Small error: A photo of Cortex's VO Lex Lang was used in error to represent Dan Tonkin. This photo was mislabeled in google image search, and even then there's very few photos associated with Dan in the first place. Apologies for the confusion!
Wait. Why did you zoom in on Bless? Did you have a problem fighting BLESS?! Although I had 3 problem characters. But after I finally beat them for the 1st time they became easier on refights. Those 3 where: Crack (Fat Joe), Chiang, and David (GOODMN) Banner. My GOO i got tired of that victory rap. I'm from the M, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, hump back, hump back, I, make ya wanna die!
The fact that (in my opinion) the game was still good without even being totally finished makes me wonder how great would be if it was properly finished.
@@TyroKitsune I don't even care about them doing more Crash at this point, I just want them to get to finally make Star Control III. They have been trying to make that game since 1992, and they were just about to finally start working on it when it had to be delayed because of Stardock's copyright fuckery.
The acapella soundtrack was so out there and unique for the series, no, just for a game, I gotta applaud them for that. But, when you're a young me, and were only a fan of Spyro and Crash at the time, and wasn't allowed to play games... The 2000's were rough, at least Crash and Spyro are baaaack- and they're gone again...
@@TheJosethemaster true the music of Twinsanity was and is still awesome and has been used a lot by Crash Bandicoot fan projects, heck I even love it. So great man. 😏👌
@GenerationWest Yep, they got our hopes up and then smashed them to pieces. The fourth game should have been a huge thing but I feel like because of technical issues it got brought down quite a bit. The fact the only console besides the new ones obviously that could play it at a consistent 60 fps was the XBone X. With literally pretty much everything else struggling at about 40 and no option to lock it to 30 for some reason.
Spiralmouth’s performance for Twinsanity remains as one of the most unique and fun OSTs for a platformer to date. Would love to see accapella style used more!
Twinsanity really is a lovely tale when you get down to it. A rushed title, average reviews, but being average isn't bad. Especially when one considers that Twinsanity found cult success for its uniqueness. Frankly, I imagine if it were to be remade with the missing content, or even just re-released with bugfixes, it'd do surprisingly well on modern platforms.
I'll be honest, even tho this game has the same issue of a "Solid immovable deadline" and "unfinished release", the game does seem like a pretty fun the idea, from the Hero Villain team up with a comedic tone and with Acapella sound track, this seemed like a great game just would've been the best if it had more time to work out the bugs and let the cut content stay and really it just needed a little more time, this was very interesting look into this story of this game
It is crazy to think that sometimes the passion from developers makes games that are unfinished with inmovable deadlines still turn out good. 2 of my favorite games of all time suffer from this...
I feel more bad for the TT studio behind WOC who were forced to make it in under a year vs Twinsanity devs who had way more time but decided to waste most of it conceptualizing and scrapping ideas.
Also the sad thing is the team wants to finish it but with the state Activision is in (basically everyone does COD now) that might not happen which is a shame as in my opinion while held many traditional parts of Crash the game did also new things giving you more wide 3D environments instead of just paths which while most of the game kept that all way these others areas could have shown what could have been.
Imagine if they did go with their idea for Evolution but kept Crash himself exactly the same as he always has. I can already imagine some long winded cutscene talking about how terrible the world is all while crash is doing his stupid air hump dance on the screen
If I had a recommendation for an episode, I'd say the first Psychonauts. The game took nearly 5 years to make, and despite critical success did so poorly that the publisher swore to never do a big budget game again. It's got some interesting behind the scenes stuff too, and it's topical, so more ad revenue.
@@MazTheOriginalGod While I'm not a pirate, Psychonauts 2 was one of the few games I paid full price for. Normally, I wait for sales to purchase big games, but for this one I make an exception. It earned my money.
A Wha Happun on Kingdom Hearts 3! It has LOTS of unused contents and tons of issues bond to Disney IPs, it could be very interesting to investigate on it!
After finishing Twinsanity (years after it was released), I was extremely surprised to find out that it wasn't popular, especially among Crash Bandicoot fans. Personally, I thought and still think that Twinsanity is an amazing unique game that managed to give the original Crash Bandicoot vibe but with a new exciting feeling and experience that other Crash Bandicoot games don't have. The soundtrack is especially extremely amazing, considering that no other game has ever had a cappella music, and it fits the game so well! It made me fall in love with a cappella music!
This game was hella underrated don't even @ me. It's also shockingly funny, it shouldn't be nearly as funny as it is but it is. "MY DAUGHTER--ER, NIECE!"
@@vrotYT Most Crash people like it because it is diferent and don't treat like if it was as good as the ND games in the first place. Exept those that grew up with it and they are usually upfront about it (0 issues with that, my favorite of all time is A Crack in Time, a game full of plotholes and incredible ammounts of cut content thanks to an inmovable deadline)
And CoD is holding ActiBillz on match-sticks even though they could have diversify their portfolio. (How Bobby still CEO considering that even Wall Street hates him?)
You should do the Ratchet and Clank Future series. I've dipped my toes into Tools of Destruction's development and how did that game not turn out a dumpster fire is beyond me.
@@dotproduct335 Especially considering the absolute hell that was the development they went through. Htf is Crack in Time as good as its with only 9-10 months of development is the question of life.
Ngl this is my favorite Crash game ever. The writing is hilarious, the gameplay is a mix of the classic games while mixing in a more open sandbox and it feels like a nice wrap up to the franchise (even though Crash 4 exists now lol)
@@MSCLeap75 It is it's own Crash game. And it's use of open world is still good for what it is. It's a fine game on it's own and has a lot going for it.
