Crash Bandicoot

Later levels are obnoxiously difficult and the secrets are just cruel. But deservedly one of the greatest original era platformers

The best part of the Crash original trilogy is the platforming, and this features proportionately the most platforming.

It's always confused me why this isn't unambiguously considered the best of the first three of this reason. It's just the good part.

I actually prefer this to 2 and 3. Aside from the atmosphere and buildup to the ending, obviously the level design was much more experimental, and I honestly feel like it has a super unique charm because of that. Every level in 1 sticks out in my memory, more than the other games, even though I grew up with 2 and 3. They all feel unique and it’s only in this game you could have funny stuff like The Great Hall. I really like the pace of not only the levels but the game overall. 2 isn’t that far behind though. 3 is still good but too inconsistent compared to the others. Also I actually don’t mind the save system in 1 whatsoever, pretty much every level gives you a chance to save and I honestly think people are just bad at 3d platformers if they think this is that hard lol.

This guy is my fursona

Crash Bandicoot <-> Björk Guðmundsdóttir