I did this myself a few weeks ago. The game had been sitting uncompleted for almost the entire year all because of Stormy Ascent, and when I finally came back to it, it took me 2.5 days of non-stop attempts to beat it. I actually cried in relief when I managed it, and my thumbs were killing me.
If there's one thing that kept me happy during quarantine, it was platinuming the N Sane Trilogy. Going from not playing great in 2018 to obtaining the trophies even Stormy Ascent has to be one of my favourite memories with Crash. Screw Crash 4's platinum tho 😂
There’s a reason Stormy Ascent had so many checkpoints for you: normally it has exactly 3, with a 4th on the bonus platform (which only the trilogy has). But if the player dies a lot at the same checkpoint, the game has “pity checkpoints”, which turn what are normally ? Crates into new Checkpoint crates, or in some cases, even metal crates become checkpoints. As for why the level was DLC: it was cut from the 1996 original because it was considered too hard, but was still in the game code and was found via cheat devices. When the N Sane Trilogy released, people expected it to finally be released in public. It showed. The N Brio bonus however was completely new and not in the original.
No bro, it isn’t worth it. Crash is my favourite series and even I refuse to even try. You basically have to get every crates and not die in every level, which wouldn’t be an issue if there weren’t levels with 400+ crates and so long their platinum relics times are like 3:30.
Don't blame the original designer of Stormy Ascent, he knew the level was too hard which is why it was cut from the original Crash Bandicoot, blame Vicarious Visions for remaking the stage with their weird-ass hitboxes & lack of coyote time
The 1 box you missed in jaws of darkness is because if you jump on a TNT crate and it’s still counting down when you break a checkpoint, if you die and respawn at the checkpoint the TNT will not be broken. (Personal experience lol) Congrats on stormy ascent relic man, you’re a stronger man than I. And I love completing the crash games. I have 106%’d crash 4 multiple times which was insanely difficult and takes a lot of practise. But I couldn’t bring myself to keep trying stormy ascent TT. I did get the crash 4 game before I got NST though so I have played it a lot more. Good luck when you go for that game 👊🏼
Getting the trophy for the gold relic on stormy accent is legit one of the hardest trophies I’ve ever done. Gave up on it multiple times and finally got it done 5 years after I got the platinum for the main game 😂 I think I’d rather beat malenia from Elden ring again than attempt stormy accent again and she took me a long ass time
Hope to see you do 2 & 3 but yeah i understand the like target for 4 😂 well done bud 👏 only recently stumbled on to your channel and im enjoying the content
The Crash Bandicoot games are, in my opinion, not as difficult as people like to make them out to be (It's About Time being the exception, of course). "Dark Souls of platformers" my ass. I've gotten all the time trial relics in the trilogy twice (the second time I did them I got platinum relics), and I honestly found Crash 2 to be harder than Crash 1, or at least, more frustrating. Yes, Crash 1 may have Stormy Ascent, but I think one level shouldn't define the other 26. Still, the longer levels such as Sunset Vista are not fun to do without dying, and The High Road and Fumbling in the Dark are just awful. Crash 2 has an expanded moveset compared to Crash 1, and some of the relic times are stricter because you get speed shoes after defeating Dr. Neo Cortex, and you're expected to use them. The first time I did Crash 2's relics, I struggled to even get GOLD on some levels. Most of Crash 2's levels aren't as long as some of Crash 1's though, but Crash 2 still has its fair share of difficult levels, such as Hangin' Out, Cold Hard Crash, and Piston It Away. Thank god you only need gold relics for the platinum trophy in N. Sane Trilogy. For It's About Time you need _platinum_ relics. 10:19 That happened to me on my second playthrough. I just simply forgot about that box...
If it makes you feel better Stormy ascent was reworked because people struggled to beat it lol granted this was the reworked level and it was still kicking your butt so maybe that doesn’t help… well anyways
13:22 this level wasn't supposed to exist it got cut from the original game for its punishing difficulty and only way to play it on PS1 was through hacking
If you had a gameshark on the ps1 you could play the level turns out naughty dog didn't fully erase the level from the data file on the ps1 disk of crash bandicoot
But surely you can't stop there?! You must get the platinum relic from Stormy Ascent! Just kidding (kind of 😉), it's madness... For some reason I decided to do it and I can tell you that it is so much harder than gold. I mean the difficulty from gold to platinum goes from 10 to 100 for some reason... I got it in the end but it was pure torment.