@@111TheViper Taste is subjective. In this case, Twinsanity has a lot of positives in spite of its negatives that make it a very enjoyable experience. So no. Not really someone having bad taste. Now, someone thinking CoD is the best game ever is bad taste.
I don't know how the later Lego games came out but I fondly remember the Star Wars games being pretty good and clearly well made. Also people say warzone being fun but it is still a bummer all these smaller studios with potential being absorbed by big conglomerates at best (and scum of humanity at worse). Even if it was the usual micro-transaction shitfest the remake of CTR had unlockable skins and even completely free original tracks that showed the passion of the team behind it. Benox actually made the best of their unfortunate situation.
Everyone here is asking for a Twinsanity remake but I'd want Toys For Bob to tackle that unused tv/dimension idea. Especially since we are in a golden age of parody it seems like and everyone seems to be doing that idea in some form these days (I'm looking at you Spider-Man and Spongebob)
A video about the Jak and Daxter series would be awesome to see from you! A truly great series that has kinda just been forgotten, with some interesting history surrounding its final release, The Lost Frontier
not gonna lie, I LOVED Twinsanity. the music, the gameplay... Especially the comedy. It'd be great if traveller's tales could get a chance to try again...
I love Crash Twinsanity with all my heart despite being unfinished, the music and character design made me love every single moment I played it, not to mention Lex Lang as Cortex, omg that man is the best thing in the entire game, I adore that Cortex so much. So this game has a special place in my heart.
I still dig the music from this one, tbh. It was the first Crash I'd played since Warped, at the time, and despite some pretty glaring progression bugs on the PS2 version, I still played the hell out of it! Thanks for the video!
Twinsanity is still my favorite Crash game honestly Sure it's short but the exploration for gems, soundtrack, and humor do give it some extra padding that still make it a really worthwhile experience
That information about Toys For Bob at the end is already outdated as just several days ago on the anniversary of the franchise they confirmed more Crash was on the way. They've also been teasing the hell out of Wumpa League for the past year, so it's likely that they're talking about. If you're going to do more videos on Crash, you should really discuss about what happened with Crash Landed. It was originally planned to be released in 2010 and would've been the first game to be made entirely under Activision's management, but it sent the series into limbo after its cancellation. It even had a kart racing spinoff that was cancelled too, but that one has gameplay footage at least.
He's not entirely wrong. Regardless of if Wumpa League ever comes out (Which is super weird they haven't announced yet) most of the people who worked on it were already either laid off from Toys for Bob or are now working on COD: Warzone. So, while I do agree with you that there's more Crash on the way, the people who were basically responsible for his comeback were either fired or put to work in the COD Mines. So the franchise is kind of in a weird spot right now, no matter how much Activision and it's social media is trying to pretend that everything is a-ok.
You know a game is having troubled development when a piece of in-game dialogue mentions something that was cut, as it should have been two new dimensions, but they, ran out of time. But, with the resurgence in popularity for Crash lately, I hope someday all the cut content from the game could make it in a possible remaster.
Twinsanity to this day remains one of my favorite Crash games, the comedic style, music, and gameplay made up for its bugs and unfinished state for me. Too bad we may never get something like it again.
I only ever played "Wrath of Cortex" as a kid, so the fact that people never really mention that one almost makes my childhood feel like a fever dream.
didn't knew twinsanity had such a rough production, it is actually my favorite crash of all time because of how funny it was. The open world was super cool too.
Fuck, I was actually thinking about this game a couple days ago. Most games on Wha Happun I can laugh at, but not this one. For how undercooked this game was, it’s still extremely fun. I pray a remake with missing content comes out.
Like your channel a lot. It explains some of the inner workings of game development so consumers get more perspective about the process and environment.
It's the mid 00s so ya gotta make the "The one where he has a gun" entry to your colorful platform franchise. It always works like with beloved Sonic entry Shadow the Hedgehog.
I'll agree that this game needs a remake. Personally, it was hard for me to like this game because the hit detection was buggy as hell and the unskippable cutscenes made it frustrating to play since I would die to obstacles I was nowhere near to and then watching the same scenes over and over. But a fixed remake? Fuck yeah dude, let's go
As a absoulte crash fanatic haveing gone through all main line games in realse from crash 1. (Except titans and MOM). This is a real hidden gem. When you play any game it should leave you with memories. And for me. The first 3 crash games. Twinsanity and tag team raceing (hub world only) do this for me.
Crash Twinsanity has actually been my favorite game since i was a kid because of the idea of my favorite video game character teaming up with his villain in a semi open world with an awesome soundtrack and hilarious moments.
God I had so many good memories 100%ing this game back in the day. I was so into it I even requested my dad to take our PS2 to a relative’s house in order to keep playing. Endured a lot of trial and error but playing Twinsanity was almost as fun as the PS1 trilogy.
I might be alone but crash twinsanity and crash tag team racing were ELITE. It was very different from a lot of the games at the time. It’ll always have a place in my heart, I didn’t know about all the cut content tho and how rushed it was. I didn’t notice it though when I was younger so I guess you could say that was a good thing.
Activision: Good work on the Crash Bandicoot games Toys for Bob. Now off to the CoD dungeon with you! Say hello to Raven Software for me while you're there.
