Crash Team Rumble is Bittersweet - Square Eyed Jak
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- We've been waiting on this game for such a long time now and I'm so glad it's finally here! But for as much as I LOVE IT... the experience is FAR from perfect just yet. 😬
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As much as I tend to blindly latch onto anything Crash related, I'll admit this one's far from perfect. And while I don't recommend it per se, I feel like the good parts are good enough to make it worth a try.
Yeah true, probably why it’s only a third of the price of other major games 😂
Sorry man but as a fan from the Original Crash this i have to say this game was born dead, Naughty Dog needs returns to make Crash Great Again.
@@Mauricio-hr6gu I can tell you as a player of the game, it isn’t dead :)
Naughty dog or beenox must return! Since toys for bob came the audience is declining! Nobody in casual audience cares about crash except hardcore tfb fans on twitter
@@Mauricio-hr6guand make crash woke lmao
You've got serious balls speaking your mind about this game despite Activision sending you a free copy.
The fact you're risking having your free copy privileges permanently revoked is nothing short of admirable. Bravo, mate.👏🏿😉
I mean Caddicarus talked about his complaints with the crash games despite getting free copies. So I doubt this will effect anything
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That’s cause they know the crash online fandom has died down and with caddy being the biggest crash tuber..of course they’re gonna give him a copy to beg him to play it and drum up hype for the new games lol.
@@keeferkifflom360 Caddy didn’t get a review copy for Rumble, he wasn’t interested in it
I’m very glad to have given this a chance, it’s been a very enjoyable experience so far. I agree with all your points that it needs more content. I’m very grateful the developers at Toys for Bob have been listening to player feedback so far and taking it into account, making reviews like these more important to them. They are talking to the community in ways I’d never expect (they made their own goddamn Reddit account).
Love the avatar image. (:
Agreed. Very hopeful that this thing can only go in a very positive direction
it honestly looks like it was meant to be an Free Addon for It's About Time but was then turned into it's own thing instead to charge people, which honest would've been the better path considering it already heavily relies on it and lacks any Single Player
Thank you for stating the fact. I feel some members in the Crash community act like say any constructive criticism will kill the game but it will really help it in the long run
As someone who was indifferent about the game, I’m glad people are having fun with it, and I want to give it a try one day. I just hope that Activision doesn’t give up on the game like they did with Crash on the Run. Though considering who we’re talking about, I’m not holding my breath on it. Great review Jak, keep up the good work.
Well their is nothing wrong with crash on the run. It just a mobile game
He's referring to how they gave up supporting it super early into its life
Right. Not only that, but they also removed the game from the app store. So you can’t download it legally anymore.
I’m glad that they confirmed that Crash will still be sticking around even if this game flops financially. It’s a shame this was barely marketed, but I’m glad this wasn’t Crash’s final stand or something.
I personally didn’t end up buying it because I wasn’t really hooked on how it would be releasing, despite enjoying the beta for the game (I managed to get a free code). I feel like this could have been a great side game if they had this be a free to play title and have this be announced alongside the next mainline title, but in the end, the marketing just killed this game. They had a big chance to show everyone what it was all about at The Game Awards when it premiered, but it just could not get the objective of the game across.
I hope they try this gameplay style again someday, because it is a quality fame, but it’s held back by an unnecessary paywall for a game that is online only and has a bunch of paid Battle Passes coming up.
I’ll be there for Crash 5 or maybe another CTR game, but this isn’t really my thing, unfortunately, which is a shame because I love Crash.
Great review, by the way.
You were worried it might not sell well enough to justify more Crash games in the future... yet you didn't buy it yourself. Interesting.
@@bandicootsauce4569 I didn’t really wanna support the way they had the game laid out. The way it’s a game with paid Battle Passes every few months, and you can’t even play it without forking over $30 USD.
@bandicootsauce4569 I mean, to be fair, someone shouldn't really have to buy a game that they aren't interested in just because it might flop. Activision has said they support the Crash brand, so they'll hopefully continue to fund more games if the game under performs
@@bandicootsauce4569 to be fair this game didn’t look like a must buy. Anyone can wait for a game to come out and or try it out on beta (like the OP did) before actually buying the game.
