Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 854 Ratings

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  1. Helixfofo
    Oct 2, 2020
    2
    If you see critic reviews only 2 critics were objetives.
    the game could be cool, it has average level designs and good references for past games.
    unfourtunaly the oldest fans weren't take seriously, some level puzzles feels like a hard mod. The game has so many glitches too, please don't let the nostalgia blind your judge, games industries need to know what is good and what isn't I    If you see critic reviews only 2 critics were objetives.
    the game could be cool, it has average level designs and good references for past games.
    unfourtunaly the oldest fans weren't take seriously, some level puzzles feels like a hard mod.
    The game has so many glitches too, please don't let the nostalgia blind your judge, games industries need to know what is good and what isn't
    I still can't understan why they change the n.sane trilogy designs and why they put a tumblr Tawna    … Expand
  2. CrashTrueFan
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    the game is only a mirrage, they say is the best crash but it was a bad experience for me.
    feels glitchy like twinsanity
  3. FollowYrDream33
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    it would be great if they'd put nsane desgins.
    the cortex design looks bad, and coco had a weird body
  4. GamingCriticbz
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    This game looks bad for a Toys For Bob Standars, plese Activision don't let they touch another sequel for an old game.
    The controls are bad
    levels are not hard they're more troll
    the story feels weak and the characters personality turn into a political movement.
  5. Masterchief78
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    The game doesn't feel like a true sequel I'm very disappointed.
    Story, control, character design everything looks not so good.
    They waste a lot of money paying "influencers" and in publicity to hide a not so good gane
  6. Yeliazar
    Jan 23, 2021
    1
    This is thE most frustrating game I ever played. The levels are too long and too damn hard! Eventually I stopped caring about boxes and secret levels and just tried to finish this torture.
    And don't "git gud" me! I managed to acquire platinum trophy in hard games like hollow knight, nex machina etc. But this game is just pure frustration.
    The best way to describe it would be - a pack of    This is thE most frustrating game I ever played. The levels are too long and too damn hard! Eventually I stopped caring about boxes and secret levels and just tried to finish this torture.
    And don't "git gud" me! I managed to acquire platinum trophy in hard games like hollow knight, nex machina etc. But this game is just pure frustration.

    The best way to describe it would be - a pack of levels from Mario Maker with finish ratio 0.1%.    … Expand
  7. Draethorian
    Jun 28, 2021
    0
    levels are too hard, getting all boxes is too annoying. slide just stops right before enemies, the fact that getting all boxes and some gems is so infuriatingly difficult i just didn't have any more patience and had to uninstall this piece of crap
  8. Cloddo
    Nov 22, 2020
    4
    Good conept, I've loved every Crash Bandicoot game so far. This game is good, don't take me wrong. But it's boring. At least for me. Levels are just too much long and frustrating (challenge is always good in every game, but I have to feel it's actually MY fault for the mistake when I lose. And in this game there are too many occasions where it's not like that). I am struggling just toGood conept, I've loved every Crash Bandicoot game so far. This game is good, don't take me wrong. But it's boring. At least for me. Levels are just too much long and frustrating (challenge is always good in every game, but I have to feel it's actually MY fault for the mistake when I lose. And in this game there are too many occasions where it's not like that). I am struggling just to finish it, not to tell to try to make it 100%... And when a game is boring, sorry, but can't take an high note.… Expand
  9. Baraqyal
    Nov 16, 2020
    4
    There’s a good platformer in here somewhere. But between the buggy levels, annoying gimmicks, excessive nostalgia, bizarre difficulty curve, forgettable story, and infuriating grind if you want to collect everything, I cannot in good conscience recommend this.
  10. Sheajw
    Jan 15, 2021
    0
    Worst crash game I’ve ever played.
    The stages are way to long and boring just buy the Nsane trilogy it is much better and much cheaper.
  11. SirCatflap
    Apr 25, 2021
    3
    Infuriatingly difficult, sluggish to control, devoid of any substantial story, and near impossible to 100% with your sanity intact.
  12. Falkenauge
    Nov 23, 2020
    4
    Unfortunately much too heavy and only causes frustration.
    If you think the Souls games are difficult, please play this game. Ideally to 100%.
    Only give a 4 because the levels are way too difficult. The challenge is good and okay, but not during the normal run and certainly not that difficult! I went through the Crash Trilo on platinum and didn't have nearly as many problems with it as    Unfortunately much too heavy and only causes frustration.
    If you think the Souls games are difficult, please play this game. Ideally to 100%.
    Only give a 4 because the levels are way too difficult.
    The challenge is good and okay, but not during the normal run and certainly not that difficult!
    I went through the Crash Trilo on platinum and didn't have nearly as many problems with it as with the game, even though I only played through ...
    If ever a 5 part should come then for god's sake it shouldn't be like the 4 part.
    Character or graphic design is also unfortunately not nice. Why didn't you take over the graphics engine from the Trilo 1: 1? Especially the jumping behavior and the physics are much more pleasant than in the 4 part.
    The graphics are also worse than in the Trilo but you have 60 fps which is great.
    That's what I missed with the Trilo.
    Therefore, a request from a crash fan makes the next game less difficult! The graphic design is also better like the Trilo. Better to bring in the adult humor. See Little Tiger, what relates to his penis and much, much more!
    The original Crash was also designed for older people and didn't have a toddler look. The funny and extreme dying animations are missing and have also made crash!
    Just like his super hot girlfriend!

