I have vivid memories of playing the original PAC-MAN World (1999) on PS1 for what felt like hundreds of hours - and yet I only ever played the first three zones. I could beat HMS Windbag easily, only managed to defeat Anubis Rex once, and never beat King Galaxian, no matter how much time I sank into it. Fast forward to discovering PAC-MAN World Re-PAC, and suddenly I not only finished the entire game, but hundo'd it in about ten hours. Is it possible I used to be bad at games? What am I gonna tell my grandchildren?

As far as I can tell, this remake is exactly how I remember the original - just widescreen, and a reworked hub layout. The graphics are obviously better, but honestly, the game always looked this good in my memory anyway. It retains that great balance between straightforward mission completion and deeper collectible hunting. If you just want to blast through a level, you can finish it in a couple of minutes. But the real game is in tracking down all six letters on each map, which often means finding the power-ups, defeating every ghost, collecting certain fruits, backtracking, and opening previously locked doors.

I'm genuinely glad this remake exists. It let me revisit the first half of the game I spent countless hours with as a kid, and finally experience the later half I never reached back then. PAC-MAN World Re-PAC feels like a faithful, loving update that preserves what made the original special while making it far more approachable to fully complete today.

tasty

A very fun and easy game to play to remember old time classics.
Definitely recommended to get, especially if there's a discount

Simple fun, don't go in expecting anything crazy. I never played the original game, so this was the first time I experienced Pac-Man World.
Although these are fully 3D levels with depth, some of the levels' design feels very reminiscent of side-scrollers, but I didn't mind that and found it to be fun. The fruits from the original arcade game are used to unlock gates, some are for level progression, some for collectibles and secrets. The fruit gates can make for decent fun exploration or problem-solving.
The game's not perfect, feels a bit short, sometimes the mandatory ramps you Rev-Roll up in some levels feel really clunky, I really don't care for the required slot machine after each level. Still a decent time for me, perhaps consider grabbing it on a good sale like I did.

When I was a kid, I played Pac-Man World 2 a lot.. it was one of my favorite games. When I found out they made a remake of the original, I got excited since I had never played Pac-Man World 1. It’s very different from the second one. I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t this. It’s not a bad game; I feel getting 100% is fairly easy, with the exception of a few requirements and achievements… let’s just say I’m not a big fan of the original Pac-Man :)

I finished it in about 7 hours during my free time. Honestly, it wasn’t a game I was eager to rush home to play, but it helped pass the time. Pac-Man World 2, you’re next <3