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I tried to get the perfect relic on Crash Landed and I think I have at least the first section of the level down and can get through it without too much trouble. God the level is long though and I'm afraid to do the second/final riding section of it.
I've been checking in regularly on Speedrun.com to see how folks are doing with Crash 4. Looks like they're down to just over 1hr 45mins as of today.
Absolute madmen.
Absolute madmen.
I've written before that I thought the soundtrack was mostly just 'okay' but I do want to point out that I think the Run It Bayou music, specifically the normal, non jet board section, is stellar.
Am I crazy for wanting to 100% the hardest stages first? I want to do the impossible ones first so it gets easier as I go lol.
All flashback tapes beaten. However I need to revisit the second to last flashback level to get all the boxes in that one. This time I'll check a guide to see how many boxes I should have when I reach the first checkpoint.
There we are platinum on all the flashback tapes. Now I shall finally play the nverted levels.
Nah, that's what I'm doing, I've been slowly making progress but done with the platinum relics of Rude Awakening, Toxic Tunnels, Cortex Castle, and Seeing Double. Now to practice on Nitro Processing; ah, if only had my old self's enthusiasm for chasing trophies I'd have made much faster progress :p
Hey maybe now that I'm better at the game I'll have an easier time getting all the boxes in the early levels in my nverted playthroughs. A Real Grind next.
I scour the stage every nook and cranny. I go super slow. I move the camera constantly. Every time there's boxes I bounce on top to see if something is hidden out of view. I am THOROUGH. Heh look at how many sneaky hidden boxes I've found. Game trying so hard to screw me over here with some of these but I'm having none of it.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M STILL MISSING 2 BOXES?!
I scour the stage every nook and cranny. I go super slow. I move the camera constantly. Every time there's boxes I bounce on top to see if something is hidden out of view. I am THOROUGH. Heh look at how many sneaky hidden boxes I've found. Game trying so hard to screw me over here with some of these but I'm having none of it.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M STILL MISSING 2 BOXES?!
Well the Nverted levels are pretty disappointing so far. Just pure padding to give the game more "content". So far it's just a visual filter that adds nothing interesting to the gameplay. That's fine, but why do these versions of levels have their own gems attatched? Force the player to play the same levels again just with a different visual filter. Pure padding. Well I suppose CONTENT CONTENT CONTENT MAKE SURE IT'S LONG modern game design had to make its way in somehow.
These are great, especially the animal riding parts....I restarted the Polar section so much because I'd miss stacks of four.
Also, this may be controversial, but there are too many gems in this game. For Crash 5, if you must have a wumpa collector gem, why not make it one? It's nearly impossible to miss the three wumpa gems unless you're actively missing crates.
Not the biggest fan of the 3 deaths or less and you get a gem either. Made the hidden gems (like for not dying at all) in the original games more memorable to me, while these are just kinda there for every level.
Loving the game, the n.verted levels are super cool. Hoping to go back to more of it today or tomorrow. I am just glad we have a great Crash Bandicoot game. Even with some criticisms, it has me very excited for a Crash 5. Also, stoked for a fourth Spyro game!
Wumpa gems are so pointless. You only need 1 for all the boxes. I actually am a fan of the 3 deaths or less gem, and I'm fine with hidden gems too though I don't think every level needs one. It's clear the only reason wumpa gems exist is so that everyone will be collecting gems every level no matter what. They're trying to make players feel some sort of accomplishment when they beat a level. I kind of get that but it just comes off as so artificial to me and almost devalues gems in a way.
I totally understand, I think they went overboard with it.
Also, where are the crystals??? Lol
I wish the stages had more uniquely hidden gems like Twinsanity. I'd take that over three Gems just dedicated to Wumpa collecting.
I don't mind crystals missing, there's almost no point to them since they're so easy to collect.
I don't mind crystals missing, there's almost no point to them since they're so easy to collect.
I would lose my goddamn mind if we got a remake of Twinsanity. Honestly fix the bugs and tighten up the controls, and Twinsanity would be my favourite Crash game. I think it's so underrated. By far the funniest Crash game and the best story imo.
Just wait until you have to get the perfect relics for the animal riding sections.
I haven't done any of the N. Sane relics outside of the first 2 levels, but my one tip for those is to use the d-pad. Other than that, practice lol.
But the d-pad seemed a lot more responsive/precise than the analog stick did. It's still hard as hell though, but it helps some. I definitely think this is one area they should look at adjusting with a patch.