    The look of the game was clearly designed for younger children. Then why do you make it so bloody hard? Do you want the children to be frustrated or even so angry that they break the controller?
    As an adult I can hardly stand it. how are children supposed to survive this without freaking out? Or are today's children all such pro gamers and manage a game like this 100% without any major help or problems? Would be new to me.
    Somehow a contradiction and I wonder if the developers even knew for whom they were really making the game.
    Should it pick up the old fans? then i ask you why did you change the look and the type of crash so that it has little to do with the old games?
    Should it appeal to new customers and children? then i ask the developers why is it so damn difficult and scare off new customers?    … Expand
  13. Vanta77
    Mar 16, 2021
    0
    So disappointed with this game, ive been a nonstop Crash fan since the first release, played 1-3 probably few thousand times and every Crash game to date.

    This game is so ridiculous in a way that it caters ONLY to the hardcore gamers. Crash 1 was legit hard but average players can still beat it and have fun. The difficulty of this game consists mostly of 2 things: The length of the maps    So disappointed with this game, ive been a nonstop Crash fan since the first release, played 1-3 probably few thousand times and every Crash game to date.

    This game is so ridiculous in a way that it caters ONLY to the hardcore gamers. Crash 1 was legit hard but average players can still beat it and have fun. The difficulty of this game consists mostly of 2 things: The length of the maps and the camera angle behind Crash which is so zoomed out that its hard to control where he will land, thats why they added the location marker under Crash which i thought was a decent fix but poor design nonetheless.

    Best Crash games have Crash zoomed in more (just like some of the maps in this game like Nitro Processed which is actually one of the few maps that i liked).
    The length of the maps are so ridiculous because its EVERY map and they are so tedious that each hindrance is just repeated again and again. It feels so lazy, uninspired and uncreative, because most maps actually have 1-2 good ideas that the whole map consists of.
    ND did this sometimes like in Crash 1 but it was mostly the 2 stages of going over the bridge which were relatively short because they were so brutal.
    Here its every map and they are so ridiculously tedious.

    The audio for this game is very boring, best songs are poor remixes of the masterpieces from ND.
    The only reason i give it a 2 is because of good graphics and cutscenes. I thought they were the best part about this game and i liked how Dingodile was expanded and become a retired good guy. Kinda like Crash Bash.

    Anyway i regret purchasing this game on sale because i've already uninstalled after beating the game because i just dont wanna go through those maps again. I liked that they added content and more characters but alot of it is just lazy (like reverted diamonds and different colors for bosses) or super hard like finding all the stupidly well hidden boxes while not dying - Just isnt fun at all.