If nothing else it's somewhat refreshing to see a teambased PvP that isn't just shooting eachother, I burnt out on all things PvP years ago so I can't bring myself to play this but it's good to see something more creative for a game like this.
I wish more games from larger companies would allow experimentation like they used to, even with this it feels like it's being held back.
What really truly worries me is that it gets marked as a failure, gets shut down and and the suits think Crash isn't worth continuing on, and so history repeats itself. To this day I still can't believe Crash actually made a return, there's still so much potential I'd hate to see it wasted. Let the bandicoot thrive damnit
To be honest I play a lot of pvp games and I grew up on crash but this game looks like trash mobile that nobody will play it.
Try Hunt Showdown
@@MalikATL It’s genuinely very fun, but I can’t justify paying the price of entry unless you know you will be playing it a lot
I would much rather an online multiplayer platformer like Mario 3d world
CTR nitro fueled at least had A lot of replay value.
Still don’t like the strategy of modern spinoff games having the Release it with a Lack of content now then finish it later.
Absolutely zero interest in Crash Team Rumble at all tbh, to me it seems like it's doomed to fail hard. Hell, I remember reading on the Crash Bandicoot subreddit that CTRumble already dipped BELOW Crash N Sane on the UK sales chart about 2 weeks after it's release.
A single player game from 2017 is outselling a brand new one barely weeks old. That doesn't fill me with confidence at all.
Plus, if the rumours of Spyro of being in this I also do not like. It feels like they're reducing Spyro to being a Crash Bandicoot side character instead of being his own thing. Between that and adding that bat thing, who's never existed in any game before(?), I feel like they don't know what other characters to add, despite CTRacing having a hell of a roster.
As opposed to Crash being Spyro Skylanders DLC? I don't follow. Spyro and Crash will have cameos of each other (as will Ratchet and Clank and Jak and Dexter and Sly Cooper) because the companies worked alongside each other since the beginning. They actually have more successful games with Spyro in it than Crash, even if Skylanders shoehorned Spyro in it. It still has him. It's only the fault of the companies that until Crash Nitro Kart on Gameboy and later Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled that Spyro was playable or crossing over for more than a cameo without throwing Molotov Cocktails at each other. Like it's always been established that Crash and Spyro, and the PS2 generation trio of Jak, Ratchet, and Sly, are ultimately equals in love and fan connection. Jak and Daxter and Sly Cooper haven't had a new game in eons while Ratchet and Clank have gotten a lot more, yet every fan from all three's launches and even game Developers working on Rift Apart view them as allies and friends almost universally. A pack of success or not isn't going to make the fans sideline Spyro like Mario didn't with Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong is still going strong despite Mario being the focus most of the time.
thank you for being honest in your reviews it really helps avoid buyer's remorse
Hot damn, I've been waiting for this episode, and it honestly perfectly addressed all of my issues with the game. I really hope this game improves over time.
Keep up the good work!
This is a review with integrity. Thank you for standing by the franchise and the fan base. Plenty of people would rather write fluff piece reviews to keep the goodies coming. Spot on about the marketing, I wasn't aware this was coming until I saw an ad on youtube about a month back.
I don't have the means to play it, unless it eventually comes to the Switch, but it does make me happy to see Crash still being used. Hopefully TFB get another shot at a platformer, Crash 4 wasn't perfect, but it did a lot of fun stuff, and made for an awesome base to build from.
Honestly I'm just here for that bat thing. Absolutely adore that character design, gimmie more!
If you want more depth on Catbat, I just discovered earlier today that TFB released a comic about their past. It’s on some Kotaku article somewhere
“Oh he did it he said the thing!” Do I sense a Ratchet & Clank retrospective?! You can’t keep us waiting forever Jak!
I agree on offline single player (and possibly split screen couch multiplayer). I feel like if that were there it would also increase the playerbase a bit since more casual Crash fans would be more interested in a game that isn't ALL online competitive. I can kinda understand not having a fully fledged campaign mode right now since they need sufficient content first, but they don't need that for simple offline components.
