2d Platformers have evolved. When i say that, i mean that the game shows its age. Its hard to really say this game does anything great. Thats not to say i hate the game, i like it, but it was kind of a struggle to get through 6 hours of it. Game doesnt really so much in gameplay. Its pretty basic, theres walk, jump and the ring move where you pick up enemies and use them to jump with. Gameplay variety changes based less on how klonoa moves and more with the enemies you see. Klonoa's moveset is pretty pathetic, I get he isnt fucking hollow knight but give me anything to press to traverse levels than walk and jump. Something I thought about was how the best 3d platformers typically give you a long jump to traverse levels faster. But lets slow down a bit, Klonoa isnt a faced paced action platformer, its more on the puzzle side of that coin. Fine, but it struggles to stand its own ground during portions that arent focused on building up the crystal or bombing the wall, which consists of 90% of the "puzzles" in this game. Puzzles also get tedious considering they all focus around the crystal mechanic that i am not too fond of. All of it rounds out to be a pretty mediocre experience that doesnt stand on its own in todays age. In all honesty, I dont think its even that good in terms of "ps1 and before" era type games, after all, i did enjoy the first one more. I think the game is only rated high because the only people who know klonoa grew up with it so theyre the only ones care. Outsiders probably won't find this game to be that great. Look, its fine if you love the game from your childhood or even as an adult, no matter what I say, if you truly love the game then what i say doesnt matter at all. Im just simply stating why I dont find it as enjoyable as other 2d platformers i have played.