Since I keep getting comments asking for it, I should mention that I actually have played Twinsanity in the past. I tried it for like 3 hours, and I really disliked it. That game is so insanely unfinished, it plays nothing like Crash, I don't like the acapella, and the writing is so "tryhard weird" if you know what I mean. It really seems like the devs said, "Screw it, let's just do whatever we want and throw out everything that makes Crash what it is." Not a fan. But I'll say, similar to Crunch, I like the idea of Nina. I think she has potential as a character. Same for Evil Crash and the school of evil. Good ideas. But pretty much everything else about that game I think is really stupid.
@@arthurpietrogarcia1057 I mean it's a very funny game with memorable music that gives it a distinct mood. I just can't take people who don't like Twinsanity seriously
Honestly I'd highly recommend Crash Twinsanity. I've noticed over the years that it seems to be one of those super polarising entries which every franchise seems to have where you either love it or you hate it, but I certainly fall in the camp of liking it for what it is. The level design's complexity and cohesion is rather lacking in some areas but I still think it has its moments of really fun and varied gameplay along with a broader scope, in that each level diegetically feeds into the next in a sort of quasi-open world. The story is relatively simplistic but its character moments more than make up for it in my eyes, with the game basically setting the standard for how the core cast continue to be characterised in every subsequent entry (including Crash 4). If anything, I think it's quite significant in its identity as the last true Crash platformer before the series pivoted to the brawler style of gameplay found in Crash of the Titans and Mind Over Mutant, and it's worth a try if you're curious as to what else the series has to offer.
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@@tucansamwell6209 It really is a shame that the game didn't get the development time it needed to be a more complete package since the final product is brought down quite a lot by how unpolished the gameplay can be, which is especially disappointing when considering how these issues often overshadow the more positive aspects of the game such as its expressive early 2000s artstyle and its impressively catchy a capella soundtrack. In a perfect world, the game would get the full-on remake treatment, giving the devs the opportunity to have all the kinks ironed out and implement all the exciting cut content from the original game and we'd see the original vision fully realised. Generally, I try not to look at the game in this way though since I think it's a very unhealthy approach to game criticism and I'd rather enjoy it for what it is rather than viewing it through the lens of what could have been.
Wrath of Cortex was actually the first mainline Crash Game I owned and played. While I do feel it is overall less good than the past games. I was so confused when online people would talk of the game like it was straight up bad at the time. Surely, I could concede it was not the sequel anyone would have hoped and even arguably a step down, but... straight up bad? Always confused me. One thing I remember vividly was the weird experience I had with the game's loading. Back when I first played it, it had loading that made 06 look like jesus christ and merciful, but then for some odd reason after playing the game a couple times over the years, the loading just...fixed itself? It was bizarre and I never had any other game replicate this phenomenon. Personally I really like the rotosphere ball thing levels. I thought they were fun. I personally prefer Submarine over copterpack levels. There is a sort of basic rhythm to them that I just don't get from Copterpack which just feels very clunky to me. I also found sub levels sense of claustrophobia moody and more enjoyable. Screw those skull mines that drop from above though. Those things are assholes with how frequently they line em up especially later on. I'm surprised you had that much good to say About Coco. like Her gameplay enough but to me when I went back to play the game, the impression I got was "Coco doesn't really do anything all that unique, she is basically just slightly nerfed Crash", though I guess your explanation makes sense. I remember The Water boss giving me grief as a kid. Surprised you had that much of an issue with the JEEP level. Its no Mario Kart but even when I was younger, I didn't have all that much of a problem with it. Only took like maybe 2-3 tries.
@@Pariah6950 Worst part is when I was younger, I went back to play it and count 1-round the boss at one point. Then I went back to play the game a few years alter and I wondered how I ever used to do it. The main thing is that its surprisingly easy to slip off the end of the platforms. I remember me and my siblings used to grind lives for that thing, get some popcorn, and make it a dare challenge to see who could beat it passing the controller around. Also, I remember LOVED the heck out NitroKart. Great memories playing that game. I would say it improved on CTR in almost every way with a small handful of exceptions.
