Superfrog HD

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4.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 39
  3. Negative: 19 out of 39

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  1. Paikia
    Feb 9, 2014
    8
    Superfrog HD is a fun to play 2D side-scrolling platformer. There's nothing really fancy or extraordinary about this game, but it does feel balanced all-around. I've experienced none of the control problems some other reviewers have mentioned, everything feels exactly like it should be. All in all - a nice platformer. I paid $10 and I feel like I made a decent deal.
  2. 1ManAndHisDroid
    Nov 27, 2013
    7
    I remember this on my Amiga...
    It was a fun distraction then and it's a fun distraction now...
    It won't win awards for graphics controls originality...
    But what it will do is transport you back twenty years when games were simple and fun and brightly coloured...
    Worth it just for that nostalgia
  3. Darkin20
    Oct 31, 2013
    5
    Supposedly this is an old game that has been remastered. I guess they only remastered the graphics but not the gameplay. The controls are very choppy. Not to say you can't land where you want, it just seems to be on or off, stopped or running, no fine tuning which is pretty much a requirement today.

    Lots of levels to chose from and some interesting level design but this game is just for    Supposedly this is an old game that has been remastered. I guess they only remastered the graphics but not the gameplay. The controls are very choppy. Not to say you can't land where you want, it just seems to be on or off, stopped or running, no fine tuning which is pretty much a requirement today.

    Lots of levels to chose from and some interesting level design but this game is just for kids with the level they put into it and even they might get annoyed with it.    … Expand
  4. AWG
    Nov 1, 2013
    4
    If you're a 7yo kid who really likes to get bored, then this game is for you mate.
  5. poopdoctor
    Nov 8, 2013
    0
    this game is terrible. did someone even come within a 10 foot radius of a hard drive containing this game? i guess not 'cause they'd pick up on the scent of TRASH. i can't believe they would charge money for this. team 17, what is wrong with you? what is wrong with steam for accepting this? don't ever even look at this game.
  6. BIGBenX
    Jun 25, 2014
    1
    This game has bad controls and makes an overall cheap impression. BAD controls for a JNR? No way! This is an absolute no go for me.
    It seems that it kinda tries to imitate Sonic, but it fails.
  7. JohnHadley
    Nov 20, 2013
    1
    The graphics look pretty decent, but if you've played almost any platformer since Super Mario Bros. I can't imagine you will find it fun. You run around the levels trying to collect as many coins as you can then get to the exit as fast as possible. The music doesn't seem very catchy and the jumping physics and sound effects are below the standard of any modern platformer. It feels likeThe graphics look pretty decent, but if you've played almost any platformer since Super Mario Bros. I can't imagine you will find it fun. You run around the levels trying to collect as many coins as you can then get to the exit as fast as possible. The music doesn't seem very catchy and the jumping physics and sound effects are below the standard of any modern platformer. It feels like it should be a free ad-supported flash game, not a retail game on Steam.… Expand
  8. SebboBastian
    Dec 24, 2018
    2
    Sorry I cant play this. Team 17 games is one of the reasons I started to make my own games and then later work in the game industry. I remebember Superfrog with a warm heart from the amiga days but maybe its just the nostalgia talking but this version makes me feel nothing. Something just feels odd, maybe the controls, the bad "HD" graphics, I dont know. :/
  9. smilzoboboz
    Apr 26, 2015
    4
    Game is boring and easy, not to mention overpriced.

    I never played the original superfrog but for sure this remake didn't encourage me to do so. The whole game feels like a flash game you may play for free on your browser but instead it comes at 9€. And by flash game I mean it, the quality is the same of any average flash game. Animations are sluggish and physic, well, there is no    Game is boring and easy, not to mention overpriced.

    I never played the original superfrog but for sure this remake didn't encourage me to do so. The whole game feels like a flash game you may play for free on your browser but instead it comes at 9€. And by flash game I mean it, the quality is the same of any average flash game.
    Animations are sluggish and physic, well, there is no physic whatsoever.

