It's interesting that there's a claim that no work was seemingly done about Mark Cerny's Crash Bandicoot Worlds, and yet there are levels and concepts from The Wrath of Cortex that in my opinion fit so well with the scrapped project I could think they were originally designed for that planet-hopping adventure they had in mind
I can't lie it's my favourite Crash game. I just have so many memories of playing it through as a kid. It's definitely not the best but it holds a special place in my heart
You and me both, I used to whistle the main theme in school, not knowing what it was from until I met my best friend (still to this day 5+years later) because he recognised it!
if i had a nickel everytime a crash 4 almost made tawna dumping crash canon i'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's odd that it happened twice
Wow @@penatio it's almost like I've heard people bitch about unoriginal comments, not catching the fact they're using the "unoriginal" comments as a meme template to make comments that fit the context of the video... Let people make their meme comments, don't be a killjoy.
I probably released it too late for any material to be featured in this video (which I just got in my recommended videos), but in case you didn't know about it I somewhat recently released an E3 2001 Universal Interactive Studios asset disc I acquired which features a bunch of Wrath Of Cortex material on it. HQ source versions of 15 of the earlier screenshots, the pre final E3 build loading screen logo, higher res clean versions of the IGN concept art and a handful of press documents, one of which has info on one iteration of the cut multiplayer mode.
@@naed_coralMy Archive account and it's also mirrored on Hidden Palace (search my username on the latter and you'll find it). Can't link it as yt deletes all comments featuring links (including my first reply attempt as it accidentally made a link from me typing Archive's full name).
Yes, while WOC is definitely a lesser and much jankier Crash 3, I will give the game this over 3, I honestly love the soundtrack as it really embodies the early 2000s weirdness that I love while being pretty distinct from the previous games before, it's honestly really good IMO!
love all the info and history, but just a note about the video itself, I think it would be helpful to only play the clip you're talking about in the moment, or a still image of what you mean (like the brown tnt) instead of playing all of it on a loop. Think this issue was mostly in the first part of the vid tho. It makes it hard to focus on and visualize what you're saying when the visual part isn't lining up with what you're talking about. Other than that, I think this was well put together! keep makin vids :) this video was great regardless of my confused brain
True, also loved the concept of the warp buttons actually being vortexes Crash dived into, with the loading screen falling animation being a leftover from that. It was a rather cool transition, similar to 2 and Warped's. I get the final game taking out unfinished ideas or ones that didn't really work, but I don't understand cutting these fun little bits of cartooniness that the betas already had showcased. They could have gave the game a needed bit of life to it.
I always felt Crash and Burn would be one of the first levels made for the game because it was more like a Crash 3 level in the sense that it's very basic platforming level and has emphasis on environment rather than gimmics. You know, a level made with pre-existing blueprint before devs got more or less questionable ideas to spice up things.
One thing that is worth noting is that several vehicle sections were actually plopped on top of an earlier level layout. See that ground model work underneath you in Ice Station Bandicoot for example? That was an early level layout, an 'arena' design where you could roam in an out open area. They cut that idea early on and redesigned the 'arenas' into vehicle levels. I feel like that might be why there's a bit of an onslaught of them in the final game. They had more ambitious ideas to develop the platforming, got nervous last second, so quickly replaced them with a more superficial gimmick.
Awesome video as always, and it's cool to see old footage of a really early Beta Version of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, my 7TH Favourite Crash Bandicoot Game.
It's really sad that Traveler's Tales were unable to realize their visions with Crash tWoC and Twinsanity with Universal giving them no time and the team having troubles with getting organized...
Perhaps an early build of this game will release at some point. After all, Crash 3's yet another aplha prototype surfaced up with an early version of Future Frenzy. (Fast-Forward with a placeholder name Future 1) Personally im still waiting for that EARLIEST possible build. The "Green Warp Room" build with just 1 warp room and 5 levels. Perhaps thats where we will see the Underground Bonus Area for Gee Wiz thats fully completed in style of Crash 2.
This may not be the best crash game, but you have to admit that the ost was actually really good. Wizards and lizards, knight time, medieval madness, solar bowler, fahrenheit frenzy, gold rush and the gauntlet.
