Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Let’s bring back all the good memories of the incredible, brave and lovely Kao the Kangaroo. Immerse yourself in a classic 3D action-adventure platformer where Kao runs, jumps, and fights lots of enemies.
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) is a adventure, 3d platformer and action game
developed and published by Tate Multimedia.
Released on May 31st 2019 is available only on Windows
in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Polish.
It has received 7,859 reviews of which 7,345 were positive and 514 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 1.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Win 7 or newer
- Processor: 600 MHz
- Memory: 128 MB RAM
- Graphics: 32MB graphic card compatible with DirectX 8.1
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 950 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
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This is actually quite good platformer even now. Music and controls are nice and the story is okay, basic for platformers. Save your friends and beat the bad guys. Boss fights are also great and they are quite hard actually. Collecting all the coins, stars and crystals is fun, but they don't have any purpose whatsoever. It would have been fun to have a shop in the hub world to buy some funky cosmetics or something. Controls and camera can be sometimes wonky and annoying, but they were fine most of the time. I would have loved this when I was a kid, I used to play a lot of platformers like Croc, Rayman, Crash, Spyro. Playing this now, I would say it's 6/10. <3
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this game is absolute cinema the gameplay is very fun and really simple yet fun combat, graphics are incredible for its time and able to please some peoples eyes in these times for its retro style. Audios are lovely and fun to lissen. The plot is the common rescue blank thing where you have to save your friends from the hunter, pretty basic but good enough. The levels are also fun and having a twist like you on one level you are running from a bear and the next one is your average platformer, and with this price i say that its a complete scam and the price should be higher (but i aint complaining)
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So, fun fact, I actually beat this game before beating the first Kao game. However, I had to play this game like three or four times and take notes because I forgot how much stuff was in this game. So right now, I’m going to get this review over and done with and decide whether or not I like this game more than “Kao’s 1 or 3.” Presentation The presentation, in my opinion, is pretty good. However, there are some aspects that I was a bit mixed on. First, let’s start off with the good. Out of all the character designs in “Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2,” I kind of liked Kao’s design the most. I know in my “Kao 3” review I said I liked Kao’s design from the very first game more, but I do like his design here as well. I appreciate that he kind of looks like SNES’s Lil’ Mac from “Super Punch-Out!!” with the blue shorts and green shoes. Kao also has some funny and entertaining idle animations that will surely get a smile out of you. Kao’s English voice actor does a good job, but from my perspective, I found his voice acting a little inconsistent in some instances. Speaking of voice acting, I found that most of the game’s voice acting to be mediocre at best and bad at worst. I don’t know what happened with the voice direction, but again, from my perspective, the voice acting felt bad. I also need to talk about the audio mixing because I noticed some weird quirks. Now I actually liked the soundtrack in this game, even though I found the boss music to be repetitive. However, while playing the first level after escaping the pirate ship, I noticed that the music either played really quietly or barely played at all. In “Kao 3,” I wished to see more enemy variety, and “Round 2” manages to accomplish that with pirates, enemy bees/wasps, gnomes with hammers, etc. I also failed to mention this but in “Kao 3,” the game’s language was primarily Polish dubbed with English subtitles in the re-release. It might have been my eyes playing tricks on me, but I thought the English dialogue might have been mistranslated because “Kao 3” looked like it had some grammar errors. Anyway, let’s move on before I talk about “Kao 3” too much. Presentation: 8/10 Gameplay If you have played “Round 2’s” predecessor, you’d probably know that Kao’s moveset in “Kao 1” was cumbersome to understand. However, the developers decided to look at the mistakes made in the first game and refine his moveset in “Round 2.” You now have a three-hit combo like what you see in SM64. You also have the tail attack (which can also function as an extra jump), a double jump, and boomerangs. The heart, which also functions as a health meter has been replaced with a standard-looking health bar. There is also no “lives” system like in the first game, thank goodness. Despite the fact that Kao’s moveset has been refined in “Round 2,” I found this game’s combat to be the weakest part of this game. Speaking of combat, if you hold down the right bumper button on your gamepad (which I highly recommend if you are playing this game on PC), Kao will strafe from side-to-side, and when you press the north/throw button, you can throw boomerangs at not just