Pac-Man World Re-Pac - Animation Comparison (Original vs Remake) - Side by Side

Pac-Man World Re-Pac - Animation Comparison (Original vs Remake) Side by Side
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[@fullmetalgamer6062]

Original Pacman: 😀 Re-Pac Pacman: 🙂

[@PsychoMadHatter2]

Original Toc Man: 😬 Repac Toc Man: 😈

[@16YearOldBoyWhoLovesVideoGames]

Original Rev Roll: ---> Re-Pac Rev Roll: ------------>

[@jasminefrazier8624]

Original Guillermo :😆😆😆😆 New Guillermo : my wife loves me

[@rumblebird9888]

With Ms.Pacman and without Ms. Pacman

[@winningsmilefan4888]

Sonic: im drowning Pacman: drink the water

[@seannapier2298]

The lack of voice-acting in the remake is a huge step back, especially in the case of Toc-Man.( I mean he doesn’t even laugh at the game over screen for crying out loud)

[@phorchybug3286]

True. Makes me worry how they might handle any other remakes. They still might be better games but it won't be the same...

[@mattb6522]

I agree 100%! There was a charm to cutscenes and voices in the original. The remake's cutscenes feel very bland and stilted by comparison. Other than that, Re-Pac is generally a decent way to revisit this game. There are just some aspects in the original that Re-Pac didn't quite capture.

[@keithcordes7842]

Word. I hope if they do a remake of the other one's that they just remaster and update it and not to change any aspects that made these games so original and fun

[@Riodile]

No, I think it is better with them going with gibberish speak, kind of like how Klonoa series does things. It makes Pac-Man's world more unique this way.

[@alisonsilva358]

​@@mattb6522Eu preferia o visual da MS.PAC MAN melhor no original. Todavia, vou jogar o Remake quando for possível, já que esse jogo é maravilhoso, e fez bastante parte da minha infância

[@williamdavidm.l6665]

The original animations have more charm and variety but almost look wanky by today's standards, and some of the newer animations and features implemented in the remake are just plain better.

[@_V.Va_]

Wanky. 💀

[@noahsabadish3812]

*wonky

[@gameguider321GO]

*Phonky

[@Jonnygunboy]

*janky

[@shyglizzy6455]

@Frogger shut up

[@_puduposting]

it's weird, there's a charm in the old animations that makes them look cheesy but great at the same time, the new version feels less expressive at points however is far from mediocre I think it comes down to the fact namco now has a greater understanding about their IPs in 3d worlds it's hard to explain but eh I can summarize it as "we have a current model, remake the animations, don't do weird stuff with the mascot" Edit: why so many people pissed? I never said the news are bad, far from it

[@bluemike1215]

It’s called stuck in the past mate

[@RhythmGrizz]

Well said

[@mrshmuga9]

Didn’t watch the whole thing, but the ledge animation is better. He does an air flip in the new one versus a standard “get up” animation in the original. As you said, they probably just have a better grasp on how they want the character portrayed, whereas back then nothing was really solidified.

[@_puduposting]

@@bluemike1215 I want to explain my point, this news animations aren't bad, are quite good the only part I don't like are Pac-Man's arms because they feel too short. Still the nostalgic weird frames from the original have their charn but the new poses are great too

[@bluemike1215]

@@_puduposting what does this have to do with news animation and charnishing

[@diamondking3785]

Original World 1 Pac: *Holding breath and letting out." Re-Pac Pac: 😯

[@vittosphonecollection4134]

LOOOL

[@mandl2710]

Good to know the game over screen is alive and well.

[@jjjabbers]

I'd say alive but not well. There's so much it's lacking compared to the original. They could've at least changed "Re-Pac" to "Re-Toc".

[@Pacmanfan-po9rn]

@@jjjabbers with how much easier the remake is, I doubt many people will have genuinely seen it

[@Kswitchem]

@@Pacmanfan-po9rn I 100%'d the game and didn't even see it 😭

[@GottaFistDemAll]

The new animations are fine, but the issue I noticed by comparsions are some of the remake's animations felt less expressive and little to no quirkiness. Pac-man looks a little too stiffed in some parts. It's not a bad change, if they had more time the devs could make them closer to the original.

[@jasminefrazier8624]

Pac-Man scratch like a dog

[@fahadalnafisa6121]

Same bro l hate how they changed the Intro, The boxed you're supposed to hit. ext.

[@amnm920]

A decent amount of the new animations are in my opinion,less fluid and lifeless. Take the Neander Pacs, Skeletons, and Spike Mummies for example. Way more stiff.

