So a few people have noted about the Blue Gem and Nitro staircase secrets in Crash 2 and how there's additional clues to them both (the Nitros in the staircase don't bounce like usual Nitros, and the end crate tally in Level 1 once you have the crate gem will read /0 instead of the regular crate number). Admittedly, I didn't know about the /0 hint, and I did overlook the lack of bounce to the Nitros, so I'll take the L on those. That said, I still stand by what I said about the Nitro staircase; I don't think it's a particularly good secret, personally.
While Crash 2 isn't my favourite in the series, i do think what you said about some secrets is a bit harsh. The bit where there's a room full of Nitros is honestly genius. Why would there be a whole bunch of Nitros when there's seemingly nothing behind them? Let alone being in a room you can avoid altogether. Want to know something? The old Tomb Raider games are filled to the brim with this design, especially a particular puzzle that's a subtle history lesson on pre-1971 train ticket sales.
@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 I actually like these secrets in Crash 2 because back then it rewards player curiosity. Young players want to try stuff in games and in Crash 2, doing so gives a hidden route to a gem or an entirely new level. And this is why I like the colour gem collecting in Crash 4 since it follows Crash 2's method. But in Crash 4, each level that has a colour gem, has either a carving or graffiti on wall that tells how to get the gem. This is really good way to reward player for observational skills.
Honestly, the only one I think is too much is the pit the big bear falls into. There's an audio cue and screen shake to hint that he hit something but I think more was needed. Everything else I believe has enough clues to be reasonable. This is in stark contrast with the pterodactyl. While I found it when I was young, it was by freak accident. As far as I know, there's nothing to indicate that he's special. Interesting to hear all these different thoughts about Crash secrets. I never really thought about them before and as a kid was amazed and proud of myself for finding the majority of them in both 2 and 3.
@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 Yeah that's what I loved about the secrets in Crash 2 as well, they're on a scale in which it's nothing too obvious but as the same time it's nothing too cryptic either and you get that feeling of good satisfaction for figuring it out on your own.
Mav: In this video I'm covering the PS1 version of the original trilogy and not the N Sane ones Mav's video description: *Learn more about the Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy*
Thank you for validating my own bewilderment. I just recently replayed this game and I still didn't know you could spin those or the laser shots from piston it away
Spyro 3 I massively prefer over 2. The latter has a surprising amount of questionable and dated design choices regarding level design, progression structure, and the ratio of main game to side-games. The less said about the side-games that most of the time are less interesting than even the easiest minigames in some of the Rugrats games, the better.
I remember finding out the Polar Crash 2 secret as a kid because I loved him and wanted to hang out with him more and...got the shock of being transported to a secret warp room level.
In my case, I remember wondering what happened to Polar, did he fall into the hole too? Then I noticed the gap wasn't that big, and another question popped, can I make this jump and backtrack the whole last section of the level? And that's how I found Polar and got teleported.
17:50 I gotta disagree with you on that one. That secret is genius. Every nitro crate in the game bubbles and bounces periodically. These ones are silent and stay perfectly still, so a player wondering why there is a random stair case of nitros in the middle of nowhere with a perfectly safe path next to them may be able to put two and two together.
Yeah, same here. It awards you for paying attention and being curious and clever. Though most of the Crash 2 secrets I found by pure serendipity or by just being crazy which was his point. There are probably people out there still who played Crash 2 a lot as a kid and still don't even though that these secrets even existed lol.
If i remember correctly, there is green button that detonate every nitro crate on the nitro staircase level. So if you push the button and go back to the staircase its still there untouched, thats how i found it.
Great job on looking back on the PS1 Crash games as Crash 2 & 3 are good looking back and Crash 1, yeah I perfer the N Sane version too.... I am also a Crash 3 fan. ^^ Say, you think you'll review Freedom Planet or Marvel's Spider-Man PS4 in the future?
Love the review and opinions. I only played the PS1 crash 3 going up so never experienced 1 and 2 until N Sane. It was interesting to hear what you thought
I also played Crash 1 & 3 before 2 and felt that 2 was kinda off. For me as a kid I didn't like that 2 didn't have powerups so I felt I was playing a downgrade, but I still grew to like 2 more than 1 cause of its improvements.
Hum, well, I personally disagree on Crash 1. Now, I don't mean about the game aging poorly, it has, but rather on the notion that the game is bad on the sole basis that it aged poorly (people use this kind of argument for Zelda 1, Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, etc) and I don't agree with the idea that a game turns automatically bad because newer games did better what the original established. In example, while you say that Crash 1 shouldn't be played because it's hard/unfair, I disagree, I personally like (or has accustomed to) it's level design and I like the challenge the game provide to me that not many platformers do. Which leads me to another thing I noticed on the whole video: putting a game as good or bad based on taste rather than actual quality. Had Crash 1 been a bad game, it wouldn't have sold well enough to deserve a sequel. Again, not that Crash 1 has bad design choices (like the save system and getting the gem in 1 run) but that doesn't make the whole game bad, just old. In example, the first Super Mario has a lot of design choices that many today would classify as bad (I've met them) but that doesn't mean Super Mario is bad or poorly designed, just that it's old but still a good game. Overall, nice video, but more subjective than you may think.
Nitro crates always bounce, except for that staircase, and why would there be a staircase made out of nitro crates in the first place? The secret is extremely obvious. The blue gem says X/0 crates if you break any once you have gotten the clear gem.
