Croc 2

Croc 2 features gameplay similar to its predecessor; the player controls Croc through various open-ended levels in order to complete various missions. The game's levels are split across four Gobbo "villages" and are accessed through an open hub world. The missions involve helping other Gobbos with a certain task such as rescuing another Gobbo who is trapped within a steel cage and chasing a Dantini through a stage in order to retrieve a stolen sandwich. After completing a certain number of levels in a village, a boss level is opened up, which allows access to the next village when completed. There are also levels requiring players to control vehicles such as a go-kart, a speedboat, a hang glider, a hot air balloon and a giant snowball among others.

Levels contain various collectible items, including 100 crystals and five multicolored crystals scattered throughout the stage. The colored gems are hidden in different places throughout the stage, and they require completing a platform challenge or completing a puzzle in order to be retrieved. Finding all five colored gems makes a golden trophy appear at the end of the level that is collected by traversing through a small platforming challenge. Collecting every trophy in a village allows access to an extra level that can be completed in order to collect a Jigsaw puzzle piece; collecting these pieces is required in order to access the game's fifth and final world, consisting of remixed level segments.

The game's plot is set several months after Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, and begins with Professor Gobbo being captured by the Dantinis while he was witnessing Baron Dante's resurrection.

Back at Gobbo Valley, Croc is playing on a beach and finds a message in a bottle. The message explains that the senders are looking for their child. Croc is surprised when he sees a crocodile's footprint on it, and takes the message to King Rufus, who reads it and tells Croc that he needs to look for other Gobbos far off, who may be able to help him in finding the crocodiles who sent the message. A large number of Gobbos make a see-saw. Croc stands on one end and a Gobbo pushes a boulder on to the other end to propel Croc to the distant Mainland, where his search begins.

A Dreamcast port of the game was planned, having been mentioned in the UK print of the Dreamcast Monthly magazine and touted for release in Q3 of 2000. In a May 2000 interview, Argonaut Software managing director Jez San stated that the company was planning a Dreamcast version of Croc 2. He explained that the proposed version was not intended to be a straightforward port of the original game, with Argonaut instead considering the addition of new levels and worlds. However, San stressed that the project still required approval from publisher Fox Interactive. It was eventually cancelled in light of Argonaut's decision to stop developing Dreamcast games due to the declining commercial performance of the system.

Croc 2 received mixed or average reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Many other reviewers gave the PlayStation version varied responses months before it was released Stateside.

IGN praised the voice acting, graphics, soundtrack and size of the PlayStation version, but criticised its difficulty and camera angles. GameSpot gave the PlayStation and PC versions poor ratings, also criticizing the camera angles and the difficulty. Matthew House of AllGame criticised the PlayStation version for its camera angles and difficulty, while also criticizing the game's graphics. Nash Werner of GamePro was also negative, saying of the PC version: "After weeks of playing Croc 2, I was praying each new level would be Croc 2's last, but it just kept dragging on and on."