Despite its flaws, Twinsanity is still by far my favorite crash game. What is there is just so perfect and I love it with all my heart. But also it hurts because I know that we could have gotten something so much better. All that cut content being cut makes me sad.
Iirc, a couple of the people that worked on Twinsanity got together and wrote a letter to activision(?) saying they would be interested in helping them remake Twinsanity including the missing content(since about 30 to 40% of the content got cut).
Crash Bandicoot is very near and dear to my heart. Twinsanity was actually the first video game i ever played back when i was 3 in 2004. The fact that Activision owns it hurts my soul. One thing that isn't mentioned in the video is that the original Twinsanity team shows interest in remaking the game as they drew a congratulatory picture for Vicarious Visions after N Sane Trilogy came out. Alot of the fanbase is mixed on how they feel about that but i feel like they should get second chance with that game. All of their ideas and everything i feel would be some of the best content to come from the franchise just because it fits so well with the original ideas of Crash Bandicoot as a whole. It's a shame that Activision doesn't really care even though N Sane Trilogy, Nitro Fueled, and It's About Time did so well and were so good. Either way. Great Video as always Matt. Thanks for this one.
@@MSCLeap75 I dont think the game is very funny to be honest, besides some few scenes with Cortex is very forced and cringy for the most part. I even had more fun with the CTTR humour (mostly thanks to the park drones), or even the subtle funny moments of the trilogy.
calling it a "handmade crash game" is a really great way to sum it up twinsanity is very charming and fun, the writing is simple but very well done Its so sad when good games don't sell
@@MSCLeap75 idk about that, have you ever actually played it? you rarely get actual bugs, most of the game's problems are from it not running very well in later levels
@@maxithalo7796 Pretty sure I played it more than most people, and it's the most glitchy Crash game. It was the first game in my life where I can die from an invisible enemy. I'm not saying it's as buggy as Sonic 06, but bugs are more likely to occur in this game compared to most Crash games. And this game has other issues besides glitches that don't make it good, such as bad checkpoints, unskippable cutscenes, & bad stage direction.
@@maxithalo7796 Even if it wasnt for its bugs, i dont see what other see that is so great to be consider the best of all. Even Spyro on the PS1 do the open world much better.
I concur. I don't hate the game like most people, but it does have the makings for a good WH? episode. Plus there's more stuff coming out recently about all the cut content.
@@starboy35tcoos First of all, who are you to tell me what to do on the internet? How can I stop you and others, who love to circle jerk this mediocre/poor game to death on the internet, from enjoying the game just by criticizing it or spitting out facts that you don't like about it? Just as you're free to praise it to high heavens despite knowing evidence that the game's simply not good, I'm free to critique this poorly made Crash game that ruined my experience of the series. I'm not attacking you from liking the game, I'm just attacking the game that I wasted $50 on for a miserable Crash Bandicoot experience. Hate when you guys take it so personally when I'm just simply bashing the game not the people that like it. Getting really tired of people like you getting butthurt at me for criticizing a game that's not even a 7-8/10, because this shows that you can't handle opinions differing from yours about this game or facts about it not being good. And that's a childish way to handle a game you like being negatively received. There are plenty of fucking mainline Crash games(ND & post ND) I like, that are much better made than Twinsanity, that gets heavily bashed on while Twinsanity has this sweet cult of fans that act like it's the saving grace of the series when evidence proves otherwise. But I'm not personally attacking Twinsanity fans just for simply liking the game cause I can handle differing opinions and I can still enjoy the games I like despite the hate they get on the internet(ultimate echo chamber of opinions). So if you're calling me a negative Nancy, then I better not catch you crapping on any Crash game in the series.
@@starboy35tcoos Also maybe you should stop wasting your time monitoring UA-cam comment sections acting like you can gatekeep what people can say on it when you don't agree with them.
I've been enjoying these videos, they’re quite informative. I would personally like a 'What Happened' with Ratchet & Clank during the PS4 era. There was only one game released and there was also the Ratchet & Clank movie that was a flop. I think it killed off a Sly Cooper movie from being made too.
Or the Future saga. I dipped my toes into Tools of Destruction's development and how the fuck that did that game not turn out a dumpster fire, much less a good game, baffles me. And ACiT... htf Insomniac managed to squeeze that game in less than a year of full development makes me scream internally.
the fun part about crash twinsanity is that it has turned into a cult classic for mostly all of the right reasons, the most divisive part in the game itself are the evil twins being non-characters and the music being grading for some people, but it's nice that most everyone came out on top!
@@Djordje_Jovanovic fair :) but is only a mention at the end of the video, the movie has a crazy dev story that I would love to hear in this narrative style
Yo! Could you do a video on Super Meat Boy’s troubled development? The game itself is one I LOVE and would recommend to anyone into platformers, but the development got VERY rough near the release date.
Damn it Matt, the GBA Crash games that weren’t the crossover were actually pretty good. I remember playing one of them. Also what’s a Haven Call of The Who?
A very messy game with an incredibly bad ending [made worse by the heavy sequel bait for a sequel that never had a chance of happening] that was written as ripoff biblical allegory, just with a smearing of star wars over the top. I played it when I was a kid, and loved it. I was a very... very stupid child.
@@setsers1 It was a reply to EnragedEric's question about Haven: Call of the King [which I probably could've made clearer]. Reading my comment, without the... experience... of seeing the game yourself probably *does* kinda make me come off as a raving lunatic, doesn't it...?