I vaguely remembered seeing beta screenshots for the early Beta Crash game (which is later referred as Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex) for the PS2 from a PlayStation 2 magazine in the early 2001.
Mark Cerny who was the executive Vice President and Executive Producer of Crash Bandicoot and Spyro at The Time at the end of October of 2000 Mark Cerny's version of Crash Bandicoot Worlds Was going to be free roaming, traveling planet to planet with the Classic Playstyle updated to a free roaming, and A Story where Coco was captured and kidnapped with new villains and Cortex planning to Stop Crash, As Mark's Version Was about to start, Universal Interactive had to contact Travelers Tales Knutsford (TT Games Knutsford) to make their own version of Worlds within a year, and The rest was history as it was rushed like you said, since it was a new console generation as it was slapped on at the last minute, I'm Glad Crash Bandicoot 4 It's About Time had two years for it to work by Toys For Bob and was well received and Successfully delivered with over 5 million units sold and a gross revenue of $85 million+
There’s one thing I always think about when it comes to old Wrath of Cortex ideas and that is Coco having a twin sister named QuoCo and to be honest I can see the whole evil Twin sister Coco idea Wrath of Cortex had when it was still called Crash Bandicoot Worlds still existing alongside Crunch as well as that whole evil Twin Crash was going to have in a cancelled 2004 game (his name is Crush from What I remember hearing in a youtube video). Think about it we don’t know how many mutated Bandicoot siblings Crash and Coco truly have. I mean considering Crunch’s existence there could be a bunch for all we know plus Cortex is known to do a lot of stuff in secret I mean he created Crunch in secret
I know there are people who hate this game but you cant lie when i say that the music is incredibly good in this game. The gauntlet is a theme that i really like, the composers did a great job with the tracks!
Dude I just talked about the beta and coincidentally found your video. The game would've been much better because it would've had twinsanitys open world levels, to me it looks like twinsanity took most of the elements from twoc and implemented them.
20:00 Plus The Game was Developed with the PS2 in Mind Which is Known for Being Hard to Develop for Unlike the PS1 and Even Other Sixth Gen Consoles Like Dreamcast Gamecube & Xbox Which are Considered Easy to Develop for.
I feel like if the game kept its original idea, it’d be better than what most critics think. I’m not gonna lie, the old story was pretty unique and I wouldn’t mind it, but with all these things we probably would’ve never gotten the legend that is Crunch Bandicoot.
I remember looking at articles talking about hownone level was inside of a giant plane for another level and trying to picture how Wrath of Cortex would look like as an open world game instead of a level based one.
This was the beginning of the bad times. I'm happy crash 4 finally came out and brought back the classic feel a bit better. I still think they can do a better job like how they get rid of how the slide jump works and how the amount of boxes is insane. I hope anther game gets made even tho toys for Bob won't be involved. Also tawna leaving crash for pinstripe is fucked
Man, some of this footage reminds me of Sonic Adventure, or at least strums the same chords in my mind. It's like a missing link in Crash's evolution. Wild to think of the direction the franchise might have gone in had Wrath of Cortex kept closer to it's original vision.
This video needs either an update or part 2 because a lot of new stuff has been revealed thanks to Darkaiser, such as development slideshow and the lost loading screen mini game
18:26 i finally completed the game 100% last year and to my shock and disbelief this screenshot which they advertised on the back of the box was not in the danm game . I been woundering what that danm level was like for 20 years but will never play it lol
First game I bought/played along with my PS2 in either 2001/2002 when I got one... Almost INSTANTLY I knew something was off and this game was of a lesser quality compared to the PS1 Crash games. I thankfully recognised and knew that Jak & Daxter The Precursor Legacy was the new Naughty Dog developed game and I still play through that Trilogy yearly to this day (it's also PEAK Naughty Dog imo)
I think those storyboards in the interview section of the strategy guide are very interesting as I think the cutscenes those storyboards are for never made it into the final game. At least I don't remember them.
I thought ND took 2 years to make Crash 1 while for 2 & Warped they simply just carried over assets from the prequels. Unfortunately WOC devs had to make a lot of assets from scratch on top of not being familiar with this series in barely a year with having to live up to the success of the ND games, so yeah they got done dirty the most.
