Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

I can’t think of a better platformer released in the past several years. Crash 4: It’s About Time is an absolute must buy and it’s truly about time that Activision returned Crash to his former glory. Hopefully we don’t have to wait another 20 years before we get another sequel.

It's About Time is not only a solid sequel to the 3rd version of Crash Bandicoot series, but is also one of the best 3D platformers of the 8th generation of video games. One that manages to build on all the good elements from its predecessor and add much more to it.

After so many years Crash is back, in an almost perfect adventure.

Although the game has some flaws, Crash 4 is a joy to play thanks to a great deal of content. The platforming action will bring a smile to your face, no matter if you're a fan from back in the day or if this is your first Crash title.

Crash Bandicoot 4 – It’s About Time is one of the best platformers of this console generation, a gorgeous title and must buy for fans of the series. It does, however, feature extremely high difficulty hampered by not-perfect controls.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is a solid platformer and a continuation of a series whose vibe and design still hasn’t been recreated in other titles. It’s a relief to see Crash’s legacy continue over 20 years later in a way that feels true to form.

It’s a shame, then, that some of the level design choices don’t really pair up with the engine Toys for Bob has built this love-letter to 90s platforming games in. Loose and floaty physics, an abundance of different mechanics that often feel part-baked, and some design choices that feel sadistic – rather than simply difficult – leave this approach to Crash Bandicoot feeling less like a true sequel, and more like a licensed spin-off.

The game is more or less perfect and it really is by all means one of the best 3D platformers propably ever made. The difficulty is really not the best to be honest, it can feel absolutely brutal sometimes and it might take a lot of tries to get right. However the way that is designed with some of the hardest challenges being some of the best in the whole game so once you do it feels really nice. For anyone though who actually want to do everything in the game then it can be unbelievably difficult even for the more expert crash fans. In any case the game is huge, it has a ton of content with some of the most creative level design I ever ****'s a truly fun expertly designed game and it looks incredible, the graphics are outstanding making the world of Crash Bandicoot coming into life with some breathtaking environments.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time - 68/100 Я считал, что скачиваю детскую игру, и своей мультяшностью, сюжетом и самой сложностью в начале она и оказалась ей. Но чем дальше, тем сложность игры перевалила уже за многие игры бабадзаки, и это круто. Но сложность обуславливалась тем, что игра якось странно сделана вплане платформинга, иногда очень тяжело приземлиться на платформу, особенно если это вообще один ящик и тебе надо прыгать по ним. Ну совсем не ощущаешь пространство в игре, что очень серьёзно в этом жанре. А так, в целом всё классно, локации красивые, сами уровни интересные, предпоследний жопа нереальная, но по-своему прикольно, а маски делают прохождение некоторых уровней более разнообразным.

This is an EXTREMELY polarizing Crash Bandicoot game. On the one hand, the main gameplay is amazing. The reason I rank it so "low" is because 106% is a mistake and an afront against god and nature. Buy the game for everything that ISN'T full completion, don't make the same mistake I did.

Lo sentí muy repetitivo los puzzles la verdad. Bueno, metacritic me pide 75 caracteres asi que acá está.

This was my second attempt to get into Crash after the N.Sane trilogy and the series just does NOT gel with me, even with the new modern mode with checkpoints, apart from which, the game feels insanely archaic. Controls and physics just feel off, the double jump is one of the clunkiest I have ever encountered in any video game, and the fact that Crash cannot hold on to ledges never managed to quite sink into my brain because it has been a standard not only for platformers, but video games in general for literally DECADES. The locked camera makes it very hard to correctly appraise distances and positions when you're going into or out of the screen. All of this maybe could've been fine if the level design was a little more forgiving, but every level is just one long series of frustrating traps designed to immediately kill you, many of which require trial-and-error to even get a sense of what's going on. Look towards the king of platformers, Mario, on how to do this better: In every level, a mechanic is first introduced in its most basic form and without severe repercussions, then it is GRADUALLY expanded upon and made more challenging throughout the level. Whereas Crash just says: FU, it's sink or swim right from the get-go. Not fun. The game certainly looks good, but could've definitely used more clarity in its visual design because sometimes you can't even accurately make out hazards until it is too late. Music and sound are OK I guess. Story doesn't matter at all, it is fourth-grader s**t and I soon started skipping through all of it. Once again, take a hint from Mario: It's OK not to have a super-deep story in a platformer, but if you don't, then don't interrupt the game with dumb*ss superfluous cutscenes all the time.