Crash Bandicoot is a game that has long lived in the lore of Playstation and the community, so much so that they made a remastered version of the first three games before coming out with the fourth game. Crash is a game that long lives on due to a lot of factors, but one is due to its popularity from the beginning and how close it was to the start of the launch of the PlayStation itself. It's also a game that was wildly popular with the young kids, whom Sony was trying to get as long time customers for the future. What does this game do well? What did the 2nd game later on need to improve on?
Positives:
1. Graphics- Naughty Dog did what you didn't expect right away with PlayStation games, and that was excellent to start off. I didn't expect the game to be so so good from a graphics standpoint but I am glad that it was.
2. 3D Models- After a lot of games had mixed thoughts on 3D models due to learning the technology on the PlayStation, Crash's model and everything on this game is expertly done for a 3D model of characters. The cast really did well overall and the characters look fantastic as well.
3. Music- This was one I really enjoyed, all the tracks are pretty well done overall and I felt like they did very well with this. Naughty Dog did really well with each level, each boss and even the opening soundtrack.
Honorable Mention: Aku Aku is really done well for this game, obviously I would anticipate they would build upon him in future games (I Have not played either of the other 3 Crash games)
Negatives:
1. Camera: It does well at times, but it doesn't allow for going backwards at all to be seen. I have seen streamers with the Remastered version and they fixed this but for the original PS1 version, the camera does not do well.
2. Difficulty- If you find yourself quitting the game at some point, I don't blame you. I had to have died upwards of 200 times in this game. For a game that was noted as family friendly, it really pulls at you throughout the duration. I found myself thinking some levels are borderline unplayable but got through them. I hope they fixed this in some way to make it a challenge but still good on difficulty in later games.
Overall Rating
Despite the difficulty I still would recommend Crash Bandicoot due to the ability to just play the game and due to the features that make it good. It's a really well made game that is just super difficult. I would think they fixed that in later versions but I feel that this first version is a really well done game.
Overall Rating: 8 out of 10.
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