I want you to know. You’re not alone in that thought on the gems that you can see in the level. The gems in the crash games especially in 2 and 3 always felt super special
This video got recommended to me at midnight and I clicked specifically to make sure coral canyon was at the bottom, worst crash level by far and the only plat relic I never got as a kid in WOC, I'll watch the rest at a more reasonable time haha
I also wanted to say that your video allowed me to appreciate Turtle Woods more. I remember that by some miracle, as a kid, I came up with the idea to pass the level without getting the crates - this proves that the design was really cool thought out
@TPD thanks I appreciate it! And yeah I totally understand why a lot of people love those levels, you know the wet dry world thing where it's got an unsettling aura, that's what sunset vista is for me
In the level draggin on. If you didn’t know. You can use the bonus room entry point as a checkpoint when trying to beat the level without breaking boxes. Just take the portal to the bonus level then die and you’ll spawn outside the bonus stage as a checkpoint.
This video earned my sub. I can't imagine what an undertaking this video must have been. I really loved your commentary on all of the levels and I honestly couldn't stop watching once I started.
100% agree with you about Generator Room. The original was so much more atmospheric with its darkness, Cortex's much more intimidating face on the screen and the vast, cold and empty soundtrack to accompany it.
@MrswissrollUzumakiBelieveIt it's a crazy coincidence fr I finally got around to watching squared eyed jaks video after I finished this and it was really good! I'd been putting it off cause I didn't wanna know what the community thought on levels before I put this together
such a fun video, love your takes and what you have to say about each level:) i gotta say i love that you mentioned the whole "seeing colored gems in the background" thing, it always gave me the same feeling as a kid and i didn't know how to express it, they felt like an intricate sacred mystery you had to solve
@@jackxiaolong3606 so much stuff you said is about oddly specific feelings that nobody seemed to relate to and I'm just happy to see someone else get the same weird brain tingles and experiences playing these games lol, like desperately trying to get to the "secret exit" in the Hang Eight blue gem route, I remember being convinced that it led to Road to Ruin
@@just.a.guy522 im so glad im not the only one who thought that actually the other weird brain tingle thing i always used to get was jumping into the weird globe thing at the end of levels in the original crash 3. the new animation doesnt do it for me, same with picking up crystals and gems
@@jackxiaolong3606 picking up crystals and gems in Crash 3 felt heavenly, both the sound and the similarly colored explosion effect, absolutely beautiful. picking up the red gem and seeing those red trails in an all-blue underwater environment is so cool. the time portals are also very satisfying with their little wooosh, in the remake they feel more dimensionless and watery and crash doesn't get l o n g the same way
Coco riding the tiger is unmatched! Lol ps1 vibes… I’m glad you actually like the crash 4 difficulty. I gave up on that bitch after they expect me to do inverted/superspin/slow-down-time at same time and land on a box
Was expecting Tomb Wader to be 1st when you asked the question, since it's my 1st pick, had the most insanely fun relic course and it had egyptian + water crossover with color gem which was most of the stuff you did say you appreciate the most. Glad it at least made the top 10, even if I hard disagree with the future level placements.
Would love to see more crash bandicoot games ranking videos from you, such as bosses or gems or relics, you could rank those form easiest to hardest or something. But more videos like this one would be greatly apreciated man, much love.
@thenoxz2924 thanks I really appreciate it! I'm working on a spyro one right now as well as another series but I'd absolutely be down to do some of those suggestions they sound fun!
I wish I understood how ti have the mindset to be quirky to make these awkward ass intros people make....fortunately I don't and at least his wasn't that bad.....some go on for way to long
Just what I needed as I was getting off work..I just bought the crash trilogy and I loved 2 & 3, as those were the first and only crash games I ever played. I'm realizing that crash 2 or 3 just prepared me to play 1 lol
@@jackxiaolong3606 ooh well the very first level, turtle woods, is always one of my favorites, due to the music and the sheer curiosity of it all. And then for 3, I'd say the coco level with the baby tiger. I just played a bit of both games yesterday and I had to quit entirely because rage inducing is also a part of the game, there should've been an achievement to how many times we've quit a level lol
Totally Fly honestly was an easy level when you realize that you can skio the firefly at the start of the reinforced crate section and just break them in the darkness. Then go back for the firefly. The crates have no hazards near then to traverse. So you could just body slam til you hear them break
@KCJB22291 yeah honestly that's something I can't believe I never realised until AFTER I made the video and it made me so mad If I wasn't so stupid and didn't make it unnecessarily harder for myself it probably would have been higher
Great video! Those colored gems really do hit hard Also, I'd like to see your opinion on a ranking of all crash characters possible. You seem to love ranking things, and so do I ahahaah Subscribed!
I liked your list, it's really cool! Not even sure what levels I would rank as my most favorite due to how many of them I've absolutely enjoyed both during my childhood and in my adult years. I know one level that would always stand out in my mind was Road to Ruin, when I look back at it, it really is fairly short and simple, but as a child I've always loved this one - it was of perfect length and perfect difficulty, absolutely adored the music, the setting was mysterious and even a little eerie with the moving shadows way in the background (Death Route). As a result of all this nostalgia, it is quite likely I would end up placing this level in my top 10.
Just stumbled apon this channel, and watched this video all the way through, just wanna say really well done great quality video, also your accent is so weird to me, in a good way btw, I’m from Greenock, (Scotland) and my accent is totally different ahah, anyway great video!!!!
