Crash Bandicoot 4 Tech Review: Best Played On Xbox One X + PS4 Pro
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Crash Bandicoot is back in a brand new game - and it's excellent fun... depending on the hardware you use. In this tech review, John Linneman tests all console versions and finds a stark divide between the enhanced consoles and their standard equivalents. This time, it's all about performance and not necessarily the graphics...
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"Which you can turn off if you are a heathen"
"Compare the PS4 Professional and the PS4 Amateur"
Hahah, John is on fire in this one.
Just wait for the bubsy part
I love the slight jab at Playstation lol even tho I have a Professional model myself.
i turned it off. *laughs manically
The motion blur in Z looks bad. Especially the fruit.
It's About Time ;)
Can understand the gripe with the music but it sounds perfect to me, we don't hear much VGM with that simplistic melody-rich style and it would've been a shame to lose another series to modern musical tropes imo
@John Chaser My man still lurking the comments holy shit
Migrated shitposting to Discord but it's no G+ replacement, not enough porn spam bots
I feel like this was announced and released weeks apart. Not complaining. I wish more games would that honestly.
I think it was like at least 2 months gap with the announcement and release. I think.
I agree it's nice I hat when you see a announcement for a game that looks interesting then the reveal ends by telling you it's releasing in 2 years
komewgi or Elder Scrolls 6
komewgi agreed. When you announce a game, the waiting time officially starts for the consumers. If you announce a game JUST to let people know “hey we just started working on this”, that’s not good. Yes we will know about the game sooner, but that means the wait is longer for us.
Its not like this is a crazy game for a studio with money tomake. Plus im sure assets from the remakes were used.
"-I noticed that it's effectively identical between the PlayStation 4 Professional, and the PlayStation 4 Amateur." Thank you John for using their proper names
So make the xbox small and extra large
@@bas7467 just xbox extra, there's no large in the name
I laughed more than I probably should have at that comment 😂
@@bas7467 ek bok ek ?
I'm really glad they went for 60 fps on the enhanced consoles instead of 4K 30.
What is the resolution?
@@VujaklijaG why not... watch the video you're commenting on to find out?
Maverick Hiro Youre going to see WAY more of these options on the Series X/S and PS5.
The Jaguar cores in the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro are SOOOOOOO awful that some games simply won’t run at 60fps even with lowering the resolution. That’s why you don’t see the choice in many games, the Jaguar cores are truly that bad.
Me too, I wish they did it for Crash Team Racing and the original remastered trilogy
But they could have had both
All the boxes he's missing is stressing me out.
same lmao
the game has a lot of hidden crates. a lot more than the originals.
Dare you all to watch the nsane trilogy and this analysis on a row. They miss too many crates!
Saaaaammmmmmeeeeeeeeee🤣🤣🤣
This game stresses me out in general with how hard some boxes are to get but my OCD won't let me go past it
John never phones in an episode, this was no exception. I also love the more playful elements DF are bringing in, top work. Love an Audi cameo.
Now this is what the people want. 60fps gameplay, even if it is running at 1080p on the premium consoles. Finally a developer making the right call, putting gameplay over graphics.
Except on the base consoles
This amazing developer should write on the box "this game will run like shit on base models". Sorry but 20+ fps difference is unacceptable, it performs even worse than Shenmue 3 on the base models. If you consider the larger install base of OG PS4 in comparison to PS4 Pro you understand why this is bad.
Finally a game for people who don't want to upgrade their 10 years old TV.
@@starpier Yeah, this game is as bad as Link's Awakening Switch on the base consoles. They really should just add an option to cap at 30 for them. I'd rather play at 60, but if the game struggles to hold 60 so badly that it's frequently dropping 20 or more frames, I'd rather play at a capped 30 to get rid of the wild swings. Higher framerate is better than lower framerate, but consistent framerate is the most important thing of all.
The only people that want that are people with bad eyesight or people who put way too much stock into what youtube videos tell them. 1080p on a 4k display looks like crap and if a game can't do higher than 1080p to get to 60 on the advanced consoles w/ this simplistic design then then the devs aren't doing a a great job.
12:12 I did notice while playing Super Mario Odyssey that, like in every other 3D Mario game, Mario's shadow is always very sharp and situated directly under him - no matter the scene or whether it makes sense with how the scene is lit. It really is a useful guide for platforming.
“PlayStation 4 Professional and PlayStation 4 Amateur”
Lmao
Would love to see you start showing more input lag comparisons John. I know you did so for Mega Man 11, but I suspect this would be helpful to know for more games.
Yes, these are extremely helpful.