I think you should at least give Twinsanity a try. It's the last of the traditional mainline Crash games before the Titans/Mutants stuff and it really builds upon a lot of the gameplay elements they were working on in the WoC/GBA games like the ball levels (done in a wayyyy more fun way than in the previous games). It also gets rid of the godawful "hanging" sections where Crash swings while grabbing a net/ladder like in Crash 3/WoC/GBA titles. The overall look and feel is way better than WoC, and the attempt at creating a cohesive world for the Crash franchise was done fairly well too, if still very lacking due to the game's rushed development. And honestly, I thought the writing and characterization of established characters in Twinsanity was the peak of the whole franchise. Cortex is hilarious. His backstory and details like his mom working at the salon or his time at the academy are all charming/hilarious. The twins had a lot more potential but they we're definitely not any worse than the mind-controlled Crunch/Elementals in WoC. The A cappella soundtrack deserves some love too. I felt like it did a lot for world-building and expanding the Crash gameplay in new fun ways. Obviously its still an unfinished glitchy mess with a lot of problems, but I found that the parts where it's "good", its REALLY good. Great content as always
31:30 This, perfectly nailed the biggest gripe I had with N-Tranced. The "difficulty" in Big Adventure was in it's cleverly designed secrets that required precise platforming, replaying levels being more on the look out for secrets, or even being brave and leaping into nothingness hoping you find a gem. However in the sequel, that pole section of that level you mentioned was the bane of my existence. The difficulty comes in the form of how unpredictable the pole grappling can be and how high crash decides to jump. I thought it was frustrating that they exploited a faulty game mechanic to increase its difficulty. Also ran into a similar issue on the "pinball" levels. Still a fun time, just not as much as Big Adventure.
I found this channel recently and I kinda love it. Something about how casual these videos feel, it's a nice change of pace compared to other videos like this. Anyway, yeah. I like the GBA games a lot more than TWoC. TWoC CAN be good with its traditional hallway levels, but the vehicle levels are so garbage. I'm very excited for your Crash 4 video now.
WoC was actually the first game in the series I owned. It was a decent introduction for me. I didn't need to know much to get tge idea. Also made me curious to play the original trilogy.
Crash Twinsanity is a mixed bag. It has a special place in a lot of people's hearts because of the music and humor, but it's also clearly unfinished and you'd probably not enjoy it if the jokes don't do anything for you.
TF2 is one of my favorite shooters ever, so I will almost certainly talk about it at some point. Not much to say about Portal though. It's fantastic. You don't need me to say it, everyone knows that.
Crash, Coco, and Crunch are like Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. Coco and Tails are the smart techy sidekicks while Crunch and Knuckles are the meathead rivals turned allies.
I rarely leave comments but I like this review. Even as someone who can’t really care for WoC, this still came off as relatively fair by comparison like it was giving the game as much of a chance as possible. Which is generally my own preference until the game gives less reasons to be nice towards it. 😅 Which is fine, it’s definitely fair that your patience runs out eventually but this still felt like it wasn’t just blindly following other people’s opinions if you get my meaning.
As a minor gripe, you kept comparing this game to the N Sane Trilogy. It might be a distinction without a difference, but this game should be compared to the original software...not a refresh because there are differences. My ONLY gripe with the game involved the time trials involving levels where you have to hang. So slow ..never was able to finish those. 😩
excellent analysis as always!! :) Also hey if you ever do get around to Jak & Daxter (which i'd absolutely love to see) I'd really love if you checked out this video on the hidden depth of the gun combat of Jak 2 before-hand. Of course, I'm not trying to convince you to like something you simply do not like, or anything like that, but because it's kinda surprising how eye-opening it can be to really give all four guns a fair chance. Personally I think Jak 2 accomplished something incredible by actually making projectile combat that perfectly compliments a 3D platformer without going full ratchet-and-clank and having a reticle and all that. Imo the four guns are very well balanced and its generally overlooked by most fans, even myself until recently; especially when you take into account the "secret techniques" like the roll lock-on, wastelander combo and such. Its why I actually found Jak 3 a bit less enjoyable, because the sense of balance is reduced with all the new weapons seemingly-thoughtlessly introduced. Kinda like Crash 3 and the insane movement tech I suppose? XD In my recent playthrough I refused to use the beam reflexor unless absolutely necessary, and tried all the other guns as much as possible, as well as Light Jak and Dark Jak's underutilized extra moves, and found some of them surprisingly great in combat. The gravity purple gun can give you a quick moment of relief, the lightning gun does extra damage to robotic enemies, the wave concussor is great for groups, the Dark Jak's projectile could 1 shot some special enemies later on, and Light Jak's time stopper was actually super fun to mix with certain guns. Problem is the game never really incentivizes this, and most players will probably just spam beam reflexor and light Jak heal (understandably) Rambling sorry, but if you ever do a vid on those games I'd love to see your perspective on the hidden (and unfortunately very optional) layers to the combat! ^-^
I will probably talk about Jak at some point. And I totally agree about the guns in Jak 2. Rather than Ratchet which is more of a shooter with platforming elements, Jak's use of guns feels like an expansive projectile move set that flows really well into the platforming. Unfortunately Jak 2 has so many other issues with it's open world and mission design. And yeah, Jak 3 totally borked the system with super op weapons.