12:50 I think they changed out the flamingos to cranes because of the overall Asian theme of the level. Cranes have a big cultural importance in most countries that are referred to in that level.
Even though it's not my favorite crash game, I feel like wrath of cortex is overhated... it sure wasn't too original but every level was unique with a (usually) banger soundtrack. The medieval and factory levels were badass af and made me feel epic beating them as a kid.
i honestly think wrath of cortex ended up being an alright classic game. it stuck to crashes roots and didn’t turn it into a 2000’s game stereotype. it kept the original spirit alive at least a little longer. but once we reached crash of the titans, thats when crash changed for the worse. crash worlds looked interesting but also really weird. im sorta glad they scrapped it and went for something more traditional. wrath of cortex is always one of the ps2 games i keep going back to, and it gets such a bad rep for no reason.
Its mostly coz of nostalgia but i'll always have a soft spot for the ps2 crash games. Sure theyre not as good as the original trilogy but i really liked how they tried to make each game different. Theres so much potential, if only the development went a bit smoother.
If only developers (and the gaming industry in general) had more confidence and courage to remake games like this. Sure, they're not well liked, but i think that actually works in their favor as it means there's plenty they can improve on other than just graphics. They could very well genuinely realize the potential the project initially had and, at the very least, would be an improvement. Maybe I'm just being too optimistic since i have no idea how game development works.
That backstory for Cortex is awesome and fits perfectly with the late Brendan O'Brien's excellent performance. He was legit intimidating until the sequels flandarized him, but I guess that's proportional to the amount of times a villain is defeated anyways. Was that something Naughty Dog also thought of or was that established by Universal?
This game felt terribly unfinished. I played many games, came on YT, and saw videos how how they were unfinished even though I had no idea. But this game felt like a beta build while I was playing it!
If i had the abilities, i would try my best to remaster wrath of cortex, as it was the first crash game i played and what got me into playing games in general, and i would love to use some of the ideas the devs cut or dropped, and even improve other parts. (And definitely give all the classic villain bosses their own fights instead of them being crunch over and over again, and have crunch be the final boss instead)
I actually like Crunch being the main boss being fueled by the Elementals. It fits the narrative of the story that explains why Cortex's secret weapon is such a big deal and why everyone failed too many times to defeat Crash. The original concept of having mini bosses would work since "Crash 4 It's About Time" did a pretty good job with it. So bosses like Dingodila, Tiny, etc having roles as short mini-bosses in certain levels can be done right by altering some level designs. Like, this could easily be done with the vehicle base levels, just make the majority of the overall goal to defeat the Mini-boss of that course.
Back then 12 to 14 months was more or less industry standard, it had proven time and time again that it was actually enough time at least as far as the PS1 was concerned, there's a lot of elements that go into development so who knows maybe 1 year was the standard for better teams or something either way it certainly didn't help that wrath was on multiple consoles :v
Why did they change flamingoes into cranes? Because the level is set in Japan, and cranes are native to Japan, flamingoes are not. P.S. If you need a British voice over in the future, feel free to reach out 🤐
Even despite the outcoming both of them dragonfly and wrath of cortex where both rushed by universal for Christmas date, i can think wrath of cortex even tought they give crush instead of famous villains from previous games i liked than is competitor, but both of them again are half decent. But not far from perfect.
Wrath of Cortex always felt like a PS1 game in PS2. even as a kid I rember i thought it was actually a PS1 game lol seems like that's more likely the case, judging by how long the development took.
I alway thought it made sense to remake the weakest game. I mean, there are so many ways you can improve it that there's bond to be more positives than negatives.
7:33 I cant remember what video it was but there was a video where someone used debug mode to make it up there, the collision for the platforms are still there, though inaccessible
You really out did yourself with this video man. It's pretty interesting to get an insightful documentary into the development of Wrath of Cortex, while I don't like the game, I do appreciate the effort put into this game.
16:25 I wonder If that Is why the Xbox version says "Players 2" on the back of the cover case. Or that ws a mistake because It said Coco was playable for the first time. At least here In the UK. Made 9 year old Me very confused Edit - If I recall, I had the Xbox Classics case. I've looked It up and, while Images show "Players 1", that Is for other Regions. If Anyone else has the Xbox Classics version of Wrath of Cortex from the UK, It would be great to get proper confirmation as, unfortunately, I no longer have the case for the Game.