[@amnm920]

Instead of taking steps the Neander Pacs just sort of...float.

[@CosmicSponge2004]

0:43 I guess they wanted the Rev Roll to be EVEN MORE like Sonic

[@GottaFistDemAll]

I honestly like it better when Pac-Man moves his arms, hustling in-place while he charges.

[@QT_Jeanne]

So only Sonic should roll in video games now? lol

[@CosmicSponge2004]

@@QT_Jeanne no. I'm just noticing the inspiration. I never said only Sonic could do it, I'm not a Mario Fan

[@QT_Jeanne]

@@CosmicSponge2004 What inspiration? They’re adding more effects to make it feel less boring, Sonic didn’t invented effects either. Btw, being Sonic fan is worse than Mario lmao

[@GottaFistDemAll]

@@QT_Jeanne They're referring to the way Pac-man runs in-place; arms held back like he's Naruto Running, similar manner to Sonic.

[@Videokid703]

now we need pac man world 2 re pac

[@amnm920]

IDK. They ruined the skeletons for me.

[@SlightlyCreative]

I like the cartoony charm of the old animations, but I think the newer ones are just a showing of Namco having a better understanding of Pac-Man as a character. They just pin-pointed how he'd express himself in a 3D environment and it looks good.

[@NintendoFan7141]

Pac-Man was 20 years old in the original, Namco had a perfectly good understanding of Pac-Man as a character. The merge with Bandai slowly but surely killed all soul within the company, and the remake is a perfect example of this, they don't have a better understanding of Pac-Man now, they have a worse understanding.

[@LukasPeace]

​@@NintendoFan7141 That's certainly an opinion...

[@triggeredemoji298]

​@@NintendoFan7141Don't worry. Everyone is entitled to their own wrong opinion :)

[@vittosphonecollection4134]

​@@NintendoFan7141Idk... I feel like they exaggerated the animations on the PS1 because those and the music were the only ways to make the game feel goofy. Now that we have better technology Pac-Man acts more like himself, like he does on the CGI cutscenes of World PS1. Pac-Man, in my opinion, should have basic expressions like Paper Mario, if not even less. (As long as we're talking about the Original/World Pac-Man and not things like Pac-Attack, Pac-Man 2, GA Pac-Man etc...)

[@amnm920]

It looks better visually or graphically but a lot of the character animations are stiffer (take the Neander Pacs, Sword Skeletons, Spike Mummies and Blue Aliens for example). The ghosts do move better but their facial expressions and their positions aren't as appealing as the OG. The textures of the levels definitely look way better though (the pipes in the factory levels in particular stuck out for me).

[@NoodleBread]

I like them both. The old animations have more charm while the new ones are a lot more refined.

[@amnm920]

A combination of both would have worked better. I know it's a kid's game but somehow they managed to make it look a little too "kiddie" in the new one. Take the ghosts faces for example.

[@robloxfan23_]

1:21, they rebranded the checkpoint sound because the other sound sounded like a stock sound effect.

[@omegafala720]

0:10 Waves details is good!

[@amnm920]

Yeah,a lot of the textures are.

[@maizakame689]

Pacman is a character that needs more facial expressions. Similar to how Toon Link is done in Wind Waker

[@dragoncrashhero12]

"Wow, it's such an improvement!" Well yeah, it's 20 years ahead, no shit, of course it's gonna look cleaner. But I feel the original knew its limitations and made it more cartoony, the movements have more crunch to it, the remake feels very.. basic? It's not terrible, it's completely serviceable and at least the original animations have been honored, but to me it feels very "sanitized" graphically, doesn't have much going on stylistically. Still wanna play it tho

[@amnm920]

It's serviceable but not satisfying. Sure much of the textures look better, but the enemies are way stiffer in movement. Played it several times and can't help but feel a bit dismayed by the experience.

[@coolcharles45]

Older kids platformers like these have a weird edge that get polished off in the remake. These animations are a prime example

[@lookass8049]

Very lovely that they gave him the og animations, good that they gave him the ability to float too

[@amnm920]

Made the enemies way stiffer though.

[@yahirfrommusescore8959]

2:38 While charging the pellet bomb in Re-Pac, Pac-Man can still turn. Sometimes I spin him around to remember the original.

[@jorgeroque1995]

I've never played Pac-Man World 1 until now. I've only ever played World 2 and MAN I hope they remake it one day!