I only played the N-sane Trilogy versions of these games and Warped is already my favorite of the three, so I gotta wonder what would I think if I played the original version. Especially the jet-ski levels.
I wanna say this. I didn't care for Crash 1. The camera led me to dying a lot, I felt it relied too much on leaps of faith, the bosses sucked, and Road to Nowhere made me give up on the game, which kept me from playing the N. Sane Trilogy for months, before I went back to give Crash 2 a shot. Thankfully, i liked it more than Crash 1, and allowed me to give the franchise a fair shot
I’ve always had this shower thought about how considering the DS was able to handle Super Mario 64 DS, I think they could’ve handled remakes of the original Crash Trilogy and Spyro trilogy. Albeit with compressed audio and voice clips.
Then again, YOU have a wacky, half-baked idea as to what a Diddy Kong Racing sequel would be like, with characters from every anime known to man, even the poopy ones.
@@PonmonofNuggetor You didn’t have to tell me that. I was saying that the DS could’ve potentially handled a remake of the original Crash and Spyro trilogies
I would say that in my opinion, Crash 2 is the weakest game in the series. I just didn't find the level themes all too memorable, the coloured gems are almost impossible to figure out how to get without a guide, and it has one of the harshest difficulty spikes I've ever seen in a video game, I hate everything to do with Warp Room 4 especially those bees, it's still a good game but not one I come back too often. I've always preferred Crash 1 but that's probably because it was the first game I've ever played, the game is challenging but the difficulty spike is gradual and not rapid like in Crash 2, sure the gem system is annoying but it's almost satisfying to conquer the tough challenges the game throws at you. Crash 3 has to be my favourite though, it's definitely the easiest but still has it's fair share of challenges, while I didn't like some of the vehicle segments *(BIKE SEGMENT)* I feel it had the best overall design, fair challenge, pretty good boss fights, best music, fantastic theming and it has Dingodile!
@@shadwmage8115 I've just replayed Tomb Raider 3. It has some bullshit that I don't like which can really piss off the player on the first go, but it's overall a lot more genuine than what was cooked up in Tomb Raider 2. I didn't have to use save crystals all that much aside from the Antartica levels, but I still die way too frequently in TR2 thanks to awful enemy placement, rubbish AI, and far too much emphasis on clunky and unintuitive combat. A simple lesson in game design, do not overstep the engine limitations.
Hearing the complaints you have for Crash 2... I dread to know what you thought of the new game. Because OH MY GOD! They went OVERBOARD with the hidden stuff! (And absolutely cruel moments of game design!) Honestly, I have no idea how people think it's the best game in the series. Casually, I can understand. To completion, get *!@#$%-ed!*
Oh trust me, I was gonna attempt to go for 106% in Crash 4, but I know for a fact that that's never happening. I really enjoyed the game from a casual perspective, but they definitely went overboard with everything you need for full completion.
@@BenjaMage Yeah. I'm torturing myself as we speak to do the 106%. I'm finding it more frustrating than fun. And the last time I felt that about the series was ALL the way back in the ORIGINAL Crash 1. *slow sarcastic clap*
Overboard with hidden stuff? Yes and no. I think the colour gems are as clever as in Crash 2. But back in Crash 2, it was entirely about young player's curiosity how to find these secrets. In Crash 4 however, each level that has a colour gem, has either a carving or graffiti on a wall that straight up tells how to get them. Though I can honestly admit I'm not the fan of how deviously some of the crates and hidden gems are hidden. I say Crash 4 is a solid 3rd best Crash game behind Nitro-Fueled and OG Crash 2.
30:29 This is an opinion that I want to see expanded on. While I agree that the jet-ski levels weren't amazing, I never felt that they were "unplayable."
Saw at 23:42 that you were playing the NTSC version of Crash 2. I'd actually recommend playing the PAL version if you decide to go back to it. You jump higher, move faster and do better bellyflops
Honestly, I have to disagree with you on the secrets of crash 2, them being so difficult makes sense, if they were easy they wouldnt really be secret, theyd just be extra paths. Secrets arent supposed to be obvious or found immediately, so theyre hinted at or are random with slight hints, like with the big polar bear, thats the only platform that isnt completely destroyed. Also, experimenting is how people find out how to do things, so doing things like falling down a pit to find a secret isnt all that surprising, as you will wind up doing so at some point
He's not criticising them because they're hard to find. Rather why they're hard to find. I don't agree with his criticisms of the secrets, but I can understand his perspective.