The development of this game makes everything make so much more sense. They essentially had a whole world(s) and other systems to make the game a completely different more open experience but in the end had to cave and pretty much use cookie cutters and frame out crash levels inside the worlds they built. It explains the games kinda lopsided nature, truly tragic even tho I love the game dearly. The 2000’s vibe cannot be matched
Hey man, great video! I’ve always been very fascinated with wrath of cortex since I was a little kid, and I’ve taken a big interest in it’s beta contents. Even though I already knew most of what was in this video, I really enjoyed hearing your theories on it, and the part with the official guidebook. I’d never seen that prior to this video, so that was definitely the most interesting part! There’s a channel that I recommend you look into, if you haven’t already, called beta tester. A lot of his videos are very old, but they show a lot of very cool things on this game, about prototype stuff, and other neat things. He actually made a video about the E3 build, and found more cut levels in the files like compactor reactor, Eskimo roll, and more. They’re very incomplete though, and barely load. Hopefully we’ll discover earlier builds later on as well.
![[OLD] Crash Bandicoot: THE WRATH OF CORTEX - Caddicarus](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bRWlItnkidQ/mqdefault.jpg)
If you all enjoyed this video, check out my video on the beta of Crash Twinsanity!
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"Wrath of Cortex didn't do as well as we hoped and... fish? 🐟"
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@@pinstripecool34 🔫 🐧
And yet it was one of the best selling Crash games, where as Twinsanity was the opposite in this regard.
@@Teh69thSpartanit wasnt well reviewed
@@fabionoronhazampieri7639 well to be fair, twinsanity didn't scored much better in reviews, from what i've seen.
If i saw someone run towards me the way crash runs in this beta I'd shit my pants
Lmfao
Bro he looks like a mugger with that animation 💀
It's interesting that there's a claim that no work was seemingly done about Mark Cerny's Crash Bandicoot Worlds, and yet there are levels and concepts from The Wrath of Cortex that in my opinion fit so well with the scrapped project I could think they were originally designed for that planet-hopping adventure they had in mind
I can't lie it's my favourite Crash game. I just have so many memories of playing it through as a kid. It's definitely not the best but it holds a special place in my heart
You and me both, I used to whistle the main theme in school, not knowing what it was from until I met my best friend (still to this day 5+years later) because he recognised it!
Every copy of Crash Wrath of Cortex is personalized.
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So original. So funny.
they say in some copies crash bandicoot goes wooah
The Super Mario 64 iceberg and it's consequences have been nothing but a disaster for real video game development history
@@aortaplatinumThat’s a Halo meme, not a Mario one.
Crash boom bang! On DS confirms Tawna's relationship with pinstripe in her character bio. If it wasn't official on PS2 it was in the DS era.
if i had a nickel everytime a crash 4 almost made tawna dumping crash canon i'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's odd that it happened twice
If I had a nickel everytime someone makes this unoriginal and stupid comment I'd be a millionare.
@@penatio D:
@@penatio oh
Wow @@penatio it's almost like I've heard people bitch about unoriginal comments, not catching the fact they're using the "unoriginal" comments as a meme template to make comments that fit the context of the video...
Let people make their meme comments, don't be a killjoy.
@@audreyholmes9751 Almost like using a meme template to spam youtube makes you look like a fucking idiot.
I probably released it too late for any material to be featured in this video (which I just got in my recommended videos), but in case you didn't know about it I somewhat recently released an E3 2001 Universal Interactive Studios asset disc I acquired which features a bunch of Wrath Of Cortex material on it.
HQ source versions of 15 of the earlier screenshots, the pre final E3 build loading screen logo, higher res clean versions of the IGN concept art and a handful of press documents, one of which has info on one iteration of the cut multiplayer mode.
Released WHERE? 😅
@@naed_coralMy Archive account and it's also mirrored on Hidden Palace (search my username on the latter and you'll find it). Can't link it as yt deletes all comments featuring links (including my first reply attempt as it accidentally made a link from me typing Archive's full name).
Released where.
I don't see the footage in question on your channel. Where is it?
