Overall 8.4 Graphics 7 Sound 6.5 Addictive 1.5 Story 3.5 Depth 3 Difficulty 4
4.3
How the mighty can fall... Khfan_D98
Ok, so, once upon a time, crash bandicoot was sony's mascot.. he was a big star, and so, he got many sequels.. eventually, his company, naughty dog, left him.. and here we are where activision owns him, with crash of the titans.. now, i have this game physically, and i was excited about it. but i beat it within a couple hours.. now, onto the review. The story is Dr. Neo cortex, crash's nemesis, plus a gathering of his other deadliest enemies, including dingodile, tiny tiger, N.gin, and cortex's niece Nina, lead by Uka Uka, team up and kidnap crunch and coco bandicoot plus aku aku, hoping to make coco build a giant robot, and bait crash to his ultimate doom. not a bad plot,but not great either. 6/10.
Now, gameplay... the gameplay is so different from the classic crash games... Crash fights with hand-to-hand combat skills instead of spins, and "jacking" enemies to gain their powers.. this is how you spend most of the game, because you oftentimes find obstacles only these enemies, called titans, can break. in fact, only sometimes does it come up where you NEED to get off of enemies so crash can climb vines or get to platforms that only he can get to with his smaller weight and size. 6/10. ok, depth... There are these tiki masks you can collect, which unlock battle arenas, and to get to different islands, you do these surfing minigames, which i guess you get a bonus if you smash all the crates, i never could.. as i said, i beat it in a flash, so depth 4/10. And difficulty.. You can beat most fights by mashing the attack button, and it's made even EASIER by the fact that by getting "mojo", you can upgrade crash's abilites, plus with "stealth crates" you can sneak past enemies, avoiding fights ENTIRELY! 4/10, only because in 1 part it's easy to get lost, and if you're not careful, enemies can trap you and spam you with attacks. The graphics aren't that bad, the enviornments are nice, and sprites are good except crash's own. He just looks stupid, with that dumb look on his face! 7/10 Sound, again, are decent, and the music is fitting to the areas and situations in the game, with, again, the main problem being crash himself. Even before you start up the game, he says "ah.." like a total dummy! He makes stupid sounds like that throughout the game, and i think he should've just stuck with saying "WHOA!" 7/10 again. so, all in all, i think this game deserves a mediocre 4.3/10. The most i can say is that the controls at least work, except for times when it won't let you jack onto enemies. I mostly don't like it because it's so easy, plus it totally ruined crash's character. Now, i know i'm not gonna play this game again in my life, but if someone likes it, ok. But for longtime crash fans, avoid this game! It's so different from the core formula you love that i can't help but think it might upset people who grew up with crash.. He needs to get a reboot so he can get a spark of life and get back to that core formula, imo! So, let me know how you liked this review, if it's TOO detailed, sounds TOO much like a rant, i tried NOT to do that, but, let me know, and i'll improve next review i do.
Graphics 7 Sound 7 Addictive 1 Story 6 Depth 4 Difficulty 4
Review Rating: 3.8/5
Submitted: 09-01-13
Review Replies: 2
1.7
The end of crash bandicoot General OFG
So this game was a huge disappointment for me due that i'm a Crash Bandicoot fan since the early days for the PSX.
The graphics are alright for a GBA game they could have gone better due to the first GBA game having the same graphics. The only thing i find interesting is when you traveled other islands on a boat. Other than that the graphics are ok.
I can say the sound is alright too do to it's cheap sound effects but the soundtrack is great in most levels. i personally thought picking up orbs was interesting they have a nice soothing effect that sound good. Other than that i'll give the graphics a <6> the sounds aren't the best but the soundtrack is good.
Like i said this game is a disappointment so i can say the game play is terrible in a lot of cases all i can say is that if they wanted to make the game good they should have just kept the old character models, keep away the punching, kicking, and orbs keep it the way it was or make a slightly better version of the old ones. and i can say that this game barely brought any fun just boredom.
The story is terrible trust me it's your friend crunch and sister cocoa getting kidnapped and of course you save them like any other game or movie. the story is just bland i don't like it cortex isn't the same, a lot of characters changed models etc...
The depth of the game gets you nowhere the story is easy and short and boring and makes no sense. I beat the game in 2 days and it's probably the biggest waste of time.
Last but not least is the difficulty like i said it's easy you only find very few challenges the game is no fun at all they could have done better and kept everything the old way.
So here are the pros and cons lets start with the pros
PROS: Slightly graphically advanced, Better music, Has a nice background.
CONS: Worse story line, Bad designs, No challenges, Shorter campaign, Bad items, Horrible ending, No lovable characters.
Here are some extra things that are bad about this game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Aku Aku got a bad redesign same with Uka Uka
Crash isn't the same anymore his redesign just makes him look like a different character, same thing with tini tiger.
Enemies are bland they are just overly mutated animals and there is probably only 6 of them in the whole entire game why cant there be more like the older games
Crash has a different personality he's not lovable anymore and just looks ugly.
Levels are bland short and boring.
The enemies are a slap i the face they are not even the same enemies we knew back then they tried to make photo realism versions of the characters that look really ugly and creepy.
So this was my crash of the titans review i hope you enjoyed and thank you.
Graphics 7 Sound 6 Addictive 2 Story 1 Depth 2 Difficulty 4
Review Rating: 2/5
Submitted: 06-30-14
Review Replies: 4