Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

[Formalhaut]

The game arrived! Me and Mr. Carny are enjoying this now.

I'd been doing pretty well actually, up until Native Fortress took like, 10-15 of my lives. Dear GOD. The flames. The spikes. How the hell is anyone meant to do the one-shot time trials?

[DMKA]

I just started Warped today and it's definitely still my favorite of the three. Although in comparison to the first game it feels easy peasy.

[fat_moogle]

Glad you're on the Crash train, Formy!

I'm giving Road to Nowhere another go...

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Only the second time out of the twenty million attempts of this level that I've got this far! Wish me luck, guys. Wish me luck.

EDIT: OMG GUYS, OMG. I BLOODY DID IT!

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But my success was short lived!

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[Formalhaut]

Hey, I just made it through Road to Nowhere! I don't have the Red Gem yet though, so I'll have to run through again to get the Clear Gem.

Talking about Gems, I finally got the Green Gem! It took a few tries, but I got so nervous about dying near the end. The 'not dying' part is probably the toughest part of these coloured gem runs. At least with clear gems you can die repeatedly and get all the crates.

Time trials are going to be a nightmare. Got to be fast and not die. As opposed to me patiently waiting for a platform in a standard no-death run.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

So far I have not gotten any colored gems. Eventually I'll try, but I always end up dying at least once. Speed trials I'll probably give up on, at least with trying to get platinum. I've only ever gotten platinum on the hog levels.

[fat_moogle]

Good effort, Formy. You're steaming through! I didn't play much more after Road to Nowhere - I'm on Sunset...something now. I forget the name.

I'm with Scotty - no gems at all for me!

[Shauna]

Sunset Vista.

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I played a lot of Crash Bandicoot okay

[Formalhaut]

Sunset Vista was tough. Actually I say it was tough, Mr. Carny did that one. We're sharing a save file. On the final(?) island now!

[fat_moogle]

A++ for you CB knowledge, Shauna :P

I try and move too fast in Sunset Vista on the platforms that move in sequence on the wall and fall on to the flames. I haven't played it again today but I'll give it another go later.

[MJN SEIFER]

I really love what I've seen of this game so far, I love the Crash Bandicoot series of that era (I haven't really had chance to get to know the current eras), but it's cool how they are doing this. I will admit, I'm not sure about the design of some (or at least one) of the Crash Bandicoot (i.e. the first game) bosses, but I only saw them in a clip of the secret ending (same as the original).

It's just a shame I only have a PlayStation 3 - I'd love to play this.

[fat_moogle]

I never played any of the Crash Bandicoot games outside of the original trilogy and CTR. From what I've gathered they aren't as good, but it would be nice to have the opportunity to try them.

Just made it though Sunset Vista Koala Kong is the easiest boss but I died more times than I should have.

[Formalhaut]

I don't know. I quite enjoyed Wrath of Cortex (the fourth one) except for the loading times. Haven't played any of the others before or since that one until I got N. Sane, so it would be good to compare them after I've played them all.

One thing I'm surprised about is the lack of sliding or crawling in Crash 1.

[Formalhaut]

Had a relatively good run. Got the Orange Gem and Blue Gem without too much trouble. Only a few retries on each. Made it past the boss and winded up on Slippery Climb.

UUUUUUUUGH. I will get through it. And then I will keep trying until I get the Red Gem. Holy smurf how am I supposed to not die during this level?

[maybee]

Just got up to The High Road. I DID have about 35 lives...... also struggling to do the " rope trick " on this one, and idk why.

[Karifean]

I think the main difference between the originals and remake in gameplay are that the originals had very forgiving hitboxes - always deciding in the player's favor when in doubt - while the remake has very precise and accurate hitboxes.

I consider the former much better, personally.