I actually enjoyed Crash 2 for its secrets. Not patting myself on the back by any means, but I discovered them all by my own curiosity (except for being able to access the boss fights again. I read about that one.). I avoided the nitro stairs like anyone else would, but they looked sus after I passed by them a few times, so I tried to get and keep an Aku Aku, and climbed them. After that, I trusted nothing, and stood on every platform, and jumped into every pit in every level
Okay so I wasn't the only kid who initially skipped Crash 2 and went straight to Warped. Good to know. I didn't even bother finishing the first game back on PS1. Mostly because of the save system. The original Crash Bandicoot save system was absolute torture because I was basically able to get most of the gems up until _Slippery Climb._ That was, for all intents and purposes, a literal brick wall. When I finally beat the level *_AND_* got the gem on the N. Sane Trilogy version, I almost threw myself a party for finally beating it. I felt like The Plain Doll after you kill Lady Maria in Bloodborne, a huge weight fell off my shoulders. And I'm pretty sure eight, nine, _and_ ten year old me breathed a huge sigh of relief. I don't think I 100% Crash 2 until I reached adulthood. I stopped playing video games for like five or six years, and I might've only beat the game because I looked up the secrets online. I had fun memories with Crash 2 growing up. It had a lot of my favorite songs, particularly the _Diggin' It/Bee-Having_ theme. I'm a sucker for a good baseline, and it was always fun and bouncy. I never found the Hot Coco warp on the original PS1 version of Warped. For the longest time, I thought it was a scrapped level that the developers forgot to remove from the End Credits. Which also means I never got that last gem. But I was able to get mostly gold and platinum relics while I was still a kid. The Great Wall of China levels were my favorite relics to get because of how fast Pura was. Crash Bandicoot was such a big part of my childhood. The fact that he's made such an illustrious comeback in the last few years has been incredible to watch. I can't wait to see what the future has in store for him, especially with how great _It's About Time_ looks. I pray to God it gets a Switch release, I'm too old to try go for N. Sanely Perfect relics, but I still don't want to miss out on getting to experience a new Crash adventure.
10:03 I hate to spoil the fun, but usually the "tooth fairy" is someone's parent or legal guardian trying to stir a little childlike wonder into their children's lives. So of course it was either his mother, his father, or any adult relatives who were with him at the time.
One funny story of mine growing up is I had a tooth under my pillow for several days and never got any money. Considering how impatient I was getting, I asked my mother if she could give me the money under the pillow instead. Didn't know my parents were tooth fairies until I was much older haha.
I'm surprised nobody ever points out the terrible quality of recorded lines in Warped. They shoulda checked the mic settings properly for that. All the recorded lines sound like they have either being recorded too close to the mic or volume settings were set too high. It's really distracting and that loud distorted voice quality is one reason why Warped's Game Over screen is the creepiest one in the trilogy. For those who played these games back in 90's, that is.
Honestly I never really noticed that. Since you brought it to attention, I'll definitely try paying attention to the audio. Goes to show even early 3D games with the best production value aren't perfect. Other decent examples for 1998 being Tomb Raider 3, Metal Gear Solid, Banjo Kazooie, and debatably Rugrats Search for Reptar.
In retrospect, it does look quite ugly with some details looking quite off. I used to think it looked great, but then came Crash 4 and I was like "I can't go back."
The secrets in Crash 2 are clever because… Blue Gem has after you get box gem the tally says “?/0” boxes Green Gem in sewer is clever because, why would there be a path with nitro crates that lead to nothing to it if you cant even touch the crates? Why is this the only bridge in the game that doesn’t completely break? Why would there be a staircase of Nitro Crates and that don’t bounce when you can’t jump on them?
@@manuelalbertoromero9528 meant that sonic dominated the market but Mario kinda won the competition and then crash came and pushed sonic to the 3rd place.
BenjaMage, you've also forgot to mention about the Wumpa Fruit Chain missing in the N Sane Trilogy, if you don't know what that is, a Wumpa Fruit Chain is when you spin at a crate during Dark levels or Chase segments, the Wumpa Fruit/Extra Lives will automatically go to you instead of lying on the ground.
I think the nitro saircase in crash 2 is a real bad way to hide that secret. I kind of hoped that in Nsane they would make the boxes not glow like normal nitros or something to make it a bit more obvious. but the fake wall.... that has the be the worst BY FAR in my opinion! Well made video and interesting to hear a perspective on preferring crash 3 over 2, that's not something you hear that often. both are fantastic games of course :)
IMO those two secrets were one of the most obvious ones in Crash 2. There would be no reason for the sewer room or the nitro staircase to exist if there wasn't something hidden. Why would you be able to completely ignore those hazards if there was nothing beyond them?
@@ZebNyan96 thats a fair way to look at it too for sure. I think for the staircase that makes sense. Im just really non a fan of non sloid walls as a secret in amy game, if a dev pulls that card on you, suddenly you have to distrust any wall in the game. Now, crash 2 does this is a pretty good way, still having the player go through a wall like that is a big no no in my opinion.
@@vlogergames That's a good point too! Suddenly you don't know what wall you can trust anymore :D. I think this is present in many levels of Crash 4 since some of the boxes are crazy well hidden.
@@ZebNyan96 crash 4 is really bad for this, it constantly makes you check behind every corner and off screen for boxes. it's a matter of taste I suppose, some people love having to comb through levels like that. if anything I think crash 2 strikes a great balance between those things, it pulls some moves I'm not a fan off in it's level design but at least lets you know something weird is going on! If nothing else it's at least memorable, a year after commenting this, i instantly knew what you were talking about so I gotta hand it to them, it's well done even if i disagree on the methods :p
I don't agree with a few of your takes but Clancy Brown's line delivery in Warped wasn't awkward, it was intentional. Cortex is naturally intimidated and frightened, not wanting to admit said "setbacks."
