When /v/ endlessly bitched about how difficult picrel was, I came to the realization that anons here mostly expect participation trophy slop with pretty graphics from their vidya.

>>714320462 (OP)
They will say "it's tedious, not difficult" as a cope.

>>714320687
I was one of those people, but I'm giving it a second try and having a lot of fun.

Crash 5 was canceled for a reason. YOU are in the minority. Cope and rope.

>>714320462 (OP)
if it's not fun, why bother?

>>714320687
>there's REAL difficulty, and then there's artificial difficulty

>>714320462 (OP)
Crash 4 is poopoo. TWOC is unironically better.

The Platinum relics are only somewhat harder because of the levels are twice as long and TFB replaced the dash ability with a shitty triple spin timed boost that nobody wanted. One of many reasons why this poorly designed trash flopped.

>>714320687
I've done it twice and it is more tedious than difficult.
Hiding boxes off screen isn't hard. Having to do levels upwards of five times at a minimum isn't hard.

>>714320462 (OP)
The game is so bad it took a mod overhaul to fix it.

>>714323205
>i have to use built in movement mechanics that isnt just holding down a button
We actually have expectations for people who play our games, sonicfag.

>>714323393
You've made no mention of the time trials so none of what you said matters.

>>714325371
The time trials are part of those five playthoughs, but even then they're easy as fuck. The only one that gives me any amount of difficulty is the final level, and specifically the Cortex section because of the weird way you have to damage abuse and use knockback. Everything else was largely easier than the platinums in 3, and especially easier than the ones that were retrofitted into 1 and 2

>>714320462 (OP)
For me, it's all the Hitman ""fans"" claiming WoA is the best iteration in the franchise. Never has Hitman been more casualized runnan shootan slop than in that game, and it is the most lauded entry on /v/.

>>714325578
>still referring to the *platinum* relics
We're going to keep being disingenuous, anon?

>>714320687
It's all about randomly bragging about how difficult the game is when you come out with criticism. Then they come out with that “fair difficulty” crap.

You could've just made a regular Crash thread but had to go into terminally online, eternal shitposter mode to prop up a game that killed an entire brand.

>>714320462 (OP)
Literally every thread is just the result of some zigger watching a youtube short or its some AI bot trying to sell the board something.

>>714326318
4 is the best game in the series but the only thing I don't like is the longer levels and the artistic style. It's still 9/10

>>714326158
I've never once given a fuck about dev times. Or are you trying to steer the conversation towards the n-sanely perfect relics

>>714326318
crash4fags are like that

>>714326318
It's just the local TFB shill. Just ignore him. He doesn't realize that those retards fundamentally misunderstand what makes Crash work. I mean fuck they put more focus on lighting and realistic shadows that the drop shadow needs a colored outline. Only a fucking retard would screw up something as simple as needing to make a FUCKING SHADOW stand out more by painting a yellow ring around it like it's a modern AAA game.

>>714320462 (OP)
15 years ago when I tried to discuss indie games, but all /v/ knew was AAA slop

>>714320462 (OP)
Wtf is he getting sucked off there?

Don't care, this scrimblo shit was hard enough to filter most people, ergo it failed. And I say that as someone who likes Crash.

When people praised Souls shit.

>>714330990
>he says after another thread of isaacnoitaminecraftunderruneslop

>>714320462 (OP)
When MegaMan Battle Network threads during the Legacy Collection's release were full of people saying to skip the first game, aka the simplest game in the franchise because "internet too hard to navigate :(" and "UGH ElecMan and IceMan dungeons too hard to beat :(".

Elden Ring obviously, everyone was bitching about Consort Radahn, but I tried it yesterday and he was extremely easy to beat

People are just bad. Even a lot of the Toys4Bob relic times are clearly not optimized. I'm hardly some god gamer and still got the majority of them in 30 minutes to an hour each.

>>714323205
The platinum relic are way easier in Crash 4 than the previous games. Longer levels give more leeway and optimizing cycles doesn't really matter. Also the triple spin is completely unneeded for any of them. I got platinum relic in all before even knowing the triple spin existed.

>>714332362
>each
anon...

>>714320462 (OP)
One word. Persona.
There are many factors hinting but this is the litmus test that reveals the truth beyond doubt. If you praise Persona, you're a casual.

>>714320462 (OP)
You can tell /v/ is full of retards the second you enter a thread about any videogame you like.

>>714320462 (OP)
You're right OP. Broken hitboxes are a feature, not a flaw.

>>714332448
Have you gone for them? Yeah it probably takes at least 15 minutes each just to figure out a good path including where and how many times to slide spin/triple spin, where corners can be cut and which skips should be used, what cycles to aim for and other stuff like timing traps/enemies. I'd say even on average I was slower than the developer but made the time back up with better routing.

>>714320462 (OP)
I looked at a friend play it and it looks plain tedious. The inverted levels are just an excuse to make you play the levels a second time. The wumpa fruit gems are an excuse to double the total amount of gems without doing anything.
I play a lot of platformers so I think I can form a general opinion just looking at it.
Despite of that, the core of the game actually looks fine and better than I expected from a sequel so many years later. Removing the lives system and changing it to what the game has was fantastic.

>>714330990
You say that as if that wasn't a thing nowadays.

>>714333770
lmao fucking casual

So glad I played the superior version of wrath of cortex. The GameCube and PS2 versions are grim.