
A well-crafted action experience, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is well worth your time.
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Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (92% positive from 21K reviews)
Outstanding soundtrack
Steep difficulty curve may not appeal to casual players
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is a 2017 platform game compilation developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision for the PlayStation 4. It includes remasters of the first three video games in the Crash Bandicoot series: Crash Bandicoot (1996), Cortex Strikes Back (1997), and Warped (1998); which were originally developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was later ported to Nintendo Switch, Windows, and Xbox One in 2018.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 10d ago
best game for drinking game recommend my own version which is 1 sip if death, tnt death (2 sips) and aku aku 1 shot if nitro death, game over and 1 extra life you may add own funny spin but only if you are strong enough for it
Beating Crash Bandicoot is an achievement in and of itself. The gameplay feels straight out of the end of the 90's. Crash handles terribly and devs are pretty sadistic when it comes to placing traps and enemies. While the games arent intrinsically bad, there are always one or two gimmicks that are absolutly horrendous to suffer through : - Crash 1 : lightless levels, suspended bridge levels - Crash 2 : ice sliding, having to back track for gems and the jetpack levels. Jetpacks levels are especially terrible. - Crash 3 : racing levels (boat or car)... Boat feels like a car, car (or bike ? I dont recall) feels like a boat. It's interesting as it clashes completly with the way some tutorials are introduced to the player. Because it shows the devs back in the days were actually players too. They knew how to make a game. So them putting these deathtraps and adding stupid gimmicks is an actual decision to mess with the player. Saw an interview about how they were trying to work around 3D bringing in too much freedom to the player, so they wanted to add constraints on time, visibility, etc. While it is an interesting perspective, sometimes it felt actually very frustrating instead of entertaining. In the end, the remaster just does what it advertised : a new coat of paint. And it does look great while keeping the original game's aesthetics. The soundtrack is also very, very good. The overal presentation is as high quality as it was when the game released 20 years ago. It's not a technical marvel though. (unlike CB1 was). I'd recommend the game if you're looking for an OG experience. Otherwise, it sometimes feels closer to a die and retry and unless you're attracted to these types, well you're going to have a bad time.
this is the best game ive ever played cb1 has a challenging type cb2 hardest ♥♥♥♥ ive done (i beat it years ago but i need to rebeat it, ill change this if its easy) cb3 masterpiece, also the easiest
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