Jak X and Daxter are both great games too, Jak X set after Jak 3 and fixes a problem brought up relating to relationships in Jak 3, Daxter is more of a collectathon like the first game mixed with Jak 2 and is a spin off prequel set between the games Oh and Jak and Daxter Lost Frontier is... well
these were my first crash games too even as a kid i thought it was ridiculous how many vehicle levels are in WoC. feels like you never get to the fun part.
Hey, nice to know that the GBA games are good. I never actually bothered to try them myself, since most GBA platformers are usually not very good. Also, off-topic, but with how in-depth you go in regards to talking about the gameplay of these games, there's 2 I'd really like you to talk about: First one is Wario Land 4. I love the way the game is designed and it's pretty much in my top 5 platformer games. I'd really like to see what you have to say about it. The other one is very unrelated, but it's Ashes 2063 (and it's sequel, Afterglow). It's a post-apocalyptic themed FPS made on the GZDoom engine. It also has a surprisingly deep story for this kind of game too. Considering you talked about shooters in another comment, this is one I would also like to see your opnion on.
Never got into any Wario games. They just don't do it for me. And I have almost no experience with super old-school shooters like the original Dooms. So I couldn't say anything about Ashes.
All I remember about this game is that N.Gin in the opening scared the fuck out of me as a kid. You should check out Twinsanity for a laugh. Both because it's funny and it sucks. Like the first boss can kill you after it's dead, it'll stick around after the "you beat the boss" cutscene and if you touch it you have to redo the entire fight. And it sucks because Twinsanity could have been awesome if it were finished.
TWoC aka the mainline Crash game when there's more focus on vehicles than platforming... i'm glad CB4:IAT threw away most of the CB3/TWoC vehicles on the trash can.
Respect your opinion on WOC, but definitely don't agree that each game in the originals got worse especially when you look at their critic reception and success.
You're gonna get a lotta comments asking you to review Twinsanity lol Seems to me like it's a little bit analogous to Sonic '06 for the Crash community. Loved for its unrealised potential, rushed out the door, and the story seems to suffer the most. Not that I'm deep in the weeds of Crash discourse I will say the use of the extensive cast appeals to me since it reminds me of Sonic, but I'm not seriously recommending it, not having played it
Was expecting a straight jump to Crash 4 so this was a nice surprise. WoC always felt weird and undercooked to me - and I always hated the writing of the masks, even as a dumb kid who the writing was catered towards. And looking back, the writing of that game reminds me of Sonic Colours. A lot. The reviews of the GBA games were interesting, I may have to eBay them as I never had them or knew they could be so good, being 2D only. Will certainly look into those.
Crash of the titans was pretty good on PSP though may just be nostalgia, the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions I hear are pretty good, and I also heard either the Gameboy Advance or DS version are pretty good as well
The PSP version is largely the same as the console versions, only real difference being performance and graphics. The DS version is a bit more of a traditional crash 3D platformer with beat em up elements iirc. Also, the mobile phone (J2ME) Titans game looks really really nice. Gameplay is okay, nothing notable but the sprite work is absolutely amazing.