WHERE DID YOU RELEASE IT
7:19 You could say because he's "an evil scientist, what do you expect?" 😁😁😁 (if you get the quote)
Yes, while WOC is definitely a lesser and much jankier Crash 3, I will give the game this over 3, I honestly love the soundtrack as it really embodies the early 2000s weirdness that I love while being pretty distinct from the previous games before, it's honestly really good IMO!
love all the info and history, but just a note about the video itself, I think it would be helpful to only play the clip you're talking about in the moment, or a still image of what you mean (like the brown tnt) instead of playing all of it on a loop. Think this issue was mostly in the first part of the vid tho. It makes it hard to focus on and visualize what you're saying when the visual part isn't lining up with what you're talking about. Other than that, I think this was well put together! keep makin vids :) this video was great regardless of my confused brain
That unused warp room with the giant Elemental Masks would have creeped me out if I saw that as a kid. Lol
I love the old warp room with the masks laughing at Crash! It’s so simple, but it helps give them presence and character!
True, also loved the concept of the warp buttons actually being vortexes Crash dived into, with the loading screen falling animation being a leftover from that. It was a rather cool transition, similar to 2 and Warped's.
I get the final game taking out unfinished ideas or ones that didn't really work, but I don't understand cutting these fun little bits of cartooniness that the betas already had showcased. They could have gave the game a needed bit of life to it.
I always felt Crash and Burn would be one of the first levels made for the game because it was more like a Crash 3 level in the sense that it's very basic platforming level and has emphasis on environment rather than gimmics. You know, a level made with pre-existing blueprint before devs got more or less questionable ideas to spice up things.
One thing that is worth noting is that several vehicle sections were actually plopped on top of an earlier level layout. See that ground model work underneath you in Ice Station Bandicoot for example? That was an early level layout, an 'arena' design where you could roam in an out open area. They cut that idea early on and redesigned the 'arenas' into vehicle levels. I feel like that might be why there's a bit of an onslaught of them in the final game. They had more ambitious ideas to develop the platforming, got nervous last second, so quickly replaced them with a more superficial gimmick.
Awesome video as always, and it's cool to see old footage of a really early Beta Version of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, my 7TH Favourite Crash Bandicoot Game.
What’s the 1st
@@supergeniuswithattitude1432 My #1 Favourite Crash Bandicoot Game is Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back.
Interesting, my #1 favorite is Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
@@kbottrill1 That's cool
That crash in the thumbnails looks like the mascot costume that was seen in commercials back in the day.
It's really sad that Traveler's Tales were unable to realize their visions with Crash tWoC and Twinsanity with Universal giving them no time and the team having troubles with getting organized...
Perhaps an early build of this game will release at some point. After all, Crash 3's yet another aplha prototype surfaced up with an early version of Future Frenzy. (Fast-Forward with a placeholder name Future 1)
Personally im still waiting for that EARLIEST possible build. The "Green Warp Room" build with just 1 warp room and 5 levels.
Perhaps thats where we will see the Underground Bonus Area for Gee Wiz thats fully completed in style of Crash 2.
Awesome research, Crash Wrath of Cortex has huge nostalgia for me. This was the first game I got with my PS2 back in 2001.
Same the nostalgia is real
This was a great video man, loved playing this game as a kid!
This may not be the best crash game, but you have to admit that the ost was actually really good.
Wizards and lizards, knight time, medieval madness, solar bowler, fahrenheit frenzy, gold rush and the gauntlet.
I vaguely remembered seeing beta screenshots for the early Beta Crash game (which is later referred as Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex) for the PS2 from a PlayStation 2 magazine in the early 2001.
Someday, sooner or later, I will play a remake of this game with all the cut content. That is a promise.
