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I had no idea Crash was a wombat. I remember reading a book about a wombat in third grade. I agree that originality isn’t always important… when I finish a game or story I really like, my first thought is I want to find another exactly like it, since I enjoyed it so much and am disappointed it’s over and want more. I guess the Road to Nowhere kind of does seem like life which is a sad thought. The only Crash Bandicoot I played was the board game one on DS and I think my neighbor had a racing game with Crash. I always thought it was fully 3D instead of 2.5D and this review makes me want to try it. I also rarely 100% games except a few Lego games and short indie games. This was a really good review because you made me want to play Crash Bandicoot.

I remember playing Little Big Planet at my neighbor’s house and the toy aesthetic really appealed to me because I liked Toy Story. I never noticed that part about the jumping mechanics but I always just thought I was bad at it. And I don’t know if I ever beat it but I used to play multiplayer with my family.

I didn’t know people didn’t like Inside Out now. Ioved Pixar but the Toy Story movies were the ones I constantly rewatched. I actually forgot the whole Linguini is Gasteau’s son plotline. I like how you mention Remy being a rat is a big obstacle. I guess it’s kind of realistic that not everyone accepted Remy in the end, because nobody is universally accepted in real life. I feel awkward like Linguini too but probably not that awkward. I really liked that scene of Ego eating the Ratatouille and his flashback, and I guess he accepts Remy too. And I also like that Remy’s dad wasn’t demonized. I think Emile was just supposed to be the comic relief and not have character development? This was a really good review! I never saw the theories about how Remy controls Linguini with his hair. And I agree that some of my old favorites didn’t stick around but some movies will always hold a special place in my heart and bring me back to simpler times even as I notice new things every time I rewatch.

Yooo great video. I should replay Ico.

Thanks for bringing attention to this masterpiece. You're right that inspired so many game developers, including myself. It had a HUGE impact on the way I strive to layout spaces and consider lighting and other elements. Every environment I've worked on since it came out is in some way indebted to this work, from Guild Wars 2 jumping puzzles to Ori and the Will of the Wisps, to the upcoming No Rest For The Wicked. To me, the thing that elevates this game from one that simply has very inspiring level design is the utterly groundbreaking new verb added to the mix. Hand holding is a verb no one thought of putting in a game (as far as I know) before, and when compared to the standard fare (Jump, attack, push, etc) created an epiphany in many game dev's imaginations. But as it applies to the game itself: it's reinforcing and elevating the atmosphere with a new emotions seldom felt in games before that. The intimacy of reaching, touching, holding, saving, calling, encouraging, etc, all radiated out from that one idea, and permeates the atmosphere.

