@@ClaraFinnMost of the difficulty of the Lab stems entirely from having to deal with getting the perfect cycle at the start, as it basically dictates whether or not you’ll be able to get through the level without wasting any time. The level itself is pretty easy. Generator Room is both a hard level AND a hard Plat time. Definitely agree on it being the harder level despite The Lab being immensely more frustrating and usually taking far more attempts than any other level.
23:15 that unintentional snipe was killer lmao. Solid optimization and yes, this level is among the best to practice frame jumping (timing your next jump the second you land to reach cycles like the 4 platforms). It's just the time that is the killer in this one. All in all, really great the improvement here.
Man, much respect for getting that Platinum! The Generator Room was always hard enough for me just getting the Gem! The depth perception almost always killed me, too. Poor Lewis is going to lose his sanity by the end of all these Relic Races! N. Sane, indeed!
Generator Room is one of the most fun levels in the game for speedruns, people give it a lot of hate because of the time but you can do the whole thing without stopping if you give things a try, granted the strats to bypass the last 3 pipes without stopping is of the top quality. Overall you don't get better in games without a challenge and i'm glad the game put this plat here same with the lab
Congrats, that's an amazing time! I feel you with the crate breaking physics, it can be very annoying especially for someone like me who was stupid enough to go for the developer times where the smallest of time losses can be game over on some levels. It feels even worse after doing Crash 4's time trials because crates in that game are so easy to break and just disintegrate without slowing you down at all, but here it's hit and miss whether a stack of crates will break in one spin (or just very awkward to time right) and it's easy to lose a small amount of time over something dumb like that.
The time between each relic is so tight. And then the time between the top 5 times and the relics themselves are just as tight. Not sure what the devs were thinking.
Hi Lewis, any chance you could start putting the number of attempts up on screen like in your CTR series? I always found it helped me get a better understanding of just how long a particular track was taking you
I can assure you the Lab is not fun. I generally like getting platinum relics or beating my records when I’m bored, but the Lab has never seen a revisit.
Yeah... even im not going to revisit this one. Just this one. Stormy Ascent?! Sure. Im fine in revisiting that one (Especially since I recently played the OG version of it with a controller on an emulator) but The Lab can screw off. Remember the cycle, only to fail or slow down on the last hurdle.
Fumbling in the dark platinum is tricky because the darkness as well as the spikes but here’s a tip you can jump on those skinny long edges to makes more easy to jump square platforms
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO that was beautiful! Though the next ones are the big ones. I'm more scared of Fumbling in the Dark than The Lab cuz... You can't see lmao
This is, in my opinion the hardest level to platinum. The timer is so tight. I got super lucky and an enemy i spun hit a timer crate for me, that saved me enough time to beat the time.
Wow! Very impressive. Not only did you get one of the hardest relics in the game but you beat it by quite a bit and didn't consider it that bad. Good news is most of island 3 really isn't anything nasty, bad news is high road and the lab exist. Perhaps once this is over you might do a top 10 hardest relics in Crash 1 video?
The Lab should be the last level you do, even after Stormy Ascent, The Lab allows for I kid you not a PERFECT run, but Stormy Ascent is like Sunset Vista, a hard level with lenient time frame for platinum.
For me Fumbling in the Dark was suprisingly hard to get even a gold relic on. It's also so up to the cycle plus the added annoying thing if you get hit, you lose the light. Slippery Climb really isnt that hard. I got gold on my first run and then its just bit optimising.
If you're wondering what the easiest relics out of the ones you've got left are, then I'd say personally that Toxic Waste, Lights Out, and Jaws of Darkness are comparatively easy compared to The High Road, Slippery Climb, Fumbling in the Dark, etc. Castle Machinery isn't usually considered that hard from most people, but it is just a longer, harder version of Heavy Machinery. You should probably be able to get Toxic Waste done very fast in your next video, so even if you do The High Road in the same video, it'll take up over 90% of the video anyway.
I wish you all the best when you get to The Lab and do a Platinumr run. Let me tell you that you'll need anger management on that level. I just can't believe I chose to do a Platinum relic run. Don't get me started on Stormy Ascent. That level can get nuked.
Oh boy. I reinstalled the game and let me tell you this isn't one of the hardest, especially when you consider how short it is. Replaying it was actually fun, unlike one of those 2 min or 3 min ones.
I think the reason why these are difficult is because they were never formatted for relics. Crash 2 is more formatted properly. Crash 1 was a test game for Naughty Dog and it blew up with high sales. When they remade this, the only game that had relics was the third game. In my opinion, the first two games ain't worth the stress. Only reasons why: trophies and bragging rights.
This is harder than anything in crash 2 in my opinion. I know caddicarus said crash 2 was the hardest because of the crash dash powerup but I surprisingly found crash 2 easier than even crash 3, despite the levels not being designed for time trials. There’s a couple of really difficult ones but not to the extent of this or the lab
dev trials: I’ve lost blue flame
platinum relics: I’ve lost the cycle
Flamesgone = cyclegone
This was THE hardest one for me. Also, really nice job on the 56.99. That's a pretty good time.