I also have to add one nitpick but....the game isn't very interesting to watch, and I think that hurts preview footage and marketing as well. Like yeah it's technically glamorous graphic wise, but all the backdrops and music are recycled, and the animations and movesets don't really take advantage of the super cartoony gameplay and premise and generally just look like a stock online game. It's all fun to PLAY but not when you're in the audience seat and I think that leads to many assuming the game would be boring. I think we need more characters like Ripper Roo that have super out there abilities and gameplay styles that look really fun to take control of.
It's nice to see a truly honest review of this game, from what I've seen from other crash/ early playstation nostalgia RUclipsrs they seem to be all over it without any mention of the steaming glaring issues with the game
Thank you for this video, and thanks for not selling yourself out unlike other Crash RUclipsrs
But Muh family 👓 👨🏻🇨🇦
Also it's insane they have so many skins from Crash 4 but they're not using them, they should be unlockable by people who already had Crash 4 or at least unlockable by challenges...
they should scrap everything from crash 4 and let beenox take over
@@GTPlanetFamine no
I'll admit, I forgot about this game somewhat, as when I looked it up and saw it was out already, I was like "Wait, it launched already?"
I really would love to get the game and play it, but I'm currently in a tight situation with what I can spend (sucks not having a job, but, I'll say no more about that), because as an avid Crash fan, I basically eat anything relating to the series up, regardless of quality (for better or worse).
However, I've been conceptualizing a Crash Bandcoot multiplayer party game that would stay true to what the series is about, and something that Crash Bash should have been. I'll just skim the details on these ideas, but, here's what I thought of: There could be polar bear races, where Wumpa Fruit can be used to speed up, or used to knock other players into hazards, players could run from a singular boulder while collecting Wumpa Fruit, and getting hit by the boulder loses Wumpa Fruit, jet-ski races, and some other platforming courses the players compete in.
you know the best way to market the characters? do it like Team Fortress 2
it showed off what kind of character they are and then sprinkle a gameplay footage to show how they work in-game while still made sense on what are they trying to say in the animatic trailer.
Like example Coco is a strategist and tell the group to keep getting wumpas and defend the bank while she herself is slowly picking up relics behind the scenes. Or Cortex planning his next evil plan by just transforming characters or dropping pianos everywhere. It's far more entertaining than running around in an empty map to showcase their moveset
I’ve seen some shorts posted for CTRumble for some of the characters detailing their movesets and abilities, but they are very short. I think they need to be more detailed, but at least those are out there, I suppose.
Man I needed someone to bring this up. Thank you! Liked and subscribed
Thanks Jak, your advice really helps the success of this game
Would love more crash team rumble stream's! Had a blast watching you play
Jak mentioned Ratchet and Clank.
I can already feel the ground shaking.
I really respect your integrity Jak. We need more unbiased reviewers like you.
Wow man, I’m a new viewer and I spent the entire video nodding my head in agreement. You hit everything right on the nail. Subscribed
What they need to do is make a Mario-Party style remake of Crash Bash!!! With all the mini game’s remastered but an overall board game competition holding it together !!! Online and split screen. I would throw my money at that so fast
Yeah this would be a much better option.
Genius, make a copy of Mario.
@@Euro.Patriot i mean sony could use a mario party clone absolutely!
Partygame is a dead genre nowadays.
My thing with this game is, and I said this before launch: it's one game mode made into an entire game. This should not be the whole game, man. I'm not saying what's there is bad or anything, but there's just not enough to it.
I agree
Activision really doesn’t want Crash to be successful
I've seen people who were only looking forward to this game for the "obligatory" Spyro reference. People are clamouring for Spyro 4 so bad that for them, Crash is only there to tease it. I still remember the videos when Team Rumble was announced where fans were saying that Spyro, Elora and Ripto are guest fighters either by analysing the footage or looking at the game's coding.
Would’ve loved if it was included on Game Pass or PS Plus
Might head to Game Pass if the Microsoft buyout succeeds.