    I had a miserable time beating this game because i dreaded every single level where Crash never got to breath or slide or anything. Every map is clustered with endless hindrances every step and thats just not Crash and never has been. The masks were remaked from Wrath but i consider that game vastly superior. Its the true 4.
    I've never been this critical of a Crash game and i played Titans which were terrible but i new that at time and i wasnt hyped for those releases.    … Expand
  14. CBfan20
    Nov 4, 2020
    3
    ok so i am a crash bandicoot fan this game was one of my favorites as a kid, i played almost all past crash bandicoot games including the remastered version of the 3 parts , i was exited for the new crash 4 game, i played the first level and it was alright but then when i reached about half of the game it got really hard for me everything is good in this game for me except the difficulty,ok so i am a crash bandicoot fan this game was one of my favorites as a kid, i played almost all past crash bandicoot games including the remastered version of the 3 parts , i was exited for the new crash 4 game, i played the first level and it was alright but then when i reached about half of the game it got really hard for me everything is good in this game for me except the difficulty, when i reached the ice level (i don't remember the name of the level) it was too much difficult to even be fun, that's when i decided to close the game and delete it immediately, that's not what i used to in any crash bandicoot game the difficulty is just too much it's not even funny, i used to have so much fun playing crash bandicoot but in this game it's more frustration than fun i know some people are gonna call me noob but i don't care this isn't fun for me i wish the next crash bandicoot game would be less difficult than this, unfortunately i don't like this, i wish there was a refund policy so i can get my money back!… Expand
  15. Distrial
    Dec 4, 2020
    4
    Visually it's a great game, the music is a bit forgettable but still good, and the moment to moment gameplay is there and competent, so overall it's pretty solid, although the story is pretty meh until near the end. However there's a lot to this game that make me wonder "did they even play the originals?" Now, I've completed Crash 1-3 including all gems and plat relics, I don't considerVisually it's a great game, the music is a bit forgettable but still good, and the moment to moment gameplay is there and competent, so overall it's pretty solid, although the story is pretty meh until near the end. However there's a lot to this game that make me wonder "did they even play the originals?" Now, I've completed Crash 1-3 including all gems and plat relics, I don't consider myself a top Crash player so I feel like I'm pretty good, right? Well apparently not considering how annoying trying to collect everything in this game; so many boxes in every level that are hidden so well you need a guide to find them, enemies with bad hitboxes, long levels that take an eternity to finish which makes collecting to gems you can only get without dying more than 3 times harder to get, repeated levels and overall less creative level designs, the list goes on. What I'm getting at is that all these things add up and make it so you're replaying levels over and over again trying to 100% them until deaths start feeling more and more cheap, gems stop feeling like rewards and more like blood drying in your hair after hours of banging your head against a wall, and lastly, the game starts to feel boring. I hate that I even feel like this because even in crash 1 when I was going for platinum relics and having a hard time I still felt challenged and engaged; with this game I feel like it expects nearly impossible things of me at times and so I have to spend a bunch of time practicing a certain section or running through the level 5 times looking for 1 off screen crate. I wanted to love this game, but my favorite part of Crash games is the completion stuff and this game honestly stinks at it.… Expand
  16. Kenziebrynn
    Jan 27, 2021
    1
    They really outdid themselves on this game. I super enjoyed playing the original games back in the day and I even have the N’Sane Trilogy as well which I enjoy. But this game I do not enjoy at all. Biggest waste of $80 that I can’t return. Wish I bought the disc game so I could at least trade it in and get something back. It’s too frustrating, the originals remastered or not areThey really outdid themselves on this game. I super enjoyed playing the original games back in the day and I even have the N’Sane Trilogy as well which I enjoy. But this game I do not enjoy at all. Biggest waste of $80 that I can’t return. Wish I bought the disc game so I could at least trade it in and get something back. It’s too frustrating, the originals remastered or not are frustrating as well, as they should be, but still playable but this game is just too much.… Expand
  17. Marsupio
    Sep 1, 2021
    4
    This isn't crash Bandicoot. Is a trial and error game with full of bad ideas and one of the hardest and confusing game ever.
  18. meroes
    Aug 30, 2021
    1
    Could have been good. If you liked the originals you wont like this. Trust me. Also these reviews are heavy gamified.
  19. Themightygamer
    Mar 2, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Words cannot describe my hatred for this game!!!! Back in 2020 me and my brothers got this game for Christmas but trust me I wish we NEVER bought this piece of **** game. My complains for this ****fest are endless but lets start with the basics. The 100% completion is absurdly unfair featuring extremely difficult and unfair levels(and bonus stages are just as unfair with some of the worst bonus themes in the series history) the ending is the biggest slap to the face since the 100% ending of Mario sunshine(which is a much better game by far) the 3 deaths gem is the worst in crash history, the bosses are lame, the box placement makes me want to rip my neck off. LIKE SERIOUSY!! I can't count the number of times that I missed 1 or 2 boxes in a level to save my life. I swear to Christ! The flashback tapes make me angry and the death animations look like they came out of resident evil. ESPECIALLY THAT BLOODY SCREAM FROM COCO. Even crash himself is telling me "please don't make me go back through this torture again I