Sure thing. Let’s dive into this mess of a journey with our funky gecko pal, Gex. Ah, the memories. Anyway — wait, no — is it really three decades? Geez. Time flies like my grandma’s old biplane. So, Gex is back at it, crawling onto our modern gaming consoles. The Gex Trilogy, everyone! But, seriously, do these games still have that zing, or are they fossilized remains meant for the 90s museum? Let’s stumble through this review.
Okay, picture this: You’re chilling, minding your own business, when suddenly Gex, the OG gecko (before those car insurance ads took over), is zapped into his TV. I mean, who hasn’t worried about that happening, right? Rez, the villain here, wants Gex to be his TV mascot puppet or something. We’ve got channels like Cemetery, New Toonland — sounds like a goofy fever dream I once had — and Kung Fuville. Gex has to snag a bunch of remotes (those things you always lose to the couch) to access new levels. Also, he’s eating power-ups, which sounds nutritious but probably isn’t.
Now, gameplay-wise, umm. It’s kinda like trying to run through Jell-O? (Never tried it, promise.) Jumps feel like they might just jump out of the screen and make tea. Enemies are all funky too; you think you’ve got ‘em, then, whoops, not quite. Everywhere you look, it’s tails, tails, and more tails. Also, gotta say, Gex never stopped yapping. Funny jokes, maybe? Until they’re not.
Next, Enter the Gecko zooms us into this wild 3D space. Gex is tempted by cold hard cash to face Rez again – relatable, to be honest. Controls are… floaty. Kind of like Mario 64, if Mario was wearing lead boots. And his quips? I think I’m still stuck hearing “It’s Tail Time” in an endless loop in my dreams. Boss battles? Better, but ask my coffee about my sanity during those camera angle nightmares.
And then Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko pops in with its sprawling levels and coins straight out of cookie-cutter-land. The whole actress-from-Baywatch-got-kidnapped plot left me spinning. Also, that time-ticking bonus area noise? Reminds me of my old microwave when it threatens to explode.
All in all, these games are a decent dive into chaotic nostalgia, where Limited Run did some cool stuff with extras and interviews. Gex might not hit those shiny Mario 64 heights, but it’s a wild walk down memory lane. Preserving these games is kinda like preserving good music — not perfect, but important. And boy, are they 90s to the core.
