yknow I was quite positive in my initial review and I still think the gameplay is pretty good (not accounting for any of the dlc cuz I didn't play that) but looking back on it the writing is really just so godawful and uninteresting when it comes to the main plot and most of the characters that I don't feel right about my initial score anymore

while I enjoyed the story of this game more than I did k1's, actually playing it is a chore most of the time, with it's unsatisfying as hell combat, mind-numbing filler and an atmosphere that can be downright nauseating sometimes
however, like I said, this game has an enjoyable story with many good moments even if it's not all killer (one particular scene had me on the verge of tears, you know what I'm talking about if you played the game)
I imagine I would have enjoyed this a lot more than I did if I was more into the stuff that went on in the first 4 chapters or so if you know what I'm talking about, plus like I said the atmosphere just didn't vibe with me
still, it has enough good moments to be called a decent experience
Rikya best boy

2018

this game is fun but I hate my parents

"ooh boohoo these Crash games are so different and bad" SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU CAN POSSESS A GORILLA

gives me a fucking headache man...controlling your character properly can get hard in this game's endless gimmicky areas with lots of tight spaces where it seemed like even the developers knew they were bad, not to mention the camera feels like it's fighting the environments and having to backtrack through everything in the first half of the game whenever you wanna get something done in another area is such a chore, and even when you do get the lordvessel it's awfully selective in which bonfires you're allowed to teleport to, all of this combined with a very lackluster boss roster with only a few highlights where almost every single one of them has a bad runback and it was getting really hard to enjoy even the good parts of this butt-ugly game

most mindless experience imaginable, no personality, no color, no energy, no challenge, just spray and pray this doesn't take too much off your lifespan

the endlessly repeating content drags down what is otherwise a pretty fun experience
a lot of improvements made all across the board but the desire to go back to this is just not there