BEG OF YOU!" every time I want to restart a level. I personally don't blame him. considering the number of times he will most likely die in a level. anyone who likes this game is either blinded by nostalgia or just plain stupid. Play the n sane trilogy instead. It is a million times better than this sorry excuse of a game. That's not all though because there are the Inverted levels or as I like to call them the same level painted differently. And those dammed PERFECTION RELICS!!!!! **** the perfection relics and **** the person who made them. They are without a shadow of a doubt the absolute WORST collectibles in the series history (even worse than the crash 1 gems by X10000000) I swear to Christ Almighty these will ruin your soul by the time you are done with them. Even the relic system sucks! instead of collecting standard gold relics and calling it a day like in every mainline crash game ever, you have to collect the platinum relics instead!! this wouldn't be so bad if not for the fact that you are given the worst time trial relics powerups in crash history:the triple spin. Or as i like to call it... sonic heroes bonus stage simulator. Just like the sonic heroes bonus stages your thumb will be dead by the time that you are done. Please wise up. Play the N sane trilogy and never and I insist NEVER PLAY this **** of a game!!!!!… Expand
  20. Lttrev
    Sep 9, 2021
    4
    Its honestly NOT what i would consider fun. They went our of their way to make this as hard as possible. Almost sadistic levels of hard. Thats not what made Crash fun to me. Fair and challenging, but not overly challenging to where it makes you want to put the controller down after 2 stages.
  21. toplexel
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **** game the game is extremely hard in some locations that it’s really killed the fun of it , also there’s no reason to repeat the same stupid levels in n verted mode they could use the storage taken for n verted levels to make new levels and take their time rather than repeating the levels , developers of games for bob are just psychos and poor in ideas same thing repeated in spyro trilogy poor,stupid and nonsense challenges i hope all of them their life and afterlife will be difficult and complicated… Expand
  22. BaccoDanze
    Sep 22, 2022
    1
    desesperante, controles malisimos. Muy dificil en ciertos momentos que impiden seguir adelante con el juego.
  23. SuperLaLBoy
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    an absolute garbage of a game, all I felt was like I'm being punished by playing, soulsborne not even close to this type of frustration
  24. BetitoBaby
    Jul 15, 2022
    4
    Probablemente uno de los peores plataformas que he jugado, con un estilo artístico interesante pero gráficos de hace 2 generaciones, me alegra que sea un fracaso.
  25. MattMusky
    Dec 26, 2020
    4
    If you forget the N. Sane trilogy (a perfect remaster) exists, this game still somehow feels like a downgrade from the PS1 games. Everything just looks off (character designs, crates, animations), Crash acts differently, the writing isn't good (not that the writing for any crash game ever was but it's the worse of the 4), and most importantly, Crash moves differently. This game just feelsIf you forget the N. Sane trilogy (a perfect remaster) exists, this game still somehow feels like a downgrade from the PS1 games. Everything just looks off (character designs, crates, animations), Crash acts differently, the writing isn't good (not that the writing for any crash game ever was but it's the worse of the 4), and most importantly, Crash moves differently. This game just feels like a cheap knockoff and I can't understand why. Did they not have access to anything at all from the N. Sane trilogy? I'm not saying they couldn't make improvements or change what they wanted from it, it's just bizarre that nothing at all is the same as it was in the remaster.… Expand
  26. ignore78
    Nov 15, 2020
    3
    its crash bandicoot. Take out the fun challenging gameplay and you get crash bandicoot 4. this game is just frustrating and no fun. the original game was hard, bun not frustrating hard. just hard. this game making me want to delete the game every time i die thinking . this is **** and the new mechanics is not fun.
  27. stesproject
    Nov 27, 2020
    4
    I didn't like the game. It's insanely difficult. It's so difficult that you can't enjoy it.
  28. RP1_
    Mar 1, 2022
    3
    This game can be summed up in one word, frustrating. The jumping mechanism at times seem broken. Box placement, timed jumps are overwhelming at times… I feel like the ‘death count’ was included to add to the absolute madness of the game. It isn’t difficult, it’s annoying. I hated it.
  29. whyiexist
    Oct 24, 2020
    3
    Why does this even exist, its horrible. The remakes were good, but this is way up its own ass and it seems like it was made to appeal to ass holes. Its 2020 and there's no camera control, I don't care about collecting all the boxes, the art style is not for me but the overall charm of the crash games has been decimated. Its not cool or funny if you are TRYING to be cool and funny. Why areWhy does this even exist, its horrible. The remakes were good, but this is way up its own ass and it seems like it was made to appeal to ass holes. Its 2020 and there's no camera control, I don't care about collecting all the boxes, the art style is not for me but the overall charm of the crash games has been decimated. Its not cool or funny if you are TRYING to be cool and funny. Why are you trying to force a niche culture and sense of modernism. Who asked for Tawna to have crap blue hair and have the I'm independent and strong woman spiel, its old and its not even original nor is it charming. It makes you cringe and roll your eyes. The game is cheap. Toys for bob shouldn't touch another crash game because they changed it in ways it shouldn't have and kept it to the originals in ways it shouldn't have.… Expand
  30. AstroLad69
    Mar 22, 2021
    0
    Everything that was terrible about Crash 1 amplified and then some. This is not fun. The characters are insufferable. Tawna is an abomination. It's the equivalent of bashing your head against a wall. I'm glad it didn't sell well.
  31. lilweezy34
    Apr 1, 2021
    0
    I played the game on PC & truly believe this game is a treat, especially as huge crash fan.