[@StrawHatTony420]

Same here. I like this one too though :D

[@minhkhoanguy7065]

i never played pac man world re-pac

[@ethanc.8683]

Even if it does happen everyone now NEEDS to accept the English voice acting removed for World 2 I really didn't give a flying f- about the English voice acting being removed in Re-Pac

[@90sNath]

Funny, at the beginning the original was looking better, but as the video progressed the remake was turning up better then the original. I'm gonna say I prefer the remake. It's looking much more polished then the original.

[@ink1931]

I think a lot of the offbeat cartoony charm of the original animations is pretty lost on the newer model. The original model was obviously very limited (his body is a sprite after all) but it feels like they used the limitations of the hardware a lot more creatively and conveyed a lot of personality out of what i think anyone expected from a yellow circle with a piece missing. The new one looks fine enough, but I think the fact that it's so much cleaner and more refined actually gives them a lot less wiggle room to get creative with his expressions

[@josebravo3897]

Joy you here

[@BlastKetchup]

U stuck in the past

[@snufkin8940]

I think the most prevalent instance of that is krome keeper

[@linhero797]

The new Re Pac game has the same feeling of cheapness that I noticed from both Pac Man ATGA Games. The games felt like cheap shovelware garbage that they just slapped Pac Man onto. And the same applies to some degree here. It kinda feels like the Spongebob BFBB remake. It's good in all aspects but it feels like it's missing in some of the passion.

[@mappyandmspacproduction262]

0:24 This animations was goes unused in Pac Man Museum +

[@tardissins7512]

The thing that makes me sad is how the throwing animations are way less snappy. Seems like the kind of lag you’d see in multiplayer rather than single player.

[@vstpnv]

I think this is the first case of an American-made game remade by Japanese studio we have. Very interesting to think about that, we can almost see the "American VS Japanese boxart" in animation and character design choices, like with those Japanese PS1 Crash games covers.

[@omo7002]

The big thing that was lost in the remake was the squash and stretch, without it the animation is a lot less cartoonie. I hope to see a mod attempt to implement it into the remake as I think it will make it a straight upgrade with no loss other than an animation or 2.

[@vittosphonecollection4134]

But... 3:39

[@Serpoo]

I like the original dance that Pac-Man does. Maybe it’s the limitations, but it looks funnier to me. Overall, the remake has good animations.

[@jasminefrazier8624]

They re used in museum +

[@yamigekusu]

Re-Pac's Toc-Man looks badass!

[@TheEPICMarioBros2]

just realized that Pac-Man's body in the original world is a 2d sprite

[@CosmicSponge2004]

No it isn't

[@cloudluigigreenblue9349]

@@CosmicSponge2004 ​ They’re referring to the round body of Pac-Man being a 2D circle, you can see that it’s a Sprite if you look closely at his arms and legs and compare them to the circle. The arms, legs, nose, and eyebrows are polygonal models whereas the body, eyes, and mouth are separate sprites.

[@GigglyMan42069]

Can confirm, both his body and limbs are flat textures

[@bayumahendra1797]

The way OG pacman smile always make me smile too

[@jUppers]

i really dont like what they did with power pellets, its a step back to 2D like, if you think about it, they just removed the 3D platforming challenges while you're on a time limit powerup, and instead it's devolved back to a non-challenge, even less than 2D pacman because now you can go straight for the ghosts. this was a bad decision

[@SnaksiXD]

Pac-Man's age has been catching up to him. Look at how slow he is compared to his youth! Also that game over scene is way worse because Re-Pac isn't chamged into Re-Toc.

[@kn6361]

The new one looks soul-less in comparison with these animations. And why didn't they give TocMan a nose?

[@BigJ347]

I knew it! I knew there was something off! Pac-Man's animations have way more character in the original game.

[@partyonwayne4]

It’s odd that a remake caused me to feel such nostalgia. I will say I remember the butt bounce in the ps1 felt so fluid and endless. Kind of wish they kept the eating animation for the power pellets.

[@justdandan2]

I never got a game over in the remake given how it's slightly easier than the original but I'm happy they recreated the game over screen. Chef's kiss

[@josephfox7068]

Honestly prefer the old sound for the rev-roll

[@mattb6522]

Same here! Actually, there are a number of sound effects I prefer in the original or that just seem to be missing from Re-Pac.

[@dannykazari]

Feels like the old ones are more cartoony and fun. The new ones are definitely more polished but that's it. Not bad though.

[@Wernershnitzl]

The original had its own charm, but I’m pretty content with what they have in the remake.