Good video and here are my opinions: -Crash TWoC is ok, but it just feels a little like a poor man's Crash Warped overall. -Crash GBA 1 is good and still feels like a Crash game, even if it's 100% 2D (well like 95% 2D, but you know what I mean). Though it isn't my favorite Crash cause it does still have some flaws. -Crash GBA 2 is great, but it does get a little too hard in some areas, mostly in the last set of levels. Crash did start to go downhill with Crash Bash and Crash Wrath of Cortex, but it was saved for the most part by the GBA games and Nitro Kart and in a way with Twinsanity. But when Tag Team Racing came out, it wasn't a bad game, it just really started going downhill. While I do have a guilty pleasure for Crash of the Titans (it seems to be universally a guilty pleasure lol), it really sucks as a Crash game. Mind Over Mutant, I still have not finished because it just does not feel like Crash. I'm so glad N Sane Trilogy came out cause it led to a great comeback for Crash.
Only the GBA games & Nitro Kart kept the series from constantly going downhill, and they also kept the series consistent as well. Twinsanity being unfinished and very out there, made the series go downhill even further and the series hasn't been the same since.
@@Teh69thSpartan Nah both definitely weren't bad just cause they're not ND tier. They're fun in their own right even if they're average compared to the ND games. You guys are just so quick to call them bad cause you can't tell a difference between bad, average, & good these days. Yall always focusing super hard on the cons of average games just to call them bad.
WoC is pretty decent. Only the level design, the floaty movement, dull visuals and the ugly character designs ruin the whole game for me. Oh, and the vehicle sections that are like 50% of the game this time. (Off-Topic) When I was a kid, I was so hyped up to play this game that I stole it from a random party they invited me once and never came back again. I didn't even had a PS2, so I made friends with a dude that had one on his house. After sometime I finally could play this game, comming from the trilogy and knowing absolutely nothing about WoC. Pop-up the game and be grated by the familiar "Warped theme", good start. Then it started to go downhill with some uphills here and there. At least my friend was having fun.
Wrath of cortex on Xbox was my first crash game, it’s nostalgic for sure but not my favorite It’s an okay experience but has a lot of stupid gimmicks like the submarine & mech levels
It feels lazy that you don’t feel like actually playing the other Crash games and dismissing them as “bad” and just skipping to Crash 4 as if they don’t matter
Twinsanity is very overrated in the Crash community, and has a lot of fanboys that will make that game look way better than it actually is. If WOC started the slight downhill for Crash, then Twinsanity made the series fall straight down from a skyscraper.
Since I keep getting comments asking for it, I should mention that I actually have played Twinsanity in the past. I tried it for like 3 hours, and I really disliked it. That game is so insanely unfinished, it plays nothing like Crash, I don't like the acapella, and the writing is so "tryhard weird" if you know what I mean. It really seems like the devs said, "Screw it, let's just do whatever we want and throw out everything that makes Crash what it is." Not a fan. But I'll say, similar to Crunch, I like the idea of Nina. I think she has potential as a character. Same for Evil Crash and the school of evil. Good ideas. But pretty much everything else about that game I think is really stupid.
it brings me so much joy to see you call out Twinsanity for it's cringefest writing
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How dare you diss Twinsanity???
its fine who cares about the opinion of someone who doesn't like the music and writing in Crash Twinsanity.
@@arthurpietrogarcia1057 I mean it's a very funny game with memorable music that gives it a distinct mood.
I just can't take people who don't like Twinsanity seriously
The WoC ball levels are where you can REALLY tell these are the same developers that made "Sonic 3D Blast."
And the lego games, big hallways with enemies
which is weird considering its also the same developers that made Toy Story 2 for PS1 and N64
Honestly I'd highly recommend Crash Twinsanity. I've noticed over the years that it seems to be one of those super polarising entries which every franchise seems to have where you either love it or you hate it, but I certainly fall in the camp of liking it for what it is. The level design's complexity and cohesion is rather lacking in some areas but I still think it has its moments of really fun and varied gameplay along with a broader scope, in that each level diegetically feeds into the next in a sort of quasi-open world. The story is relatively simplistic but its character moments more than make up for it in my eyes, with the game basically setting the standard for how the core cast continue to be characterised in every subsequent entry (including Crash 4). If anything, I think it's quite significant in its identity as the last true Crash platformer before the series pivoted to the brawler style of gameplay found in Crash of the Titans and Mind Over Mutant, and it's worth a try if you're curious as to what else the series has to offer.
