(OLD) Crash: Wrath of Cortex Review by Square Eyed Jak
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Crash Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex is a game that some people love and others love to hate! Before now, I haven't really known how I feel about it. But now I do and it's going to be mental!
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To be fair, Coco outrunning a tsunami on her little pink scooter is the most metal thing in this game.
She not only smart if not fast asf as well!!! xD lol
I cant understand why would exist a tsunami on fire world, but okey
dude the avalanche music segment you showed was amazing.
"Yes, that is the exact music, i think i when i think of avalanches." tears
Todd Milhouse Thanks dude :D
I'm dead :D
I laughed so hard during the first cutscene when you said "uka uka is pissed at these hopeless fucks" 😂😂😂
...26 seconds to load a level in Wrath of Cortex...
After experiencing Sonic 06 and Enter the Dragonfly, this is actually laughably tame. xD
xD
+freqrexy LOL true man
I mean, the gamecube and XBox versions fixed this.
speaking of sonic 06 he should do a review of that game
And the PS2 Platinum re-release of this game, kind of.
"Uka Uka is pissed at these hopeless fucks" classic
Jonqen yep 😂😂😂
Ikr like that's the funniest line of the review that it made me laugh. LOL 😂😆🤣
For very young me, these graphics were mind blowing for me.
Wait, the music sucks? Those songs have fairly good structures, good use of instruments, harmonies, accompaniments, sound balancing, chord progression! They're not repetitive, and they have a fairly good flow to them, even if the song looping is non-existant, which leads to the bgm just going quiet before the song starts over again.
They even fit the overall tone of the levels, since it aims for cartoonish silliness instead of any sort of seriousness. Sure, some of the midi instruments sound a bit comical, in a non-intentional way, but overall the soundtrack is rather splendid.
Arexion5293 You have a good point but A- The style isn't to my taste and B- The style doesn't really resemble any other Crash Bandicoot music :P
Square Eyed Jak
A. Yeah, there are few songs that I don't care for either. But that doesn't stop me from appreciating the quality and the effort they put into the music.
B. Yeah, it really doesn't, but at the same time it still sounds fitting with its constantly flowing goofy melodies. The tone and style of the songs fit rather well for this game, while they wouldn't have worked in other Crash games. At the same time the music from other Crash games wouldn't have worked here either. It's kinda weird like that.
Arexion5293 You're right but I still don't like the music. I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this one :P
Square Eyed Jak
Sure.
I tend to see liking something and finding something as good, as two separate opinions. This is why I can most of the time still appreciate music, even if I wouldn't neccessarily like the song. This has probably something to do with the fact that I've studied Music Theory for quite some time now.
For example, I think Bach's songs are revolutionary and rather well made, while at the same time I despise them greatly. This is probably because I hate playing his songs on piano: I don't enjoy the melodies nor do I find them enjoyable to play.
Arexion5293 You study music, ok that makes sense. I'm not reviewing my statements about music with a professional :D
Am I the only who honestly loves this game?
I love it too
Soph H Finally, Someone else who likes it as much as I do. The only really bad thing about the game for me are the swimming stages and those DAMN loading screens! Other than that, it's really not THAT bad. This is also coming from someone who has played atrocities like Sonic 06 as well.
So true I never liked the water levels. I'm actually not a big fan of water levels in any game (except for mario 64) lol. But for some reason the loading screen never bothered me as a kid lol I never played sonic 06 but I've heard a lot of negative things about it xD I have played other games that are considered "bad" like simpsons skateboarding and I loved that game haha
I liked it too I don't even consider graphics look awful, they only look a bit different character design, the rest is like an enhanced PS1 game. Of course one of my only complains are the loading times, but I'm used to it.
I loved mark hamill as pyro
Uka Uka sounds way too much like Mr Krabs in this. XD
Because this is the voice of Mr. Krabs
No joke
Well it's the same actor that voiced Mr. Krabs.