I’m starting to watch digital foundry videos more for entertainment than deciding which console to buy a game for. I wouldn’t notice 90% of these differences without them being side by side and the screen zoomed in 300%. And even then I have trouble seeing the difference at times. Still appreciate and enjoy watching the analyses nonetheless 👍
100 percent correct. I’m just experiencing 4K gaming(1x) for the first time, waaaaaay more clear then 1080p. Other than that, it’s takes time
some differences are noticeable when there are gaps in resolution, of course you have to be using a 4k screen
Welcome to the club! There are dozens of us! I've been watching this channel religiously since 2014 with the only influence being me not picking up a game if it has bad performance. Watching for their dialogue, banter, and to learn more technical things is what keeps me here. :)
You hardly see it during gameplay, yet, somehow, after seeing this, you feel proud while playing on your system of choice.
Playstation 4 Professional and Playstation 4 Amateure! xD
Nice one, John!
lol. was the first time I heard that
Loves motion blur, hates Crash music... Who is the REAL heathen here, John?
And he keeps missing crates. John is a heathen definitely confirmed. 😋
You are. Per-object motion blur is fantastic. It imitates reality. It's not the same thing as full-screen motion blur.
@@nickmotsarsky4382 It imitates reality for people with poor vision maybe. If what you said was true for everyone, there would be no reason to implement motion blur. I have high visual acuity, so motion blur makes things appear like I'm looking through impure glass. The fact that you can see the detail with motion blur turned off means IN REALITY YOU CAN SEE IT. Or else it would ALREADY BE BLURRY.
@@Chron0ClocK If you're telling me that you can swing an object in front of your face and it doesn't blur even slightly, I'm gonna call BS on you.
Man, when they switched from xbox S and X at the beginning of the video, it was like night and day difference with that frame rate.
Haha that Bubsy part at the end had me laughing so hard
I hope this eventually comes to PC, played through the N Sane Trilogy multiple times and would love to play this
yep, n sane trilogy 60fps was only possible on pc, that's why I never got the console version, I think any platformer should be snappy
@Lego Veggie Tales Director's Cut if you have the pro and X
@Lego Veggie Tales Director's Cut Yeah all I have are ps4 and xbox one S, the game is still playable but they should have just capped it at 30.
I’m waiting to play this on the new consoles. Hopefully they’ll have a nice upgraded version.
we don't know that yet, the xbox one x lower quality is a big bummer, that's why I don't like series s, developers are lazy
well you have a professional version here.
Honestly don’t think the upgrade will matter with a game like crash bandicoot. The frame rate will be better but that be it.
I wonder if Activision will allow Xbox's smart delivery for this game if they do release a proper Series X|S version.
@@ChaosAngelZero I checked and I think it will not patch for next gen, or at least it won't be free, xbox news sites often place a logo on those recent released games, with xbox one - series x/s, I look on the post of the games either star war squadron nor crash 4 has any indicative of it, while many other games has it since a month ago
You guys are so close to one million subs and you deserve EVERY SINGLE ONE of them!
5:32 - most important part of the whole video.
Correction. 6:49
@@CheckmateStallioN Correction to fanboys ignoring performance: 8:36
@@szheiman cutscenes performance dont matter they can even drop to 10 fps lol, it's a cutscene who gives 2 shits so try harder. Also this is NOT with a day 1 patch which will be inevitable in a few hours from now! Also 2-5 fps dip from 60 3-5% of the game happening during cutscenes or that one off boss chase from the video is not even worth bringing up
Keep in mind he played it on the Pro with SS (SuperSampling) on which is on by default so if you turn SS off it's a locked 60. Experimented with the demo and with SS ON it had a few drops during the intro cutscenes but when SS was off the whole experience was a locked 60. Besides SS makes no diff in image quaility anyway on the Pro unless the game renders at 4K and you have a 4K screen which barely looks any different than 1440p anyway. You shitbots are beyond amusing, you mad this looks better on even OG PS4 than OneX LOL
LivingL393nd stop crying
The circle below you when you jump is a great addition! I don’t really like crash but I played a bit of the insane trilogy with my little brother and had quite a bit of trouble with knowing where I was. I really hope we get a true spyro sequel because I absolutely adored the reignited trilogy.
Yeah the camera angle in this game it's not the best for this type of platforming. One of the reasons why I sold my Trilogy copy. But whit this new improvement I'm really thinking of buying this one.
2:48: “Of course, you can disable motion blur from the Options menu, if you're a heathen.”
We, the people who like motion blur: "There are dozens of us! Dozens!"