I think 'design by subtraction' as a phrase sometimes affects the way people perceive this game too greatly. I think your analysis was very well done and I especially appreciate how you noticed the sword mechanic in the final boss battle! But at times you would say things like "this should've been a bad idea, but somehow it worked for them" and I think you definitely would've had stronger analytical footing if you'd found an explanation for that 'somehow'. My personal belief is that 'design by subtraction' misleads people from the nuance of Ueda’s design. It’s true that this game doesn’t have a heads up display to show you a health bar. But if an ordinary game simply removed the health bar without thinking, it would be failing to communicate the 'win/lose condition' to the player. How does ICO subtract the 'gamey' element of the HUD, without sacrificing this critical aspect of game communication? It's easy. They only subtracted the gamey visual of the health bar, but the communication remains visually on the screen by seeing Yorda. How close is she to the inky black nest of shadows? How close are you? Can you recover this? Because if not, she’ll be gone, and that would mean the end of your journey. That would mean Game Over. Before players even consciously realize they don't have a health bar, they understand implicitly that Yorda's safety is their safety. And the reason why its a good escort game is also tied to this! You are near invincible, so you literally don't have to be concerned with your own needs, only hers. She is the health bar, and she is so much more on top of that. She is also the game’s hint system. She is also the 'ink ribbon' for your save points. She replaces so many UI elements and players understand what she provides the game near instantly. We can see a similar factor with the music. Music only happens in this game when something unnatural or new is happening. It signifies magic, it signifies danger, it puts you in the characters' heads, but only when necessary. Too much of it and those moments wouldn't be highlights... But hold on, a normal game with no music throughout would be a terrible idea. Players would be so bored of the soundscape! How do we reconcile this? It’s easy. The ambience is the music. It doesn’t have a melody, persay, but it does have staying power, if done right. You have to make it good. So good that you'd be willing to listen to it on it's own, no distractions, for 30 minutes without being bored of the loop. Luckily Team ICO had real talent. And they poured it all into the little things. The smaller details that replaced the big, subtracted ones. You look close enough at this game and you start to see it everywhere. "Wait a minute, the rain landing on this cliff creates little splash particles on the rock! That's a neat attention to detail." "Oh hey, Yorda yelped in surprise when this box fell and landed too close beside her. I guess it was a close call. I should be more careful." "Is it just me or is Ico's attack speed suffering because his footing is imbalanced by these stairs???" "Wait, did they program this puzzle element to have leverage? Like you have to consider your torque to make it go faster??? What?!" I don’t think this game is simple at all. Its a very complex game choosing its words carefully. I've heard it said before that the sign of a great poet or lyricist is that they strive to make the words feel effortless, almost improvisational, despite every syllable and word being meticulously planned. ICO is like that to me. Sorry for rambling on a bit too long. Again, I thought your video was really good, but you can always dig more into the mechanical depth of seemingly simple subjects like this, and come out the other side with even more to say.

Then there's us that think Spyro 1 is the best. Spyro 1 actually has more levels than Spyro 2 and 3 (not counting boses in 3 since those are just arenas) and more home worlds than all of the others. There are no clutter padding minigames to deal with. People are very swooned by Spyro 2's story + level cutscenes and the presentation + backtracking make the game seem bigger than Spyro 1, but this isn't the case. Spyro 1 is the only Spyro game I can think of going back to for casual sessions over and over. The others have annoying shit to deal with at some point. I am thinking of going back to play old game and omitting all the annoying shit I remember, just going for a basic completion which goes against my completionist nature in gaming. Wanna judge the games afterwards. This means no dumb minigames in Spyro 2 and 3 unless I like them.

Great analysis, I always wondered what felt weird about Wrath of Cortex and why it didn’t feel fun to me when it also felt *exactly* like Warped.

Interesting video! As someone who considers Ape Escape 2 in my top video games, I do have to disagree with that one as I think the game utilises the PS2's capabilities to create for greater render distances and everything feeling more polished; I argue the game still holds up after 20 years whilst the first game feels very dated; but I do think this approach can only be used when moving to the next gen console. Fully agree on the points with the Jak and Ratchet games though.

I think that the juxtaposition between both trilogy and Deathlocked to Tools of destruction was the one that always struck the most as out of place, having this overarching narrative and lore bestowed upon Ratchet & Clank all of a sudden without any prior hints or acknowledgements by any other character feels completely out of place, not that the new direction with the Story that they tried to tell in the first place was this masterpiece of twists and turns anyway.

I wrath of cortex is a mix bag thier some good and some bad in wrath of cortex

I know I'm not the only one who felt like I was in another universe when I played this at 5 y/o

Unpopular opinion but this trilogy were the first games i ever played as a kid soo i could never hate on them only that the story didn't get more time/games to shine.

I have to say, this was my first Crash game, and I loved it as a kid. Still do now, despite its flaws

The main thing that's been holding this game back is that it only got a 12-month production cycle for a game on new hardware (That and this game was originally gonna be very different from what it ended up being in the final release)

The bosses mainly sucked but the music for them was extremely good!

i like the story outline of legend of spyro, i just wish it hand been done by a crew that had the time, talent and money to make it work

And he’s back! Perfect timing too

11:32 That was my reaction lol

One thing I’ll say, is Sly 1 does present Murray as a voracious eater. He gets involved in a street race just because he wanted some hot dogs, and is always eating in the hideout.