+Ryan Fox - Correct.
I wish he interacted with Crash, like he did in Warped
JamesDaSpaghettiTaco he also voices cortex
The music isn't that bad
Yeah it just doesn't fit with these levels
The only songs that dont fit are Tornado Alley and Avalanche really.
Still Avalanche is 80% a normal snow level before the chase in the end anyways, so it fits.
And Solar Bowler have one of the best Crash songs ever.
It’s the same composers that did the music for Toy Story SNES, A Bugs Life PSX/N64, & Toy Story 2 games.
Wizards and Lizards was fire though
James Roche I like it.
My game is still loading since I bought it.
Mine still loading since it came out
It’s still loading...
Solaris yep
Mine has been loading ever since the game began development
And legends say, it's still loading till this day...
Liiiiiike craaaash threeeeeee XD
That still needs to be a meme
"Except FUCKING SHIT!"
When i was younger i came home from buying the game the loading time took so long that i turned my playstation on and of because thougth that there was something wrong with my copy of th game
+LUXY RamboHest lol same!
Me too
My first square eyed jak vid, and my favorite!
same, so nice to see him shitting over one of the shitiest games I've ever played
ikr... well actually i hate crash nitro kart more, but i loved seeing him shit and piss all over that game too XD
I bought the Xbox version of this game, and it surprisingly has much faster load times compared to the PS2 version, on top of having improved graphics. The gameplay isn't much different from what I can tell, though, but how ironic is it that a non-Sony platform is the definitive way to play a Crash game?
+shnick1990 I know right
Darius Chatman Based on some gameplay videos I've seen, the Gamecube version has the graphics of the PS2 version, but the load times of the Xbox version.
The GameCube version isn't very good. The graphics look awful, the loading screen just says the words loading without any animation or background, and the framerate is not only capped at 30 fps for most of the game, but often times it will go down to 10 fps and lower. (At least on my Wii, don't know if it performs better on an actual GameCube.)
I have the ps2 version, and it takes about 5 seconds to load a level on Xbox compared to 20+ seconds on ps2
Yeah, the Xbox had a more powerful graphics card compared to the PS2.
Wrath of Cortex: My load times are the absolute worst.
Nitro Fueled: Hold my Wumpa Whip.
Wrath of the loading screen. Legit thought i bought a bad copy of the game at first
This game will be called that if you played the original PS2 release of it. Unless you played the greatest hits version which has reduced loading times
It was actually really good, people just didn't like it because it was too similar to Warped, and when they tried to innovate, people complained, and wanted the original formula back, who understands fans, anyway?
But I think that your arguments are valid, the loading times are horrible and there are two many vehicles! I liked some of them, but the copter was just... horrible.
a unoriginal cashgrab or should I say crashgrab?
Still one of my favourite videos on YT.
I actually liked this game. Sure it has its flaws but its still a pretty good game.
I like it too and jaks opinion is the same but I hate how people complain alot about this game
It's a really good game along with Twinsanity
It makes no sense how someone could hate this game, it's like Crash 3 with updated graphics really
The game is pretty decent and looks great, actually it's like Warped, the only complain I have are the loading times, especially when I am starting up the game.
blasphemy against warped
"A race...against the old bosses!"
In other words, every Crash Kart game ever.
I'm fine with the load times. They don't bother me. I can wait.
I felt that this review was very bias, in many of the cases you don't even explain why it's bad. For example, the level design, sneaking power up, 2nd boss fight, and soundtrack. You just say it's boring or it sucks without rime or reason. You also forgot to mention that, most of the vehicle stages are half-half. Meaning that it's 50% platforming and 50% vehicle, I thought that was cool and different. Anyway, your explanation for the vehicle stages and loading screens were proper, I hated that submarine too, I could never get the relic because that thing is too slow. In the end, out of all your crash reviews, this one felt strongly bias.