Actually, I'm kinda curious how people as a whole feel about motion blur these days. Motion blur was pretty crap back when it first started being implemented, and got a bad rap for it, that still clings to the term. Nowadays it's often implemented rather well, and games look a lot less natural without it IMO.
Only a filthy heretic has a mind corrupted enough to actually think motion blur is anything less than a great sin.
@@creopictures Older screen space motion blur is awful, I've been playing older Xbox games recently and the ones that try to do motion blur just make it look like your TV has a ghosting problem. Newer per object motion blur techniques limit the motion blur to relevant objects and apply it in a natural looking way. The per object blur in this game looks fantastic and you'd be dumb to turn it off without an extremely specific technical reason. It's just like how people react to V-Sync badly because early implementations were useless, even though it would stop awful screen tearing issues that they are just ignoring today.
@@creopictures I personally love motion blur I and always have it on. Playing without it just feels weird and unnatural to me. BioShock 1 & 2 did not have motion blur and it just didn't feel right when I was playing it. It's mostly about personal preferences. The same goes for Chromatic Aberration for example. There are people that hate it, but I love it.
@@creopictures Nah. Even in this video, it looks like crap. It just makes everything look blurry. You pick up a wumpa fruit and it turns into a blurry mess for no good reason. Garbage. Turn motion blur off and see the game how it was meant to be seen, not with a pointless blur filter applied.
Digital Foundry you guys are absolutely the best gaming channel ever. Thanks for all the technical information.
Puh, the jumping framerate between 30 and 60fps on base ps4 is a real breaker for me for this kind of precise and quick gameplay
They should have just locked it to 30 on base platforms instead of leaving it unlocked
@@Drilbit I really don't know what their thoughts were for the unlocked decision when n.sane trilogy worked fine with 30fps for the whole world!
And why the xbox is 30fps capped in some segments and in others dont...I wish we could ask the devs
I reckon it's future proofing for the next gen systems.
The Boss Stage1 bingo
@@Thebossstage1 better to just it as a option to toggle like other games have done nowadays
Hahahahaha "Of course, you can disable motion blur; if you're a heathen." - John "The Inquisitor" Linneman.
I'm waiting for the PC version, because I want to experience it at 1440p 144hz, but even these versions are gorgeous to look at, and especially the Pro/X versions at 60fps are a visual treat.
Toys for Bob have really gone to town with this one, and it's clear to me that this was made by people who absolutely loved the originals.
Toys for Bob did a fantastic job with Spyro and this looks gorgeous as well. If I had any say in the matter, I'd love to see them remaking Jak & Daxter from the PS2 and forking the story with a new sequel that disregards the developments of J&D 2 & 3.
It's really hurting me to see you skip so many boxes in your play through x0
The inner completionist in me is screaming 😂
As someone who grew up with both Crash and Bubsy, that ending hit me like a truck.
Thank GOD they went for the 60fps for the advanced hardwares. This will be a huge selling point for me, too bad too many software houses preferred the 4K30.
I wish we could get high quality remakes and a sequel to the Jak and Daxter series. Naughty Dog doesn't seem to care about the franchise anymore though, and I doubt they'd ever sell the license.
I heard somewhere that they only did them because ps2 wasn't able to do high def real looking graphics so they did a cartoony style instead
@@saadkhalid7734 that sounds like they didn't even want to do them in the first place, then. That would explain why they've mostly ignored the series, though.
@FilmGamer things you didn't think you'd hear someone suggest. But yes to be fair they are doing a stellar job with remakes at the moment
@@Pitcher-T yeah but still, its Activision, I trust them crash bandicoot..... for now...... but stay careful of their schemes.
Sony can have another developer make a Jax & Daxter game assuming ND isn't working on Jak 4 already and it is not Naughty Dog's decision to sell the IP anyway.
Best played on the most powerful consoles still available until Next Gen drops
Color me shocked
Adam Davis
Picasso will color you Mona Lisa
Yup... I was really expecting it to be best played on Xbox One S until Switch Pro is released 😑
@@peterGchaves don't tease me with dreams of that switch pro
"If you're a heathen. "
This channel is the best.
Motion blur is the worst. Makes everything look like smeared vaseline. Don't try taking screenshots with motion blur on.
@@XFactor1111 Uncharted 4 at a standstill: one of the most beautiful games I've ever seen.
Uncharged 4 at even the slowest possible camera rotation: who smeared all this vaseline all over my TV, I can't see anything anymore! 🤬
Crash Bandicoot is one of the first games I played on PS1 and it was so freaking hard. I never got very far in that game. This looks great. Good animations and art style. I'll probably play it on series x so hopefully there's a next-gen patch.