Mark Cerny who was the executive Vice President and Executive Producer of Crash Bandicoot and Spyro at The Time at the end of October of 2000 Mark Cerny's version of Crash Bandicoot Worlds Was going to be free roaming, traveling planet to planet with the Classic Playstyle updated to a free roaming, and A Story where Coco was captured and kidnapped with new villains and Cortex planning to Stop Crash, As Mark's Version Was about to start, Universal Interactive had to contact Travelers Tales Knutsford (TT Games Knutsford) to make their own version of Worlds within a year, and The rest was history as it was rushed like you said, since it was a new console generation as it was slapped on at the last minute, I'm Glad Crash Bandicoot 4 It's About Time had two years for it to work by Toys For Bob and was well received and Successfully delivered with over 5 million units sold and a gross revenue of $85 million+
There’s one thing I always think about when it comes to old Wrath of Cortex ideas and that is Coco having a twin sister named QuoCo and to be honest I can see the whole evil Twin sister Coco idea Wrath of Cortex had when it was still called Crash Bandicoot Worlds still existing alongside Crunch as well as that whole evil Twin Crash was going to have in a cancelled 2004 game (his name is Crush from What I remember hearing in a youtube video). Think about it we don’t know how many mutated Bandicoot siblings Crash and Coco truly have.
I mean considering Crunch’s existence there could be a bunch for all we know plus Cortex is known to do a lot of stuff in secret I mean he created Crunch in secret
This game is a childhood classic ❤
You said you couldn't get any devs to interview with you but I heard some pretty convincing VA work on those Q&A's xP nice video
Anything Crash makes me feel nostalgic and memories come rushing back and I love it.
this was really comprehensive, thanks for sharing this with us
Its really sad that most of the beta is better than the official game
And yet I'd rather play Wrath of Cortex than Crash 4 its about time.
Thank god I'm not the only one who doesn't like IAT 😂
@@thegamingprozone1941 half of people in the community didn't like IAT either through...
@Teh69thSpartan ik haha it's way too hard 😑
Can you all tell me what your gripes are for IAT? Not mad, just curious.
@fe_fanby2278 Well, for me, it's way too many boxes and boxes hidden out of plain sight, and getting 100% is a nightmare
I know there are people who hate this game but you cant lie when i say that the music is incredibly good in this game. The gauntlet is a theme that i really like, the composers did a great job with the tracks!
I'm sorry, but the thumbnail looks like crash is vibin in the shire.
I played as kid after PS1 this game on PS2. I loved it.
Decades later i laughed when i saw on xbox they had fur added.
I don't care what the people say. I like this game. I've finished it 106% and enjoyed every moment playing it.
Dude I just talked about the beta and coincidentally found your video.
The game would've been much better because it would've had twinsanitys open world levels, to me it looks like twinsanity took most of the elements from twoc and implemented them.
20:00 Plus The Game was Developed with the PS2 in Mind Which is Known for Being Hard to Develop for Unlike the PS1 and Even Other Sixth Gen Consoles Like Dreamcast Gamecube & Xbox Which are Considered Easy to Develop for.
I feel like if the game kept its original idea, it’d be better than what most critics think. I’m not gonna lie, the old story was pretty unique and I wouldn’t mind it, but with all these things we probably would’ve never gotten the legend that is Crunch Bandicoot.
I wish Crash Bandicoot Worlds happened, alongside Crash Landed & Cortex Chaos. Why does the Crash games with the best ideas get vanished, duh
I remember looking at articles talking about hownone level was inside of a giant plane for another level and trying to picture how Wrath of Cortex would look like as an open world game instead of a level based one.
I remember when my mom got me this for the original XBOX as a kid... ah the memories. 😪
This was the beginning of the bad times. I'm happy crash 4 finally came out and brought back the classic feel a bit better. I still think they can do a better job like how they get rid of how the slide jump works and how the amount of boxes is insane.
I hope anther game gets made even tho toys for Bob won't be involved. Also tawna leaving crash for pinstripe is fucked
Man, some of this footage reminds me of Sonic Adventure, or at least strums the same chords in my mind. It's like a missing link in Crash's evolution. Wild to think of the direction the franchise might have gone in had Wrath of Cortex kept closer to it's original vision.
This video needs either an update or part 2 because a lot of new stuff has been revealed thanks to Darkaiser, such as development slideshow and the lost loading screen mini game
18:26 i finally completed the game 100% last year and to my shock and disbelief this screenshot which they advertised on the back of the box was not in the danm game . I been woundering what that danm level was like for 20 years but will never play it lol
First game I bought/played along with my PS2 in either 2001/2002 when I got one... Almost INSTANTLY I knew something was off and this game was of a lesser quality compared to the PS1 Crash games.