Fair enough, this video is quite old before I really grasped what goes into making these videos so do keep that in mind. However, I can still explain in detail WHY things are boring or suck :P
Phone doesn't let me like, so I'll leave this comment. This guy feels like a poor imitation of Caddicarus. He's not making his own thing. He just wants to be Caddicarus. He doesn't care about what he's making.
You're talking about a video that is 2 years old at this point, from when I was just starting and hadn't found my own identity on RUclips yet. Please don't make comments like this without at least checking out some of my more recent videos. I suggest the Legend of Spyro reviews that you can find here, thanks - ruclips.net/video/9XirGQh4BJI/видео.html
I like most of your content dude, and all your other crash reviews, I just didn't find this one good. I personally loved the Heavy Rain review though. Really had that AVGN vibes to it. Keep up the good work!
JKL That's fine, thanks
you know how you say the tiptoe is a gimmick well people forget that the super body slam was a gimmick and don't tell me that it was in wrath of cortex as well because I'll just say because this game is "like crash 3"
+GuysOfFilm Completely agree
+GuysOfFilm The super body slam wasnt entirely situational to about 3 instances though
+TheLonelyGoomba HOLY SHIT GOOMBA IS ON THIS VIDEO YES!
+Square Eyed Jak Can you Review POSTAL
The difference here is the Crash Warped was awesome and fun to play. This game just brings tears and pain. A couple of decent bosses and music tracks and even R. Lee can't fix this game.
Cortex and N. Gin are absolutely terrifying, but the rest of the game actually isn't that bad. It does feel too much like Crash 3 for its own good though.
I know, right? lol
N. Tropy and those big green bug eyes ?
The Ba-Ding Fuck counter is at 49 Fucks! for this video
+Colby McCain Really? Thanks xD
NP bro! ill do that for the other spyro games as well
0:48 - An absolute crackup. Though the graphics are definitely too detailed for the PS1 to handle.
2:51 - Me when I've been waiting 10 minutes for The Sims 2 to load on a shitty PC in 2011. Like, literally the loading times all took approximately 10 minutes to load. And I was eventually over it.
Crash Bandicoot 3's vehicle levels are pretty funny to play, but This crash...... awww......god......
yulgaltee You're telling me, have you 100% this game?
I disagree with that, those sucked as well
Nah I consider crash 3 worse because they were the same level between them, you played the same motorcycles level four times just with slight differences.
Aleast wrath tried to make themselves not repetitive.
Thanks Jak for another review of Crack Bandicoot, you rock
the music in the final boss is pretty good actually. and atleast this game has some tough bosses we oughta give them credit for that
They're not hard by design
“Uka Uka is pissed as these hopeless fucks” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Best Scenes: 0:58 (Cortex Looks Okay, But N. Gin Looks Terrible/Weird) 2:43 (When You Are Waiting For 1 Year and Its Still Loading), 7:20 (Like Crash 3...), 7:54 (Like Crash 3... Again)
Okay you can hate everything in this game but the music is NOT bad.
-Sea shell shenanigans
-Eskimo roll
-Knight time
etc.
The music is outstanding.
I dare to say its my second favorite Crash soundtrack, losing only to Crash 2 music.
The load times were only a few seconds at most on the gamecube version. by a few I mean 5 max.
You know you are right so this fixes the terrible graphics, Lazy characters, Boring levels, Vehicles that dump ass, Time Relics Suck in this game, Being a joke in the series, Non intimidating\ witty sayings from the and Laggy, non following, Bad feeling, Stupidly horrible CONTROLS!!!!!!!!!!!
But the decreased loading times (and music) saves all of those problems.
No they don't this game is shit
Lololololol I wish that would be a dream come true. We miss you Stimpy 😢 why DID he delete all of his videos and not make new ones.
Oh man that sucks didn't he make new ones though
+Jordyn Bourdess Well R.I.P Stimpy 😢
+Jordyn Bourdess The story goes that he never wanted to get popular combined with him being immature in his videos and comments sections getting him lots of hate is what caused him to private all of his video :P
0:58 really cracked me up!