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Was just about to mention Twinsanity. I love it so much. Despite it being underdeveloped and super glitchy.
@@tucansamwell6209 It really is a shame that the game didn't get the development time it needed to be a more complete package since the final product is brought down quite a lot by how unpolished the gameplay can be, which is especially disappointing when considering how these issues often overshadow the more positive aspects of the game such as its expressive early 2000s artstyle and its impressively catchy a capella soundtrack. In a perfect world, the game would get the full-on remake treatment, giving the devs the opportunity to have all the kinks ironed out and implement all the exciting cut content from the original game and we'd see the original vision fully realised. Generally, I try not to look at the game in this way though since I think it's a very unhealthy approach to game criticism and I'd rather enjoy it for what it is rather than viewing it through the lens of what could have been.
"The issue is when you get in this submarine" Felt the same way about Earthworm Jim.
I remember being a kid playing the GBA games and being so freaking surprised. Thank you for covering them and doing it justice.
Wrath of Cortex was actually the first mainline Crash Game I owned and played. While I do feel it is overall less good than the past games. I was so confused when online people would talk of the game like it was straight up bad at the time. Surely, I could concede it was not the sequel anyone would have hoped and even arguably a step down, but...
straight up bad? Always confused me. One thing I remember vividly was the weird experience I had with the game's loading. Back when I first played it, it had loading that made 06 look like jesus christ and merciful, but then for some odd reason after playing the game a couple times over the years, the loading just...fixed itself? It was bizarre and I never had any other game replicate this phenomenon.
Personally I really like the rotosphere ball thing levels. I thought they were fun.
I personally prefer Submarine over copterpack levels. There is a sort of basic rhythm to them that I just don't get from Copterpack which just feels very clunky to me. I also found sub levels sense of claustrophobia moody and more enjoyable. Screw those skull mines that drop from above though. Those things are assholes with how frequently they line em up especially later on.
I'm surprised you had that much good to say About Coco. like Her gameplay enough but to me when I went back to play the game, the impression I got was "Coco doesn't really do anything all that unique, she is basically just slightly nerfed Crash", though I guess your explanation makes sense.
I remember The Water boss giving me grief as a kid.
Surprised you had that much of an issue with the JEEP level. Its no Mario Kart but even when I was younger, I didn't have all that much of a problem with it. Only took like maybe 2-3 tries.
The water boss can be quite a problem if you struggle to figure out how to fight it. I remember losing like 50 lives to it as a kid.
@@Pariah6950 Worst part is when I was younger, I went back to play it and count 1-round the boss at one point. Then I went back to play the game a few years alter and I wondered how I ever used to do it. The main thing is that its surprisingly easy to slip off the end of the platforms.
I remember me and my siblings used to grind lives for that thing, get some popcorn, and make it a dare challenge to see who could beat it passing the controller around.
Also, I remember LOVED the heck out NitroKart. Great memories playing that game. I would say it improved on CTR in almost every way with a small handful of exceptions.
Only one word for you :
TWINSANITY!
I wholeheartedly recommend Twinsanity and Nitro-Fueled, they're really something special
Did you read the pinned comment?
@Reigndolph yup lol. But hey, that's his opinion, a lot of people hate or like this game.
I think you should at least give Twinsanity a try. It's the last of the traditional mainline Crash games before the Titans/Mutants stuff and it really builds upon a lot of the gameplay elements they were working on in the WoC/GBA games like the ball levels (done in a wayyyy more fun way than in the previous games). It also gets rid of the godawful "hanging" sections where Crash swings while grabbing a net/ladder like in Crash 3/WoC/GBA titles. The overall look and feel is way better than WoC, and the attempt at creating a cohesive world for the Crash franchise was done fairly well too, if still very lacking due to the game's rushed development. And honestly, I thought the writing and characterization of established characters in Twinsanity was the peak of the whole franchise. Cortex is hilarious. His backstory and details like his mom working at the salon or his time at the academy are all charming/hilarious. The twins had a lot more potential but they we're definitely not any worse than the mind-controlled Crunch/Elementals in WoC. The A cappella soundtrack deserves some love too. I felt like it did a lot for world-building and expanding the Crash gameplay in new fun ways. Obviously its still an unfinished glitchy mess with a lot of problems, but I found that the parts where it's "good", its REALLY good.