Its a fun game, but if this ends up being the last Crash game we get on PlayStation after the Xbox Activsion merger I have to say i'd be pretty dissapointed
Thank you for being honest in your review Mate 😇 Keep it going!
One thing your missing is just how many of these games have been killed recently due to there player base tanking, and those where free to play. I keep looking at this as it might be a good time, but this is the sort of thing I'd play once in a while and would rather not put money into something that may be gone in a year due to the player base dropping off. I do agree that they should had put in some sort of story mode, at least that would have me warrant the cost even if the online stuff is hard to play with a lack of other players.
I can't get over that they seemingly want to make this franchise a competitive MOBA
I LOVE the fit and the blue/red background of the set you're filming in. Also love the pac man, hell yeah man
Now this is a Fee 2 Pay game if I've ever seen one. Not that I'm surprised.
Another thing that effected the potential playerbase was releasing an only online multiplayer game and not having it release on PC, a place where those games thrive. That and not releasing it on Switch (where similar games like Pokemon Unite are successful) was certainly a choice.
Keep hating on Bash all you like, and hate on the idea of it getting a remake, but at least unlike Rumble, I don't have to spent $60 every year for Xbox live services to play Bash, since it has a single player mode plus more varied content that I can unlock without waiting for season battle passes.
Another great video, mate! And again, I had lots of fun being on the stream and making my very first donations to my favorite content creator. Keep up the good work and I’m anxious to see what you have planned for the future of the channel!!! 😉👍❤️
It's an odd one- as much as I love Crash Bandicoot, I was never really excited about this one, and haven't even picked it up yet
Yeah same, I would have much preferred an online multiplayer platformer similar to Mario 3d world imagine how fun it would be platforming your way through various courses and fighting past familiar enemies - but instead we got this
Only the true OGs still waiting for that Ratchet and Clank review!
yoo i was in your lobby yesterday Square eyed Jak, couldn't believe it 😀
I honestly wanted like a mario party/crash bash type game
Crash Bash was far superior with its variety of game modes, even if they were sometimes a bit wonky.
I haven't played Rumble and won't either. But I can't sit back and watch my beloved Crash Bash get digged at and say nothing. I will die on the hill that is a Crash Bash remake. 😂
If Toys For Bob, or Activision most likely, want a successful multiplayer crash game that has plenty of content
Crash Bash is right there...if they remade Crash Bash with the original levels, and update it with new ones, I'd play the hell out of that game
Same here
My one wish is for it to have some form of local multiplayer.
I’ve been a fan of the Toys for Bob studio for a long time, while their games aren’t perfect I always commend them for the exceeded amount of creativity and interesting ingenuity when they tackle projects. They have always taken risks as they did with Skylanders, and this game is no different. I’m unsure what the future of this game will be, but I will be trying my best to keep supporting them. I genuinely enjoy this game, but I completely agree with your thoughts as I had pretty similar thoughts after playing the game for a few days. Hoping for a bright future for this game and Crash fans being able to enjoy this new experiment with the series.
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**NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO* !!!!!!!!!
I don't think so ..... This experiment .... is a *DEATH* sentence for Crash .... and Crash
gamers alike ...
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I'm just glad that there are some Crash fans out there who can critique this game without going on a blind hate campaign to the point of trying to boycott the damn thing for even existing. I am honestly so tired of all those elitist Naughty Dog veterans trying to ruin everyone else's enjoyment of pretty much every Crash game from Crash Bash onward just out of nostalgic fanboy spite. I've always found it quite disgusting, honestly, and I respect you for not pulling that crap yourself, Jakky.
Also nice to know They are some fans who Don’t play the fake positive game which really helps a lot
Elitist Naughty Dog veterans? Do you realize most of the backlash comes from Crash Bash fanboys? Also yes, the ps2 games were bad, deal with it.
@@PieroMinayaRojasI loved twinsanity and wrath of cortex been playing crash games for over 20 years 😒
@@PieroMinayaRojas this game is as bad if not worse than the ps2 games, the reviews speak for themselves, 4/10 from the audience
@@GTPlanetFamine quite a few of those reviews were by the same guy just with different accounts. Basically review bombing.
