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Beat my first game of 2023 on the first day of 2023! Crash Bandicoot 4 is a great sequel to the original Crash games. It takes the best of the platforming from the past games and brings them here, and adds its own things like the masks to give it its own personality. The levels are very imaginative and look fantastic. The graphics are amazing and the new art style is just great. I also like being able to play as more characters like Cortex and Dingodile. The problems are mostly in the mechanics. The treadmill thing that lets you walk on walls isn't really great and only worked half the time for me. The masks were also unresponsive sometimes, but that gets more into the controls. For the most part they were great, but sometimes were clunky and unresponsive. The pacing is also a slight issue with some levels being a bit too long. There are also a bunch of random difficulty spikes, and some parts that were unnecessarily difficult like the ending of Cortex Castle. The game still overcomes these issues by creating a phenomenal environment, the humor, and overall experience this provides. For longtime Crash fans it provides something truly special, and for new players it's a great introduction to what this franchise is all about. Crash Bandicoot 4 has a few flaws, but is an overall great experience and well worth the wait!
Beat my first game of 2023 on the first day of 2023! Crash Bandicoot 4 is a great sequel to the original Crash games. It takes the best of the platforming from the past games and brings them here, and adds its own things like the masks to give it its own personality. The levels are very imaginative and look fantastic. The graphics are amazing and the new art style is just great. I also like being able to play as more characters like Cortex and Dingodile. The problems are mostly in the mechanics. The treadmill thing that lets you walk on walls isn't really great and only worked half the time for me. The masks were also unresponsive sometimes, but that gets more into the controls. For the most part they were great, but sometimes were clunky and unresponsive. The pacing is also a slight issue with some levels being a bit too long. There are also a bunch of random difficulty spikes, and some parts that were unnecessarily difficult like the ending of Cortex Castle. The game still overcomes these issues by creating a phenomenal environment, the humor, and overall experience this provides. For longtime Crash fans it provides something truly special, and for new players it's a great introduction to what this franchise is all about. Crash Bandicoot 4 has a few flaws, but is an overall great experience and well worth the wait!