, crossing the road and collecting the flags.
Controls: On the PC, Frogger controls well, but on the PlayStation, Frogger's a little more difficult handle. Yeah, the PC version IS the best version.
Zones: The zones are:
-Retro Zone
-Lily Pad Zone
-Leaf Zone
-Gears Zone
-Fish Skeleton Zone
-Bat Zone
-Cloud Zone
-Cactus Zone
-Final Zone
Levels: So many of them. Yes, there are a lot. However, some of them are memorable. Frogger Goes Skiing is not only unnesecary, but it's way too dificult. Time Flies in the cloud zone is a very long level and also unnesecary. Another memorable level is Platform Madness. I enjoyed most of the levels like Bow Wow's Revenge and Boulder Ally. I didn't like Big Boulder Ally much. WAY too many boulders. I know it's supposed to be big, but come on...
Multiplayer: The game also offers you a multiplayer mode. This is a very good mode but also somewhat unsatisfying. I expected some better levels for racing in. It might have been nice to have more selection. Multiplayer mode is a nice addition, and it's a pleasent experience, but i expected it to be better.
Final Thoughts: Frogger's back! Great! I'll always love this little guy. I don't have any of his newest merchandise but I'm considering some of his newer games. I think that if they keep the legacy of Frogger going, they're definately worth a shot! Overall, this is a much better version. The PS version cuts down your overall lives. You start with 3 instead of 5. I can live with that, but the PS also shortens how much time you have to get to a baby frog before you lose a life. But, still, Frogger is a great experience on the PS, also. Check out Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge, also. It's very well done, but not as good as this one.