If we're finally diving into Crash, I can't wait for you to tackle the "Titans" era games. CRASH BANDICOOT WITH TRIBAL TATTOOS must be shown to the world
@@lagartijamuerta We all think bad games were better than they were as children. I actually played Sonic Chronicles to completion on the DS back in the day
Small error: A photo of Cortex's VO Lex Lang was used in error to represent Dan Tonkin. This photo was mislabeled in google image search, and even then there's very few photos associated with Dan in the first place. Apologies for the confusion!
I was about to say lol
I mean, it could be the same person. Have you ever seen them together in the same room?
Eh, it's fine. To be honest, I thought it was a placeholder since you couldn't an image of the real deal. Other than that, pretty good video as always
Thought something looked off there..
Wait. Why did you zoom in on Bless? Did you have a problem fighting BLESS?!
Although I had 3 problem characters. But after I finally beat them for the 1st time they became easier on refights. Those 3 where: Crack (Fat Joe), Chiang, and David (GOODMN) Banner. My GOO i got tired of that victory rap. I'm from the M, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, hump back, hump back, I, make ya wanna die!
The fact that (in my opinion) the game was still good without even being totally finished makes me wonder how great would be if it was properly finished.
If the core idea is strong enough, it'll survive your shortcomings.
I came to comment : "what the hell? This is great"
I kinda disagree. I don't think the game is very good, a large part of that being how broken it is.
The game was awful
@@ZootedBeaver wrong
I loved this game as a kid, but like everyone else is probably saying in this comment section.
This game deserves a remake.
If there was any Crash game that deserves a remake it’s most definitely twinsanity, especially knowing all the cut content the game could’ve have .
Good luck trying to get Kotick on board. He's in the middle of a legal *warzone* right now.
As a Twinsanity fan, I concur.
Agreed, played all crash bandicoot games and twinsanity is my favourite!
The music is too good
Ahhh a Twinsanity remake would be amazing☺
@@TheEmperorHyperion what Kotick did?
Nah bruh
They gonna remake the insane trilogy first😂
I felt physical pain when you brought up Toys For Bob being used as a supporting studio for Warzone...
@@joshhallam6342 Y'all are gonna get real blindsided when Wumpa League gets announced
Such a waste. Let them do more Crash!
@@TyroKitsune They are doing more Crash
@@TyroKitsune I don't even care about them doing more Crash at this point, I just want them to get to finally make Star Control III. They have been trying to make that game since 1992, and they were just about to finally start working on it when it had to be delayed because of Stardock's copyright fuckery.
@@TyroKitsune crash?? SPYRO NEEDS HIS CHANCE AT A 4TH GAME! its long overdue. Enough with crash!
The acapella soundtrack was so out there and unique for the series, no, just for a game, I gotta applaud them for that.
But, when you're a young me, and were only a fan of Spyro and Crash at the time, and wasn't allowed to play games... The 2000's were rough, at least Crash and Spyro are baaaack- and they're gone again...
The ost of Twinsanity is one of the strongest points of the game. Very cool and full of personality.
@@TheJosethemaster true the music of Twinsanity was and is still awesome and has been used a lot by Crash Bandicoot fan projects, heck I even love it. So great man. 😏👌
The music is one of the best things in that game, i would be up for nother game with something like that.
Kinda reminds me of Earthworm Jim.
@GenerationWest
Yep, they got our hopes up and then smashed them to pieces. The fourth game should have been a huge thing but I feel like because of technical issues it got brought down quite a bit. The fact the only console besides the new ones obviously that could play it at a consistent 60 fps was the XBone X. With literally pretty much everything else struggling at about 40 and no option to lock it to 30 for some reason.
Spiralmouth’s performance for Twinsanity remains as one of the most unique and fun OSTs for a platformer to date. Would love to see accapella style used more!
Indeed. I’m honestly surprised that a cappella isn’t utilized more.
I've never played the game but from what I've heard, I think I'd be ready to play it solely for the music
I completely forgot about the ost for twinsanity, when the music kicked in at 8:30 it felt like a core memory had been unlocked lol.
Nina's theme absolute 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The only OST on par is Terry S Taylor's Neverhood and Skullmonkeys soundtracks
Twinsanity really is a lovely tale when you get down to it. A rushed title, average reviews, but being average isn't bad. Especially when one considers that Twinsanity found cult success for its uniqueness. Frankly, I imagine if it were to be remade with the missing content, or even just re-released with bugfixes, it'd do surprisingly well on modern platforms.
I'll be honest, even tho this game has the same issue of a "Solid immovable deadline" and "unfinished release", the game does seem like a pretty fun the idea, from the Hero Villain team up with a comedic tone and with Acapella sound track, this seemed like a great game just would've been the best if it had more time to work out the bugs and let the cut content stay and really it just needed a little more time, this was very interesting look into this story of this game
It honestly has a lot of heart put into it, even with most of the issues it feels like it came from a place of love.
It is crazy to think that sometimes the passion from developers makes games that are unfinished with inmovable deadlines still turn out good. 2 of my favorite games of all time suffer from this...
The games charm is definitely what kept its longevity going for people to remember it if they played it or grew up with it (like me).
I feel really bad for Traveler's Tales, having to crunch for not one but TWO Crash Bandicoot games in a row.
I feel more bad for the TT studio behind WOC who were forced to make it in under a year vs Twinsanity devs who had way more time but decided to waste most of it conceptualizing and scrapping ideas.