I just today played through the entirety of the original Crash 1 just blazing through it without caring about the gems. I think it's just kinda okay nowadays. The save system thankfully didn't affect me too much because bonus rounds also save your progress and the game hands out extra lives like candy.
honestly i don’t think the nitro crate shortcut is that bad compared to what it’s about time throws at you *shudders over the hidden gem in run it bayou*
Do not say crash 1 is hard I’ve completed the whole game with 10 death’s and the colour gem level’s just take a bit of practice but crash 4 however is absolutely terrible but far the worst crash game because of how difficult they made it no longer is it fun and a bit challenging in places crash 4 is a complete chore not a game
I hate how the N-Sane Trilogy turned the cement into clay, like they just removed the textures of it. Pd: The levels that are accessed with the pterodactyl and the alien sign were selected to be deleted as one of the members of Naughty Dog stated they didn't have time to finish them, so the guys working on these levels had to hide them so that no one would delete them before publishing the game.
Crash 2 is my favorite of the original trilogy, but admittedly that is mostly nostalgia as it was the first game in the series I played thanks to my step father. In hindsight before Crash 4 I just had to write off Coco as Crash not knowing at the time she was at Cortex's castle, since otherwise there was no reason for him to not care since they're portrayed as being really close
Despite me not playing the originals growing up man 3 feels like the standard levels feel the exact same despite being from different eras. The 'outside the city to inside' levels feel the exact same XD
I’ve never finished the crash trilogy I have it on the ps4 but never bothered to finish it I got stuck on a few levels so I just sticked to what I usually play ( the garden warfare games bfn and overwatch if you want to know) so I might finish it should I?
I had no idea you could re-battle the bosses in Crash 2, I always thought they were a one-off thing like the bonus rounds in Crash 1, I used to make new save files before each boss fight incase I wanted to battle N.Gin again rather than playing through 20 levels & 3 bosses before getting to him
In defense of a one secret level entrance, the nitro staircase is extremely suspicious and if the player pays attention none of the crates make the usual nitro sounds nor they jump around, making them extremely suspicious and urging the player to interact with them. I think this one was kinda clever!
So a few people have noted about the Blue Gem and Nitro staircase secrets in Crash 2 and how there's additional clues to them both (the Nitros in the staircase don't bounce like usual Nitros, and the end crate tally in Level 1 once you have the crate gem will read /0 instead of the regular crate number).
Admittedly, I didn't know about the /0 hint, and I did overlook the lack of bounce to the Nitros, so I'll take the L on those. That said, I still stand by what I said about the Nitro staircase; I don't think it's a particularly good secret, personally.
While Crash 2 isn't my favourite in the series, i do think what you said about some secrets is a bit harsh. The bit where there's a room full of Nitros is honestly genius. Why would there be a whole bunch of Nitros when there's seemingly nothing behind them? Let alone being in a room you can avoid altogether.
Want to know something? The old Tomb Raider games are filled to the brim with this design, especially a particular puzzle that's a subtle history lesson on pre-1971 train ticket sales.
@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 I actually like these secrets in Crash 2 because back then it rewards player curiosity. Young players want to try stuff in games and in Crash 2, doing so gives a hidden route to a gem or an entirely new level. And this is why I like the colour gem collecting in Crash 4 since it follows Crash 2's method. But in Crash 4, each level that has a colour gem, has either a carving or graffiti on wall that tells how to get the gem. This is really good way to reward player for observational skills.
Honestly, the only one I think is too much is the pit the big bear falls into. There's an audio cue and screen shake to hint that he hit something but I think more was needed. Everything else I believe has enough clues to be reasonable. This is in stark contrast with the pterodactyl. While I found it when I was young, it was by freak accident. As far as I know, there's nothing to indicate that he's special.
Interesting to hear all these different thoughts about Crash secrets. I never really thought about them before and as a kid was amazed and proud of myself for finding the majority of them in both 2 and 3.
do you think that you can review no straight roads sometime
@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 Yeah that's what I loved about the secrets in Crash 2 as well, they're on a scale in which it's nothing too obvious but as the same time it's nothing too cryptic either and you get that feeling of good satisfaction for figuring it out on your own.
“The infamous one box curse.”
Also known as
“Almost every level in Crash 4.”
Yep... so many ridiculously hidden boxes
Damn, and I thought some of the levels in the old Tomb Raider games were cruel. I guess I don't know true pain yet.
I just got the and the hidden gems are really hard to find without looking it up also the palforming is really hard in this game
I know that pain
I still think it's better than the secrets in Crash 2
Mav: In this video I'm covering the PS1 version of the original trilogy and not the N Sane ones
Mav's video description: *Learn more about the Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy*
That's UA-cam for ya.
Me: mmm i played hundreds of hours of these as a kid this vid is gonna be a nostalgia overload
Also me: WHAT YOU CAN SPIN THOSE 14:52
WHAT?!??
ARE YOU ******ING ME?!?
Thank you for validating my own bewilderment. I just recently replayed this game and I still didn't know you could spin those or the laser shots from piston it away
Also the shrink ray was surprising to me
And then he finished the video in 5 hours.
Yeah I agree with crash 3, I'd rather have a game with lots of gimmicks than a game with no variety. It's the main reason why a prefer Spyro 3 over 2.
Spyro 3 I massively prefer over 2. The latter has a surprising amount of questionable and dated design choices regarding level design, progression structure, and the ratio of main game to side-games. The less said about the side-games that most of the time are less interesting than even the easiest minigames in some of the Rugrats games, the better.