I really don't understand that 6/10 difficulty on the DLC. I know it's only one level but it's the hardest. It's like an 8/10(honestly maybe even like 8.5/10)imo. Not sure what was the reasoning behind that rating but it's harder than the base game for sure.
congrats on getting the plat but if you think crash 1 was hard mate you have no idea how much misery your gonna face in crash 4. It makes crash 1 look like child's play in comparison so if you do end up going for it's platinum all I'm gonna say is good luck... your gonna need it
Ngl it might just be a me thing but I’ve found the few souls games I’ve done to be challenging but so fun that they aren’t hard. This was legitimately harder for me lol
I could never do Crash. So instead I’m manifesting for your suffering of all the Crash games so I can witness your descent into insanity 😈 Also gg on getting the Platinum!
@@CompletionistTrav Stormy Ascent is not accessible through normal means in the original game, but it can be played by using a GameShark code. Naughty Dog removed this level due to its extreme difficulty as it is essentially a harder version of its counterpart Slippery Climb (which is already considered one of the hardest levels in the game), and also due to the numerous bugs that Naughty Dog could not fix before the final game was shipped
Great video dude! Definitely think you should do the rest of the trilogy and Crash 4!😁
That is in the hands of you fine folks, but I believe in you. Thanks for watching!!
I did this myself a few weeks ago. The game had been sitting uncompleted for almost the entire year all because of Stormy Ascent, and when I finally came back to it, it took me 2.5 days of non-stop attempts to beat it. I actually cried in relief when I managed it, and my thumbs were killing me.
The relief I felt finishing that godforsaken level was unreal
If there's one thing that kept me happy during quarantine, it was platinuming the N Sane Trilogy. Going from not playing great in 2018 to obtaining the trophies even Stormy Ascent has to be one of my favourite memories with Crash.
Screw Crash 4's platinum tho 😂
@@Jtmissile I’m glad it brought some folks happiness haha
There’s a reason Stormy Ascent had so many checkpoints for you: normally it has exactly 3, with a 4th on the bonus platform (which only the trilogy has). But if the player dies a lot at the same checkpoint, the game has “pity checkpoints”, which turn what are normally ? Crates into new Checkpoint crates, or in some cases, even metal crates become checkpoints.
As for why the level was DLC: it was cut from the 1996 original because it was considered too hard, but was still in the game code and was found via cheat devices. When the N Sane Trilogy released, people expected it to finally be released in public. It showed. The N Brio bonus however was completely new and not in the original.
Don’t worry, 2 and 3 are a lot more lenient with more than just their enhanced movesets
I’ve heard that, they should be pretty painless until I get to 4 lol
Now you have to do Crash 4! Better get cracking content man
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Don't do Crash 4.
Unfortunately if the likes happen, I must do it
No bro, it isn’t worth it. Crash is my favourite series and even I refuse to even try.
You basically have to get every crates and not die in every level, which wouldn’t be an issue if there weren’t levels with 400+ crates and so long their platinum relics times are like 3:30.
@ it’s worth it if you guys watch the video lol
@@CompletionistTrav Props to your grindset, i’ll be watching it for sure
@@CompletionistTravsame here I won't even try it!!! Hell caddicarus himself been through worse from that game!
I got the plat for this game today and this video suddenly got recommended, love the videos got yourself another subscriber 😁
Legend, I appreciate you & congrats on the Plat!!
Don't blame the original designer of Stormy Ascent, he knew the level was too hard which is why it was cut from the original Crash Bandicoot, blame Vicarious Visions for remaking the stage with their weird-ass hitboxes & lack of coyote time
Whoever gets the blame gets the herp
Nice hoodie! Hail to Pitt!
Happy new year, Trav! Looking forward to seeing you crush it in 2025 💪💪
Legend, appreicate you Ben back at you!
You know you finished when you never want to see it again.
@@imyourjosh1726 this exactly
Congrats man, I platinumed the trilogy long ago, and I can totally relate to the rage you had to experience.
