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I feel you, lol. I spent a lot of time getting boxes in this level and then saw after about 200 that there were 441. Four hundred and forty-one!!! As I approached the end, I kicked the nitro exploder box with my eyes closed, lol.
The Run It Bayou level is bullshit, even the flashback tape in this level is near the end, and all these hidden boxes that are impossible to see or figure out when the level is already full of challenging crates! This is frustrating cause there's a hidden gem that is usually hard to find in every level and the colored gems, so the couple impossible hidden crates are just stupid. This has been my problem with the game, and the camera angles at certain spots that kill me half the time (I'm playing on base PS4 so the framerate is also not helping).
This was solely designed to piss people off, there is no other explanation.
That's the one where you have to
skip the first jet ski and hop on some crates to get the gem
Yep saw the video posted in the previous page, the hidden gem is worse lol.
I thought they did a pretty good job within the framework they were going for (i.e. a light, Saturday morning cartoon that doesn't take too much time away from the gameplay).
What are some games you think of as better examples?
What the FUCK?It's absolute bullshit:
Crash Bandicoot 4 - Run it Bayou 100% - All Gems and Box Locations Walkthrough (YELLOW GEM)
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, 100% walkthrough. All Gems and Boxes. This is the normal version of the level. On the N.Verted mode, the boxes are all in...www.youtube.com
Toys for Bob. I sincerely give you the crown for best Crash Bandicoot game so far. But come on.
I enjoyed Twinsanity for the most part, but it definitely leans more towards the scattershot, 90s Nickelodeon style of storytelling for me. I found 4 to be a lot more coherent and satsifying as a story, personally.
Different approaches though, both valid.
I do like 4's story more but I feel like it's unfair to compare because of how blatantly rushed Twinsanity was.
this is exactly the kind of thing that needs to be toned down severely for the next outing.It's absolute bullshit:
Crash Bandicoot 4 - Run it Bayou 100% - All Gems and Box Locations Walkthrough (YELLOW GEM)
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, 100% walkthrough. All Gems and Boxes. This is the normal version of the level. On the N.Verted mode, the boxes are all in...
To be clear, I find this to be a fun level! But the way they hid things here is not fun! Totally obscuring things with no indication there might be something there does not make for a fun challenge. Even if you catch the iron ! crate peeking out behind the barrel when you jump off the rope, you still can't even see the outlines of the crates it activates.
I prefer things more like this section from Stay Frosty. Multiple instances of boxes out of reach, or the hidden gem being tantalizingly close, with seemingly no way to get to them. But then you go a bit further, and find out you can get to them with some tricky platforming. I love it when the game challenges my platforming skill. And I don't mind them making me pay attention to smaller details to notice something. But things that are just obscured completely suck.
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Also a good point.
Those kinds of "secrets" make me think of the leap from Wolfenstein 3D to Doom. In Wolf you basically just had to mash spacebar on every single wall in the hopes of finding a secret. In Doom, secrets were more likely to be signposted in some way.
I'm not sure making the player blindly spin around in every space large enough to conceal a crate is great design.
I just beat this level and missed one crate somewhere along the way. Very disappointing.
Like, no Crash story is winning any Oscars lol, but I really love the way Crash 4 tells it's story; it honestly doesn't feel like it'd be out of place in the classic Naughty Dog trilogy. It was serious when it needed to be, humorous where it needed to be, and it had heart. Stuff like Twinsanity (and Wrath of Cortex to a certain extent) got way too goofy, 4th wall breaking, and mean for my taste.
Honestly, you know what's funny, Crash 4 reminds me a ton of DKC Returns in a lot of ways. Especially in the music department. Like both games are great returns to form n' whatnot, but they both have really underwhelming music compared to their legendary predecessors. And, honestly, if Retro Studios could convince penny-pinching Nintendo to let them get David Wise back for Tropical Freeze I'm sure that Toys for Bob can convince penny-pinching Activision to hire Josh Mancell again.
Oh, it's ridiculous how much of a bop Drive-Thru Danger is. And you want to know what CTR: Nitro Fueled had that Crash 4 doesn't? Josh freakin' Mancell, baby lol
Honestly, you know what's funny, Crash 4 reminds me a ton of DKC Returns in a lot of ways. Especially in the music department. Like both games are great returns to form n' whatnot, but they both have really underwhelming music compared to their legendary predecessors. And, honestly, if Retro Studios could convince penny-pinching Nintendo to let them get David Wise back for Tropical Freeze I'm sure that Toys for Bob can convince penny-pinching Activision to hire Josh Mancell again.
Finally completed all the flashbacks; probably shaved a few years off my life, and just in time for the perfect relics
I decided to just play through the game without going the 100% completion route. Some things are just stupid hard and frustrating.
Makes it a lot more enjoyable.
Makes it a lot more enjoyable.
The last section in Cortex Castle is interesting. A lot of people are never gonna finish this game lol.
I've not yet made it to Cortex Castle, but I'm on Toxic Tunnels just now and have been trying to complete the "all color gems" path in it for about the last hour and it's fucking hard. Like, really hard. I'm curious to see what Cortex Castle itself looks like judging by what people are saying...
The game may have an ESRB rating of E for Everyone, but maybe it should have been rated M for Masochists because my god at some of these levels and trying to shoot for it all. I'll probably do it, at least a legitimate effort, but man some of the parts in this game and the thought of not dying.