Great content as always
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This, perfectly nailed the biggest gripe I had with N-Tranced. The "difficulty" in Big Adventure was in it's cleverly designed secrets that required precise platforming, replaying levels being more on the look out for secrets, or even being brave and leaping into nothingness hoping you find a gem. However in the sequel, that pole section of that level you mentioned was the bane of my existence. The difficulty comes in the form of how unpredictable the pole grappling can be and how high crash decides to jump. I thought it was frustrating that they exploited a faulty game mechanic to increase its difficulty. Also ran into a similar issue on the "pinball" levels. Still a fun time, just not as much as Big Adventure.
Interested to hear your thoughts on Crash 4. It’s definitely one of the more platforming focused games in the main series
I came for your Sonic videos, but I'm still enjoying your vids on games like Crash and Paper Mario
What's your thoughts on Crash Team Racing & Nitro Kart?
I found this channel recently and I kinda love it. Something about how casual these videos feel, it's a nice change of pace compared to other videos like this.
Anyway, yeah. I like the GBA games a lot more than TWoC. TWoC CAN be good with its traditional hallway levels, but the vehicle levels are so garbage. I'm very excited for your Crash 4 video now.
WoC was actually the first game in the series I owned. It was a decent introduction for me. I didn't need to know much to get tge idea. Also made me curious to play the original trilogy.
Crash Twinsanity is a mixed bag. It has a special place in a lot of people's hearts because of the music and humor, but it's also clearly unfinished and you'd probably not enjoy it if the jokes don't do anything for you.
Man, first Sonic and now Crash Bandicoot, if you one day decide to touch Team Fortress 2 or Portal 2, I will love you man, your content is the best
TF2 is one of my favorite shooters ever, so I will almost certainly talk about it at some point. Not much to say about Portal though. It's fantastic. You don't need me to say it, everyone knows that.
@@Pariah6950 Yeah, but I really enjoy looking your POV in things, is really unic, keep it man, your stuff is amazing
Ill love you even more if you cover deus ex or thief, we all have those games
You should one day take a look at the Pac-Man World trilogy!
@@Pariah6950I don't. I only know about portal becuz of Lego dimensions.
I love the music for Wrath of Cortex!
Crash, Coco, and Crunch are like Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles.
Coco and Tails are the smart techy sidekicks while Crunch and Knuckles are the meathead rivals turned allies.
I rarely leave comments but I like this review. Even as someone who can’t really care for WoC, this still came off as relatively fair by comparison like it was giving the game as much of a chance as possible. Which is generally my own preference until the game gives less reasons to be nice towards it. 😅
Which is fine, it’s definitely fair that your patience runs out eventually but this still felt like it wasn’t just blindly following other people’s opinions if you get my meaning.
Give Twinsanity a chance it’s a fantastic game!
The GBA Crash games are pretty solid 2D platformers. Surprising that there aren't many 2D Crash fangames.
Caddicarus knows that feeling! Haha
As a minor gripe, you kept comparing this game to the N Sane Trilogy. It might be a distinction without a difference, but this game should be compared to the original software...not a refresh because there are differences. My ONLY gripe with the game involved the time trials involving levels where you have to hang. So slow ..never was able to finish those. 😩
excellent analysis as always!! :)
Also hey if you ever do get around to Jak & Daxter (which i'd absolutely love to see) I'd really love if you checked out this video on the hidden depth of the gun combat of Jak 2 before-hand. Of course, I'm not trying to convince you to like something you simply do not like, or anything like that, but because it's kinda surprising how eye-opening it can be to really give all four guns a fair chance.
Personally I think Jak 2 accomplished something incredible by actually making projectile combat that perfectly compliments a 3D platformer without going full ratchet-and-clank and having a reticle and all that. Imo the four guns are very well balanced and its generally overlooked by most fans, even myself until recently; especially when you take into account the "secret techniques" like the roll lock-on, wastelander combo and such.