normal enemies, but also ones who shoot projectiles. I know Nitro Rad has already drawn comparisons between this game and “Rayman 2: The Great Escape,” but the way Kao strafes just reminds me of “Rayman 2’s” combat. I know I have complained about combat in platformers but at least “Rayman 2’s” combat was less common and was much better than “Round 2’s.” Unlike “Kao 1,” “Round 2” feels like a collect-a-thon like “Rayman 2.” However, instead of yellow lums and cages, you collect coins/ducats, purple crystals, and stars. One of the best parts about this game is that you don’t need to collect everything to beat the game. All you need is 3000 ducats to beat the game. As for the crystals, they’re only used for unlocking bonus levels/mini-games. The five mini-games are jumping rope, creating a path for Kao, shooting balloon cannons, pelican racing enemies, and baseball. To be honest, I was not the biggest fan of these mini-games, and as far as I know, I did not unlock anything for playing these. Funny enough, I looked up a video that showed all the mini-games and there is actually an exploit where you have to carefully jump on one of the ledges in the “Dark Docks,” the game’s hub world, and jump through the window of the area that requires 250 crystals. If you wonder what the stars do, you can think of them as like EXP or manly points from the “SpongeBob Movie” game. If you collect 50 stars at a time, you can improve the efficiency of one of Kao’s abilities, like having a shockwave for Kao’s butt-bounce. Before moving on, I need to talk about this game’s movement. Kao does move faster than in “Kao 1” but when you double jump, it kills your momentum. Your improved tail-attack also kills your momentum if you only jump once. The snowboard and boat sections are back but thankfully; these only happen once. However, I hated snowboarding in “Kao 1,” still hate it now. Thank goodness you don’t die instantly if you crash into things. The developers also decided to only have the boat section as a mini-game to get 1000 ducats, so I’ll give them credit for that. They also bring the speed hopping power-up back for when you have to outrun hazards, like in “Crash Bandicoot.” This is probably going to sound meaningless, but I need to talk about this. In the “Kao” games it is implied that Kao can’t swim in water, like with SpongeBob, Crash, Sonic, and even Sly Cooper. Sure, you can also say that Luigi once said he can’t swim, but that was in the anime, “The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!” However, in “Hostile Reef,” he can swim? I don’t know, I don’t know what the heck is going on here. Anyway, there are some secret areas you can find to get extra ducats, crystals, and stars. Gameplay: 7/10 Performance Throughout my time playing this game, the performance was stable overall. I hardly encountered any frame rate dips, and I had a good time. Performance: 10/10 Final Verdict So, now that I finally made a review on “Round 2,” do I like this game more than “Kao 1” and “Kao 3?” Well, yes I do, but there were some gameplay ideas that I was not a fan of. However, I do not hate Kao, the character, or the “Kao” series. I once said in my “Kao 3” review that I do believe that Tate Multimedia does have some talented developers. If there is one thing “Round 2” has taught me, it’s that these games do have the potential to be great games and they can be greater than the sum of their parts. However, with careful planning, the “Kao” series can be something special. Despite my gripes with “Round 2,” I genuinely enjoyed it the more I played. Well, with three classic “Kao” games finished, all that’s left is the “Kao Reboot” or “Kao the Kangaroo 2022.” So, let’s see what this kangaroo’s reboot game has in store for us. Verdict: 25/30
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My favorite thing about this game is how Kao's neck gets longer depending on how deep the water he's in is. That is such a funny detail.
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My friend had this game on ps2 and we did not know how to save so we always started from scratch playing the same levels again and again while never making it to latter ones(we were very little). At one point we got it figured out and actually completed it. I later beat it again on my phone using a ps2 emulator and steam. It is peak nostalgia
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Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) is currently priced at 1.99€ on Steam.
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 1.99€ on Steam.
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) received 7,345 positive votes out of a total of 7,859 achieving an impressive rating of 9.05.
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Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) was developed and published by Tate Multimedia.
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) is not playable on MacOS.
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) is not playable on Linux.
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) is a single-player game.
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) does not currently offer any DLC.
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) does not support Steam Remote Play.
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Tate Multimedia
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Tate Multimedia
Release
31 May 2019
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