I’m glad we at least have a new game in this beloved franchise, opens up the possibility for Crash 5 and keeps Crash alive, so I’ll always thank Team Rumble for that
I hard passed on this game and it's the best choice by the look of it. Paying for a online only game that can get shutdown at anytime is a horrible idea also AB messed up overwatch which I didn't notice until early this year. So many game devs keep on pushing online games all the time that it's no longer fun to look forward to because these games can become unplayable in the near future.
I've also stayed away from a ton of games that push so many microtransactions or battle pass BS.
Not at all mate, only £25
This game's such a weird experience...
I agree with every complain you have. I also don't think any of the faults this game has severly hurt my enjoyment of it.
At the end of the day, Rumble's a polished, thought out, blast of a game that's meant to be picked up casually and be enjoyed periodically.
However, these early missteps hurt the game's long run success; and while I'm satisfied with the product I paid for, I fear the game won't stick around for to long.
I hope I'm wrong and the game get's improved even more with enough time and support.
Also i recommend playing the game for at least 1 stream on thursdays when the new weekend events and the weekly expiditions overlap and playing it then. That's my plan going forward. Without any other content beyond limited time events i barely want to finish the season pass that i paid for. And that's a bummer.
I think it would be cool if they added Spyro and even Skylander characters in this game
This game gives me a good rush when the games are close or you pull off a classic 2 or 3v1. It’s very unique and I vibe with it. It certainly helps that it’s skinned with a franchise I love. It is a bit pricey, I think the battle pass should be a 1 and done purchase. I’ll be greatly hesitant on the season 2 pass but I’ll definitely still be playing. The game is just nuanced enough with each character that it has some playtime left in it.
My biggest problem is really just pricing and mtx as always. Gameplay loop is addicting, game has personality, it’s a fresh take. Just lame tags with number on them bumming me out.
Fun fact: this is the first time I’ve actually seen anything about this game besides me scrolling the PlayStation pre-order tab
This is legit the first time I heard that Crash Team Rumble has released
Awesome video man. Ranked all the modern crash games on the channel!
This reminds me of one of the mini games from Diddy Kong racing back in the day.
I absolutely love the core gameplay of this game, but it just isn't enough to justify the $30 price point. I'm more than willing to buy it and all the passes as a hardcore crash fan, but I can't even recommend it to my friends because I know they'll most likely only play a few matches with me. I'd love them to make the game free to play, but then they'd probably introduce a bunch of mtx so I don't even know what to think.
Exactly, it’s like this game format is just a difficult one for Crash.. do you charge for play or make it free to play?? It seems both options are not very good. That’s why I think if they removed that PAID BattlePass and charged a lower price for the game, it might be the best way to do it.. but it’s just a suggestion I’ve been thinking of.. sort of like CTR: NF
The only way I will ever play this is if it comes to PC, I have no idea why Crash's spin offs in this revival era have not made their way over!
I agree with all your issues you have with the game. First with the marketing, I saw many people comments on social medias like "Wait, this is out?" as a exemple. For me, this game should not have cost 30$ due to the battle pass system which forces you to buy battle passes after season 1. No, season 2 battle pass is not included in the standard edition, only the deluxe edition as well the lack of content available in the game.
Which goes to the second point, why this multiplayer only Crash game have 9 maps, 8 characters and only 1 mode without any single-player content at all? The Ratchet PS2 games has way more content in the multiplayer and has single-player content included in the package and that almost was 20 years ago back on the PS2. There could have included at least something if the servers shut down. But nope.
Which goes to the final point, I have a distaste regarding paid live-services games in general because when the game get shut down, your game become a piece of plastic or download that you can't even use. Even if you want to play it and there nobody playing it anymore, the live-service element stops working. Given the terrible sales Rumble is getting right now, it's only a matter of time this game will be shutting down forever. I don't want the game to fail but I see this as DOA and nothing beyond that which is a shame given the potential CT Rumble has.
Keep up the good work Jak! Love your content!