I’m glad I’m not alone in the experience lol
Great Job! Do Crash 2 next!
The like goal looks like it might've been a hair too low hahaha
@CompletionistTrav2 super sadge to hear that
The 1 box you missed in jaws of darkness is because if you jump on a TNT crate and it’s still counting down when you break a checkpoint, if you die and respawn at the checkpoint the TNT will not be broken. (Personal experience lol)
Congrats on stormy ascent relic man, you’re a stronger man than I. And I love completing the crash games. I have 106%’d crash 4 multiple times which was insanely difficult and takes a lot of practise.
But I couldn’t bring myself to keep trying stormy ascent TT. I did get the crash 4 game before I got NST though so I have played it a lot more. Good luck when you go for that game 👊🏼
YOU’VE DONE CRASH 4 FOUR TIMES?! You are a madman my friend. Thank you for checking the video out 🫡
Getting the trophy for the gold relic on stormy accent is legit one of the hardest trophies I’ve ever done. Gave up on it multiple times and finally got it done 5 years after I got the platinum for the main game 😂
I think I’d rather beat malenia from Elden ring again than attempt stormy accent again and she took me a long ass time
My next video is on Sekiro and it has been so much easier than Stormy Ascent in Crash. Make life make sense lol
Do all the crash games I am doing this as well in my youtube channel
Great video Trav! I won't lie, I couldn't stop laughing and at the same time, felt your pain 🤣
Glad to hear it 🫡 definitely my my painful platinum so far
Hope to see you do 2 & 3 but yeah i understand the like target for 4 😂 well done bud 👏 only recently stumbled on to your channel and im enjoying the content
I appreciate it brother glad you’re enjoying the vids! Yeah that like goal was specifically for 4 to ever happen ngl 🤣
If Trilogy made you crash, then 4 will make you smash
@@DrDark7 oh I’m smashin
Most valid crashout ever
Literally
The Crash Bandicoot games are, in my opinion, not as difficult as people like to make them out to be (It's About Time being the exception, of course). "Dark Souls of platformers" my ass.
I've gotten all the time trial relics in the trilogy twice (the second time I did them I got platinum relics), and I honestly found Crash 2 to be harder than Crash 1, or at least, more frustrating. Yes, Crash 1 may have Stormy Ascent, but I think one level shouldn't define the other 26. Still, the longer levels such as Sunset Vista are not fun to do without dying, and The High Road and Fumbling in the Dark are just awful.
Crash 2 has an expanded moveset compared to Crash 1, and some of the relic times are stricter because you get speed shoes after defeating Dr. Neo Cortex, and you're expected to use them. The first time I did Crash 2's relics, I struggled to even get GOLD on some levels. Most of Crash 2's levels aren't as long as some of Crash 1's though, but Crash 2 still has its fair share of difficult levels, such as Hangin' Out, Cold Hard Crash, and Piston It Away.
Thank god you only need gold relics for the platinum trophy in N. Sane Trilogy. For It's About Time you need _platinum_ relics.
10:19 That happened to me on my second playthrough. I just simply forgot about that box...
If it makes you feel better Stormy ascent was reworked because people struggled to beat it lol granted this was the reworked level and it was still kicking your butt so maybe that doesn’t help… well anyways
I wish it made me feel better knowing a nerfed version of a bad level was beating me into submission lol
I’ve just did crash 2, apparently crash 3 is the easiest, we’ll see, good video
@Bacon-vm1rr thank you! 2 & 3 are pretty easy from what I’ve heard, 4 is a hellscape but we’ll get there when the time comes
@ 4 is absolutely insane, 2 drove me insane with the relics, 3 will be worse but I wish you the best luck 😅
crash 2 we be seeing you soon :)
Hope so!
Im liking the video for the inevitable Crash 4 video
Here for it, I know what I signed up for lol
13:22 this level wasn't supposed to exist
it got cut from the original game for its punishing difficulty and only way to play it on PS1 was through hacking
It should’ve stayed in the shadow realm
Gameshark.
Getting the gem without dying would of been nearly impossible on the ps1. To this day i still find Original crash bandicoot harder than NST
If you had a gameshark on the ps1 you could play the level turns out naughty dog didn't fully erase the level from the data file on the ps1 disk of crash bandicoot
Hey! You should do Jedi Fallen Order. It's a really fun platinum, even on the "jedi grandmaster" difficulty.