Wow base hardware is truly on its way out here
Too bad sony won't let it die with miles Morales and horizon 2.
that's just lazy optimization
Base hardware has reached it's limit with games like RDR2 and Mafia Definitive Edition
I really hope a post-launch patch update for PS5 / Series X & S is coming down the line for higher res, higher and more stable fps, Ray Tracing etc ... and much faster loading times throughout.
Best thing about Crash 4 finally coming out: it's Spyro's turn next!
No
@@blackmamba7273 yes
How is this channel not over 1 million subs. Great video as always.
The intermittent reflections of the that skull monster truck thing in the pools of water is really, really good.
EDIT: The animation and art style are really exceptional. Reminds me of a Rare game.
Audi has been declared world heavyweight champion of Bubsy. Love it.
"The fps are UNLEASHED AND UNLOCKED.... to 60"
It should be really be "OMEN is proudly sponsored by Digital Foundry"
First, it's good to see a totally new Crash game, especially from Toys for Bob, now I can dream about a new Spyro game. Second, more devs should really focus on 60 FPS, considering the next-gen consoles now has the power to do it.
they most likely won't because you can't advertise 60fps as well as you can 4k or even 8k
My brother is playing this on ps5 and i gotta say
Its solid 60fps
No dips whatsoever
I really hope there is an update for the XSX for increased resolution. Since the 1X almost hits a consistent 60 already it should be very easy to provide an enhancement update for 1440 to 4k with a locked 60. If that happens I will definitely pick this game up for the XSX. If not I'll wait for a PC version.
I absolutely love it when John says "PS4 Professional"
I think we'll get a PC, Switch and next gen PS and Xbox releases in an year like Spyro did.
100%.
Complaining about Crash Bandicoot OST being very tropical and close to the roots is the same as complaining about an NBA game being a basketball game with a ball and a basket LOL.
Thanks for the review though, seems like a cool game worth playing!
Can't imagine playing on base PS4 or Xbox. Look forward to this Platinum.
Hoping for native 4k 60fps on next-gen.
back to my childhood session
I personally love the bouncy personality of the crash games' music and I'm glad to hear it's back :)
I'm just glad they actually made it looks like a technically improved version of the old games visual style rather than giving us some weird 3D abominations like some cracks at this that happened in the late 2000s.
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This
So much respect that they chose to run at 1080p on enhanced console to get a fluid frame rate. Seriously wish more devs would do this.
Finally a game for your 10 year old TV.
Janne Laitinen 4K monitor, but I’d still rather the frame rate come first.
No, it’s really bad that a game this average looking doesn’t even do 1440p on Xbox One X
Vinnisl a You say no as if it’s a contradictory statement when your point focuses on optimisation rather prioritisation
Just a tip: whenever I play 30fps games on my X, I just turn on frame interpolation on my tv effectively making all games look smooth like they're running at 60.
Been doing that since the PS3 days on my Bravia via motion flow
Doesn't it add a bunch of delay though?
“You can disable motion blur if you’re a heathen”
This guy’s speaking my language 😄
Heathen here, motion blur is disgusting and really doesn't make sense in video games. I get that it's simulating movement but it really doesn't make sense in a lot of video game genres. Just seems like you're playing to literally not look at the textures designed by the designers.
MuscleSenpai Motion blur makes sense with games running at 30fps, but I definitely turn it off for 60fps (or higher) games.
Does this make me half heathen?
@@AddieB55 agreed. Motion blur is like JPEG artifacts to me.
@@theryan519 I think it's the exact opposite, the higher the frame rate, the more welcome motion blur is. At 30fps the frame time is so long that the blur stays around forever, but with 120/144fps it's more tasteful.
Is John Linneman one of the few who enjoys motion blur? give me sharp non-blur edges also no motion sickness
I’d absolutely love it if they made a new ray man
The circle that shows were you will land is by far the best feature they could have added lol
Me: oh boy crash 4 is out, I wonder what the framerate is like?
DF: look at the tangible feel of this per Pixel motion blur. The game is very interactive and interesting...
Great video John!
This again shows how "heavy" Unreal Engine is on current-gen consoles. A bit like Tekken 7: 1080p on enhanced consoles, which feels ridiculous, but there we are. I'm glad for the 60 fps at least. I think this also shows a developer that doesn't really care about current-gen machines, especially base consoles when optimizing their game. I'm sure that with more effort much more could have been done on Xbox One S and base PS4.
they didn't care about xbox one x, why they didn't turn ambient occlusion on? that's why I don't like series s, developers are lazy af
@@DarkP1 What does the Series S have to do with it? And it's only on one game, and it's Activision.