@karvanenspurgu1772 you know I totally get you, I don't feel like it's bad but it's just one that I hated as a kid so I've got so much negative bias, but you keep defending your favourite level king 😎😎
Crash 1 Best: "Slippery climb". Long difficult stage with a unique environment (untill "stormy ascent" in the remake). Getting the gem as a kid was incredibly satisfying. Worst: "Cortex Power". The backtracking was too much. Crash 2 Best: "Un-bearable". The most memorable chase level, incorporating animal riding. Challenging hidden area. Worst:Tie for the two jetpack stages. Annoying vehicle to use. Music is amazing though. Crash 3 Best: "Tomb wader" hated it as a kid, really grew on me. Timing can be surprisingly tense to survive the rising water. Worst: "bye bye blimps" Just really boring. The other one at least has enough enemies to pose a bit of a challenge. Its About time Best: "Draggin on". I remember with Crash 2 thinking the blue gem challenge (not breaking crates) was interesting, but wasted on such a simple level. Well wish granted. Worst: "Rush hour". Way too long. Genuinely enjoy the other characters, and taken on there own they're fun and challenging. Should've been two separate levels. Been too long since I played WoC, so not fair to rate it, do remember enjoying the atlasphere levels though.
@@jackxiaolong3606 Commented near the lower parts. Having finished, yeah. Only point I strongly disagreed were the jetpack levels, even then we both noted the amazing music. It really says something about how strong Crash 2 is when its low point for me was mildly annoying. Your thoughts on Toxic waste, the bridge levels, and Toad village practically mirrored mine.
I just finished watching this whole thing, you say you wouldn’t know much about level design but idk, the idea you had of a harder path with nitros in the jet pack levels sounds like game dev thinking to me and would be perfectly in line with the series.
@chair_dib hell yeah! I appreciate you watching the video and I'm glad you think it's a good idea. I can't lie I feel like maybe crash games are the only games I could have good ideas for actually
wtf did you do with droid void expect me at your doorstep by midnight edit: nah i was gonna let H2O and Weathering Heights slide, but the Atlas Sphere levels being so low is a crime expect me at your doorstep by this afternoon
Really good video. Some controversial rankings which I and others may not agree with, but I know how hard it was to rank all these levels, and I really appreciate the work that went into this, and your justifications for those rankings were completely fair and it's clear that you studied the levels really carefully. One thing I'm really surprised you didn't mention about Bears Repeating, which everyone knows: the controls for the Polar section are SO ANNOYING! True, Crash 4 is one of the hardest games to complete when it comes to breaking all the boxes, but the way Polar controls in that level really makes that aspect even more annoying. Also, you mentioned that you studied Music for a period (I did as well!). I would be really interested to see you do either a similar ranking for the soundtrack for those same games, or even a comparison of the PS1 and N-Sane Trilogy versions of the trilogy soundtrack: would you consider that?
@samcoleman605 I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah I feel like it's gonna be impossible to please everyone with a list like this but if I keep it true to how I enjoy them then I can't go wrong! Yeah the polar bear sections were super annoying thats what I meant by saying it was hell trying to perfect the level 😭 That's a really good idea with the music actually because of how different the tracks are, I'd really like to sit and compare all the tracks, probably wouldn't do a ranking but the music sets so much of the levels mood and is a huge deal when it comes to crash imo
Great video! It's refreshing hearing someone not go through mental gymnastics trying to explain why their opinion is justified because they're worried about a negative audience reaction and instead just tell you it's down to their own taste. Playing games as a young kid is different to playing them as you get older and that has a huge impact on our impressions of those games. I played Medievil and Spyro as a kid and prefer them over many Nintendo 3D platformer classics because I didn't play any of those games until I was older. I understand why a game like Super Mario 64 is a landmark game and why it is still respected today (it got many things right despite being one of the very first games of the genre) and can also see that many of the games I played when I was younger are flawed in ways that those Nintendo games aren't, but I will almost always prefer the games I grew up with.
@@jackxiaolong3606 Thanks for the reply. Do you have other videos like this planned? This is the first video of your that I've seen (thanks, Algorithm!) and it seems you typically create let's play content.
@me-kl9tg yeah pretty much all my other content are permadeath style series with my friends, but now I'm working on weekly stream highlights while also preparing another video in the same style as this for spyro!
@@jackxiaolong3606 Nice one. I was hoping you'd mention Spyro - it's clearly the obvious follow-up to this video haha and I'll definitely stay subscribed for that! Good luck with the channel.
@@jackxiaolong3606 I can say the same to you cause bro I love run it bayou so much mainly for the music but it still is so peak it's so good that I have a entire playlist of mashups with run it bayou
I ranked all the OG levels before, not with the newer ones so my top 10 levels from the trilogy are 10. Dino might 9. Stormy Ascent 8. Tomb Wader 7. Unbearable 6. Turtle Woods 5. The Eel Deal 4 Future Tense 3. Heavy Machinery 2. Gone Tomorrow 1. Cold Hard Crash
Square Eyed Jak did a similar video a couple of years ago. But he included everything except for the kart racing games. He did a seperate video for that.