    The controls are tight, the story is picked up right after crash warped & I couldn't be any happier
  32. HearYouMe
    Mar 1, 2022
    4
    This game is so difficult that is not fun anymore, it's frustrating and boring, level design is boring, very few levels feel smooth and fun to play, the new mechanics are bad and don't feel polished, the only masks that are fun are Lani-Loli and Kupuna-Wa, the other are confusing and frustrating to play, also their levels are badly designed.
    The levels feel like they were designed for you    This game is so difficult that is not fun anymore, it's frustrating and boring, level design is boring, very few levels feel smooth and fun to play, the new mechanics are bad and don't feel polished, the only masks that are fun are Lani-Loli and Kupuna-Wa, the other are confusing and frustrating to play, also their levels are badly designed.
    The levels feel like they were designed for you to die over and over and over again, difficult in an unfun way, hitboxes are weird, jumping physics feel like you are floating. I was so fed up of this game that there's was a point were I was just ignoring the boxes and secret levels and trying to be done with it.
    Tawna is boring and his mechanics are badly made.
    Dingodile is the only one I kinda liked. Right stick should be used to aim, badly designed nonetheless.
    Cortex is extremely boring to play and his levels too.
    Some bosses are extremely easy and some others feel like I'm playing Touhou.
    Camera work is also bad, right stick is completely useless.    … Expand
  33. Iansilva
    Jun 20, 2022
    3
    It was simple. Just make a game like the remake, but in an attempt to innovate they ruined it. Isn't a Crash game.
  34. jameseyryan
    Oct 4, 2020
    3
    For me, this game has been made just to challenge speedrunners and has zero replay value for the casual gamer.