I was born on the same day the first Spyro game was released, but the third game is my first video game ever!
I also I like Crash 3
I remember finding out the Polar Crash 2 secret as a kid because I loved him and wanted to hang out with him more and...got the shock of being transported to a secret warp room level.
That's pretty clever. He's just so cute! I want to pet him mor-WOAH!
In my case, I remember wondering what happened to Polar, did he fall into the hole too? Then I noticed the gap wasn't that big, and another question popped, can I make this jump and backtrack the whole last section of the level? And that's how I found Polar and got teleported.
17:50 I gotta disagree with you on that one. That secret is genius. Every nitro crate in the game bubbles and bounces periodically. These ones are silent and stay perfectly still, so a player wondering why there is a random stair case of nitros in the middle of nowhere with a perfectly safe path next to them may be able to put two and two together.
Yeah, same here. It awards you for paying attention and being curious and clever. Though most of the Crash 2 secrets I found by pure serendipity or by just being crazy which was his point. There are probably people out there still who played Crash 2 a lot as a kid and still don't even though that these secrets even existed lol.
@@Capydapy Isnt that why theyre secret tho? If they were obvious they wouldnt be secret
If i remember correctly, there is green button that detonate every nitro crate on the nitro staircase level. So if you push the button and go back to the staircase its still there untouched, thats how i found it.
I was introduced to crash from the N sane trilogy and hes already oje of my favorites
Crash 4 came out on my birthday.
It must be destiny.
I’m really wondering what mavs fav game is now, is it dust.
I only played these via the N-Sane Trilogy and I was not disappointed by them. Crash 3 especially was a great time. Aiming to get Crash 4 someday.
I already got the game and it is amazing everything about is a 10/10
Great job on looking back on the PS1 Crash games as Crash 2 & 3 are good looking back and Crash 1, yeah I perfer the N Sane version too....
I am also a Crash 3 fan. ^^
Say, you think you'll review Freedom Planet or Marvel's Spider-Man PS4 in the future?
The tooth fairy giving hou a video gam reminds me of how i asked her for a angry birds board game lol
Why hello, fellow Angry Birds fan!
0:04 I didn’t even know that could happen
Love the review and opinions. I only played the PS1 crash 3 going up so never experienced 1 and 2 until N Sane. It was interesting to hear what you thought
I also played Crash 1 & 3 before 2 and felt that 2 was kinda off. For me as a kid I didn't like that 2 didn't have powerups so I felt I was playing a downgrade, but I still grew to like 2 more than 1 cause of its improvements.
Hum, well, I personally disagree on Crash 1.
Now, I don't mean about the game aging poorly, it has, but rather on the notion that the game is bad on the sole basis that it aged poorly (people use this kind of argument for Zelda 1, Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, etc) and I don't agree with the idea that a game turns automatically bad because newer games did better what the original established.
In example, while you say that Crash 1 shouldn't be played because it's hard/unfair, I disagree, I personally like (or has accustomed to) it's level design and I like the challenge the game provide to me that not many platformers do. Which leads me to another thing I noticed on the whole video: putting a game as good or bad based on taste rather than actual quality.
Had Crash 1 been a bad game, it wouldn't have sold well enough to deserve a sequel.
Again, not that Crash 1 has bad design choices (like the save system and getting the gem in 1 run) but that doesn't make the whole game bad, just old. In example, the first Super Mario has a lot of design choices that many today would classify as bad (I've met them) but that doesn't mean Super Mario is bad or poorly designed, just that it's old but still a good game.
Overall, nice video, but more subjective than you may think.
I'd love to see you do these
*A reaction video to the Mashed Bandicoot YTPs by NPCarrlson.
*Review Twinsanity
*Review Titans and Mind over Mutant
Nitro crates always bounce, except for that staircase, and why would there be a staircase made out of nitro crates in the first place? The secret is extremely obvious. The blue gem says X/0 crates if you break any once you have gotten the clear gem.
I only played the N-sane Trilogy versions of these games and Warped is already my favorite of the three, so I gotta wonder what would I think if I played the original version. Especially the jet-ski levels.
I loved the staircase of nitros as a kid, when i noticed they dont bounce my mind was blown so i cliimbed them!
Finally someone who doesn't downplay Warped cause of its vehicles. Warped will always be my favorite Crash game.
It’s about time!
In more ways than 1.
The fact that you have to beat all levels in Crash 1 without dying makes completing the game even impossible
I wanna say this. I didn't care for Crash 1. The camera led me to dying a lot, I felt it relied too much on leaps of faith, the bosses sucked, and Road to Nowhere made me give up on the game, which kept me from playing the N. Sane Trilogy for months, before I went back to give Crash 2 a shot. Thankfully, i liked it more than Crash 1, and allowed me to give the franchise a fair shot
I’ve always had this shower thought about how considering the DS was able to handle Super Mario 64 DS, I think they could’ve handled remakes of the original Crash Trilogy and Spyro trilogy. Albeit with compressed audio and voice clips.
Then again, YOU have a wacky, half-baked idea as to what a Diddy Kong Racing sequel would be like, with characters from every anime known to man, even the poopy ones.
You can get the originals on PSP and PSVita
@@PonmonofNuggetor You didn’t have to tell me that. I was saying that the DS could’ve potentially handled a remake of the original Crash and Spyro trilogies
I agree with you on Crash 3. It's my favorite childhood game.