Also the sad thing is the team wants to finish it but with the state Activision is in (basically everyone does COD now) that might not happen which is a shame as in my opinion while held many traditional parts of Crash the game did also new things giving you more wide 3D environments instead of just paths which while most of the game kept that all way these others areas could have shown what could have been.
maybe that's why they named a character after it :v
God damn..
The TT Games studio who developed those LEGO games previously worked on Crash Bandicoot before?!
Matt: “Why do I have Vex on the mind?”
Narrator: “Next time on Wha Happun?”
Imagine if they did go with their idea for Evolution but kept Crash himself exactly the same as he always has. I can already imagine some long winded cutscene talking about how terrible the world is all while crash is doing his stupid air hump dance on the screen
If I had a recommendation for an episode, I'd say the first Psychonauts. The game took nearly 5 years to make, and despite critical success did so poorly that the publisher swore to never do a big budget game again. It's got some interesting behind the scenes stuff too, and it's topical, so more ad revenue.
@@MazTheOriginalGod Me too, well not that I stopped pirating but it was the first game I pirated and then after finishing buying it
Huh sounds interesting to me
@@MazTheOriginalGod While I'm not a pirate, Psychonauts 2 was one of the few games I paid full price for. Normally, I wait for sales to purchase big games, but for this one I make an exception. It earned my money.
Dang!
A Wha Happun on Kingdom Hearts 3! It has LOTS of unused contents and tons of issues bond to Disney IPs, it could be very interesting to investigate on it!
After finishing Twinsanity (years after it was released), I was extremely surprised to find out that it wasn't popular, especially among Crash Bandicoot fans. Personally, I thought and still think that Twinsanity is an amazing unique game that managed to give the original Crash Bandicoot vibe but with a new exciting feeling and experience that other Crash Bandicoot games don't have. The soundtrack is especially extremely amazing, considering that no other game has ever had a cappella music, and it fits the game so well! It made me fall in love with a cappella music!
This game was hella underrated don't even @ me. It's also shockingly funny, it shouldn't be nearly as funny as it is but it is.
"MY DAUGHTER--ER, NIECE!"
But it’s very overrated in the crash community
@@vrotYT Most Crash people like it because it is diferent and don't treat like if it was as good as the ND games in the first place.
Exept those that grew up with it and they are usually upfront about it (0 issues with that, my favorite of all time is A Crack in Time, a game full of plotholes and incredible ammounts of cut content thanks to an inmovable deadline)
hello
@@games_on_phone89 pidr
Cortex: How I envy the simple life of the tribes folk...
Tribe Chief: belly dances
*applause*
The fact Activision almost killed Crash Bandicoot TWICE by focusing on CoD rather than both franchises hurts my soul in a way I never felt before.
*What's stopping them from doing a trilogy on your soul*
And CoD is holding ActiBillz on match-sticks even though they could have diversify their portfolio. (How Bobby still CEO considering that even Wall Street hates him?)
Well activision is now under the leash of microsoft so there is hope
@@firesnakex8probably not since they scrapped a crash 5
Imagine how good a remake of this game would be with all the cut content included
Yeah its really sad honestly, their only mistake was not having enought time
Depends on how it's executed cause all of its cut content isn't gonna guarantee good game.
@@MSCLeap75 The game was really good ALREADY
@@duby3292 It was not really good being so buggy and unfinished, but I get why it has its fans. It definitely did good in the humor department.
@@MSCLeap75 Was more than the humour, the gameplay was genuinely good. Most of the unfinished stuff I can remember was in the cutscene animations
A Crash Twinsanity Remake would be absolutely amazing
You should do the Ratchet and Clank Future series. I've dipped my toes into Tools of Destruction's development and how did that game not turn out a dumpster fire is beyond me.
TOD was amazing, and ACiT was even better
@@dotproduct335 Especially considering the absolute hell that was the development they went through. Htf is Crack in Time as good as its with only 9-10 months of development is the question of life.
The scrapped level with an evil Crash and a good Cortex sounds like a massive missed opportunity.
Ngl this is my favorite Crash game ever. The writing is hilarious, the gameplay is a mix of the classic games while mixing in a more open sandbox and it feels like a nice wrap up to the franchise (even though Crash 4 exists now lol)
It doesn't replicate the classic game well at all, and the open world is done way better in lots of games before it.
@@MSCLeap75 none of the games before it had open world...
@@FreekinEkin2 He means that other games did the open world better. Jak and Going Commando were out by this point.
@@MSCLeap75 It is it's own Crash game. And it's use of open world is still good for what it is.
It's a fine game on it's own and has a lot going for it.
@@111TheViper Taste is subjective. In this case, Twinsanity has a lot of positives in spite of its negatives that make it a very enjoyable experience.
So no. Not really someone having bad taste. Now, someone thinking CoD is the best game ever is bad taste.
I don't know how the later Lego games came out but I fondly remember the Star Wars games being pretty good and clearly well made. Also people say warzone being fun but it is still a bummer all these smaller studios with potential being absorbed by big conglomerates at best (and scum of humanity at worse). Even if it was the usual micro-transaction shitfest the remake of CTR had unlockable skins and even completely free original tracks that showed the passion of the team behind it. Benox actually made the best of their unfortunate situation.
I’ll never forget the back of the box had pictures of special combo moves and one was blacked out and called CENSORED
My best mate and I used to sing the theme from the first level in high school to take the piss
Twinsanity is wild dude
Never thought my personal favorite Crash game would ever end up here as no one really likes to talk about it. I’m happy to see it though!