I can't believe I made an appearance in some of the gameplay shots here! Great video as always Jak. Here's hoping this game gets the love it deserves and is worked on for years to come ( 3:19 Is where I show up )
It's not on PC or Switch either which limits the playerbase even more, it's a shame because as you say, if it was more widely accessible, I reckon it could do quite well
I've been looking forward to this review for a while!
I overall think the game is fun to play and enjoy the different small events like ripper roo joining the game and a new game mode that was added(sadly only lasting up to a couple days). Although I believe it’s an enjoyable experience, I do overall agree that it needs more content to fill up the void that’s right now plaguing it.
As much of a huge fan that I am of Jack's content.....I have to say, i do miss the old intro so much 😢💙
Hopefully they just put this game out to tie us all over. Until crash bandicoot five
Yeah I loved it’s about time I would love the next game in a similar style
@@therunawaykid6523 Crash 4 is so good I don't know how they're going to top it???? Especially since Naughty Dog abandoned Crash because they runout of ideas.
They should had a game mode like graffiti from the tony hawk series. Side note I only just found out about this game, because of your video. :)) excellent video as always
YES THAT WOULD BE DOPE!!!
Chain blade and the b-2 brawler took me to the ropes back when I was like five
You have hit all the good points in this review video!
I do want to add on a additional frustration is how bad the team balancing is when your a Scorer trying to score points when 3 of your teammates are defenders taking out other opponents but the ideal way to play is to score points.
I would love a team death match to compensate this factor since that's the most popular way to play the game but given its only one game mode is to get wumpa fruit to score points not getting knockouts is not fun.
Furthermore this is a personal opinion but I dislike everyone being the same character more than once like a whole team with ripper roo, cortex etc. I have a real hard time playing when opponents are just screwing you over and making you want to leave a match.
Think this would've been better as an add on to Crash 4, just didn't have enough content to keep me engaged
people owe titans and/or m.o.m an apology, expeditiously. great video, man.
This game looks like a one great minigame from Crash Bash 2. I'll wait the full game
It also looks like glorified DLC for Crash Bandicoot 4.
I knew from the second that they said it was only live service I was never going to get it and was never interested in playing it. It really should’ve been free to play.
For me, once Xbox brought activision, it made me pray and hope that they will help revive ctr nitro feuled and give us the modes people have been praying for. During the build up for nitro feuled once we saw the free tours and how all you have to do is play the game to level it up and get everything it was much better to do that. People are still praying for cup modes, ranked , and no item modes, making the servers better. Giving it the Mario kart 8 deluxe treatment. It still has people that’s play it!
Toys for Bob HAS to implement a match-making mechnism that ensures that your team has a good balance of Scorers, Blockers and Boosters per team. The big problem is that when you end up with a team that has more than 2 of one kind, your team is basically doomed to fail (or at the very least: your entire Team plays at a huge disadvantage). Why wasn't this thought through? And why was this not updated for today's patch? Like, it's a really fun game IF each team has a diverse set of roles... but when everyone decides to pick scorers, then your Team's defensive arm is basically non-existent and you get crushed by the other team.
Whenever I see that my team has an imbalance in the lobby, I switch out my character for another one (even though I don't want to), but not everyone is considerate like this (especially 13 year old kids who probably don't even understand the mechanics of the game).
Also: why the HELL wasn't this released on PC? Cross-play and a wider audience ensures a game's longevity... ESPECIALLY with a multiplayer-only game such as this...
It's sad man... So much potential...
PC Port = Hackers. Go to MW2 and you will find players shooting through walls, illegally auto aiming, and tank shots like they are juggernauts from World at War. Some even find a way to reflect reports and get players temporarily banned.
@@X2011racer that’s a retarded argument. The vast majority of MP games are on PC despite the modding issue..
why not just remake crash bash for a fun party game with the option of multiplayer and a single player campaign ?
I know right? CTRumble is pretty fun but the lack of offline modes is disappointing. I'd rather they had made a remake of Crash Bash with a story mode, a ton of new mini-games and characters with 4-player local multiplayer as well as online.
Because the minigame collection genre is dead anyway.