If you do 100% Crash 1 you actually get a MUCH better save system! Not even kidding, Caddicarus made a video on Crash 1 explaining this!
I'm so glad you mentioned how good Coco's jetski is! It doesn't get enough love
I need to play more crash
I got an ad about cocoa
HAH!!!
I'll be likely to post this on all of your newest uploads, but I hope that your channel gets more subscribers and views soon. You really deserve it!
So your favorite game isn't Crash Warped nor CTR again, and years ago was also Fire Emblem Awakening. Wonder what it will be next.
I would say that in my opinion, Crash 2 is the weakest game in the series. I just didn't find the level themes all too memorable, the coloured gems are almost impossible to figure out how to get without a guide, and it has one of the harshest difficulty spikes I've ever seen in a video game, I hate everything to do with Warp Room 4 especially those bees, it's still a good game but not one I come back too often. I've always preferred Crash 1 but that's probably because it was the first game I've ever played, the game is challenging but the difficulty spike is gradual and not rapid like in Crash 2, sure the gem system is annoying but it's almost satisfying to conquer the tough challenges the game throws at you. Crash 3 has to be my favourite though, it's definitely the easiest but still has it's fair share of challenges, while I didn't like some of the vehicle segments *(BIKE SEGMENT)* I feel it had the best overall design, fair challenge, pretty good boss fights, best music, fantastic theming and it has Dingodile!
SINCE WHEN MAV WAS SANS
11:17 I... never realized there was an lab assistant in the background
I played Warped more then other Crash trilogy game.
The Crash Trilogy: The "DARK SOULS " of platformers.
Ever played the Core Design Tomb Raider games? Particularly 2 and 3.
@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 Tomb Raider 3's level design can die in a fire! Hardest game in the series, and for all the wrong reasons.
@@shadwmage8115
I've just replayed Tomb Raider 3. It has some bullshit that I don't like which can really piss off the player on the first go, but it's overall a lot more genuine than what was cooked up in Tomb Raider 2. I didn't have to use save crystals all that much aside from the Antartica levels, but I still die way too frequently in TR2 thanks to awful enemy placement, rubbish AI, and far too much emphasis on clunky and unintuitive combat. A simple lesson in game design, do not overstep the engine limitations.
Now here's the real question. Does Mavvy like Crash 1 or Wrath of Cortex better?
As a fellow cat person, I totally agree about Pura. I'd cuddle him for days, and days on end.
I think it's nice that you don't just focus on the negative but have a mix of opinions on various aspects of the game.
Hearing the complaints you have for Crash 2...
I dread to know what you thought of the new game. Because OH MY GOD!
They went OVERBOARD with the hidden stuff! (And absolutely cruel moments of game design!)
Honestly, I have no idea how people think it's the best game in the series. Casually, I can understand. To completion, get *!@#$%-ed!*
Oh trust me, I was gonna attempt to go for 106% in Crash 4, but I know for a fact that that's never happening. I really enjoyed the game from a casual perspective, but they definitely went overboard with everything you need for full completion.
@@BenjaMage Yeah.
I'm torturing myself as we speak to do the 106%.
I'm finding it more frustrating than fun. And the last time I felt that about the series was ALL the way back in the ORIGINAL Crash 1.
*slow sarcastic clap*
Overboard with hidden stuff? Yes and no. I think the colour gems are as clever as in Crash 2. But back in Crash 2, it was entirely about young player's curiosity how to find these secrets. In Crash 4 however, each level that has a colour gem, has either a carving or graffiti on a wall that straight up tells how to get them. Though I can honestly admit I'm not the fan of how deviously some of the crates and hidden gems are hidden. I say Crash 4 is a solid 3rd best Crash game behind Nitro-Fueled and OG Crash 2.
The coloured gems are clever, yes. (Although the green gem hint is very oblique.)
But FUCK those hidden gems!
30:29 This is an opinion that I want to see expanded on. While I agree that the jet-ski levels weren't amazing, I never felt that they were "unplayable."
Saw at 23:42 that you were playing the NTSC version of Crash 2. I'd actually recommend playing the PAL version if you decide to go back to it. You jump higher, move faster and do better bellyflops
Honestly, I have to disagree with you on the secrets of crash 2, them being so difficult makes sense, if they were easy they wouldnt really be secret, theyd just be extra paths. Secrets arent supposed to be obvious or found immediately, so theyre hinted at or are random with slight hints, like with the big polar bear, thats the only platform that isnt completely destroyed. Also, experimenting is how people find out how to do things, so doing things like falling down a pit to find a secret isnt all that surprising, as you will wind up doing so at some point
He's not criticising them because they're hard to find. Rather why they're hard to find. I don't agree with his criticisms of the secrets, but I can understand his perspective.
I actually enjoyed Crash 2 for its secrets. Not patting myself on the back by any means, but I discovered them all by my own curiosity (except for being able to access the boss fights again. I read about that one.). I avoided the nitro stairs like anyone else would, but they looked sus after I passed by them a few times, so I tried to get and keep an Aku Aku, and climbed them. After that, I trusted nothing, and stood on every platform, and jumped into every pit in every level
Awesome video, I pretty much agree with everything you mention in the video!
Loved this review!