I felt the same for most of the levels, but I gotta admit the N Verted levels for the Food Run dimension are great.
Constantly wiggly left/right very quickly, even when going straight. Much easier to hit 4 out of 4 crates for the stacks that way
That was actually a very helpful tip and helped me on getting the N.Sanely Perfect Relic on Bears Repeating. Thanks a lot... Now let me try Crash Landed
I have 33 n. sanely relics but they might all be for nothing because now it's time for Crash Landed. Just beating this level was tough. Getting a perfect here will either take hours or just infuriate me enough to quit the game. And to think I also need the plat run later too...
edit: I fucking did it. That was as much of a pain as I was expecting it to be.
edit: I fucking did it. That was as much of a pain as I was expecting it to be.
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I just beat Cortex Castle whilst dying 113 times... I need a break because that stressed me out. How hard is the final boss?
I did not find the final boss any tougher than most of the bosses in the game. Not anywhere near as hard as any level in the final dimension.
These platinum time trials are mostly ridiculous. You can't die in a run, have to break most time crates, need to spam triple spin or slide spin or a combination of both, and have to deal with new crate placements which often times include new TNT and Nitro locations. For every single level.
Granted I'm probably being too hard on myself, but oh well. It's a good habit, albeit very stressful at times. I've dropped my controller out of spite a few times. I don't think I'm going for platinums ever again after this game, unless it's something I really really like.
Granted I'm probably being too hard on myself, but oh well. It's a good habit, albeit very stressful at times. I've dropped my controller out of spite a few times. I don't think I'm going for platinums ever again after this game, unless it's something I really really like.
It's fine but unlocked. It's targetting 60 FPS and dips below that consistently but the game definitely isn't unplayable.
I have read the patch improved a little bit. So that is nice to hear.
Well... this second jetboard level (the one that crosses over with Dingodile) is going to be murder to N.Sane clear. The crates at the end are a complete pain in the ass to hit (and somehow it gets worse in the alternate version of the level). At least when your hopping on the crates as Crash to reach those otherwise impossible to reach crates it had the decency of being at the beginning of the level, not the end! Certainly gonna take me quite a few tries to clear, one to do post game for sure.
Still loving the game despite some issues I have with it though, but I definitely can't stand the secret areas in the levels, not sure what it is, but they annoy me rather than end up being fun (but hey at least you can retry them endlessly so no worry if it takes a few times to grab all the crates). Not sure where I'd rank this alongside the original 3 Crash games, but so far at least when it comes to 100%ing it, I don't think it'll end up as my favourite but its still damn good.
Still loving the game despite some issues I have with it though, but I definitely can't stand the secret areas in the levels, not sure what it is, but they annoy me rather than end up being fun (but hey at least you can retry them endlessly so no worry if it takes a few times to grab all the crates). Not sure where I'd rank this alongside the original 3 Crash games, but so far at least when it comes to 100%ing it, I don't think it'll end up as my favourite but its still damn good.
You can ride the jetski backwards and it makes getting the boxes pretty darn easy
Even on the last bit where the current constantly forces you forward?
Boost the jetboard backwards while going downstream at the final jetboard segments.
Odd... I did try that once and it didn't seem to work. Well that's good news at least. That's one less issue on that level at least!
Final boss is very easy. Checkpoints every phase. Very forgiving.
If you are just blasting through the game without caring about completion, just to see it through to the final boss and playing all of the unique content through once, probably anywhere from 6-12 hours depending on pace and focus.
100%+, if I had to guess, probably takes anywhere from 20 - 50 hours+++ depending on a person's skill level and general dedication.
A few days ago, one of the youtube LP'ers I follow posted a screen cap of his save file which shows playtime. He'd been playing it where he was 100% completing each level's default 6 gems + the N. Sanely Perfect relics (all crates, no deaths) to record each level of his playthrough before he'd move on. The time on his save file? 99 hours.
^ That's factoring in practice and hunting for crates without guides I think, plus probably other stuff not factored in towards direct progress too. But still, this game can have quite a bit of longevity/replayability if that's what you want.
Loving Crash 4, but I do think I prefer the art style of CTR + N.Sane, just my preference though. I do love how expressive and animated Crash is in this, though. It's truly great.
You might find this to be cheating, but it helps to watch a vid of the rail sections to try and memorize the box locations.