    So, well, again, it's an average flash game sold for 9€, cannot say anything good on it.    … Expand
  10. Sandweech
    Feb 27, 2015
    5
    I bet you're thinking that this game looks pretty damn terrible, aren't you? Well I'm here to tell you that this game is not terrible. In fact, this game is actually quite enjoyable. Okay, now that I've gotten that out of the way, I'm not really sure why I enjoyed playing this game as much as I did. It's very similar to 'Sonic the Hedgehog', a series I am not that fond of, but with muchI bet you're thinking that this game looks pretty damn terrible, aren't you? Well I'm here to tell you that this game is not terrible. In fact, this game is actually quite enjoyable. Okay, now that I've gotten that out of the way, I'm not really sure why I enjoyed playing this game as much as I did. It's very similar to 'Sonic the Hedgehog', a series I am not that fond of, but with much more to offer, at least in my mind.

    There's just something about collecting items in this game that feels therapeutic. Is something bothering you? Forget wasting hundreds, even thousands of dollars talking to some lady that makes you lay down when you do so, and simply run around a few levels of 'Superfrog HD' collecting the bananas and coins. It's a lot cheaper and just as effective, I promise. That's right, in only a few short minutes you'll watch all of your troubles and worries melt away as you jump up and down, left to right, side to side; collecting that delicious fruit; ahhhhhh, I feel like I'm floating on a soft cloud already.

    All jokes aside though, 'Superfrog HD' looks wonderful and the music isn't half bad either. The levels are long and well designed, and even though the game looks incredibly easy, some of the maps will definitely get on your last nerve as you try and maneuver your way through them. I assume a lot of people still enjoy this game for nostalgic reasons, even though some say that it's boring, but even if you weren't a fan of the original, this game can definitely still be entertaining.    … Expand
  11. dr9188
    Feb 12, 2017
    2
    I don't want to exaggerate. But Superfrog HD really is the most disappointing game of my entire life. As well as being a cautionary tale that, when you say "wouldn't it be great if..." it won't always actually end up great; for years my friends and I always brought up the subject of wishing to see a Superfrog remake, being huge fans of the original.

    All of that charm, that    I don't want to exaggerate. But Superfrog HD really is the most disappointing game of my entire life. As well as being a cautionary tale that, when you say "wouldn't it be great if..." it won't always actually end up great; for years my friends and I always brought up the subject of wishing to see a Superfrog remake, being huge fans of the original.

    All of that charm, that self-awareness of over-abundant commercialism in the constant Lucozade adverts, the charm of a game playing on the fact it sounds like a low budget idea (the impatient tapping from "Superfrog" as the heroic wind effect is absent due to the special effects guy being so distracted by his newspaper he hadn't turned it on)... All of it is gone.

    What we are left with is a truly awful mess of bad animation and "cheap mobile game"-like sprites, losing all the charm of the original design. Again, it could have been quite humorous if the game played on this idea and made jokes of it- but instead it plays it straight.

    And the music... Jesus, the music. It has turned very slapstick and forgettable. It sounds like a low-budget kids show. That the original soundtrack actually sounds better composed speaks dividends.

    The ONLY reason this gets any marks at all is because, actually, they seem to have nailed the physics so it plays exactly like the original. Everything else screams of trying to monetise another old IP on mobile platforms, with none of the love and care put into the original.

    However, the game taught me a very important lesson: NEVER hope for a remake.    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. CD-Action
    Nov 14, 2013
    50
    As a traditional 2D platformer devoid of any twists and nuance Superfrog HD fails to attract those who played the original game back in 1993. [12/2013, p.69]
  2. Games.cz
    Sep 24, 2013
    80
    Superfrog HD becomes exemplary. It's an old game but with the new stuff. If only everyone makes game remakes like this one…
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  3. Hardcore Gamer
    Sep 20, 2013
    30
    As a big fan of the developer, I’m sorry to say that if you’re not feeling nostalgic of the original, stay away from Superfrog HD. It isn’t good, but worst of all, it’s not fun.
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