Everyone here is asking for a Twinsanity remake but I'd want Toys For Bob to tackle that unused tv/dimension idea. Especially since we are in a golden age of parody it seems like and everyone seems to be doing that idea in some form these days (I'm looking at you Spider-Man and Spongebob)
Honestly I would love that concept and it would throw the doors wide open for adorable and awesome cosmetic ideas for Crash and Coco.
As long as it's not super balls to the wall hard.
A video about the Jak and Daxter series would be awesome to see from you! A truly great series that has kinda just been forgotten, with some interesting history surrounding its final release, The Lost Frontier
I am still amazed that despite all the problems it faced, Crash Twinsanity still managed to come out as one of the best games in the series.
Its kinda sad hearing about all the stress the devs went through. I wish I could tell them how much I love twinsanity its my favorite crash game
It amazes me to this day how well PS2 games were animated.
Silky smooth, lots of frames and expressive body language and face gestures.
not gonna lie, I LOVED Twinsanity. the music, the gameplay... Especially the comedy. It'd be great if traveller's tales could get a chance to try again...
I love Crash Twinsanity with all my heart despite being unfinished, the music and character design made me love every single moment I played it, not to mention Lex Lang as Cortex, omg that man is the best thing in the entire game, I adore that Cortex so much. So this game has a special place in my heart.
Twinsanity is literally nothing without Cortex, since he held the whole game together.
Very true.
@@MSCLeap75 soy
I've always really liked how Crash has knee pads seemingly built into his pants.
@@MSCLeap75 Nah. The levels, music and humor were also very good factors of the game.
Voltron Legendary Defender feels like perfect episode for What Happend?
I was hoping for a Crash Wrath of Cortex episode, maybe someday 😊
Truly legendary game with one of the best OSTs ever made, desperately hope we get a remake!
I still dig the music from this one, tbh. It was the first Crash I'd played since Warped, at the time, and despite some pretty glaring progression bugs on the PS2 version, I still played the hell out of it! Thanks for the video!
I LITERALLY just remembered this game last week. This was one of my favorite childhood games.
Twinsanity is still my favorite Crash game honestly
Sure it's short but the exploration for gems, soundtrack, and humor do give it some extra padding that still make it a really worthwhile experience
That information about Toys For Bob at the end is already outdated as just several days ago on the anniversary of the franchise they confirmed more Crash was on the way. They've also been teasing the hell out of Wumpa League for the past year, so it's likely that they're talking about.
If you're going to do more videos on Crash, you should really discuss about what happened with Crash Landed. It was originally planned to be released in 2010 and would've been the first game to be made entirely under Activision's management, but it sent the series into limbo after its cancellation. It even had a kart racing spinoff that was cancelled too, but that one has gameplay footage at least.
Thanks for that. The end of this episode made me depressed as I thought we would never get a Crash 5.
He's not entirely wrong. Regardless of if Wumpa League ever comes out (Which is super weird they haven't announced yet) most of the people who worked on it were already either laid off from Toys for Bob or are now working on COD: Warzone.
So, while I do agree with you that there's more Crash on the way, the people who were basically responsible for his comeback were either fired or put to work in the COD Mines. So the franchise is kind of in a weird spot right now, no matter how much Activision and it's social media is trying to pretend that everything is a-ok.
Can Vicarious Visions make it instead? TFB's Crash game sucked.
@@KeyBladeMaster-Dan The artstyle wasn't even that impressive to me.
Unfortunately, several employees of Toys for Bob that worked on Crash 4 and the Reignited Trilogy of Spyro have left the studio.
The soundtracks still amazing though
I never thought Matt's mortal enemy, bless, would make his way into the wha happun anime
Absolutely incredible game despite everything that happened. Unfinished but still one of my favorites. Hoping for a remaster someday...
You know a game is having troubled development when a piece of in-game dialogue mentions something that was cut, as it should have been two new dimensions, but they, ran out of time.
But, with the resurgence in popularity for Crash lately, I hope someday all the cut content from the game could make it in a possible remaster.
Depends if Activision decides to risk remastering it despite is very poor sales and mixed receptions.
Twinsanity to this day remains one of my favorite Crash games, the comedic style, music, and gameplay made up for its bugs and unfinished state for me. Too bad we may never get something like it again.
I only ever played "Wrath of Cortex" as a kid, so the fact that people never really mention that one almost makes my childhood feel like a fever dream.
didn't knew twinsanity had such a rough production, it is actually my favorite crash of all time because of how funny it was. The open world was super cool too.
The Fact That This Game Still Gets Love Shows How Much Of A Gem Twinsanity Really Was. I Pray It Gets A Sequel Or A Remake Someday.
Fuck, I was actually thinking about this game a couple days ago. Most games on Wha Happun I can laugh at, but not this one. For how undercooked this game was, it’s still extremely fun. I pray a remake with missing content comes out.
Like your channel a lot. It explains some of the inner workings of game development so consumers get more perspective about the process and environment.
This game was godlike man, its so sad to see what happened to it.
Una gran manera de empezar el día.
Matt tiene uno de los mejores canales de UA-cam actuales.
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Still a great quirky experience, just needed to be a bit longer and realllyyyy needed some bug fixes. The soundtrack is amazing imo.
It's the mid 00s so ya gotta make the "The one where he has a gun" entry to your colorful platform franchise. It always works like with beloved Sonic entry Shadow the Hedgehog.