I'm also dreading the relics, though I honestly have never cared much for them (or time trials in most games tbh).
The game may have an ESRB rating of E for Everyone, but maybe it should have been rated M for Masochists because my god at some of these levels and trying to shoot for it all. I'll probably do it, at least a legitimate effort, but man some of the parts in this game and the thought of not dying.
I'm also dreading the relics, though I honestly have never cared much for them (or time trials in most games tbh).
Done getting no death perfect runs for every stage. Just need to do the Inverted levels and Platinum relics.
I am having a blast with this game, but I am also finding it hard enough that I salute all of you that are pursuing full completion. This game seems borderline insane if you're going for 100% (or full trophies/achievements to put it more accurately).
I know a listing slipped for a Series X edition of this game but I wish Activision had gotten out there and announced something by now. I'd buy it for Xbox One X if there was an upgrade path made clear.
I know a listing slipped for a Series X edition of this game but I wish Activision had gotten out there and announced something by now. I'd buy it for Xbox One X if there was an upgrade path made clear.
This is a great review. Not because I found myself agreeing with it, but because it gets into what works and what doesn't with the challenges the game offers, and gives solid examples and comparisons to its contemporaries.Here's my Crash 4 review on the off chance anyone's interested. I don't often review anything, or even write very often, but I'm a big Crash fan so I wanted to do something for this game.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time Review
Does the franchise’s fourth entry resurrect and restore the legacy of the iconic mascot?medium.com
I liked it a lot on the whole, but I think the box collection and zero death runs required for collectibles don't sit that well with some elements of the level design, such as how long the levels are, or how the game always seems to want to trip the player up by hiding boxes off screen, or bonus levels that always seem to frustrating puzzle mechanics wherein hitting the wrong crate forces a restart.
Quite the opposite, actually. Clearly the green light o rage.
Same here. I'm 10 levels in and I'll just be happy to see the end credits on this one.
HOLY SHIT THEY DO REFERENCE TWINSANITY YESSSSSSSS
Even more respect for the game. They are respecting more than just the Naughty Dog games. Good.
Even more respect for the game. They are respecting more than just the Naughty Dog games. Good.
Finished all flashback tape levels! Ton a fun to figure out the best path through them.
I'm now slowly going through each level trying to get all gems and the levels really don't seem overly long when you run through them a second or third time. Experience from the asshole boxes in later levels makes them easier to find now, too.
Still unsure if I want to go for the relics.
I'm now slowly going through each level trying to get all gems and the levels really don't seem overly long when you run through them a second or third time. Experience from the asshole boxes in later levels makes them easier to find now, too.
Still unsure if I want to go for the relics.
All the past 7 mainline games gets a nod or two! Either being small references or direct cameos! I was very relieved to see how TfB did all the stuff to maintain the continuity intact, despite making an mid-sequel after all this time!
and better yet, it's not much on your face, so if you're a casual and don't care about lore stuff and just wanted to play a game similar to the ND games, you probably wouldn't even notice!
Good luck my friend, it only took me around 30 tries, hopefully it'll be the same for you
Funny enough I got the perfectvrun for Cortex Castle immediately after finishing the level for the first time
71 deaths
Cortex Castle can fuck off to the highest degree
Edit: oh no, the next level is a Cortex one and is going to make me redo a big chunk of Cortex Castle again
God damnit......
Cortex Castle can fuck off to the highest degree
Edit: oh no, the next level is a Cortex one and is going to make me redo a big chunk of Cortex Castle again
God damnit......
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I kinda didn't mind this at first, but it made it so you had to play these levels even more times than you'd want.
The Dingo pirate one is annoying cuz Dingo's section is like, 6 seconds lmao. So you end up basically playing Booty Calls at least 6 times if you go for everything and that's assuming you play perfectly.
The blue gem was easier than I thought it'd be, the first section of the level before you get to the bonus round is probably the hardest part. Everything past the bonus round was pretty manageable.
Same here.
This game is rumored to come to PS5 and Series X right? I'm definitely gonna double dip if true, this game deserves all the love
This is actually really good, I wish I'd been more aware of it during my run. I find it so hard to absorb music in games, especially when they're as tricky as Crash 4 is.
Kinda saddens me how inactive this OT is :( This game is incredible, even with some questionable design decisions. Where are all the N Sane Trilogy fans?
Oh is it inactive? I assumed it was going okay lol, seems to have a fair amount of people here playing it
We're all busy getting our asses beat and looking for crates, duh
Idk, a Crash 4, a new game in the vein of the games people really love in the series. Seems a tiny bit slower than I expected.
Me too actually. Going back and getting the tapes is not as hard as I thought it'd be.
It's really weird how bad some of the crates can be because the colored gems all have hints in the levels they are in, usually near where you'll find them, so at least you know where to look. So it's not like Toys for Bob are unaware how to make hidden stuff enjoyable to find. Meanwhile some of the hidden crates are just "how was I supposed to know this!?!"
Just need to do the Inverted levels and platinum time relics. Got the perfect relics and flashbacks done. Tbh, I've been loving the difficulty and length of the levels. My main complaint with the game is cryptic box locations and animal/ride hitbox size.
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