Never make a purely multiplayer game at a cost people aren't willing to pay.
Tbh, I'm a hude Crash fan and I didn't know the game released until I saw this video
Agreed wholeheartedly with the negatives because it's what puts me off. Live service is already offputting because it's not a promise of content but more speculation of what a company will do only if a game is successful so having a paid barrier of entry is even more risky and the marketing material made it look so boring. If the beta was open, I may have given it a go but paying £40 just for the privilege? Nah, mate. I already despised that Nitro Fuelled patched in MXTs, I sure as hell don't want to support this.
What a shame. Here's hoping either this game or Crash as a whole comes back to form.
I want to give this game a try, but the fact that you had to pay for it in advance doesn't help. I wish they did free weekends or something. Just to let those who still feel skeptical about the game get a chance to play it. I am concerned that this game might not last as long. I was really disappointed that CTR:NF only lasted a year. I wish they would have kept supporting it a bit longer.
Toys for Bob claims that they're gonna continue support for this game, but for how long? A year? Two years? Or will this game's support be cut short? I don't like the live service thing either. It seems like games with live service in them tend to not last for very long. That's why I'm a bit worried.
Thanks Jak for giving your input about the game and how it could be improved. I feel like you are one of the very few RUclipsrs that are genuine and want to give an honest opinion about things.
Forgot to comment when I first saw this vid, but I wanted to say I appreciate your honesty about your experience with this game. I also feel like you weren't like, disrespectful about your criticisms.
But yeah thinking about this again got me kinda down about how many games that are focused on online gameplay stay very limited on their gamemodes. Like I feel like online games should be more of a variety toybox with which you can change up some fun with your friends. Not sure if I make sense since I'm speaking so broadly.
I want to like this. Out of my friend group I am the only one who loves Crash Bash. That being said I can't say I am going to purchase this at this point in time. That hurts me to say.
I want to hear more on this game from you. Thanks for the info.
I hope it improves because I want to love this game.
I’m tearing up…..Arenas like Ratchet and Clank 2, 3, Gladiators, Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank would help this game so much!👏🏾👏🏾
my theory is they want to squeeze as much milk out of the whales, before making it free to play in a yr
For me I’m avoiding this game since I took one look at it both the trailers & game play Didn’t look like my type of game, so I avoided it anyway good video Jak I’m happy you’re able to voice your opinion instead of making it sound better than what it is unlike some other RUclipsrs I know of Who make everything sound better than what the games really are?
i knew that game wasn't got more attention as well as crash team racing in both versions i still play to this day .
oh speaking of that... 16:22
when you review the ratchet and clank series ?
i know it was longest request idea ever since 2014 of your channel i guess . (also sorry for my english grammar)
greeting from middle east.
1:30 Huh, yeah I never considered how poorly chosen this game's abbreviation was.
I want more characters in this game. I want it Nina cortex attacks the other time guy the twin, insanity, twins all those people should be in this game.
Im personally not finding the game that fun. It isn’t really what I wanted from the series and I get bored after like 1 hr or less!
well it is a super smash bro's clone that literally came out of nowhere with little to no substantial advertisment
what did you expect? a masterpiece?
I loved Crash 3, long with the N. Sane Trilogy, CTR (the racing one), and Crash 4 recently. And if this was free to play, I'd be down to try. However, paying any amount for a game whose support could be pulled any day always makes me hesitate and I won't be getting this until it's free like it probably should have been at launch.
🎶 *Let’s get ready to* (crash team)
*RUMBLE!* 🎶
I honestly feel like this channel is underrated.