Its why I actually found Jak 3 a bit less enjoyable, because the sense of balance is reduced with all the new weapons seemingly-thoughtlessly introduced. Kinda like Crash 3 and the insane movement tech I suppose? XD
In my recent playthrough I refused to use the beam reflexor unless absolutely necessary, and tried all the other guns as much as possible, as well as Light Jak and Dark Jak's underutilized extra moves, and found some of them surprisingly great in combat. The gravity purple gun can give you a quick moment of relief, the lightning gun does extra damage to robotic enemies, the wave concussor is great for groups, the Dark Jak's projectile could 1 shot some special enemies later on, and Light Jak's time stopper was actually super fun to mix with certain guns. Problem is the game never really incentivizes this, and most players will probably just spam beam reflexor and light Jak heal (understandably)
Rambling sorry, but if you ever do a vid on those games I'd love to see your perspective on the hidden (and unfortunately very optional) layers to the combat! ^-^
I will probably talk about Jak at some point. And I totally agree about the guns in Jak 2. Rather than Ratchet which is more of a shooter with platforming elements, Jak's use of guns feels like an expansive projectile move set that flows really well into the platforming. Unfortunately Jak 2 has so many other issues with it's open world and mission design. And yeah, Jak 3 totally borked the system with super op weapons.
Jak X and Daxter are both great games too, Jak X set after Jak 3 and fixes a problem brought up relating to relationships in Jak 3, Daxter is more of a collectathon like the first game mixed with Jak 2 and is a spin off prequel set between the games
Oh and Jak and Daxter Lost Frontier is... well
@@TheRealUnkn0wn_289 Don't have to tell me. I've played them all.
these were my first crash games too
even as a kid i thought it was ridiculous how many vehicle levels are in WoC. feels like you never get to the fun part.
coco was playable in the original CB3 specifically for 2 levels 1 boss
Hey, nice to know that the GBA games are good. I never actually bothered to try them myself, since most GBA platformers are usually not very good.
Also, off-topic, but with how in-depth you go in regards to talking about the gameplay of these games, there's 2 I'd really like you to talk about:
First one is Wario Land 4. I love the way the game is designed and it's pretty much in my top 5 platformer games. I'd really like to see what you have to say about it.
The other one is very unrelated, but it's Ashes 2063 (and it's sequel, Afterglow). It's a post-apocalyptic themed FPS made on the GZDoom engine. It also has a surprisingly deep story for this kind of game too. Considering you talked about shooters in another comment, this is one I would also like to see your opnion on.
Never got into any Wario games. They just don't do it for me. And I have almost no experience with super old-school shooters like the original Dooms. So I couldn't say anything about Ashes.
All I remember about this game is that N.Gin in the opening scared the fuck out of me as a kid.
You should check out Twinsanity for a laugh. Both because it's funny and it sucks. Like the first boss can kill you after it's dead, it'll stick around after the "you beat the boss" cutscene and if you touch it you have to redo the entire fight. And it sucks because Twinsanity could have been awesome if it were finished.
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TWoC aka the mainline Crash game when there's more focus on vehicles than platforming... i'm glad CB4:IAT threw away most of the CB3/TWoC vehicles on the trash can.
Respect your opinion on WOC, but definitely don't agree that each game in the originals got worse especially when you look at their critic reception and success.
> don't agree that each game got worse
He's referring to the games being easier game after game.
Why do all of your thumbnails all in back and white did crash bandicoot die or something
Crash 4 luckily has no mini games so that is a plus
Oddly the controls do feel off compare to the ps1 games.
Place your bets, gang. Will he try to 100% Crash 4?
Twinsanity can be really frustrating to play. I don't blame you for skipping it.
You're gonna get a lotta comments asking you to review Twinsanity lol
Seems to me like it's a little bit analogous to Sonic '06 for the Crash community. Loved for its unrealised potential, rushed out the door, and the story seems to suffer the most. Not that I'm deep in the weeds of Crash discourse
I will say the use of the extensive cast appeals to me since it reminds me of Sonic, but I'm not seriously recommending it, not having played it
Bruh why i didn't get a notification
Was expecting a straight jump to Crash 4 so this was a nice surprise. WoC always felt weird and undercooked to me - and I always hated the writing of the masks, even as a dumb kid who the writing was catered towards. And looking back, the writing of that game reminds me of Sonic Colours. A lot.
The reviews of the GBA games were interesting, I may have to eBay them as I never had them or knew they could be so good, being 2D only. Will certainly look into those.