[@AlphaPWNY]

Scuttle jump and mega Pac-Man seem new.

[@facepalmerchaos5637]

They are

[@noahdavis7406]

I definitely prefer the OG checkpoint noise and it's the one thing I wish they kept the same

[@yamigekusu]

Oh thank god that they added a float to his jump, as some of the platform traversing it's a freaking nightmare

[@fruitlion8]

He's got a lot more squash and stretch in the original animations and is a lot more hyperactive in his animations. Really have the impression that he's just a happy fella.

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

These ones look more refined than the ones in Pac-Man Museum +, especially the looking around one since he’d just snap back to facing forward

[@nelsonreyes-alvarez605]

Agreed man, still haven’t got pac man world repac though and I plan too soon

[@DHAdArchivez]

Pac looks like his smash bros self in the remake

[@sebastiancristaldo6868]

The Old one looks so adorable x3

[@jediuser8654]

Is it me, or does re-pac not look that much better than the original? Guess it just goes to show how strong the art direction for pac-man world really is.

[@Monkeywipeout]

Original pac man looks cursed

[@sfbc7839]

@@Monkeywipeout not rlly tbh. Kinda cute ngl

[@seangaming8229]

the toc-man game over screen seems pretty empty without the laughter ngl

[@bobby6849]

That flutter jump that pac does in the remake is such hand-holding 🫤

[@Torakosama]

I feel like a lot of this is coming down to the fact that it's a completely different studio working on it. There's a lot of difference in how Japanese people and Americans will experience a character. Plankton from SpongeBob is a pretty good illustration of that.

[@MattyKosta]

What do you mean with the Plankton stuff?

[@vietname_trash]

The original is better

[@peytonkersee6727]

But the quality animation of it needs a lot of work.

[@naranciagaming]

New thing bad old thing good, me no nostalgia blind

[@flariz4824]

@@naranciagaming Dumb argument

[@scudjoples]

@@naranciagaming new good because new, recycled 3d model with barebones animation better because more polygons

[@naranciagaming]

@@scudjoples yes because obviously the "animation" that is mostly snapping between poses instantly is much better

[@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza]

The new animations just cater to 3D Super Mario game fans, case in point that newer Death Animation with the Pacman silhouette which is a straight out copy/paste/replacement of Mario's Death Animation sequence with Bowser's Silhouette.

[@Gonzas97]

I think a lot of the animations in the remake are lazy, but not all of them, for some reason.

[@MinusBros]

Toc-Man's laugh used to terrify me as a kid, why did they remove it lol

[@thegoldenlegend1923]

For that reason

[@mattb6522]

It seems like a weird omission. They really didn't want to do any voice acting, but, honestly, that is what gave the original some charm!

[@OmeleaffeGaming]

Pac man charging up in og:Yeah I feel on fire! Pac man charging up in remake:i is am sontic

[@consvolt]

I feel like the original animation is better do to more variety and also being more expressive.

[@BrokenG-String]

Looks nearly identical to Smash's model

[@studzzer]

Tbh I prefer the old speed up sound better 😭 I miss it

[@bandom3115]

Can’t wait for PAC-man world 2 WE NEED IT

[@mattb6522]

Yes, a thousand times, yes! Pac-Man World 2 was a great game already, so they would just need to polish it up a bit and maybe add a few quality of life additions. As long as they don't mess up it's glorious soundtrack!

[@ethanc.8683]

But the only thing people now NEED to accept the English voice acting being removed And the soundtrack eeeeeh 😬 Namco doesn't own World 2's music David Logan the composer owns it

[@IvanFranco120]

Pac man's animations has well improved for the Re-Pac version...

[@BattleHunter1907]

The one thing that bothers me the most is that all boxes in all 6 different worlds are the same... in the original the space for example had like cool blueish laserstyle boxes, now it's wooden boxes everywhere.

[@ethanc.8683]

I always called them as holographic chests as a kid I honestly thought they would have used the cyber and cute chests from Pac-Man Museum + Cyber for Space and Cute for the Funhouse

[@noeflores9299]

Toc-Man: With Pac-Man gone, who’s gonna stop me

[@PigDan]

Excellent vid!

[@AnOtHeRsOnIcMaIn]

they gave him the yoshi flutter jump.

[@mar1127]

No están para nada mal las animaciones del juego viejo. De hecho hasta el escenario y los fondos se ven bastante dignos

[@fabioarredondovivanco6991]

0:56 In the Pac-Man World Re-Pac side Pac-Man eyes are open and closed at the same time. That's funny

[@daseal1479]

Why is Pac-Man so bare bones and non-expressive now? It'll never be as it was back in the 2000's again.

