The Crash Bandicoot Series

[Mo-Nercy]

I never really got what the fuss about the games were. I knew plenty of people who liked them, but I just played Mario 64 instead.

Yeah, the stages in the old Crash series were very linear which was somewhat dated for platforming even back then. For me, it was just something I grew up with. And back in those days, young gamers probably only would've had one current-gen console and for those with a Playstation, Crash was pretty much all the console had to offer in terms of platforming.

[DMKA]

Crash was pretty much all the console had to offer in terms of platforming.

Errrm...

- Crash Bandicoot Series
- Croc
- Strider 2
- Oddworld series
- Gex series
- Tomba
- Ape Escape
- Klonoa
- Skull Monkeys
- Tons more that I played in high school but can remember the names of off hand

PlayStation had a ton of platformers. More than N64 did.

[nik0tine]

One of the greatest achievements in my life thus far was coming very close to lapping the racer in second place in CTR.

- Skull Monkeys

[Ultima Shadow]

I'll go with Crash 3 over Mario 64 any day. For real.

And CTR is in my opinion the best racing game ever made. I played it for countless hours with my brother and friends, and did everything that was possible to do in 1P mode. The hardest part was beating every single Oxide ghost on Time Trial.

One of the greatest achievements in my life thus far was coming very close to lapping the racer in second place in CTR.

Done that on Hot Air Skyway, using the "unintended" shortcut while racing against computer players on Easy. One of my greatest accomplishments in the crash games would probably be finding that shortcut without looking it up.

[Shattered Dreamer]

I love the Crash Bandicoot series! Even if the levels were linear & repetitive at times the difficulty increased at a decent pace, that coupled with the humor made those games epic!

On another note Tomba was awesome too!

[MJN SEIFER]

Yeah, the stages in the old Crash series were very linear which was somewhat dated for platforming even back then.

You are entitled to your opinion, but I fail to see how Crash levels can be described "linear".

Crash: Some Levels have alternate paths, you can return to levels later in the game to get everything.

Crash 2: Levels interwined with eachother, full of hidden paths, and again you could keep returning to get everything.

Crash 3: Linear-ish, but not quite. There were still some alternative paths, introduction of "special moves" meant you had to leave parts of the level until you had learnt the appropriate skill.

[Evastio]

By the way, even though I prefer the old Crash games to the new ones, this one seems quite interesting. It's too bad it got cancelled. I like how the art style resembles the Naughty Dog Crash Bandicoot games' art style (specifically Crash's design). Also, the story is quite interesting, how regular bandicoots need his help, though I wonder if Cortex is in the game or not.