@@jackxiaolong3606 Not sure why those levels in particular, shock Hot Coco got as low as it did when it should of been in the top 3. N.Gin was a great boss fight. ruclips.net/video/xa-1h0NAdlg/видео.html
I'll always prefer the other two motorbike levels to Road Crash. I always find the timing so tight to finish in 1st on a normal run and the cars ALWAYS seem to veer in my way on purpose. I always dread Road Crash when i replay Crash 3.
1:21:15 yes this track is one that people always like but people don't give enough love to the other tracks like run it bayou and booty Calle for example are bangers
I notice the Crash 4 extra levels with other characters are missing, but that was a bit shit anyway since they just repeated half of the regular levels
As a run it bayou fan I love how you like run it bayou The music is amazing and the entirety of the music in crash 4 is underrated you deserve the sub just cause of it being a crash videos and for liking run it bayou
18:36 - Oh this one, oh man, I chose to get platinum relic on Stormy Ascent over Sunset Vista to get my achievement because it was so fucking annoying, goddamn level
Coral Canyon is bad, but Force of Nature is the worst level in Crash for me. It literally impaired my vision while playing it! Things moving towards me etc.
@EAO_Wadsy ahhh that's really unfortunate but I can see how one might have issues with that! Personally I found it really fun and enjoyable but if you physically can't play it then that's really unfortunate
What a great video!!! Now I will note, the music volume is a bit too loud, especially at the start, which then causes issues when raising the volume to hear you due to sudden audio peaks in your audio and loud sound effects here and there, but asides from that, it's a great edit that I'm sure was a NIGHTMARE to put all together. I subbed right away, excited to see what else you put out! ❤
@superwildejellyfish thanks I appreciate it!!! Yeah my bad about the music it went kinda wacky after I rendered but I'll definitely fix it for the next video
I’m feeling more and more that Run It Bayou is going to be number one, I’m a huge fan of the jetboard levels and I think the swamp environment is just really cool as well. I remembering dying about 90 times the first run through, and getting that 3 max gem was the most gratifying experience. I don’t know if I’d rank everything the same, but I’ve still agreed with everything you have to say about the levels so far.
Okay watching the entry about Hang ‘Em High, I’m certain Run It Bayou is number one. The yellow gem looming in the background when you enter the level, the platforming to get there. SO GOOD!!
No! There's actually 163 levels in total(excluding all levels from Crash 4 that is)! Unless you count all 84 race tracks in the series, in which case that's about 247 levels in total!
I kept thinking when’s he gonna show Run It Bayou, it’s at least top 10, it’s gotta be. When he gave it #1 I was in heaven. Edit: Off Beat in the 60s though?!?! Who tf is this guy I hate him with all my being.
IM SORRY I LOVE OFF BEAT genuinely i mentioned how it absolutely is the best level i promise its so well made. if there was no bias for the other levels it would probably be top 10, or if i was ranking on the best levels and not my favourites
@@jackxiaolong3606 of course! Honestly I feel you did a fantastic job with this list and I agree with you 99% ! I feel the last half or so really is subjective cause there’s just soooo many good levels to choose from. I really forgot how many great crash levels there were until that midpoint and was like why are so many of these showing up early?! But there’s just that many good ones! Personally Cortex Castle probably takes my number 1 but Run It Bayou is fantastic too. And I have such fond memories of those Great Wall of China Coco levels from when I was a lil kid lol.
@@tessurimkreshek2338 super glad to hear that you enjoyed the video! yeah absolutely theres so many good levels it was so hard to put the top 50 together
im sorry i do way prefer the originals but it was just easier to do these on the remakes, and i also included how enjoyable these levels are to time trial which wasnt in the original 2
@@chippy6792 That's mind blowing! I had no idea of that, the fact that you can spin the logs that the gorillas throw in Crash 2 and that you can spin the laser in Crash 2 space levels before seeing on RUclips.
@ZebNyan96 honestly those last two I didn't know forever, the laser one I only found out literally when getting footage for this cause I did it by accident
@@jackxiaolong3606 It's really surprising how much there is still to learn about games that we have played for years! Great video btw! Really entertaining and well put together; you would deserve so much more views. I'm now at number 50 something and based on your earlier comments I suspect that your number one level could be Air Crash because of the environment, dynamics and secrets or maybe something like Jetboard Jetty.
@@chair_dib I just didn't wanna do them since they felt too different to the 3d ones you know, but I'm doing spyro next and I'm including the gba games for that
No one likes Cold hard Crash and no one likes Snow levels?? Square eyed Jak made a crash level ranking video sitting at half a mill views and his no1 was is cold hard crash and I agree with him. It's super fun. What are you talking baffling on about??
@@jackxiaolong3606 That's pretty biased. That's like excluding Super Mario Galaxy because it plays differently from the original Super Mario Bros on NES
@BillyBob_McSanchez I get you but that's entirely up to the person putting their list together you know, I could totally see someone making a mario level list that includes or excludes games based on that merit too. At the end of the day it's judt a video so not really a big deal.
@jackxiaolong3606 I know but I just don't want people thinking the rest of the Crash games are terrible. It's part of the reason why Gen Z and Gen Alpha don't know who Crash is
@BillyBob_McSanchez nah dude the other crash games are awesome ESPECIALLY twinsanity that game is hilarious. Mind over mutant was also really funny but I genuinely don't think there's a bad crash game outside crash boom bang, that's actually terrible
1:23:00 Hmm prediction? To this moment ranking is kinda a shock for me, but let's guess... something from Crash 4 (haven't played) if not, then some arabian levels from CB3, first one? Also i'll give some chances to Tomb Wader
I clicked on the video because of the OG Crash trilogy screenshots so seeing you use NST footage was disappointing, it has a pretty lame artstyle and music compared to the originals.
