Great visuals, great animations and character design, but I didn't really enjoy it that much, I mean don't get me wrong, I think it's an ok game, a good crash sequel, but the thing is.. It didn't do anything new in particular, it didn't add anything new to the traditional formula, that's not a bad thing at all but, the original crash bandicoot ps1 formula feels so dated now, I felt like playing an old clunky ps1 game with a fresh new paint of visuals and animations, add to that, the game is HARD, and not challenging hard as in like donkey kong country games, It's frustratingly hard, to the point where you start asking yourself "why do I even bother playing?", I mean, half of the goddamn time I died it wasn't even my fault, it was the games fault, and it demands perfect accuracy from the player but the character movements and controls are clunky and slippery at best! unlike Celest which also demanded perfect accuracy but the controls there are tight as hell!
overall, not a bad game at all, just not a one I will be playing after I reach the credits.