Lowkey never been a Star Wars fan so I've actually thought about doing a game since I'm sure Star Wars fans would roast me lol
If you think this platinum is a headache then Crash 4 is mental torture
That, is a challenge that’s not for thoose with sanity
Oh I know, that’s why I set the like goal at 1,000. If it doesn’t get hit I’m never touching Crash 4 lol
But surely you can't stop there?! You must get the platinum relic from Stormy Ascent! Just kidding (kind of 😉), it's madness... For some reason I decided to do it and I can tell you that it is so much harder than gold. I mean the difficulty from gold to platinum goes from 10 to 100 for some reason... I got it in the end but it was pure torment.
the whole thing sucks lol
I got the platinum trophy in Crash bandicoot, and boy, it wasn't easy.
agreed lol
This game made me rage to a point where I broke my controller
NOOOO
I really don't understand that 6/10 difficulty on the DLC. I know it's only one level but it's the hardest. It's like an 8/10(honestly maybe even like 8.5/10)imo. Not sure what was the reasoning behind that rating but it's harder than the base game for sure.
@@eemelivierimaa9041 I’d say strictly because it was one level, that one level was awful though
Like the vid we needd the other games.
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if you think this is bad, then oh boy, you're going to enjoy crash 4😈
congrats on getting the plat but if you think crash 1 was hard mate you have no idea how much misery your gonna face in crash 4. It makes crash 1 look like child's play in comparison so if you do end up going for it's platinum all I'm gonna say is good luck... your gonna need it
Oh I know, the pain will be so real lol
I platinumed Assassin's creed Valhalla,crash 4 can't be that bad.
Valhalla is just long and a crap game. Crash 4 is long and unnecessarily hard lol
I said it once, I'll say it again: If you didn't 100% Stormy Ascent, don't complain about difficulty. Just saying. Great video!
Yeah for sure most of the playthrough wasn’t that bad but Stormy Ascent was just awful lol
Thanks Ray 🫡
Easily my hardest platinum I have, although I’ve yet to play a souls game so I think that will be the next difficulty spike
Ngl it might just be a me thing but I’ve found the few souls games I’ve done to be challenging but so fun that they aren’t hard. This was legitimately harder for me lol
I could never do Crash. So instead I’m manifesting for your suffering of all the Crash games so I can witness your descent into insanity 😈
Also gg on getting the Platinum!
My descent into insanity started way back in 1996 🤣 you’re witnessing a broken man break more lol
Now do the platinum for Stormy ascent 😈
I will literally never open this game again
@@CompletionistTravlol you know you had enough of a game when you shelf it for good
The High Road and Stormy Ascent are the absolute worst. Don't worry getting platinum on the other two games aren't nearly as bad.
I've heard that, everything minus Crash 4 seems to be decent
Wait, you got triggered at N.Sane? Play About Time next please!
Without question doing it last lol
"dID yOu KnoW ThAT YoU cAn JuMp oN tHe rOPeS oN tHe rIGht oF ThE BrIDge LeVEl???" 🤓
I HAD NO IDEA WHAATTTTT
should we tell him about crash bash?
We should
@@CompletionistTrav oh boy, smokey, my friend, you are entering a world of pain :D
How come it says crash bandicoot it’s about time instead of crash bandicoot 4 it’s about time
I don’t know
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@@Dallasyr2016 legend
Games 7/10? I though it seemed like 8/10 at least
Apparently, 7/10s these days are way harder than when I was a kid it seems lol
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@@CompletionistTrav Stormy Ascent is not accessible through normal means in the original game, but it can be played by using a GameShark code. Naughty Dog removed this level due to its extreme difficulty as it is essentially a harder version of its counterpart Slippery Climb (which is already considered one of the hardest levels in the game), and also due to the numerous bugs that Naughty Dog could not fix before the final game was shipped
How
@Ryan_Gaffney how
@CompletionistTrav idk im still trying to do the relics. Any advice?
@ tbh not really they just suck and you have to push through it. There are guides on YT that can help with shortcuts.