Finally got this on Steam and it’s even better, skyrocketed to my favorite Crash game altogether and possibly my favorite game right now. I can’t believe how good this is and I don’t understand why people seem to have soured on it if anything, they were actually cracked making this game. Masterpiece
Even the story grew on me btw still some iffy character choices but the narrative is actually a hit if you pay attention to subtle flow and how well it goes with the gameplay escalating
I can't believe the button-mashing you have to do for Time Trials made it past testing; I've seen several reviews independently state it gave them cramps.
-There are levels so long, with so many boxes that forgetting 2 or 3 by the end and having to restart is a real pain in the ass; especially those with auto-scrolling sections where you don't have as much control. -The inverted levels are an excuse to play the same levels again with a filter over them. -The "alternative event happening simultaneously" levels make you play most of the main level again, heavens why. No wonder it didn't sell well: it's way too short if you only play to finish, but abusively hard if you play to completion. It's clear they were eager to prove themselves by putting out a game fat with content but instead there's so much goddam padding.
Man I wish more platformers amped up the difficulty and had such diverse mechanically interesting level design and polish, like this, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and Celeste
-The inverted levels are an excuse to play the same levels again with a filter over them.
-The "alternative event happening simultaneously" levels make you play most of the main level again, heavens why.
No wonder it didn't sell well: it's way too short if you only play to finish, but abusively hard if you play to completion. It's clear they were eager to prove themselves by putting out a game fat with content but instead there's so much goddam padding.