***** haha thanks dude :D
Wow that’s exactly what happened to me with this game when I was a kid. “Wow I got this game and I’m stuck at the first boss” and never advanced 😂
I’m sorry, but the graphics of this game looks 10x better than Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly.
And also this game plays 10x better than Enter the Dragonfly ever did.
i WoNdEr wHaT ThIs LeVeL CoUld bE
I think you shat on the graphics of this game a bit much, i think its pretty glorious graphics tbh, yeah the character models could be better, but the textures and lighting are pretty neato
And it was an early game for the PS2, so it's unfair to judge it by it's graphics.
Man, I just keep coming back to this video over and over again, specially since I'm now going for this game's Retroachievements (which implies not only just playing, but also sweating a bit) and I keep cursing at the game for its overuse of vehicles, terrible gameplay design decisions, and its strong desire to be like Crash Warped (LIKE CRAAAASH THREEEEEE) but failing miserably.
Screw the monkey bars too! Thanks for this gem of a video, Jak. Cheers!
Hey the real Crash 4 is finally being made this year ;)
On my copy the deleted coco scooter level is on the back of the case. Why did they bother showing a removed level?
+Freddy Fazbear 'Sup Freddy?
Its because travellers tales are too lazy to take new pictures
they're so lazy, that i'm surprised they even finished the game before christmas
Because those assholes travelers tales who made shitty rascal the game are too fucking lazy.
well if it wonders if they did on purpose from the get go. to waist your time or steal yer money it gets even worse.
This was the first game I ever played. Crash Bandicoot will always have a special place in my heart :)
I almost died of laugh on the Avalanche and Tornado music parts! Really nice review and funny! Keep up with that :D, you are great!
+Destroyencio This is almost 2 years old but thanks :D
Great review matey
I think your my favourite reviewer now. Your funny and your videos are long enough to be in depth but not to long to be tiresome to watch. Keep it up :D
Homer sams Thanks dude! :D
Great stuff matey
Someone posted a comment in a walkthrough video of level 12 saying, "How can Coco ride away from a wave using just a scooter?" and someone else replyed, "It's Crash Bandicoot, anything can happen". This is fiction, not real life, dude.
the loading screens were almost game breaking for me - I couldn't be bothered to play the levels when the loading screens took like 30 seconds
Get the Xbox and Game Cube version. The load times are about 10 to 13 seconds.
Kuma Gamer thats still pretty crazy
@@Alexroberts666 nah not really. look at gta 5, that takes up to 2 minutes to load.
@@pogmothoinriiii Yeah but in fairness think about how much larger GTA 5's world is compared to a single WOC level
@@Alexroberts666 true, but woc is so old and dated, that could’ve been a lot to do with it. also, it’s a cd rom disc compared to the more common dvds for ps2 games, so the loading was more sketchy
Those faces you make in the background near the end of the video are amazing!!!!!
10:37 - 16:41 - 17:53 R.I.P R.Lee Ermey 😥
Wait he’s not around anymore 😥
your reviews are ausome
Your spelling isnt awesome.....
William Warby Late reply, but I think it was a wordplay on “aussie” (Australian) and “awesome”.
@@twikki9071 i doubt it
I have this game on my PS2 and I can't say its bad ... I'm looking at u vechale levels the graphics r amazing to me and gameplay isn't bad there were flaws but the warp room was awesome
Practically the whole game is like Crash 2 and 3 put together. It's basically a carbon copy of the former. But I like it anyway. They should have kept the powerups from the start.
LOL I love your crash bandicoot reviews all of them xD they are HILLARIOUS and I agree with everything you said about all the crash games
Vgamissos Thanks, if you've seen them all you should check out some of my other reviews :D
Square Eyed Jak Bro I love your channel! :) Your videos are great and that channel cover is sick! Cheers mate!