@nyanarchy yeah I mean I do totally agree with you, just for doing a video like this it's way easier for me to just use the NST through steam. The originals are way better in almost every way.
Yeah, also not a fan of the artstyle and music of NST. There’s just something about the original trilogy that makes it feel charming. The only thing I like is the remake of cortex and n brio’s themes however
just what I needed while I draw. An uninterrupted 3 hour video of jack complaining about a children's platformer :)
im shaving your head
a what platformer
I love working on something or playing a game while i put a long background video while doing my stuff :p❤
Children's???
That's like calling mario a baby game
I want you to know. You’re not alone in that thought on the gems that you can see in the level. The gems in the crash games especially in 2 and 3 always felt super special
I am so glad other people understand that feeling
I love it to, ngl
This video got recommended to me at midnight and I clicked specifically to make sure coral canyon was at the bottom, worst crash level by far and the only plat relic I never got as a kid in WOC, I'll watch the rest at a more reasonable time haha
@@supaskiltz9877 you're so right it's absolutely the worst
I also wanted to say that your video allowed me to appreciate Turtle Woods more. I remember that by some miracle, as a kid, I came up with the idea to pass the level without getting the crates - this proves that the design was really cool thought out
enjoying the video so far, but some great levels placing low!! the great gate / sunset vista are top tier!
@TPD thanks I appreciate it! And yeah I totally understand why a lot of people love those levels, you know the wet dry world thing where it's got an unsettling aura, that's what sunset vista is for me
@@jackxiaolong3606 I think you say it best where you don’t have anything specifically bad to say but there are just so many good levels lol
In the level draggin on. If you didn’t know. You can use the bonus room entry point as a checkpoint when trying to beat the level without breaking boxes. Just take the portal to the bonus level then die and you’ll spawn outside the bonus stage as a checkpoint.
@jaedancarnahan2302 oh my god I didn't even think of that I'm so stupid, thanks for the tip!!
This video earned my sub. I can't imagine what an undertaking this video must have been. I really loved your commentary on all of the levels and I honestly couldn't stop watching once I started.
Maybe rank the music tracks some time. 👀
100% agree with you about Generator Room. The original was so much more atmospheric with its darkness, Cortex's much more intimidating face on the screen and the vast, cold and empty soundtrack to accompany it.
@@solidgent7870 absolutely!!
you are in fact the second guy named jack who also ranked every crash bandicoot level
@MrswissrollUzumakiBelieveIt it's a crazy coincidence fr
I finally got around to watching squared eyed jaks video after I finished this and it was really good!
I'd been putting it off cause I didn't wanna know what the community thought on levels before I put this together
such a fun video, love your takes and what you have to say about each level:)
i gotta say i love that you mentioned the whole "seeing colored gems in the background" thing, it always gave me the same feeling as a kid and i didn't know how to express it, they felt like an intricate sacred mystery you had to solve
absolutely, I'm so glad that I'm not alone on this, its such a specific thing I'm so glad someone can relate!
@@jackxiaolong3606 so much stuff you said is about oddly specific feelings that nobody seemed to relate to and I'm just happy to see someone else get the same weird brain tingles and experiences playing these games lol, like desperately trying to get to the "secret exit" in the Hang Eight blue gem route, I remember being convinced that it led to Road to Ruin
@@just.a.guy522 im so glad im not the only one who thought that actually
the other weird brain tingle thing i always used to get was jumping into the weird globe thing at the end of levels in the original crash 3. the new animation doesnt do it for me, same with picking up crystals and gems
@@jackxiaolong3606 picking up crystals and gems in Crash 3 felt heavenly, both the sound and the similarly colored explosion effect, absolutely beautiful. picking up the red gem and seeing those red trails in an all-blue underwater environment is so cool. the time portals are also very satisfying with their little wooosh, in the remake they feel more dimensionless and watery and crash doesn't get l o n g the same way
Now this is a video I never knew I needed
Coco riding the tiger is unmatched! Lol ps1 vibes… I’m glad you actually like the crash 4 difficulty. I gave up on that bitch after they expect me to do inverted/superspin/slow-down-time at same time and land on a box
Was expecting Tomb Wader to be 1st when you asked the question, since it's my 1st pick, had the most insanely fun relic course and it had egyptian + water crossover with color gem which was most of the stuff you did say you appreciate the most.
Glad it at least made the top 10, even if I hard disagree with the future level placements.
@nerthul11 yeah I also though that tomb wader would be number 1 honestly, and I totally get that about the future levels idk what's wrong with me 😔
@@jackxiaolong3606 I mean, the Pura levels are perfectly fine choices too, they're insanely fun to play for Plat Relics.
Would love to see more crash bandicoot games ranking videos from you, such as bosses or gems or relics, you could rank those form easiest to hardest or something. But more videos like this one would be greatly apreciated man, much love.
@thenoxz2924 thanks I really appreciate it! I'm working on a spyro one right now as well as another series but I'd absolutely be down to do some of those suggestions they sound fun!