[@arcdaeva8972]

My only problem with the remake is just the text font, it looks really plain and i think it's the font that are used on most nintendo ads or something. While the original the font makes it feel unique

[@jagg4204]

masterpiece

[@jadenpadin4707]

0:01 this is so goofy in the original and I love it

[@facepalmerchaos5637]

The old animations have their charm and they really made the new ones look good too and some more detail. Overall i think both are great

[@reubenphilverson4548]

Pac-Man is really cute i love it 🥰

[@truearea53]

The only thing that the remake didn’t do right is the opening and arriving at ghost island, so check point goes to the original.

[@Rex_The_Mouse]

They took out the game over laugh, why? :c Now it's ultra boring to lose

[@Rito.94]

I love Pac-Man world. It was my very first game and intro to this amazing world

[@Silverknight00]

Now we Know where his Smash Model and his Running animation is from

[@Clay-Chap-Stuff]

The Remake seems to use Smash bros as a reference, the way Pac's mouth goes from to 😀 to 😮 is very smash. The rav-roll animation going from dashing in place to that Sonic the hedgehog arm run is almost identical too.

[@aarongreenetv]

So pac decided on anime arms with his run in place animation.

[@mrbenio]

'Ey, look who learned Luigi's airwalk!

[@biondigiacomo7176]

Don't you mean Yoshi's flutter Jump? Because they are different even If the concept Is the same

[@JohnathanSuperMachine92Mcbride]

First metal Mario then metal Pac-Man

[@ChannelingDaily]

Isn't that Yoshi's from Mario Move at 1:26?

[@GottaFistDemAll]

The iconic Flutter Jump. Yeah, that might have been a smart move to give Pac-man for a platform game like this.

[@nelsonreyes-alvarez605]

Didn’t they give the flutter jump to Pac-Man in ghostly adventures too in the 3ds also?

[@claudioneitor]

bit of a silly question, but do we know how much was borrowed from the smash model? I don't really play that game, but from what I recall they look fairly similar. not like there's a lot of room for deviation, but still

[@eb2k445]

The graphics are a night and day difference!

[@chriss.4626]

The new one is like :o and it doesn't feel nostalgic the og has more expressions than the new one

[@WH250398]

3D Pacman has to be the happiest videogame character of all time

[@melo-7904]

Honestly the new one looks way better then the old one but that can just be the fact that Pac-Man world is 20ish years old and the old one has way more personality it the new one looks cleaner and less 2D

[@asmalanimationstudio]

I love the PSX Pac-Man World and the Re-Pac, they're Cute!!!

[@italex827]

I bought this on Switch and PS5 to show Bandai Namco we want Pac Man World 2 Re Pac.

[@amurilloreno]

The Power Pellet transformation should be an accesibility feature which could be turn on/off like the jump glide instead of default move. It kinda rid the fun tense when you only had 10 seconds to catch-up with a ghost.

[@tino9117]

The juggling animation is so lazier in the new version

[@rosa_the_folfster6778]

Pacmans hand clipping through the mouth during idle animations is bugging me lol and his eyebrows are also weird in the original aswell

[@republic1173]

I want them to remake pac man world 2

[@josephjennings3146]

Mhh...i don't like to be rude but ...some animations feel underwhelming with the New while the old has a bit more character. Not saying it's bad but i feel there is more work in some animations than the new one. For example: When pac man juggles pac dots, He juggles multiple in the in the old one, but new one is just a singular pac dot. When pac goes swimming underwater, there's multiple face animations. Modern just shows one face. No change. No subtle changes either maybe but...pretty much the same. Also I'm not sure you're supposed to have your mouth open in the water but, i guess he has no nose so it makes sense?

[@UltimateTS64]

I miss the og animations

[@jamiemorgan3649]

I wonder why this game got like zero marketing.

[@MrThorpedo8]

Butt bouncing on the targets is so stiff now, a little bit difficult. And the game is super easy now. I still love it, but I'll miss some things about the original too.

[@ajbanimatedstudios5014]

Is it sad that I miss ghostly adventures?

[@LITTLE1994]

The original is more charming. The remake has Pac-Man imitating his rivals Mario and Sonic.

[@AdamMerlin]

Huh weird. I dont remember Pacman's face phasing thru his legs that regularly before...

[@elguero117]

Honesty this is a stocking stuffer for 2022 xmas i got it for my nephews to enjoy