I'll agree that this game needs a remake. Personally, it was hard for me to like this game because the hit detection was buggy as hell and the unskippable cutscenes made it frustrating to play since I would die to obstacles I was nowhere near to and then watching the same scenes over and over.
But a fixed remake? Fuck yeah dude, let's go
As a absoulte crash fanatic haveing gone through all main line games in realse from crash 1. (Except titans and MOM). This is a real hidden gem. When you play any game it should leave you with memories. And for me. The first 3 crash games. Twinsanity and tag team raceing (hub world only) do this for me.
YES, he finally mentioned Haven: Call of the King!!
Haven was ahead of it's time like the Dreamcast! Bless you sweet call of the king! lol
Crash Twinsanity has actually been my favorite game since i was a kid because of the idea of my favorite video game character teaming up with his villain in a semi open world with an awesome soundtrack and hilarious moments.
God I had so many good memories 100%ing this game back in the day. I was so into it I even requested my dad to take our PS2 to a relative’s house in order to keep playing. Endured a lot of trial and error but playing Twinsanity was almost as fun as the PS1 trilogy.
I might be alone but crash twinsanity and crash tag team racing were ELITE. It was very different from a lot of the games at the time. It’ll always have a place in my heart, I didn’t know about all the cut content tho and how rushed it was. I didn’t notice it though when I was younger so I guess you could say that was a good thing.
One of my favorite games and desperately needs a rerelease &/or remake.
So sorry for Toys for Bob. They did their best.
Activision: Good work on the Crash Bandicoot games Toys for Bob. Now off to the CoD dungeon with you! Say hello to Raven Software for me while you're there.
Traveller's Tales did Dracula on SNES? So they _did_ work with Fred Fuchs.
That ending reveal that Toys for Bob is just supporting CoD Warzone is so depressing
Despite its flaws, Twinsanity is still by far my favorite crash game. What is there is just so perfect and I love it with all my heart. But also it hurts because I know that we could have gotten something so much better. All that cut content being cut makes me sad.
Iirc, a couple of the people that worked on Twinsanity got together and wrote a letter to activision(?) saying they would be interested in helping them remake Twinsanity including the missing content(since about 30 to 40% of the content got cut).
Yo, Traveller's Tales made Toy Story 2 and A Bug's Life for the PS1, they're good in my book.
Crash Bandicoot is very near and dear to my heart. Twinsanity was actually the first video game i ever played back when i was 3 in 2004. The fact that Activision owns it hurts my soul. One thing that isn't mentioned in the video is that the original Twinsanity team shows interest in remaking the game as they drew a congratulatory picture for Vicarious Visions after N Sane Trilogy came out. Alot of the fanbase is mixed on how they feel about that but i feel like they should get second chance with that game. All of their ideas and everything i feel would be some of the best content to come from the franchise just because it fits so well with the original ideas of Crash Bandicoot as a whole. It's a shame that Activision doesn't really care even though N Sane Trilogy, Nitro Fueled, and It's About Time did so well and were so good. Either way. Great Video as always Matt. Thanks for this one.
Even though it’s an unfinished game, to this day, the comedy is still hilarious! Also, the music is LEGENDARY.
The humor is definitely one thing they got right.
@@MSCLeap75 I dont think the game is very funny to be honest, besides some few scenes with Cortex is very forced and cringy for the most part. I even had more fun with the CTTR humour (mostly thanks to the park drones), or even the subtle funny moments of the trilogy.
Crash Twinsanity is the game I have suggested in the comments on several videos, happy it got covered!
calling it a "handmade crash game" is a really great way to sum it up
twinsanity is very charming and fun, the writing is simple but very well done
Its so sad when good games don't sell
It actually wasn't good being all buggy and rushed.
@@MSCLeap75 idk about that, have you ever actually played it? you rarely get actual bugs, most of the game's problems are from it not running very well in later levels
@@maxithalo7796 Pretty sure I played it more than most people, and it's the most glitchy Crash game. It was the first game in my life where I can die from an invisible enemy. I'm not saying it's as buggy as Sonic 06, but bugs are more likely to occur in this game compared to most Crash games.
And this game has other issues besides glitches that don't make it good, such as bad checkpoints, unskippable cutscenes, & bad stage direction.
@@maxithalo7796 Even if it wasnt for its bugs, i dont see what other see that is so great to be consider the best of all. Even Spyro on the PS1 do the open world much better.
@@MSCLeap75 I think it was only buggy in the ps2.
This show really does show up in my feed a lot. After watching about 15 episodes in the span of 3 years I’ve finally subscribed.
That Gex voice clip made me lost it XD
I think an episode on Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time would be interesting
I concur. I don't hate the game like most people, but it does have the makings for a good WH? episode. Plus there's more stuff coming out recently about all the cut content.
Imagine if Crash Twinsanity wasn't rushed
Oh Matt, I remember when you never left me alone. You wore me down and now I've been subbed for some time.
I’m really glad Toys for Bob seems to have reinjected the franchise with Twinsanity’s humor with Crash 4
The game desperately needs a remake
It sold too poorly for that to ever happen.
@@MSCLeap75 Na could still happen if fans want it enough
Dude. We get it, you don’t think it was a good game. Stop being a negative Nancy in the comments and let others be happy about a game they enjoyed.