    I'm halfway through the main levels. Each level has me dying 30+ times to finish it so the idea of time trialling seems like a joke. Flashback tapes where you need to stay alive until a certain part of the level to get it? Pfft! Almost every level requires a youtube tutorial to    For me, this game has been made just to challenge speedrunners and has zero replay value for the casual gamer.

    I'm halfway through the main levels. Each level has me dying 30+ times to finish it so the idea of time trialling seems like a joke.
    Flashback tapes where you need to stay alive until a certain part of the level to get it? Pfft!

    Almost every level requires a youtube tutorial to be able to find all of the boxes and hidden gems. The bonus levels are so convoluted that some of them require going back and forth over the level multiple times, dying 40+ times to try and succeed. The precision required all the time is ridiculous. The game looks great, and the new addition of the quantum masks and playing as other characters is great, but this game is too much about frustration and anger than challenging and fun.    … Expand
  35. Sandorz
    Mar 27, 2021
    0
    Absolutely the worst crash game ever. Insanely hard and extremely frustrating.
  36. Zequila
    Nov 29, 2020
    3
    Awful game... The level design is probably one of the worst I've ever see in a platform game. Controls are terrible, the hitbox simply doesn't exist. Wrath of cortex is a great game compared with this
  37. Rubes
    Oct 14, 2020
    0
    So ridiculously difficult and hard to control that it's no fun! I died 45 times on the first 3 levels! Luckily I rented it, so I'm out nothing, but for those shelling out $60 for a PS2 or PS3-looking game with terrible,awful, imprecise controls, crazy difficulty and a formula so old and outdated, you'll feel like the makers are trolling their own players by seeing how many ways a personSo ridiculously difficult and hard to control that it's no fun! I died 45 times on the first 3 levels! Luckily I rented it, so I'm out nothing, but for those shelling out $60 for a PS2 or PS3-looking game with terrible,awful, imprecise controls, crazy difficulty and a formula so old and outdated, you'll feel like the makers are trolling their own players by seeing how many ways a person can die over and over again. The controls are so loosey-goosey and although you are given a reticle for aiming your landing, you'll still have no feeling of control with every platform jump, and no idea where you will land (even with the useless reticle). Oh, did i mention that the platform starts to crumble once you touch it AND when you go to jump to the next platform a creature is coming out between platforms to eat Crash 40% of the time. That's just level 3..what were they thinking? The game looks and feels old and it's just not fun to play. A tired and old formula that will have you wishing for each stage to end quickly. These Toys for Bob people need to play a certain plumber for awhile to learn how to manufacture games with precise controls that are a pleasure to play. This ain't one of them.… Expand
  38. Bdills89
    Oct 14, 2020
    2
    Save your money. The controls are ridiculous the game doesn't run smooth and every level is 100 plus boxes and you pretty much gotta learn as you go. Worst crash game made so far.
  39. Xrisz
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    the difficulty destroys the gaming experience................................
  40. DaweHolzer
    Sep 6, 2022
    3
    This game is pretty annoying. I thought that i was too unskilled but i see others have frustration with the controls as well. Every chapter that i played felt like i was balancing on ice while jumping .Couldn't play much of it because i got fed up with the trolling that the devs pulled off.
  41. Jkn89
    Jul 20, 2022
    0
    I'm writing this review mainly as a warning to parents who might want to buy the game for their children. Don't do this if you do not want to harm the child. This game is the opposite of what it looks like on the surface - a nice cheerful fun. It's actually an evil frustration simulator.
    I've played a number of difficult games, but never anything like Crash Bandicoot 4. If I managed to    I'm writing this review mainly as a warning to parents who might want to buy the game for their children. Don't do this if you do not want to harm the child. This game is the opposite of what it looks like on the surface - a nice cheerful fun. It's actually an evil frustration simulator.
    I've played a number of difficult games, but never anything like Crash Bandicoot 4. If I managed to accidentally pass a level after many attempts, it was only through sheer luck, so I didn't even feel any satisfaction.
