>tastefully expands on the everything that makes the first 3 great
>cuts down on the retarded backtracking through levels for 100%
>best variety of levels in the series
>best gimmick levels in the series
>best movement in the series
>best cheat codes in the series
You dont hate this game. You never even played it.
Snoys have runned a 2 decade long gaslighting campaign against this TWOC and brainwashed millions into blindly hating it just because it was the first multiplatform Crash instead of being snoystation exclusive.
I just commisioned multiple Scrimblo Bimblo youtubers with millions of subscribers to make positive videos about this game and debunk common snoy astroturfs. Just you wait snoyggys, its reception will have done a complete 180 by this time next year.

which version should I emulate? i remember trying this on my wii years ago and the framerate was unplayable

>>716463715
PS2, gamecube is capped at 30fps. Xbox is the best version but the emulators currently suck ass.

>>716463625 (OP)
Based as fuck

>>716463625 (OP)

>>716463770
Thanks, I figured PS2 would be the one.

>>716463625 (OP)
>Try this game
>Press jump button
>Immediately delete the rom and uninstall the emulator
Absolutely disgusting, IaT might be a piece of shit too, but at least they got their physics and jump mechanics right

>>716463625 (OP)
A Crash 3 clone?

>>716464992
*An enhanced, expanded, and graphically superior successor to Crash 3.

>>716463625 (OP)
Oh I played it alright. I can still remember the huge load times and dogshit platforming to this day.

this game's problem was basically everything BESIDES the level design.

>>716463625 (OP)
Its a good game but everything about it is uncanny valley, crash just dead stares at you, music doesnt fit, voice acting doesnt fit, game design wise was overall good, besides the huge loading times, i would say its even better than warped, but the graphics didnt age as gracefully as the ps1 crashes

The stupid nitro tip-toe power up was possibly one of the greatest disappointments of my childhood. The fuck were they even thinking with this gay ass power you used like twice in the entire game?
>>716465114
this
>>716465053
>load times
Yeah, that was pretty fucking ridiculous. My dad got this game for me when we first got a PS2 and I remember him saying someone could smoke a full cigarette and still have the fucking thing loading. I hear they fixed the load times in later copies but this was obviously before online updates so if you had an original copy of the disk you were just fucked.

>>716465053

Same, worst CB game imo

OP, I get that you wasted a birthday present or a Christmas present on this shit but don't try to force your stockholm syndrome on everyone else.

>>716463770
Xbox version is fine in emulator tho?
https://youtu.be/_dlBazXrosk?si=qcE18ygwQJfkJduI

>>716463625 (OP)
I played the fuck out when it came out, and I recently emulated it...it's shit, always has been. Last good Crash game was CTR. TWOC is shit not because it's multiplatform, but because it's developed by traveler's tales. It's an uncanny, walmart bargain-bin imitation of Naughty Dog's best

This was the only good post ND CB game to completely nail the look, tone and characterization of the series while introducing new characters and the gameplay is still inferior to the originals. Crash seems to be completely cursed, either they copy Warped but fuck everything else or manage to truly capture the Looney Tunes vibe but it plays like ass.

>>716463625 (OP)
the fucking camera moves up when you jump so you can't even see where you're landing

this game was made by retards

>>716465114
no the level design sucked too

you could just walk around all the enemies as they stand there like retards

>>716463625 (OP)
I don't even have the energy no more to shit talk stupid threads like this one
>prolapsing anus tier game that's ridiculed by fans is actually LE GOOD
kys
no better yet, wait for the loading time of wrath of cortex to be over before posting so you won't type anything again til 2032

>>716469130
>>prolapsing anus tier game that's ridiculed by fans
But enough about Crash 4 (2020)

>>716463625 (OP)
>best movement in the series

Isn't lobotomy illegal?

>>716463625 (OP)
I never even had crash 1-3 as a kid but with 0 prior knowledge I could tell it was like they fucked up something that was once good. Still worth a play I guess but fuck it's so janky

>>716463625 (OP)
>You dont hate this game. You never even played it.
Correct. After the PS1 games I stopped playing Crash and I surmise that many others did as well.

>>716463625 (OP)
Only NPC cattle and PS1 babies hate it. I like it more than the PS1 trilogy.
The gameplay, art, and music is better. It gets unwanted hate for the reasons you said, and muh naughty dog.

>>716463625 (OP)
Hey I loved and played this one :(

It's the Sonic Heroes of the series.

First multiplatform installment that relies heavily on past elements, but still throws in a new major gimmick anyway. In the case of Heroes it was the trios, in the case of WoC it's doubling down on gimmick levels. The core gameplay is consistent with previous entries but may be seen as a downgrade in physics.

Both enjoyed modest sales and solid reviews. Both serve as okay first tastes of the series, and while you could easily do better in both cases, you could also still do worse.

Feel free to screencap this accurate assessment of 20+ year old games

>>716469364
Crash 4 prolapses your anus because of its difficulty

WoC does so by boring you to death every time you have to navigate a ceiling grate

>>716464992
Crash 3 with more obnoxious vehicle levels

Crash 3 while fun had too many gimmick levels. Wrath of Cortex is nothing but gimmick levels.

Ah yes, the first post-Naughty Dog game to remind us that the OG trilogy was a miracle in and of itself. Sucks that Crash is dead again but that's what happens when you put a woke sideshave in your game franchise.

>>716463625 (OP)
It was the Doom 3 of the series and it was amazing.
It took everything and made it better.

snoycord really fucked this thread up

>>716463625 (OP)
>All these retards screeching about load times when they emulated it the game.
lmao. How brain dead must you be to not download the greatest hits version instead .

>>716463625 (OP)
>my first crash game was the best
I hope you are wrong because I eventually want to play the other games since cortex was fun as fuck but like a ton of other anons were saying the controls, the syncing felt off, and I always felt like it just wasn't "right" which doesn't make sense because this was the only crash game I played

>>716463625 (OP)
No, this is the worst Crash. Everything about it is cheap and off: the artstyle, the level design, the controls, the vehicles, the characters and the music. It's a terrible "core Crash Bandicoot gameplay" game.

>>716465114
The level design was atrocious. Cortex Vortex is the best example of it. If it was good, I could've ignored other aspects being bad.

>>716463625 (OP)
I did play it
The only thing I remember about it is the load screen

>>716472674
I played it on the PS2, and i'm pretty sure it was the original version. the load times were horrible.

It was average but I would seriously play a whole game of those ball levels. I can't think of any other game that's done them like that before or since aside from the second Crash GBA game

>>716473359
The music is the one thing you can't really shit on.
It's not like the earlier games but it's good in its own way

>>716473708
there's a pretty good game with a similar concept called marble it up. it isn't exactly the same, but it's fun how fast you can go

>>716473757
The music in the castle levels was genuinely great, but I wouldn't call the entire soundtrack great

>>716463625 (OP)
>best movement in the series
10/10 made me reply
The Coco levels still piss me off because they had great setting but the fucking controls

>>716463625 (OP)
>You dont hate this game. You never even played it.
But I did. It's an uninspired mediocre game with floaty controls. The music is good though.

>>716473772
I have that game but it doesn't really play the same. It's more of a Monkey Ball clone. The way Crash did it made it feel more like a conventional Crash collectible level you just roll through and I'd like something similar to that. I guess Marble Madness and Mercury exist.

It's got that patented low quality British ugliness in character design and animation that was everywhere at around about that time. It took them ages to get 3D character design right. Not even Rare was immune to it.

>>716474027
>It's got that patented low quality British ugliness in character design and animation
give me some examples, please i feel like i felt this before