Wait! You got crash 2 from the toothfairy!!!
Okay so I wasn't the only kid who initially skipped Crash 2 and went straight to Warped. Good to know.
I didn't even bother finishing the first game back on PS1. Mostly because of the save system. The original Crash Bandicoot save system was absolute torture because I was basically able to get most of the gems up until _Slippery Climb._ That was, for all intents and purposes, a literal brick wall. When I finally beat the level *_AND_* got the gem on the N. Sane Trilogy version, I almost threw myself a party for finally beating it. I felt like The Plain Doll after you kill Lady Maria in Bloodborne, a huge weight fell off my shoulders. And I'm pretty sure eight, nine, _and_ ten year old me breathed a huge sigh of relief.
I don't think I 100% Crash 2 until I reached adulthood. I stopped playing video games for like five or six years, and I might've only beat the game because I looked up the secrets online. I had fun memories with Crash 2 growing up. It had a lot of my favorite songs, particularly the _Diggin' It/Bee-Having_ theme. I'm a sucker for a good baseline, and it was always fun and bouncy.
I never found the Hot Coco warp on the original PS1 version of Warped. For the longest time, I thought it was a scrapped level that the developers forgot to remove from the End Credits. Which also means I never got that last gem. But I was able to get mostly gold and platinum relics while I was still a kid. The Great Wall of China levels were my favorite relics to get because of how fast Pura was.
Crash Bandicoot was such a big part of my childhood. The fact that he's made such an illustrious comeback in the last few years has been incredible to watch. I can't wait to see what the future has in store for him, especially with how great _It's About Time_ looks. I pray to God it gets a Switch release, I'm too old to try go for N. Sanely Perfect relics, but I still don't want to miss out on getting to experience a new Crash adventure.
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I hate to spoil the fun, but usually the "tooth fairy" is someone's parent or legal guardian trying to stir a little childlike wonder into their children's lives. So of course it was either his mother, his father, or any adult relatives who were with him at the time.
Shh.
That’s what the government wants you to believe
One funny story of mine growing up is I had a tooth under my pillow for several days and never got any money. Considering how impatient I was getting, I asked my mother if she could give me the money under the pillow instead. Didn't know my parents were tooth fairies until I was much older haha.
I'm surprised nobody ever points out the terrible quality of recorded lines in Warped. They shoulda checked the mic settings properly for that. All the recorded lines sound like they have either being recorded too close to the mic or volume settings were set too high. It's really distracting and that loud distorted voice quality is one reason why Warped's Game Over screen is the creepiest one in the trilogy. For those who played these games back in 90's, that is.
Honestly I never really noticed that. Since you brought it to attention, I'll definitely try paying attention to the audio.
Goes to show even early 3D games with the best production value aren't perfect. Other decent examples for 1998 being Tomb Raider 3, Metal Gear Solid, Banjo Kazooie, and debatably Rugrats Search for Reptar.
*Yay!* New video for me to watch.
Out of curiosity, why don't you like Crash's design in the N'Sane Trilogy?
In retrospect, it does look quite ugly with some details looking quite off. I used to think it looked great, but then came Crash 4 and I was like "I can't go back."
I like that 2 and 3 added a spot where you could manually save instead of relying on the save system of 1
The secrets in Crash 2 are clever because…
Blue Gem has after you get box gem the tally says “?/0” boxes
Green Gem in sewer is clever because, why would there be a path with nitro crates that lead to nothing to it if you cant even touch the crates?
Why is this the only bridge in the game that doesn’t completely break?
Why would there be a staircase of Nitro Crates and that don’t bounce when you can’t jump on them?
I loved the original trilogy.
I guess Crash just made Sonic be trippin more than ever after Mario destroyed the competition, and it's kinda heartbreaking and hilarious tbh
What?
@@manuelalbertoromero9528 meant that sonic dominated the market but Mario kinda won the competition and then crash came and pushed sonic to the 3rd place.
12:29 not heavyly apply
N.biro was sending them to kill crash bandicoot
Great video, Black Mage Maverick. Perhaps soon we can get a review of the original Sonic Genesis games? Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic CD and Sonic 3&K?
BenjaMage, you've also forgot to mention about the Wumpa Fruit Chain missing in the N Sane Trilogy, if you don't know what that is, a Wumpa Fruit Chain is when you spin at a crate during Dark levels or Chase segments, the Wumpa Fruit/Extra Lives will automatically go to you instead of lying on the ground.
I think the nitro saircase in crash 2 is a real bad way to hide that secret. I kind of hoped that in Nsane they would make the boxes not glow like normal nitros or something to make it a bit more obvious.
but the fake wall.... that has the be the worst BY FAR in my opinion!
Well made video and interesting to hear a perspective on preferring crash 3 over 2, that's not something you hear that often. both are fantastic games of course :)
IMO those two secrets were one of the most obvious ones in Crash 2. There would be no reason for the sewer room or the nitro staircase to exist if there wasn't something hidden. Why would you be able to completely ignore those hazards if there was nothing beyond them?
@@ZebNyan96 thats a fair way to look at it too for sure. I think for the staircase that makes sense. Im just really non a fan of non sloid walls as a secret in amy game, if a dev pulls that card on you, suddenly you have to distrust any wall in the game. Now, crash 2 does this is a pretty good way, still having the player go through a wall like that is a big no no in my opinion.