I thankfully recognised and knew that Jak & Daxter The Precursor Legacy was the new Naughty Dog developed game and I still play through that Trilogy yearly to this day (it's also PEAK Naughty Dog imo)
Nice vid man would love to see you do a vid on twinsanitys beta/cut content
i like how a guy explains a beta game of 2001
I think those storyboards in the interview section of the strategy guide are very interesting as I think the cutscenes those storyboards are for never made it into the final game. At least I don't remember them.
It's time. I gonna dig out wrath of cortex and twinsanity and replay them.
Is nobody gonna talk about the random realistic air plane that appeared in the E3 trailer for a split second and never got elaborated on
I thought ND took 2 years to make Crash 1 while for 2 & Warped they simply just carried over assets from the prequels. Unfortunately WOC devs had to make a lot of assets from scratch on top of not being familiar with this series in barely a year with having to live up to the success of the ND games, so yeah they got done dirty the most.
Seemed like Crash 1 was the only one to properly breathe during development.
i kinda glad i played this game on ps2 and gamecube
12:50 I think they changed out the flamingos to cranes because of the overall Asian theme of the level. Cranes have a big cultural importance in most countries that are referred to in that level.
crash wrath of cortex is the true crash 4
Even though it's not my favorite crash game, I feel like wrath of cortex is overhated... it sure wasn't too original but every level was unique with a (usually) banger soundtrack. The medieval and factory levels were badass af and made me feel epic beating them as a kid.
i honestly think wrath of cortex ended up being an alright classic game. it stuck to crashes roots and didn’t turn it into a 2000’s game stereotype. it kept the original spirit alive at least a little longer. but once we reached crash of the titans, thats when crash changed for the worse. crash worlds looked interesting but also really weird. im sorta glad they scrapped it and went for something more traditional. wrath of cortex is always one of the ps2 games i keep going back to, and it gets such a bad rep for no reason.
Its mostly coz of nostalgia but i'll always have a soft spot for the ps2 crash games. Sure theyre not as good as the original trilogy but i really liked how they tried to make each game different. Theres so much potential, if only the development went a bit smoother.
I always thought this game was super underated. Sure it wasn't original but it was more great Crash gameplay
14:52 Yowza!
And all this time I thought this was just Japanese canon.
Nope! TT were gonna make it Western canon as well. That's nuts!
If only developers (and the gaming industry in general) had more confidence and courage to remake games like this.
Sure, they're not well liked, but i think that actually works in their favor as it means there's plenty they can improve on other than just graphics. They could very well genuinely realize the potential the project initially had and, at the very least, would be an improvement.
Maybe I'm just being too optimistic since i have no idea how game development works.
We're getting the Wrath out of the Cortex with this one 🔥🔥🔥
That backstory for Cortex is awesome and fits perfectly with the late Brendan O'Brien's excellent performance. He was legit intimidating until the sequels flandarized him, but I guess that's proportional to the amount of times a villain is defeated anyways. Was that something Naughty Dog also thought of or was that established by Universal?
This game felt terribly unfinished. I played many games, came on YT, and saw videos how how they were unfinished even though I had no idea. But this game felt like a beta build while I was playing it!
I would have a dollar every time he said I digress.
If i had the abilities, i would try my best to remaster wrath of cortex, as it was the first crash game i played and what got me into playing games in general, and i would love to use some of the ideas the devs cut or dropped, and even improve other parts. (And definitely give all the classic villain bosses their own fights instead of them being crunch over and over again, and have crunch be the final boss instead)
I actually like Crunch being the main boss being fueled by the Elementals. It fits the narrative of the story that explains why Cortex's secret weapon is such a big deal and why everyone failed too many times to defeat Crash. The original concept of having mini bosses would work since "Crash 4 It's About Time" did a pretty good job with it. So bosses like Dingodila, Tiny, etc having roles as short mini-bosses in certain levels can be done right by altering some level designs.
Like, this could easily be done with the vehicle base levels, just make the majority of the overall goal to defeat the Mini-boss of that course.