I agree with a lot of what you had to say in this video dude, as someone who also tends to blindly latch onto anything Crash Bandicoot related regardless if it ends up being good or not, I do want Rumble to succeed, to the point where more people will be able to enjoy it, similar to how CTR Nitro Fueled was, until support for that ended, see I was quite divisive on what Rumble finally would be up until it was officially revealed last year, but I still was willing to give it a chance, as I mentioned the Beta for it was fine and I enjoyed the little time I got to play, but my issue is a lot of people I would normally play a Crash game with just weren't interested in Rumble, a mate of mine for example is a huge Crash fan, but when he found out about Rumble and the $69 NZD price tag they're charging here for this game he quickly lost interest in it, if it became free to play tho I feel the game could possibly strive more with people that don't even like this kind of genre, let alone with a Crash Bandicoot game, other than that I will be checking it out in the future when the game either goes on sale here physically, or when Sony decides to add it to their PS Plus catalogue, as always another damn good video cheers for finally covering this game and giving us your thoughts on it in full.
Thank you for this video!! Very well thought out, imo, and you really explained things thoroughly. Thank you also for giving your honest thoughts and not just saying the game is really great just to do so. I’ve been trying to wrap my head around how I feel about this game for a while and have tried to give detailed explanations in the past about how I feel, but you really do a great job getting to the nitty gritty of how I feel about most aspects of this game also. Just like you and many others, as of right now, I think the game is enjoyable for a bit, but can become boring over time and there does need to be a lot more content and updates to keep players engaged (I liked your comparison to CTR back in the day having more characters at launch than this game - I’m sorry, but that really is bad and a problem for me as well .. I honestly wasn’t even thinking about that till you brought it up and now it’s even more frustrating realizing that - IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE: This does NOT mean I support rushing games out for the sake of having content or stressing out devs. who work tirelessly already to make and put love into games we enjoy. I just feel as though this game perhaps needed more content at launch as it doesn’t feel like it has enough to warrant the price tag of EVERYTHING you pay for to play this game .. so perhaps have more modes and content ready for the game at launch before releasing it .. if it means delays.. it means delays .. yes, you heard me right .. that being said, the marketing for/hints towards this game should not have started as early as it did because of there not being much content at launch and because people were now expecting the game to be coming out/revealed fairly soon after the teases began).. As I’ve also said before, the business model for this game just isn’t doing it for me - not a fan. They should have just done something similar to/replicated CTR: NF business model in a way and had the game be paid for a low price, NO PAID BattlePass, just LOTS of earnable free cosmetics and such throughout the game that would have been part of the BP (if it were there), AND free seasonal events, modes, challenges, etc. on a more regular basis. I also liked that you brought up how you view the potential playerbase for this title being tiny and why this game is already very limiting and risky from the onset of release (hence why I’ve said before that it seems like a very risky format game they are going for here - ONLINE ONLY (unless, of course, they add an offline single player, which I think they definitely should as a way to not only add more content and keep players engaged, but draw more players in) - that would only appeal to a certain audience/subset within the Crash community, one which Crash has really never seen much of before, alienating many other Crash fans.) I feel like if you are going to introduce such a risky entry to the series, you really have to sell it, and the marketing for this game just doesn’t do that. You would also have the difficult task of convincing some Crash fans that an online multiplayer game can be a lot of fun .. and trust me, that’s not easy to achieve since there are so many different Crash fans out there (and that’s honestly totally fine). My point is that it won’t be easy to get everyone on board.. but with marketing like we got for this game.. it’s like they barely even tried and it’s severely dissatisfying and disappointing. And in terms of comparing this game to Crash: On The Run!, I think the two games are different because one is on mobile devices and the other is on console, so I think COTR gets more of a ‘pass’ for having the business model it had since it was on mobile; that being said, I still don’t like it. Rumble doesn’t get as much of a pass and I expect more from the game since it is releasing on console and not mobile, so, yeah, it’s a big NO to that business model. Like others who enjoy his games, I only want to see Crash do well, and I can’t help but feel like so many mistakes were made here with Crash Team Rumble already and they need to give more fan service and fix LOTS of issues… that lots of people have either already walked off and been turned off from the game or that the marketing has already unintentionally killed the very game it was trying to promote.
One of the main key issues I had with this game in particular was it’s reliance with using the internet! However I hope Activision does make a new update to incorporate some sort of offline feature for players outside of the online servers
Sweet, new vid. Missed seeing your face. Hope all is well.
Listen if the game gets a switch release there can be many people been highly interested in the game and also add a story mode similar to crash team racing