I wish someone would look at me the way you looked at crash
I wish I understood how ti have the mindset to be quirky to make these awkward ass intros people make....fortunately I don't and at least his wasn't that bad.....some go on for way to long
Just what I needed as I was getting off work..I just bought the crash trilogy and I loved 2 & 3, as those were the first and only crash games I ever played. I'm realizing that crash 2 or 3 just prepared me to play 1 lol
@@karmaslyrics you're so real for that actually
What was your favourite level when you used to play it?
@@jackxiaolong3606 ooh well the very first level, turtle woods, is always one of my favorites, due to the music and the sheer curiosity of it all. And then for 3, I'd say the coco level with the baby tiger. I just played a bit of both games yesterday and I had to quit entirely because rage inducing is also a part of the game, there should've been an achievement to how many times we've quit a level lol
@@karmaslyrics dude casually dropping two of my all time favourites
when it rains it storms (currently shitting my pants)
Totally Fly honestly was an easy level when you realize that you can skio the firefly at the start of the reinforced crate section and just break them in the darkness. Then go back for the firefly.
The crates have no hazards near then to traverse. So you could just body slam til you hear them break
@KCJB22291 yeah honestly that's something I can't believe I never realised until AFTER I made the video and it made me so mad
If I wasn't so stupid and didn't make it unnecessarily harder for myself it probably would have been higher
Now this is the kind of content I like to see recommended to me 👀
Hell yeah 😎
Kinda surprised you didnt mention that Banzai Bonsai is one of the only Crash levels if not the only one to have a Power up on its gem path
You know thats a very good point that i totally forgot to mention!
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Great video! Those colored gems really do hit hard
Also, I'd like to see your opinion on a ranking of all crash characters possible. You seem to love ranking things, and so do I ahahaah
Subscribed!
@victorsoares6992 ohhh I never even thought about that, that's a good idea so maybe I will!
seeing the yellow gem in the background in crash 3 haunted me from when i was like 3 to when i was 12 and finally did the time trials
@@fleetingselfconfidence612 dude me too 😭😭
Great job on the video! I love Crash and I consider myself a hardcore player, but even I couldn’t even rank all the levels.
I liked your list, it's really cool! Not even sure what levels I would rank as my most favorite due to how many of them I've absolutely enjoyed both during my childhood and in my adult years. I know one level that would always stand out in my mind was Road to Ruin, when I look back at it, it really is fairly short and simple, but as a child I've always loved this one - it was of perfect length and perfect difficulty, absolutely adored the music, the setting was mysterious and even a little eerie with the moving shadows way in the background (Death Route). As a result of all this nostalgia, it is quite likely I would end up placing this level in my top 10.
@@RedNightFox you know that's totally fair the level looks so nice honestly, looking back i feel like I did road to ruin kinda dirty having it so low
Great video. I enjoyed every minute. Keep it up!
Just stumbled apon this channel, and watched this video all the way through, just wanna say really well done great quality video, also your accent is so weird to me, in a good way btw, I’m from Greenock, (Scotland) and my accent is totally different ahah, anyway great video!!!!
@rossyt3290 that's crazy actually, I'm also from Scotland but I'm constantly getting asked where I'm from by people that live here 😭
@@jackxiaolong3606 ahahah really, I could tell you were Scottish, loved the accent ahaha
Crazy how, when I watched this, the games were 50% off on steam, you convinced me to play Crash4!
Glad to hear it, let me know what you think!
Great video, dude! I appreciate you making it and putting a lot of effort into it ❤
@hibiscus6964 thank you so much for watching!
i feel like im alone in this, but i actually love diggin it and bee-having , but these rankings always seem to put them quite low😢
@karvanenspurgu1772 you know I totally get you, I don't feel like it's bad but it's just one that I hated as a kid so I've got so much negative bias, but you keep defending your favourite level king 😎😎
Hey man the Prehistoric theme is cool 😤
I'm sorry 😭
genuinely i dont know what it is about it that puts me off but its definitely just a me thing
Crash 1
Best: "Slippery climb". Long difficult stage with a unique environment (untill "stormy ascent" in the remake). Getting the gem as a kid was incredibly satisfying.
Worst: "Cortex Power". The backtracking was too much.
Crash 2
Best: "Un-bearable". The most memorable chase level, incorporating animal riding. Challenging hidden area.
Worst:Tie for the two jetpack stages. Annoying vehicle to use. Music is amazing though.
Crash 3
Best: "Tomb wader" hated it as a kid, really grew on me. Timing can be surprisingly tense to survive the rising water.
Worst: "bye bye blimps" Just really boring. The other one at least has enough enemies to pose a bit of a challenge.
Its About time
Best: "Draggin on". I remember with Crash 2 thinking the blue gem challenge (not breaking crates) was interesting, but wasted on such a simple level. Well wish granted.
Worst: "Rush hour". Way too long. Genuinely enjoy the other characters, and taken on there own they're fun and challenging. Should've been two separate levels.
Been too long since I played WoC, so not fair to rate it, do remember enjoying the atlasphere levels though.
@@brandonhelcher3691 damn we have pretty similar opinions actually!
@@jackxiaolong3606 Commented near the lower parts. Having finished, yeah. Only point I strongly disagreed were the jetpack levels, even then we both noted the amazing music. It really says something about how strong Crash 2 is when its low point for me was mildly annoying.
Your thoughts on Toxic waste, the bridge levels, and Toad village practically mirrored mine.