@@vlogergames That's a good point too! Suddenly you don't know what wall you can trust anymore :D. I think this is present in many levels of Crash 4 since some of the boxes are crazy well hidden.
@@ZebNyan96 crash 4 is really bad for this, it constantly makes you check behind every corner and off screen for boxes. it's a matter of taste I suppose, some people love having to comb through levels like that. if anything I think crash 2 strikes a great balance between those things, it pulls some moves I'm not a fan off in it's level design but at least lets you know something weird is going on! If nothing else it's at least memorable, a year after commenting this, i instantly knew what you were talking about so I gotta hand it to them, it's well done even if i disagree on the methods :p
I don't agree with a few of your takes but Clancy Brown's line delivery in Warped wasn't awkward, it was intentional. Cortex is naturally intimidated and frightened, not wanting to admit said "setbacks."
It’s about time!
I just today played through the entirety of the original Crash 1 just blazing through it without caring about the gems. I think it's just kinda okay nowadays. The save system thankfully didn't affect me too much because bonus rounds also save your progress and the game hands out extra lives like candy.
0:32 And bam! Crash Team Rumble. Now the pain of its support stopping is back.
honestly i don’t think the nitro crate shortcut is that bad compared to what it’s about time throws at you
*shudders over the hidden gem in run it bayou*
I'm still working my way through getting everything in Crash 4, and yeah, even just getting all the crates on some levels is _brutal._
@@BenjaMage On a scale of 1 to 10, how hard is Crash 4 compared to the rest of the original trilogy?
Definitely a 10, it's quite a lot harder than the original trilogy.
Do not say crash 1 is hard I’ve completed the whole game with 10 death’s and the colour gem level’s just take a bit of practice but crash 4 however is absolutely terrible but far the worst crash game because of how difficult they made it no longer is it fun and a bit challenging in places crash 4 is a complete chore not a game
I hate how the N-Sane Trilogy turned the cement into clay, like they just removed the textures of it.
Pd: The levels that are accessed with the pterodactyl and the alien sign were selected to be deleted as one of the members of Naughty Dog stated they didn't have time to finish them, so the guys working on these levels had to hide them so that no one would delete them before publishing the game.
WAIT. You can spin the electric orbs from the shrink lasers?
Crash 2 is my favorite of the original trilogy, but admittedly that is mostly nostalgia as it was the first game in the series I played thanks to my step father. In hindsight before Crash 4 I just had to write off Coco as Crash not knowing at the time she was at Cortex's castle, since otherwise there was no reason for him to not care since they're portrayed as being really close
I think it’s safe to say that naughty dog had a better understanding of the PlayStation and it’s capabilities for the sequel’s
Douhp 11:09
That animated shot of Mav jumping out the window, it's from one of the Cinderella sequels, isn't it?
Yep, Cinderella 3.
Could you review fighting games
That fake wall one was easy, there was a hint
I know it's a minor complaint, but it's pronounced N-tro-p, as its a pun on Entropy
All 3 Crash games were amazing. Crash 4 is a different story
Crash 4 is great...until you decide to 100% it
Your editing and comedic timing are spot on lmao
Eight days before my ninth birthday this game launched
Lol, Tiny the Tasmanian Tiger.
That's exactly what he is. Take notes 'Crash of the Titans'!
The ironic part is that I got the blue gem 💎 in crash 2 but still having trouble getting the blue gem in crash 4
man got so mad talking about how every game in the trilogy has dark levels that he got the sans eye
How did you like Mind Over Mutant and Crash of the Titans?
I thought they were just okay, but I also haven't played them in years.
@@BenjaMage They where my introduction into Crash......now I have every Crash game on PS4.
I hope you do review Crash 4
I'm curious, what do you use to record footage for PS1 games like these?
Despite me not playing the originals growing up man 3 feels like the standard levels feel the exact same despite being from different eras. The 'outside the city to inside' levels feel the exact same XD
That's kind of hallway level design in general. Level variety probably is the only way to solve this.
19:09 RIP Brendan O'Brien. 😢
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Must've been one hell of a tooth.
Crash 2 is my favourite 😮
I’m glad your loving the crash 4 design
I’ve never finished the crash trilogy I have it on the ps4 but never bothered to finish it I got stuck on a few levels so I just sticked to what I usually play ( the garden warfare games bfn and overwatch if you want to know) so I might finish it should I?
Crash bash needs remade
I think u got something wrong
Crash was already an anthropomorphic animal when cortex kidnappad him the evolvoray just made him stronger
I had no idea you could re-battle the bosses in Crash 2, I always thought they were a one-off thing like the bonus rounds in Crash 1, I used to make new save files before each boss fight incase I wanted to battle N.Gin again rather than playing through 20 levels & 3 bosses before getting to him
In defense of a one secret level entrance, the nitro staircase is extremely suspicious and if the player pays attention none of the crates make the usual nitro sounds nor they jump around, making them extremely suspicious and urging the player to interact with them. I think this one was kinda clever!
2:49 what's a bandicoot you ask good question
Proceeds to show a bandicoot pic
Now, that he's mentioned that flashback tape detailing Coco's origins, I gotta ask on what stage is that tape?
HAHAAA that gem swipe at the beginning happened to me for the first time a few years ago and I was so shook😂. I had no idea it did that.