Back then 12 to 14 months was more or less industry standard, it had proven time and time again that it was actually enough time at least as far as the PS1 was concerned, there's a lot of elements that go into development so who knows maybe 1 year was the standard for better teams or something either way it certainly didn't help that wrath was on multiple consoles :v
Great video! Hope you can make the same with Crash Nsane and Crash 4.
Why did they change flamingoes into cranes? Because the level is set in Japan, and cranes are native to Japan, flamingoes are not.
P.S. If you need a British voice over in the future, feel free to reach out 🤐
Even despite the outcoming both of them dragonfly and wrath of cortex where both rushed by universal for Christmas date, i can think wrath of cortex even tought they give crush instead of famous villains from previous games i liked than is competitor, but both of them again are half decent. But not far from perfect.
I couldn't get past the load times on Wrath of Cortex.
Wrath of Cortex always felt like a PS1 game in PS2. even as a kid I rember i thought it was actually a PS1 game lol
seems like that's more likely the case, judging by how long the development took.
What if I played it on Xbox where it looks great and Fur?
Honestly crash's earlier model looks way better than the final game's model
Cranes are very important in many East Asian cultures, including Japan, while flamingos are just weird and out of place in the setting.
omg the interview voices lol
good video! heres a comment for the algorithm :)
To see it from it's origins is pretty cool!
Crash Wrath of Cortex deserves a Remake I stand by it
I alway thought it made sense to remake the weakest game.
I mean, there are so many ways you can improve it that there's bond to be more positives than negatives.
7:33 I cant remember what video it was but there was a video where someone used debug mode to make it up there, the collision for the platforms are still there, though inaccessible
You really out did yourself with this video man. It's pretty interesting to get an insightful documentary into the development of Wrath of Cortex, while I don't like the game, I do appreciate the effort put into this game.
16:45 Joe Swanson?
20:58 battle for bikini bottom jumpscare.
Cool, but your audio mixing is all over the place, with sections really quite and sections really loud. Just FYI!
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I wonder If that Is why the Xbox version says "Players 2" on the back of the cover case. Or that ws a mistake because It said Coco was playable for the first time.
At least here In the UK. Made 9 year old Me very confused
Edit - If I recall, I had the Xbox Classics case. I've looked It up and, while Images show "Players 1", that Is for other Regions. If Anyone else has the Xbox Classics version of Wrath of Cortex from the UK, It would be great to get proper confirmation as, unfortunately, I no longer have the case for the Game.
that was a theory. you're welcome for watching.
The development of this game makes everything make so much more sense. They essentially had a whole world(s) and other systems to make the game a completely different more open experience but in the end had to cave and pretty much use cookie cutters and frame out crash levels inside the worlds they built. It explains the games kinda lopsided nature, truly tragic even tho I love the game dearly. The 2000’s vibe cannot be matched
Why did I think you were the guy that talks about Simpsons theories
Hot take but rath or cortex is infinity better that crash4
I agree. just need the Crash community to band together and redo Wrath of Cortex. sort of like how the Sonic community revived Sonic project 06.
Interesting stuff! Subbed.
Why does the early Crash model look better than the final version
Interesting vid
Wrath of Cortex feels like it was made by an AI.
That's game needs a Remake.
does this imply the existence of Sigma wrath of cortex?
I finally beat Crash the Wrath 105% not too long ago! I never could finish it because of how bad the game is! Same with Spyro Enter the Dragonfly!
😂dude youbare the kind of fan i love
Hey man, great video! I’ve always been very fascinated with wrath of cortex since I was a little kid, and I’ve taken a big interest in it’s beta contents. Even though I already knew most of what was in this video, I really enjoyed hearing your theories on it, and the part with the official guidebook. I’d never seen that prior to this video, so that was definitely the most interesting part! There’s a channel that I recommend you look into, if you haven’t already, called beta tester. A lot of his videos are very old, but they show a lot of very cool things on this game, about prototype stuff, and other neat things. He actually made a video about the E3 build, and found more cut levels in the files like compactor reactor, Eskimo roll, and more. They’re very incomplete though, and barely load. Hopefully we’ll discover earlier builds later on as well.
Honestly it really should have had more development time. That's universal for you though. Jesus loves you!
You sound like (Gaming in the Clinton Years)
Where can I see that old storyboard?