@brandonhelcher3691 great to hear honestly, and I'm glad you're enjoying the video! Honestly toxic waste gets too much waste for what it is
you may just be as crazy as the orange bandicoot for making a list like this
I just finished watching this whole thing, you say you wouldn’t know much about level design but idk, the idea you had of a harder path with nitros in the jet pack levels sounds like game dev thinking to me and would be perfectly in line with the series.
@chair_dib hell yeah! I appreciate you watching the video and I'm glad you think it's a good idea. I can't lie I feel like maybe crash games are the only games I could have good ideas for actually
@@jackxiaolong3606lol
wtf did you do with droid void
expect me at your doorstep by midnight
edit: nah i was gonna let H2O and Weathering Heights slide, but the Atlas Sphere levels being so low is a crime
expect me at your doorstep by this afternoon
You know thats totally valid
@@jackxiaolong3606 lol that was a good watch overall, all is forgiven
@@XpertGreekGamer Thank you for sparing me 🙏
I can understand disliking one level theme like future levels, but disliking both future and prehistoric levels? What are you on man?
IDK what it is man I'm broken 😭
Really good video. Some controversial rankings which I and others may not agree with, but I know how hard it was to rank all these levels, and I really appreciate the work that went into this, and your justifications for those rankings were completely fair and it's clear that you studied the levels really carefully.
One thing I'm really surprised you didn't mention about Bears Repeating, which everyone knows: the controls for the Polar section are SO ANNOYING! True, Crash 4 is one of the hardest games to complete when it comes to breaking all the boxes, but the way Polar controls in that level really makes that aspect even more annoying.
Also, you mentioned that you studied Music for a period (I did as well!). I would be really interested to see you do either a similar ranking for the soundtrack for those same games, or even a comparison of the PS1 and N-Sane Trilogy versions of the trilogy soundtrack: would you consider that?
@samcoleman605 I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Yeah I feel like it's gonna be impossible to please everyone with a list like this but if I keep it true to how I enjoy them then I can't go wrong!
Yeah the polar bear sections were super annoying thats what I meant by saying it was hell trying to perfect the level 😭
That's a really good idea with the music actually because of how different the tracks are, I'd really like to sit and compare all the tracks, probably wouldn't do a ranking but the music sets so much of the levels mood and is a huge deal when it comes to crash imo
You do realize that the controls for polar in bears repeating was fixed in a update
@@mitchelldingodilehomie4230 "Controls for Polar were fixed" 🤣That's hilarious
I love toxic waste!
Hell yeah me too!!
Thanks Jack!
OMG THE GAMERS DEN!!!
Great video! It's refreshing hearing someone not go through mental gymnastics trying to explain why their opinion is justified because they're worried about a negative audience reaction and instead just tell you it's down to their own taste. Playing games as a young kid is different to playing them as you get older and that has a huge impact on our impressions of those games. I played Medievil and Spyro as a kid and prefer them over many Nintendo 3D platformer classics because I didn't play any of those games until I was older. I understand why a game like Super Mario 64 is a landmark game and why it is still respected today (it got many things right despite being one of the very first games of the genre) and can also see that many of the games I played when I was younger are flawed in ways that those Nintendo games aren't, but I will almost always prefer the games I grew up with.
@me-kl9tg I 100% agree with you and I appreciate you having a similar mindset! Glad you enjoyed the vid!
@@jackxiaolong3606 Thanks for the reply. Do you have other videos like this planned? This is the first video of your that I've seen (thanks, Algorithm!) and it seems you typically create let's play content.
@me-kl9tg yeah pretty much all my other content are permadeath style series with my friends, but now I'm working on weekly stream highlights while also preparing another video in the same style as this for spyro!
@@jackxiaolong3606 Nice one. I was hoping you'd mention Spyro - it's clearly the obvious follow-up to this video haha and I'll definitely stay subscribed for that! Good luck with the channel.
@me-kl9tg thank you so much I appreciate it!!
And this time I'll do all the spinoffs
As a run it bayou fan I love how you like run it bayou
The music is amazing and the entirety of the music in crash 4 is underrated
Hell yeah dude i actually adore it, glad to see another run it bayou enjoyer
@@jackxiaolong3606 I can say the same to you cause bro I love run it bayou so much mainly for the music but it still is so peak it's so good that I have a entire playlist of mashups with run it bayou
Awesome video, man! Crash 2, in my opinion, is the best of the original trilogy. I just subbed
I think crash 2 is also my favourite but i actually cant tell i love them all so much
what an amazing list 😎
Alright Guys Lets Make a List of everyones number 1 favourite Level
Mine is actually Crash 4 Nitro Processing
This guy
I ranked all the OG levels before, not with the newer ones so my top 10 levels from the trilogy are
10. Dino might
9. Stormy Ascent
8. Tomb Wader
7. Unbearable
6. Turtle Woods
5. The Eel Deal
4 Future Tense
3. Heavy Machinery
2. Gone Tomorrow
1. Cold Hard Crash
@greywolfesdinner8990 hell yeah that's a great list actually
Fantastic video
Square Eyed Jak did a similar video a couple of years ago. But he included everything except for the kart racing games. He did a seperate video for that.
@BrennySpain yeah I watched that after I finished this one, it's a really good video!
Lets see, Bye Bye Blimps, Pura levels and oh yeah the ski levels rocked.