I honestly think your reviews are hilarious and cleverly thought out. I subbed =P
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy them.
Square Eyed Jak I like the red controller you're using
If you're on a PS2 Slim Version and using the Greatest Hits/Platinum Version, most levels load in around 10-15 seconds. The PS2 Slim processor is slightly faster than the launch model (The Launch model is 293.3 MHz, while the PS2 Slim Processor is 299.7 MHz.) You really wouldn't think such a small increase would speed up loading times that much, but it actually does for quite a few PS2 games surprisingly...
IMO, the music was good; it was just the context in which the music played that made them bad. eg. The avalanche music would be more fitting to another snow level like artic antics.
Almost ten years... God time sure flies.
such a brilliant review had me cracking up the whole time, and its exactly how we felt about this game. I honestly would probably give it a 3 or 4.
This is the first Crash Bandicoot game to be released on other consoles that are not just Playstation.
On the Xbox version of the game, there is a cheat where you can beat the game in full 100%. When you start a new game, you'll be told to type in a name. Type in "WOMBAT" and the cheat will be activated.
This is also the first Crash Bandicoot game where Coco has combat moves when you play as her.
This game was originally going to be a free roam game, but the concept of that idea was later scrapped and the idea wasn't used until Crash Twinsanity (2004) was released.
Loading never took THAT long...I've sat through so much worse it's not funny...20 second load times are ok.
Nothing beats Skyrim's 1-3 minute load times...
The soundtrack is actually really fucking good in my opinion. There are a few examples of soundtracks not fitting the level, but in a lot of cases the soundtrack perfectly fits the level. I fucking love the soundtrack. It is very atmospheric and dark. Good shit. specifically the soundtracks of the water levels, H2 Oh no, arctic antics and crate balls of fire are really fucking good. In my opinion at least. No one gives a fuck about my opinion tho, so I don't know why I wrote this comment.
I give a fuck about your opinion, I love the soundtrack just as much :)
I fell that they did ok for this game considering that they only had 12 months to work on it... only 12 months, same with spyro 4 expect with spyro 4 I am not sure the exact amount of time.
6 months. This game is a masterpiece compared to Spyro 4
Discovered this channel recently, a couple of Hawktober vids showed up in my recommended vids, and I started a channel binge. Can't get past this vid though, 'cause it's still fucking loading..
First game ever played and the first one to hate one-my fav is by far crash twinsanity and crash 2
Me too
Like crash 3 lmao 🤣
"Uka uka is pissed at these hopeless fucks" 😂😂😭😭
Came for the content, subscribed for the host. Great job, keep up the good work. Maybe we'll get another crash review in Skylanders?
Interesting review; very insightful.
From a theoretical point of view, the music in this game certainly doesn't 'suck'. All opinions aside, Blythe & Joustra made short, albeit complex tracks for this game.
For example, the song used in level 19 (Coral Canyon) is in ⁵/₄ time, which is considered an odd time signature.
I was actually pretty impressed when I found out that Coral Canyon's music was in a 5/4 time signature
My opinion of this game is pretty biased. This was the first video game I ever played, and I spent most of my time playing it with my older sister. As you might guess, I have very fond memories of this game and I'll admit it kind of stops me from completely disliking this game.
I personally think this deserves another review......that's a little more unbiased.
the characters in this game creep the shit out of me when i was younger. i remember running out if the room when cut scenes played
This comment made my day, thankyou! xD
Me too. I couldnt watch the first cotscene ever when i was young.
When I was 6, I couldn't watch the cutscene where cortex shows up on the TV thing. It scared the living shit out of me
good to know that im not the only one.
did you know that there is 6 power ups
I like this game. Xbox and GCN version of the game have faster load times, and somewhat better graphics. But, I respect your opinion.