@@starboy35tcoos First of all, who are you to tell me what to do on the internet? How can I stop you and others, who love to circle jerk this mediocre/poor game to death on the internet, from enjoying the game just by criticizing it or spitting out facts that you don't like about it? Just as you're free to praise it to high heavens despite knowing evidence that the game's simply not good, I'm free to critique this poorly made Crash game that ruined my experience of the series. I'm not attacking you from liking the game, I'm just attacking the game that I wasted $50 on for a miserable Crash Bandicoot experience. Hate when you guys take it so personally when I'm just simply bashing the game not the people that like it.
Getting really tired of people like you getting butthurt at me for criticizing a game that's not even a 7-8/10, because this shows that you can't handle opinions differing from yours about this game or facts about it not being good. And that's a childish way to handle a game you like being negatively received. There are plenty of fucking mainline Crash games(ND & post ND) I like, that are much better made than Twinsanity, that gets heavily bashed on while Twinsanity has this sweet cult of fans that act like it's the saving grace of the series when evidence proves otherwise. But I'm not personally attacking Twinsanity fans just for simply liking the game cause I can handle differing opinions and I can still enjoy the games I like despite the hate they get on the internet(ultimate echo chamber of opinions). So if you're calling me a negative Nancy, then I better not catch you crapping on any Crash game in the series.
@@starboy35tcoos Also maybe you should stop wasting your time monitoring UA-cam comment sections acting like you can gatekeep what people can say on it when you don't agree with them.
The soundtrack is my favorite video game ost of all time. using acapella was SUCH a cool concept for a crash game and it fit PERFECTLY!
Since this show covers all media, i think it would be neat to get into comics by covering Spider-Man’s Clone Saga
It always ends up in my recommended videos but I'm always happy when this series ends up there.
I've been enjoying these videos, they’re quite informative. I would personally like a 'What Happened' with Ratchet & Clank during the PS4 era. There was only one game released and there was also the Ratchet & Clank movie that was a flop. I think it killed off a Sly Cooper movie from being made too.
Or the Future saga. I dipped my toes into Tools of Destruction's development and how the fuck that did that game not turn out a dumpster fire, much less a good game, baffles me.
And ACiT... htf Insomniac managed to squeeze that game in less than a year of full development makes me scream internally.
ONE IMPORTANT THING:
Toys for Bob *ARE NOT* exclusively supporting COD. They and Beenox are still able to do their own things.
How many more games are left on your list for this series?
Well, as long as there are more crunch time, allegations, rushed deadlines and more.... Is endless :3
I'd love to know what went on behind the scenes of Thief 4. Was apparently a shitshow.
How many bad games are there in the market?
@@FLUFFYJOE13 at least 5
@@masknzgamer Why did I hear this in the voice of Scott the Woz?
the fun part about crash twinsanity is that it has turned into a cult classic for mostly all of the right reasons, the most divisive part in the game itself are the evil twins being non-characters and the music being grading for some people, but it's nice that most everyone came out on top!
What happened? A goddamn masterpiece is what happened
That's if it was actually good, which it wasn't.
The infamous animated movie "Food fight" deserves a What happened, if Matt has the stomach to endure it
@@Djordje_Jovanovic fair :) but is only a mention at the end of the video, the movie has a crazy dev story that I would love to hear in this narrative style
Ooh, I’ve been waiting for this one.
Man, Haven, Vex. Just mention Dr. Muto and you’ll cover all my obscure platforming game nostalgia.
Whiplash was God fucking awful. The official promo art was the only decent thing about it. Wonder if there's a story there.
@@monasteryfounder I never played it, but I did like the art. I'm not surprised, though.
twinsanity was the only crash game i played as a kid and i remember loving it
Yo! Could you do a video on Super Meat Boy’s troubled development? The game itself is one I LOVE and would recommend to anyone into platformers, but the development got VERY rough near the release date.
Its an unfinished buggy masterpiece.
Damn it Matt, the GBA Crash games that weren’t the crossover were actually pretty good. I remember playing one of them.
Also what’s a Haven Call of The Who?
A very messy game with an incredibly bad ending [made worse by the heavy sequel bait for a sequel that never had a chance of happening] that was written as ripoff biblical allegory, just with a smearing of star wars over the top.
I played it when I was a kid, and loved it.
I was a very... very stupid child.
@@TwistedChungus what the fuck?
@@setsers1 It was a reply to EnragedEric's question about Haven: Call of the King [which I probably could've made clearer]. Reading my comment, without the... experience... of seeing the game yourself probably *does* kinda make me come off as a raving lunatic, doesn't it...?
the toys for bob dissolution was so very very painful
If you really think about it, the reason why the Bandicoot crashed and burned, it's pretty Twinsane.
Heyoooo
The sheer idea that the people from toys for Bob are working on call of duty makes me really sad.
The fact that Caddicarus didn’t collab with you on this one is a sin
Dudes weird we don't need him
Another well edited and spoken video. Always learning on this channel
Well there are HEAVY teases for a new Crash game, the community is kinda going crazy
Surprisingly wholesome episode. I remember liking this game a lot too
How dare you make a Wha Happun about Crash without Lord Caddicarus’s blessing.
If we're finally diving into Crash, I can't wait for you to tackle the "Titans" era games. CRASH BANDICOOT WITH TRIBAL TATTOOS must be shown to the world
I'm so sad that the DS version of that game isn't as good as I thought when I was a kid
@@lagartijamuerta We all think bad games were better than they were as children. I actually played Sonic Chronicles to completion on the DS back in the day