It’s between this and the lab for sure. I personally enjoyed this one way more. It felt challenging in a fairer way than the lab
Garland the Crash Legend.
Holy shit it's the legend himself commenting
Garland, man, I remember watching your Warped all platinum playthrough like 13-14 years ago. Time flies.
@@ClaraFinnMost of the difficulty of the Lab stems entirely from having to deal with getting the perfect cycle at the start, as it basically dictates whether or not you’ll be able to get through the level without wasting any time. The level itself is pretty easy. Generator Room is both a hard level AND a hard Plat time. Definitely agree on it being the harder level despite The Lab being immensely more frustrating and usually taking far more attempts than any other level.
23:15 that unintentional snipe was killer lmao. Solid optimization and yes, this level is among the best to practice frame jumping (timing your next jump the second you land to reach cycles like the 4 platforms). It's just the time that is the killer in this one. All in all, really great the improvement here.
No shot... Frame jumping was the only way I was able to recently beat the Dev Time on Toxic Waste and The Boulders.
Brutal.
Hi Abdul I'm a fan
Please don’t stop these they make my day🔥
my N-Sane disc arrived today. Wish me luck 😭
Man, much respect for getting that Platinum! The Generator Room was always hard enough for me just getting the Gem! The depth perception almost always killed me, too. Poor Lewis is going to lose his sanity by the end of all these Relic Races! N. Sane, indeed!
This series is brilliant, its the realness of it. I'll watch you play every level from all 3 games
Lewis is like a child who just learned the word 'cycle' 😂
Seeing another person do this inspired me to finish crash 1 plat again. That's xbox and ps4/5 now 100% including dlc
Crash 2 here we go
Good luck and have fun pal.
Lewis inspired me to finally go for Dev Times. Even if not all of them are possible lol.
Generator Room is one of the most fun levels in the game for speedruns, people give it a lot of hate because of the time but you can do the whole thing without stopping if you give things a try, granted the strats to bypass the last 3 pipes without stopping is of the top quality. Overall you don't get better in games without a challenge and i'm glad the game put this plat here same with the lab
Congrats, that's an amazing time!
I feel you with the crate breaking physics, it can be very annoying especially for someone like me who was stupid enough to go for the developer times where the smallest of time losses can be game over on some levels.
It feels even worse after doing Crash 4's time trials because crates in that game are so easy to break and just disintegrate without slowing you down at all, but here it's hit and miss whether a stack of crates will break in one spin (or just very awkward to time right) and it's easy to lose a small amount of time over something dumb like that.
That was great bro, keep it up til Stormy Ascent 👍🏼👏🏼
G Freaking G dude. I’ve loved these platinum relics runs. Truly nice work.
Good job, Lewis. I really wish you luck on the lab now. That level made me rip my hair out when I was going just for the gold relic.
The time between each relic is so tight. And then the time between the top 5 times and the relics themselves are just as tight. Not sure what the devs were thinking.
This series is on the same level as the minecraft series. Keep it up!
Hi Lewis, any chance you could start putting the number of attempts up on screen like in your CTR series? I always found it helped me get a better understanding of just how long a particular track was taking you
It's been years since I refreshed someone's page waiting for an upload
I can assure you the Lab is not fun. I generally like getting platinum relics or beating my records when I’m bored, but the Lab has never seen a revisit.
Yeah... even im not going to revisit this one. Just this one. Stormy Ascent?! Sure. Im fine in revisiting that one (Especially since I recently played the OG version of it with a controller on an emulator) but The Lab can screw off. Remember the cycle, only to fail or slow down on the last hurdle.
Fumbling in the dark platinum is tricky because the darkness as well as the spikes but here’s a tip you can jump on those skinny long edges to makes more easy to jump square platforms
Trickier than stormy ascent?
not as tricky as stormy accent not even close!
@5:17 oooff! this was literally how i speedrun dying on this level , especially if i wasnt careful of the tnt box!
Always nice to see polar upload
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO that was beautiful! Though the next ones are the big ones. I'm more scared of Fumbling in the Dark than The Lab cuz... You can't see lmao
This is, in my opinion the hardest level to platinum. The timer is so tight. I got super lucky and an enemy i spun hit a timer crate for me, that saved me enough time to beat the time.
i love this series!!!
please make it longer
@@MatiasCandia123I mean he’s doing all three games and also crash 4 I think?
You got this mate!
Nice improvement! Patience always pays off
The Lab is a fucking nightmare. Best of luck, Lewis.
Have you been looking up these relics ahead of time?
As long as you don't wait for the electric gates in the lab, you'll be fine
The goat continues
its crazy how much more comfortable lew is when crash dies the more plats he has
Wow! Very impressive. Not only did you get one of the hardest relics in the game but you beat it by quite a bit and didn't consider it that bad. Good news is most of island 3 really isn't anything nasty, bad news is high road and the lab exist. Perhaps once this is over you might do a top 10 hardest relics in Crash 1 video?