Getting this in my mail on wednesday... I wonder how this game will be
In my opinion i think all the soundtracks in this game are good and memorable
nelson cange I like some of them but most of them aren't to my taste :P
Wow, I had forgotten about the load times. I'm so used to it loading within 5 seconds on my original Xbox (launched from the HDD). Even if you use a PC DVD drive in your Xbox (no longer practical) it takes less than 10 seconds. What platform were you playing on?
PS2
You remind me of the AVGN. Awesome video dude
wow, 40K views congrats mate you're awesome.
+2004flippy Cheers, kind of scary really :P
Wow, 85K nearing 100K Views congrats mate you're awesome.
Wow you've seriously made improved since your older videos like this one Jak. 13:38 actually make me literally laugh aloud though which is extremely rare for me with videos. haha.
I grew up with WOC and loved it. Ive just finished Warped.
I see what you mean
That review so much better than Myles Eastman's. Hello from Russia! You get new subscriber.
CodPro742 okey
Yes.
The game wasn't that bad, it's like another PS1 game the only big complains are the loading times and bad bosses fights.
The load times are quite better in the XBox version. They're definitely still too long, but not enough that you're bored with the game before you even get to play.
Unfortunately my XBox copy freezes any time I try to load Tsunami, so I can't beat it without the Wombat cheat. So I'm stuck with the PS2 version.
The music...i get gold rush stuck in my head for all the wrong reasons
There wasn't a true next generation Crash game until Twinsanity
I love this video and this game and this channel
This video is a classic.
"The music is terrible" my a*s!
I loved this game as a kid, upon closer inspection it's pretty shit. Great review though mate! Took me on a trip down memory lane when I used to cry for hours trying to get past the same goddamn level!
Jason Bourne Your telling me :P Cheers dude, glad you liked it :D
I like this game yeah when i was young but fuck it i cant get passed the second boss o_O great review
I FUCKING LOST IT AT THE AVALANCHE OMG! AND THE TORNADO! OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG I FUCKING DIED! I love your videos.
The loading time takes long cause the disc is scratched.
Square Eyed Jak came off as a biased Crash 3 fanboy in this review. The part where he tries to credit Crash 3 as the first game to have a platforming Coco was just pitiful.
It... was a joke. A very old joke from over 4 years ago.
tornado ally's music sounds like it belongs in the toy story 2 ps1 game..
That's because its from the same composers.
Dr. Voobo aaah, really? it honestly just ounded ripped from that game XD
Holy shit, this video was fucking hilarious.
I still like this game today, while I am more aware of its flaws now, I still enjoy it. Luckily, the Gamecube's loading times are fast and not 30 seconds long. I also think the music is awesome. I agree some of the music doesn't fit the level (I was dying at the clips of the avalanches and the tornado), I think it was really good for the most part.
Great review. Subscribed and can't wait for more :D
TheUnfriendlyGhost1 Haha, thanks! :D
Commenting while waiting for the review to load. I never understood the submarine, why does it only have 1 hit point like you normally do without a vehicle? It makes no bloody sense.
That submarine was the reason I rage quit the game years ago. And it was only warp room 2 xD
You used to be quite a swirler. I agree with the review in almost every respect. The only thing is that I think the fact that vehicles appear once is more of a plus than a minus to me. I know that in Crash we usually have several levels with one theme, but I don't see why that should be the case all the time. Overall the game is VERY poor. People feel sentimental about it because they take a nostalgic approach plus it's Crash. No matter how bad the game is, if it's a platformer with Crash in it, people will always be at least a little bit happy... it's like the new HP, which is a bad game, but it's HP so people are still excited about it. It's amazing how badly some PS2 games have aged. To think that Crash 4 or Gran Turismo 4 are from the same console.... such a difference. CB4 always looked like some amateur modder project to me. The last time I played it was over 20 years ago, but what I remember was the long load times, the repetitiveness of the levels and probably the only thing I liked were the spherical levels (as an idea mostly), which even graphically somehow looked better. I've seen reddit posts about how great music was in CB4... what?
My childhood