Hmmmm i wonder why those levels in particular, is N. gin by any chance your favorite boss from 3?
@@jackxiaolong3606 Not sure why those levels in particular, shock Hot Coco got as low as it did when it should of been in the top 3. N.Gin was a great boss fight.
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I like Crash Bandicoot! I like it a lot! Horray!
@@rosebuddy9842 LETS GOOOO
I actually found Eggipus Rex on my own… by accident of course
@@justinwallace4688 that's insane
I'll always prefer the other two motorbike levels to Road Crash. I always find the timing so tight to finish in 1st on a normal run and the cars ALWAYS seem to veer in my way on purpose. I always dread Road Crash when i replay Crash 3.
@solidgent7870 that's fair and understandable honestly, I think they're all decent for what they are tbh but I just prefer the shortness and precision
Im watching this now!
Quak
1:21:15 yes this track is one that people always like but people don't give enough love to the other tracks like run it bayou and booty Calle for example are bangers
yeah run it bayou is probably also my favourite track in the game i cant lie, booty calls also has a great one!
@@jackxiaolong3606 yeah people just don't give crash 4 's music enough love
Sphynxinator is my favorite by far
@@spencerhansen5595 good choice fr
Unpopular opinion, I love ice levels.
If you pause at 10:17 the spaceship's rear end looks like a stupid face
I kinda see it actually
I notice the Crash 4 extra levels with other characters are missing, but that was a bit shit anyway since they just repeated half of the regular levels
Yeah i debated putting them on but since the bulk of the levels are in other levels i figured i wouldnt bother to stop me repeating myself
Eh…… Level 130. Coco on the snowboard. Not much to see…. Apart from all the Christmas trees!!🎄
Im back to watch what I got left in this video
Hell yeah hope you enjoy!
Now do one with the best level music and or boss music. Or both in one video. Idk but it would be cool
surprisingly you are not the first person to request that so i think i might do a top 20 crash tracks or something after i rank the spyro levels
As a run it bayou fan I love how you like run it bayou
The music is amazing and the entirety of the music in crash 4 is underrated you deserve the sub just cause of it being a crash videos and for liking run it bayou
I tried to find the jack of all trades channel but this is pretty good too. Wish he cried over crash levels more though. great video very funny
@@itsstilljustnate NOOOOO
18:36 - Oh this one, oh man, I chose to get platinum relic on Stormy Ascent over Sunset Vista to get my achievement because it was so fucking annoying, goddamn level
@@itsmetommy66 fr when I was getting every platinum either this one or the lab took me the longest BY FAR
Coral Canyon is bad, but Force of Nature is the worst level in Crash for me. It literally impaired my vision while playing it! Things moving towards me etc.
@EAO_Wadsy ahhh that's really unfortunate but I can see how one might have issues with that! Personally I found it really fun and enjoyable but if you physically can't play it then that's really unfortunate
@@jackxiaolong3606 Well I can but with an unfortunate side effect lol. Level design is also bad in my opinion
@@EAO_Wadsy ah yeah that's fair I totally get that too
@@jackxiaolong3606 I think H2 Oh No might be the most underrated level. I loved all last levels in each warp room of WoC (secret warp room aside haha)
What a great video!!! Now I will note, the music volume is a bit too loud, especially at the start, which then causes issues when raising the volume to hear you due to sudden audio peaks in your audio and loud sound effects here and there, but asides from that, it's a great edit that I'm sure was a NIGHTMARE to put all together. I subbed right away, excited to see what else you put out! ❤
@superwildejellyfish thanks I appreciate it!!!
Yeah my bad about the music it went kinda wacky after I rendered but I'll definitely fix it for the next video
Bro got his whole family playing crash 😹
hell yeah! though they played it on their own when i was really young
Eel Deal next question
@@sirchris6047 hell yeah
banger video
day two of watching. an hour in. i wonder how many days it will take to finish.
omg dude i love you baby cakes
Don't let this amazing video distract you from the fact that Jack is the first ever scottish man to speedrun I-Ninja ❤
@delk1299 omg so true king!
I’m feeling more and more that Run It Bayou is going to be number one, I’m a huge fan of the jetboard levels and I think the swamp environment is just really cool as well. I remembering dying about 90 times the first run through, and getting that 3 max gem was the most gratifying experience. I don’t know if I’d rank everything the same, but I’ve still agreed with everything you have to say about the levels so far.
Okay watching the entry about Hang ‘Em High, I’m certain Run It Bayou is number one. The yellow gem looming in the background when you enter the level, the platforming to get there. SO GOOD!!
@marcuswilton8467 I can't lie I didn't even notice it first time 😭😭😭😭
I don't agree with this list
@@andrew7s347 make a better one right now
No! There's actually 163 levels in total(excluding all levels from Crash 4 that is)! Unless you count all 84 race tracks in the series, in which case that's about 247 levels in total!
yeahhh i know there's a lot more but I stated in the start which levels I'm ranking which are just the ones in the original formula.
I kept thinking when’s he gonna show Run It Bayou, it’s at least top 10, it’s gotta be. When he gave it #1 I was in heaven.
Edit: Off Beat in the 60s though?!?! Who tf is this guy I hate him with all my being.