There’s a reason I’ve played the trilogy at least 20 times, and Sly 4 only once.

Really hoping for a re-make !!!

You’re a hater mook😒

congrats on over 200 subs

I remember as a kid I would always run into this glitch that slowed the game down 3X and I thought it was so funny to sprint around in slow mo. Life was simpler back then lol

I'm pretty sure after you pay money bags 200 gems the gems just get returned to you.

When I replayed both games recently I found that the texture work in Spyro 2 especially environment textures looks a lot better in 2, I think level art color and design choices are a lot more thoughtful in Spyro 2, Spyro 3 feels a little more rushed save for a few choice levels of course! :) lovely video sir!

I got this game as a kid after worshipping year of the dragon. I didnt really understand that a spyro game could he bad, so I played it in good faith for a very long time. I was really confused that their was only one hub world but thought that it had to be a better game because spyro had lightning breath. Idk, i still have a soft spot for this game but maybe thats because i remember it without the loading times. I think ultimately im resentful of the game because it killed the spyro formula i loved so much. I would have been so happy if they just kept remixing the formula they built in spyro 1, 2, and 3. But maybe im just looking at those with rose tinted glasses.

I disagree, the level design in this game is shit. In some games like mario 64 you dread the water stages, well in this game I dread every stage all of them and all the minigames. I think about each level and think about how I never want to play that again and each world gets worse and worse. It takes about 15 minutes to 100% a level but its so awful it feels like i been playing for 3 hours. This game doesnt even feel like a beta build it feels like im playing an alpha build that was scrapped together with concepts that was written down to prepare it for the beta build. In the atlas there is unreleased art for worlds and on the back of the game box that picture of spyro with ice breath isnt even in the game and the breath doesnt freeze people like that

Thank god for the RUclips algorithm, love these spyro look backs after searching for an egg in the remaster trilogy walkthrough

Dude, Jeet is an extremely common name in Hindi you ignorant fuck.

this was actually my 1st spyro game, i remember some glitches but i don't remember ever having the frozen glitch or the platforms eating my jumps glitch, i just remember long loading, races being absolute bull, and a glitch were if you did a horn dive on the very edge of a body of water you can swim in the air

Did the people who animated Food Fight! animate this game? Just awful.

Wtf did spyro just actually lose his skin when he hit the lava?

Spyro 3 is my favourite <3

This was the first game where looking at it I finally understood and appreciated the skill and care that goes into making a game look like the original three, because looking at this game for too long feels like reality is melting

Enter the Dragonfly was my first Spyro game LOL. When I played it as a kid I just thought I was bad at it because it kept breaking and making me lose.

this was a great video on a not great game! Nice work

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Some good points but some advice for more views and subs, maybe dont make one sided political jokes all the time. Alienates half your audience, and most people watch videos like this for an escape from the snide political fighting we deal with everyday.

If anything I’d say Sly 2 went the opposite direction of Jak 2, whereas Jak 2 heavily changed up the tone and setting, the core gameplay is still pretty similar but with new additions. Sly 2 on the other hand is just a drastic shift in gameplay while still having a lot of Sly 1’s mechanics and controls.

TK is superior in battle bro don't forget you can shoot plasma balls at enemies while holding them in the air and he can also deplete his power in a devastating blow that not only throws enemy far away but deals area damage not to forget mentioning its magnetic field attack which also deals area damage

The reveal of the colossi having fear and emotion is so masterfully crafted

Shadow of the Colossus is such an expertly focused experience. All killer, no filler.

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Aggro not always doing exactly what you intend with your button inputs just made it feel like you were dealing with a living creature. You may have difect control over Wander, but not Aggro. Best in game horse by far, including animations, until RDR2 was released.

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New Vid Drop! I only beat this fully last December and think its is pretty good but overrated as well.