Can’t wait for THE LAB 🧪💀
Respect for this level - still have to wish you luck for the lab
13:07 sowwy lewis 👉👈🥺. ill try harder next time
I speedrun the game and I can confirm that Gen Room is not fun to optimize.
Once you realize you can make those 4 platform in a row it's over. You don't even need that 1 sec crate between tnt. Really good level
The Lab should be the last level you do, even after Stormy Ascent, The Lab allows for I kid you not a PERFECT run, but Stormy Ascent is like Sunset Vista, a hard level with lenient time frame for platinum.
I would say it was William p who did it but different company made this game
I hope you're still having fun I'm really enjoying the videos ;p
I like how he uses YYY for the times that are not platinum worthy, its as if he's yelling in anger "Why! Why! WHY!!" 🤣
24:03 yeah that's why dpad is the way
BEWARE: The Lab! 😮
For me Fumbling in the Dark was suprisingly hard to get even a gold relic on. It's also so up to the cycle plus the added annoying thing if you get hit, you lose the light. Slippery Climb really isnt that hard. I got gold on my first run and then its just bit optimising.
Lewis: "Spin both crates at once! It's a simple concept, Crash!"
Crash: "I just don't get it".
26:06 Sure... Definitely. The Lab is totally fun and certainly not a nightmarish concoction of BS :D
yo lewis love the vids keep it up
I kinda agree this level has strict time but its more fun than the lab cause you can take alot of shortcuts
Started also watching Lewis trying to beat your time
If you're wondering what the easiest relics out of the ones you've got left are, then I'd say personally that Toxic Waste, Lights Out, and Jaws of Darkness are comparatively easy compared to The High Road, Slippery Climb, Fumbling in the Dark, etc. Castle Machinery isn't usually considered that hard from most people, but it is just a longer, harder version of Heavy Machinery. You should probably be able to get Toxic Waste done very fast in your next video, so even if you do The High Road in the same video, it'll take up over 90% of the video anyway.
17:38 funny how it's so painful being that close in this game compared to crash 4
William P strikes again
Bruh, if in an alternate universe platinum relics took lives away how many lives would lewis have?
keep going Lew
Sorry Lewis but I like seeing you suffer so I want to see you play the whole trilogy
I was already doing that
@@WumpaLewis Oh ok nice
17:08
25:41 he actually went to mad to happy
I only managed to clear the level twice, one for a platinum attempt and the other where I actually got the platinum
It's such a difficult level
I wish you all the best when you get to The Lab and do a Platinumr run. Let me tell you that you'll need anger management on that level. I just can't believe I chose to do a Platinum relic run. Don't get me started on Stormy Ascent. That level can get nuked.
Everytime you post these i consider trying them again but i do not think i have the patience lol
Drinking game: drink everytime Lewis says "cycle"
Congrats, this one can be frustrating. The developer was three seconds faster (53:79)
As a Toxic Waste speedrunner, Toxic Waste is easy to platinum but in terms of getting a high-end time, it's nothing but a complete joke and pain.
That was an epic grind
I just checked the Crash leaderboards funny enough I’m 86th in the world on this one.
crazy run 🌻
Lab and Road to Nowhere were my toughest plats. Even stormy ascent was easier than the lab imo
...this is gonna be a tough 1
This series is so good
Good afternoon Soldier
The moment when William P is employed by Activision.........
Oh boy. I reinstalled the game and let me tell you this isn't one of the hardest, especially when you consider how short it is. Replaying it was actually fun, unlike one of those 2 min or 3 min ones.
I speedrun the game, but the PS1 version
Although I'm pretty good at NST as well, my generator room time is 54:36
🧡🧡🧡
This one was the last one I did. Stormy Ascent was easier IMO ☠️
Should I get this game for the PS4? It's only 16€ rn.
You shoud make a video where you react to some crash world record runs
If anything, crash 1 is never built to have the relics and it's both stressful and suffering
The lab is only getting closer towards every episode and I'm frightened
hey Lewis how's your day bro
This level is disgusting to get the plat relic on, but The Lab is the true test of luck and skill.
slippery climb has the most inconsistent cycle in the whole game, you just have to pray
I thought it was an hour?
This Plat is litreally a nightmare and i still didnt get it....
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More like Generating Pain.
Do wrath of cortex platinum relics
He will do much worse... the Crash 4 its about time Platinum Relics... WoC Platinum Relics are actually very easy... except for Eskimo Roll.
Believe me when I tell you The High Road and The Lab are worse
I think the reason why these are difficult is because they were never formatted for relics. Crash 2 is more formatted properly. Crash 1 was a test game for Naughty Dog and it blew up with high sales. When they remade this, the only game that had relics was the third game. In my opinion, the first two games ain't worth the stress. Only reasons why: trophies and bragging rights.
This is harder than anything in crash 2 in my opinion. I know caddicarus said crash 2 was the hardest because of the crash dash powerup but I surprisingly found crash 2 easier than even crash 3, despite the levels not being designed for time trials. There’s a couple of really difficult ones but not to the extent of this or the lab
Looking forward for Slippery hell..... 💜