IM SORRY I LOVE OFF BEAT
genuinely i mentioned how it absolutely is the best level i promise its so well made. if there was no bias for the other levels it would probably be top 10, or if i was ranking on the best levels and not my favourites
@@jackxiaolong3606 of course! Honestly I feel you did a fantastic job with this list and I agree with you 99% ! I feel the last half or so really is subjective cause there’s just soooo many good levels to choose from. I really forgot how many great crash levels there were until that midpoint and was like why are so many of these showing up early?! But there’s just that many good ones! Personally Cortex Castle probably takes my number 1 but Run It Bayou is fantastic too. And I have such fond memories of those Great Wall of China Coco levels from when I was a lil kid lol.
@@tessurimkreshek2338 super glad to hear that you enjoyed the video! yeah absolutely theres so many good levels it was so hard to put the top 50 together
My opinion I put Jungle Rumble on number 1.
@@benhughes3394 it's a pretty good level
@@jackxiaolong3606 I wish for remastered of Crash Bash, The Wrath Of Cortex and Twinsanity.
@@benhughes3394 honestly me too I'd love remasters of all of those, especially twinsanity with all the stuff that was removed
@@jackxiaolong3606 It’s my chance of my freedom.
what do you think of the original games vs n-sane trilogy
@megabusterm17 I prefer the originals but I still adore the re-imagining of the n sane trilogy
Which until dawn characters did you mom save
@sirchris6047 this is my new favourite comment
She saved everyone except jess and Chris I believe, she did really well for her first game in 20 years
@@jackxiaolong3606 ANOTHER MATT W
@@sirchris6047 HELL YEAH
MATT SUPREMACY!!!
crash wrath of cortex hardcore when??
I actually will dont tempt me
@@jackxiaolong3606 cool
Woah
Love the vid but the music is so loud I can hardly understand you😭
I'm sorry i swear it gets better later in the video 😭
the thumbnail promised me the PS1 graphics what is happening
im sorry i do way prefer the originals but it was just easier to do these on the remakes, and i also included how enjoyable these levels are to time trial which wasnt in the original 2
REALLY? Can you really get all the boxes on the ”crate bridge” of N. Sanity Beach just by running with 3 Aku Akus even on PS1???
Yeah
@@chippy6792 That's mind blowing! I had no idea of that, the fact that you can spin the logs that the gorillas throw in Crash 2 and that you can spin the laser in Crash 2 space levels before seeing on RUclips.
@ZebNyan96 honestly those last two I didn't know forever, the laser one I only found out literally when getting footage for this cause I did it by accident
@@jackxiaolong3606 It's really surprising how much there is still to learn about games that we have played for years! Great video btw! Really entertaining and well put together; you would deserve so much more views. I'm now at number 50 something and based on your earlier comments I suspect that your number one level could be Air Crash because of the environment, dynamics and secrets or maybe something like Jetboard Jetty.
And I think the jetpack levels will be high but not at top 10 because they are in space.
Hasn't caddirus done this already
He hasnt but im surprised he hasnt actually
john?
Liked and subscribed 🫡
Bro forgot the gba games
@@chair_dib I just didn't wanna do them since they felt too different to the 3d ones you know, but I'm doing spyro next and I'm including the gba games for that
@@jackxiaolong3606 cool :)
No one likes Cold hard Crash and no one likes Snow levels?? Square eyed Jak made a crash level ranking video sitting at half a mill views and his no1 was is cold hard crash and I agree with him. It's super fun. What are you talking baffling on about??
@jasonoconnor3194 you might need to go back and listen to what I said at the start of that part cause I personally love that level...
23:03
so true king
The best 3 hours of my life
You have a gay haircut.
I'm sorry but you forgot to mention the Crash levels from the other games
@BillyBob_McSanchez I mentioned at the start I'm not including them due to the different formula!
@@jackxiaolong3606 That's pretty biased. That's like excluding Super Mario Galaxy because it plays differently from the original Super Mario Bros on NES
@BillyBob_McSanchez I get you but that's entirely up to the person putting their list together you know, I could totally see someone making a mario level list that includes or excludes games based on that merit too. At the end of the day it's judt a video so not really a big deal.
@jackxiaolong3606 I know but I just don't want people thinking the rest of the Crash games are terrible. It's part of the reason why Gen Z and Gen Alpha don't know who Crash is
@BillyBob_McSanchez nah dude the other crash games are awesome ESPECIALLY twinsanity that game is hilarious. Mind over mutant was also really funny but I genuinely don't think there's a bad crash game outside crash boom bang, that's actually terrible
I hated the bridge levels
Thats fair tbh i dont blame you
1:23:00 Hmm prediction? To this moment ranking is kinda a shock for me, but let's guess... something from Crash 4 (haven't played) if not, then some arabian levels from CB3, first one? Also i'll give some chances to Tomb Wader
good guesses!
on a side note i would recommend crash 4 if you can get it for cheap!
I clicked on the video because of the OG Crash trilogy screenshots so seeing you use NST footage was disappointing, it has a pretty lame artstyle and music compared to the originals.
@nyanarchy yeah I mean I do totally agree with you, just for doing a video like this it's way easier for me to just use the NST through steam. The originals are way better in almost every way.
Yeah, also not a fan of the artstyle and music of NST. There’s just something about the original trilogy that makes it feel charming. The only thing I like is the remake of cortex and n brio’s themes however
@gatewoodanimations9753 yeah I totally get that
A lot of these early picks just seem like skill issue im gonna be honest
cash
Your ranking is garbage 😊