Everyone seems to have the same opinion. The game is ok :) I personally love the GBA games especially Crash Of The Titans.
Crash of the titans was pretty good on PSP though may just be nostalgia, the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions I hear are pretty good, and I also heard either the Gameboy Advance or DS version are pretty good as well
The PSP version is largely the same as the console versions, only real difference being performance and graphics. The DS version is a bit more of a traditional crash 3D platformer with beat em up elements iirc. Also, the mobile phone (J2ME) Titans game looks really really nice. Gameplay is okay, nothing notable but the sprite work is absolutely amazing.
Good video and here are my opinions:
-Crash TWoC is ok, but it just feels a little like a poor man's Crash Warped overall.
-Crash GBA 1 is good and still feels like a Crash game, even if it's 100% 2D (well like 95% 2D, but you know what I mean). Though it isn't my favorite Crash cause it does still have some flaws.
-Crash GBA 2 is great, but it does get a little too hard in some areas, mostly in the last set of levels.
Crash did start to go downhill with Crash Bash and Crash Wrath of Cortex, but it was saved for the most part by the GBA games and Nitro Kart and in a way with Twinsanity. But when Tag Team Racing came out, it wasn't a bad game, it just really started going downhill. While I do have a guilty pleasure for Crash of the Titans (it seems to be universally a guilty pleasure lol), it really sucks as a Crash game. Mind Over Mutant, I still have not finished because it just does not feel like Crash. I'm so glad N Sane Trilogy came out cause it led to a great comeback for Crash.
Only the GBA games & Nitro Kart kept the series from constantly going downhill, and they also kept the series consistent as well. Twinsanity being unfinished and very out there, made the series go downhill even further and the series hasn't been the same since.
@@MSCLeap75 CNK was a poor man's CTR through...
@@Teh69thSpartan Your opinion, even if it actually was, that doesn't automatically make it bad.
@@MSCLeap75 nah, CNK was pretty bad especially after CTR... it's a worse version of the latter, just like TWoC is a worse CB3.
@@Teh69thSpartan Nah both definitely weren't bad just cause they're not ND tier. They're fun in their own right even if they're average compared to the ND games. You guys are just so quick to call them bad cause you can't tell a difference between bad, average, & good these days. Yall always focusing super hard on the cons of average games just to call them bad.
WoC is pretty decent. Only the level design, the floaty movement, dull visuals and the ugly character designs ruin the whole game for me. Oh, and the vehicle sections that are like 50% of the game this time.
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When I was a kid, I was so hyped up to play this game that I stole it from a random party they invited me once and never came back again. I didn't even had a PS2, so I made friends with a dude that had one on his house.
After sometime I finally could play this game, comming from the trilogy and knowing absolutely nothing about WoC. Pop-up the game and be grated by the familiar "Warped theme", good start. Then it started to go downhill with some uphills here and there. At least my friend was having fun.
Wrath of cortex on Xbox was my first crash game, it’s nostalgic for sure but not my favorite
It’s an okay experience but has a lot of stupid gimmicks like the submarine & mech levels
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You missed some of the GBA games
I forgot how ugly Wrath of Cortex looked.
Compared to other games on ps2 like Kingdom Hearts this game looks so ugly.
For as terribly mediocre as wrath of cortex is, at least it's *better* than the 1st ever Crash Bandicoot game. There, I said it.
It feels lazy that you don’t feel like actually playing the other Crash games and dismissing them as “bad” and just skipping to Crash 4 as if they don’t matter
Twinsanity is very overrated in the Crash community, and has a lot of fanboys that will make that game look way better than it actually is. If WOC started the slight downhill for Crash, then Twinsanity made the series fall straight down from a skyscraper.
It's not like's he was going to cover it alongside the rest of the PS2-era Crash games... at least not anytime soon.
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Wow this guy thinks wrarh of cortex is better than twinsanity
isn't hard when twinsanity is a broken unfinished waste of time.
@@AnAverageGoblin i-
@@AnAverageGoblin And WoC is a complete waste of time
@@MetroGexual at least WoC functions as intended.
After playing the GBA titles, I can see why they got vicarious visions to make the remake
You sound like the nerd emoji