@@Sceptonic look xbox one and xbox one x, many games are just higher resolution and forget to polish the game, they say this time the focus is series x, but I doubt developers are going always to honor it
Super Mario Odyssey is still putting other platformers to shame. Nintendo are the masters of doing more with less.
Tekken 720p
When is Halo 3 ODST getting a review?
Yes please
2009? :P
Pedro Rodrigues 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
absolutely hands down the best crash bandicoot ever 9.5/10 just buy its so polished and the stressful levels with that puzzle feel good just the designs and way they flow very fluid. Well done Toys for Bob/Activision
This is the first time I've even heard of Bubsy.
Can't wait for my PS5 to arrive and replay this at solid 60 FPS
Nearly 1 Mill subs guys :)
This
Your position on Bubsy is that of a crazy person.
Thankfully while I'm a big Crash fan I wasn't in a rush to get this right away so I'll wait until next gen to pick this up. I don't have a Pro or an X and I'm not playing Crash with such an unstable framerate. 100% with you John, I don't understand why there isn't a 30fps cap option for base consoles. X using the base Xbox One settings for shadows and textures is also disappointing, hope they patch that. Great video as always.
Crash 4 is such a fun game 🙌👏😃
I really dont understand why they chose to not implement HDR for this game
Noooooooo missing those crates makes me scream internally ahaha.
Also the rolly-ball smashes them
Here to see if the PS4 version performes the same as the PS5 version played on a PS5
the weird graphical lower resolution textures is either the devs are faving Sony's consoles over Microsoft's ( something to do with the original trilogy being a Playstation exclusive ) or the XBONEX is using the Base XBONE texture, or simply they lower the graphics this way to keep that solid 60FPS.
"Ring the bell, support the Bubster." This is as close as I've ever gotten to allowing notifications on youtube.
Why do devs uncap the FPS on base consoles? There's literally NO advantage to doing this
I played the nsane trilogy on a small modest gaming PC build at a sold 60fps via the TV with a 360 controller ! that was the best result methinks
thanx for the review :) great as always .. i love the music though :)
Its kind of bold of them to stay at 1080 and focus on image quality and frame rate, I like it.. hopefully they can fix up those visual issues on the x though
I have a base Ps4 so I'll wait until the PS5 comes out, or they patch a 30fps lock.
I almost died from a fatal OCD ATTACK at the number of missed crates in this gameplay. Thank god my doctor was on hand...
Disagree about the music. Not all of it is outstanding, but I'm near the end and there have definitely been some catchy standouts (Off Beat and Tranquility Falls come to mind), and it makes good use of a number of leitmotifs from the original trilogy in pretty cool ways.
Also, Crash has always had a fairly distinctive sound, and considering this is trying to be a true sequel to those old games, it does make sense that they chose to continue that.
If you don't want to waste your time and just want to know how each console performs and etc:
Performance: 7:38
And all consoles display the game at 1080p (including Xbox One X) and they use Dynamic Resolution as well
The PS4 Professional, yeah
Amazing video as always, should we wait for star wars squadrons analysis? ❤️
Crash 4 is a solid game like its predecessors! The level design is similar to the past Crash games but the hub is liken to that from Crash 1.
There should be a "Low" Graphics option that would be automatically be enabled for the Base Consoles.
Bubsy can kick rocks... go back to the pixel bar with all the other forgotten game characters! 😂😂
Waiting for the inevitable PC version
It wont arrive it seems, similar to CTR. :(
@@p3wx4 The n.sane trilogy did. Just wait
@@TheLM281 I am still waiting for Crash team racing to arrive. That thing came more than a year ago.
Perhaps because of my age (38), Bubsy is obviously the superior character to Crash. But I will buy this game though.
Wow this looks way better than what I was expecting.
"Which you can turn off, if you're a heathen" John straight up savage
60fps mode with paired back graphics should have been an option on base PS4 and Xbox one.
They have the same CPU so they can deliver those 60 frames cpu side. Juste loose effects and/or rez until the gpu hold 60 too...
I still cant use to the fact that you dont lose apples when you spin around them
*Wumpa Fruit
@@mjc0961 *oranges
I came here because i wanted to buy this finally today for either xbox 1x or ps4 pro, but then realized im ordering a ps5 today. ill wait and see how it runs there.
Great analysis!
UA-cam is teasing me, can we get DF to 1 million subscribers?
The surprise winner here is Bubsy. Crash doesn't have a heavyweight champion does he? The choice is clear.
Good luck playing Cyberpunk on
Xbox One (base console!) geez 900p30fps low/medium settings is being optimistic.
Definitely going to be an interesting analysis video to watch out for