Crash Bandicoot: A Tragedy

[M. Burusu]

For someone who's played Crash Bandicoot straight from the first game, up to this current low, the lack of quality (and the inability to stick to the original characters' designs and personalities) is particularly distressing.

I'm an N. Gin fan, and while I can appreciate some humor about him . . . changing his voice, his skin, his I.Q. level (he's got a DOCTORATE, for crying out loud), and his character in general does NOT sit well with me. He used to be about smashing Crash's face in with a giant mecha suit and being one of the funner bosses to fight in Crash Bandicoot 3. Now he's about ballerina costumes, ugly jokes, and 'feeling pretty'. A travesty. (For those who don't get the latter references, I'm talking about what they did to him in Tag Team Racing.)

Not only that, but 'Crash of the Titans' was an even greater blow -- they radically changed the designs of Crash, Cortex, literally everyone! ('Everyone' including Nina Cortex -- and I'd just gotten to liking her in Tag Team Racing; they actually did a good job of her there. *looks at the Spyro/Crash crossover GBA games they made*) And don't get me started about how they changed the voice actor for Coco . . .

What do you think about the way Crash has fallen in recent days (or do you even think that the quality has dropped at all)? Feel free to voice your opinion, whatever it may be!

[WAR]

Tell me about it... Crash Bandicoot was one of the first games that really got my attention and chained me to that TV. As far as I'm concerned, Wrath of Cortex was the last really fun Bandicoot game. ;_; He had a good run though. But it may be time to put this franchise to bed.

[M. Burusu]

Yeah, Wrath of Cortex did a pretty good job despite being one of the first titles that wasn't from Naughty Dog. Granted, I was slightly miffed that N. Tropy and all those other fun-to-fight fellows were demoted to level obstacles (remember those ball-rolling levels? N. Tropy tried to blast you to pieces? *sigh*) . . . but at least they had their dignity. *looks at CTTR's take on N. Gin, and Twinsanity's constant bashing of Cortex*

[dauskunai89]

The Wrath of Cortex is the best Crash game and Twinsanity don't get my attention but the new Crash game is really great "Crash of the titans" because you get to control titans even the biggest one and even bosses too...

[M. Burusu]

dauskunai89 said:

the new Crash game is really great "Crash of the titans" because you get to control titans even the biggest one and even bosses too... :)

I'm sure THAT aspect (the titan-controlling) is probably a little fun (speaking as a Ghost Kirby fan here), but considering how much they changed all the characters . . . I probably won't get it.