Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko

Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Developer(s)

Crystal Dynamics

Publisher(s) Eidos Interactive
Crave Entertainment (N64)
Series Gex
Platform(s) PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color
Release date(s)

PlayStation

  • NA: March 23, 1999
  • EU: April 1999

Nintendo 64

  • NA: September 28, 1999
  • EU: July 24, 2000

Game Boy Color

  • NA: November 15, 1999
Genre(s) Platform
Mode(s) Single-player

Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (titled Gex: Deep Pocket Gecko on Game Boy Color) is a platform video game. Danny John-Jules provided the voice for Gex in the UK and European release and comedian Dana Gould reprised the role for the American release, also starring the Playboy model Marliece Andrada as Agent Xtra, the only character that is featured in live-action. Unlike the first two Gex games, passwords are not used for saving, and a memory expansion controller pak (Nintendo 64), or Memory Card (PlayStation) is the only option for saving. Like the previous title, the N64 version features no FMV sequences.

Plot

When secret agent Gex is watching the news on his TV one day, he discovers that Agent Xtra (the agent from Gex: Enter the Gecko's backstory), head of the TV Terrorist Defense Unit, has been reported as missing. She then contacts him via his TV telling him that Rez has returned once more and has kidnapped her to get to Gex. He teleports to the batcave-like lair he has in the Media Dimension, and begins another adventure. Each level parodies a certain aspect of television culture (here the levels exist as stand-alone channels). With the help of his newly hired turtle butler Alfred and new friends Rex and Cuz, Gex manages to destroy Rez once again.

Gameplay

Gameplay remains similar to the previous game, Gex: Enter the Gecko, with the addition of certain vehicles, such as a tank, a camel and a snowboard, as well as a gliding ability available with certain costumes. There are also some aspects of the game that are shared only with the first installment, such as: Gex can only collect bugs in all levels (100 per level earns a remote) and secret levels, instead of the variety of items he collected in Enter the Gecko (skulls, TNT plungers, carrots, TVs, police plates, etc.). He can spit fire and ice, as well as swim. Unlike Enter the Gecko, when losing a life, Gex retains only the amount of bugs collected up to the latest checkpoint; if the level has no checkpoint, Gex has to start from zero. Since there are one hundred per level, collecting bugs can get significantly more difficult than the items in Enter the Gecko. Also, similar to the first Gex game, he can collect footprint icons throughout the game which give him more energy, though unlike the first game, Gex retains the energy (eight hits total) once he collects one hundred footprints. Gex 3 combines some aspects from the first game not seen in the second installment, with the general 3D platforming from the second game. Levels are accessed via a more expansive hub, with more areas unlocked as the player collects remotes from each of the levels. Players can unlock and control three alternate characters, Rex, Cuz and Alfred, during bonus stages, though they play the same.

Characters

Four new characters appear in this sequel. Agent Xtra, a live action female government Spy and whom Gex must help rescue from the clutches of Rez. Gex is also joined by his faithful butler, Alfred the tortoise who is a slight character reference to Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth. Alfred basically helps around and maintains Gex's secret lair which is known as "Mission Control". Alfred can be found in parts of most levels and tailwhipping him gives useful advice. The two last are Rex, a red Dinosaur who Gex unfroze from a block of ice in the "Holiday Broadcasting" channel, and Cuz, Gex's cousin, who Gex rescued from gangsters in the "Gangster TV" channel.

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GBCN64PS
AllGame[1][2][3]
EGM6/10[4]7.62/10[5]
GameFan72/100[6]
Game Informer7.5/10[7]7.75/10[8]8/10[9]
GamePro[10][11]
Game RevolutionB−[12]
GameSpot8.1/10[13]5.3/10[14]6.7/10[15]
IGN6/10[16]5.8/10[17]8.1/10[18]
Nintendo Power7.2/10[19]7.5/10[20]
Aggregate score
GameRankings70.60%[21]65.13%[22]77.20%[23]

Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko received slightly positive and average reviews. Aggregating review website GameRankings gave the PlayStation version 77.20%,[23] the Nintendo 64 version 65.13%,[22] and the Game Boy Color version 70.60%.[21]

References

  1. ↑ Marriott, Scott Alan. "Gex 3: Deep Pocket Gecko - Overview". Allgame. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  2. ↑ McCall, Scott. "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (N64) - Review". Allgame. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  3. ↑ Marriott, Scott Alan. "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (PS) - Review". Allgame. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  4. ↑ "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (N64)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. 1999.
  5. ↑ "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (PS)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. 1999.
  6. ↑ "REVIEW for Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko". GameFan. April 8, 1999.
  7. ↑ Fitzloff, Jay (2000-04-04). "Gex 3: Deep Pocket Gecko - Game Boy Color". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 2000-10-27. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  8. ↑ "Gex 3 (N64)". Game Informer. September 27, 1999. Archived from the original on 2000-05-21. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  9. ↑ "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (PS)". Game Informer. May 1999. Archived from the original on 2000-06-04. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  10. ↑ iBot (1999). "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko Review for N64 on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on 2005-03-22. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
  11. ↑ Dan Elektro (1999). "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on 2005-02-15. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
  12. ↑ Amsbury, Robert (March 2000). "Gex3: Deep Cover Gecko Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
  13. ↑ Trueman, Doug (2000-02-18). "Gex 3: Deep Pocket Gecko Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  14. ↑ Garrett, Steven (1999-09-21). "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko Review (N64)". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  15. ↑ Garrett, Steven (1999-04-02). "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko Review (PS)". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  16. ↑ Harris, Craig (1999-12-17). "Gex 3: Deep Pocket Gecko". IGN. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  17. ↑ Casamassina, Matt (1999-10-27). "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (N64)". IGN. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  18. ↑ Harris, Craig (1999-03-29). "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (PS)". IGN. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  19. ↑ "Gex 3: Deep Pocket Gecko". Nintendo Power. 128: 148. January 2000.
  20. ↑ "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko". Nintendo Power. 124. September 1999.
  21. 1 2 "Gex 3: Deep Pocket Gecko for Game Boy Color". GameRankings. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  22. 1 2 "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  23. 1 2 "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
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