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PC Powerplay gave the game a mixed score of 62% reviewer David Wildgoose criticized Monolith's decision to release a 2D platformer in the late 1990s, mentioning the contemporary release of 3D games such as Super Mario 64 and Tomb Raider, and concluded that Claw 'might have been an excellent 3D platformer'. Gamasutra's Daniel Bernstein cited the game's use of sound as an example of immersive environments in gaming. Craig Majaski of WorldVillage praised the game and gave it a score of 4/5. Colin Williamson of PC Gamer praised the graphics and 64-player mode, but criticized the game for being too similar to other side-scrollers.

GameSpot gave Claw a score of 7.7, stating that it is 'easily the finest modern side scroller available for the PC'. Allgame gave Claw a highly positive review, comparing its enjoyment value to the Super Mario and Crash Bandicoot franchises. Claw manages to defeat Aquatis with explosives.Ĭlaw received mixed-to-positive reviews. The Captain takes the shortcut through the caverns, where he fights through a race of merpeople, who fight him in order to defend their king: a giant frog-like creature called Aquatis. The crew offers to accompany him through the caves to Tiger Island, but Claw insists on going alone, telling his crew to acquire a ship and meet him there. Claw takes the crew's gem as well as a piece of the map, which shows a path to Tiger Island through the labyrinth of underwater caverns. The crew then reveals that Red Tail has set sail for Tiger Island, a legendary place most doubted even existed, including Claw. The crew informs Claw that they were given three gems by a merchant in the tavern, but were forced to give two of them to Red Tail they managed to keep the third as Red Tail believed there were only two in their possession. Claw descends into the caves, where he discovers his old crew, presumed dead after the attack on his ship. Claw goes through the rickety wooden structures of the pirate cove, defeating the pirates and their leader, Marrow, Claw's former friend. Claw quickly makes his way through the port and jumps on Red Tail's ship, where he defeats the seamen (Gabriel among them) and hides in the ship until it sets port near the Pirate's Cove.