    The original Crash games were very difficult, but still playable for a normal person. This one is only for speedrunners and similar hardcore gamers. Unfortunately, if the developers made the game just a little bit accessible, there would be hateful comments from this type of people everywhere. So in fear of them, the developers have made them practically the only target category of their game.
    The game might have deserved an extra star for its nice graphics, but because it's so awful in gameplay, I have to give it the lowest score.    … Expand
  42. Jason0507
    Dec 7, 2022
    3
    The games story is somewhat interesting and the use of the different maskes provides an element of fun gamplay. However, that is basically the only good things about this game. The story is dragged out and forces you to complete levels which do not develop the story at all. The level sometimes feel like than can take up to half an hour to complete. The game becomes more of a chore thanThe games story is somewhat interesting and the use of the different maskes provides an element of fun gamplay. However, that is basically the only good things about this game. The story is dragged out and forces you to complete levels which do not develop the story at all. The level sometimes feel like than can take up to half an hour to complete. The game becomes more of a chore than fun. Also the implementation of the LGBT characters is unnecessary. Kids play this game and they don't need this forced down than neck. After the first hour you will want to uninstall this game. There are much better games to spend your time playing.… Expand
  43. Celentanomolle
    Mar 10, 2022
    3
    This is a glitched trial and error, full of bug, awful hitboxes and terrible level design.
  44. ToxikVermin
    Apr 7, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game wants me to be a true fan so much so that it wanted me to abandone my wife for the 100% challenge. This game is for babies and I much rather play Gran Turismo 7 then this.… Expand
  45. Thosevelvetygms
    Sep 12, 2022
    4
    Crash games are usually fun to play, but Crash Bandicoot 4 just isn't. This isn't Dark Souls, but apparently the devs forgot about that. What a complete, bitter disappointment for a longtime fan of the series.
  46. VanillaCone
    Oct 2, 2020
    3
    The game levels looks good, some new ideas are fresh but i think they doesn't fit crash universe.
    some levels look very similar to old games, sometimes i feel like i'm playing crash 2 again.
    the collectables are funny and difficult, i like it but i feel like are the same old mechanics, maybe specific challenges accordin to the level would be great. Not a great fan of the new desgin but    The game levels looks good, some new ideas are fresh but i think they doesn't fit crash universe.
    some levels look very similar to old games, sometimes i feel like i'm playing crash 2 again.
    the collectables are funny and difficult, i like it but i feel like are the same old mechanics, maybe specific challenges accordin to the level would be great.
    Not a great fan of the new desgin but I can live with some of them
    The bosses selection, should be more diverse and also some mechanics looks like a remaster ideas for the past games.
    My main problem is that the game looks more fun when someone is playing it and I don't know why, maybe the mechanics, maybe it's me.

    I think if no matter the game is good or bad we should give our honest points of view and don't go to the extremes to put a 0 or a 10, if you like a videogame the critic will help a lot to the next development team    … Expand
  47. X-men1995Fringe
    Oct 5, 2020
    4
    Hi, first of All I played every single Crash game there is on every consoles/Handhelds (Yes, even that sh*t "Boom Bang") so I consider myself (25 years old) a Crash Veteran.

    But hell even though "It is about time" is a good game, to me it doesnt feel like proper sequel crash game... first of all I love stupid childish humor, but in this game to me it seem too much childish and not funny    Hi, first of All I played every single Crash game there is on every consoles/Handhelds (Yes, even that sh*t "Boom Bang") so I consider myself (25 years old) a Crash Veteran.

    But hell even though "It is about time" is a good game, to me it doesnt feel like proper sequel crash game... first of all I love stupid childish humor, but in this game to me it seem too much childish and not funny at all... (Well there are some exceptions - Dingodile :-). The map system from frist game I was never a fan of, I much prefer Crash 2 and 3 portals system... but these are jsut minor things, what I truly hate is that the game is hard as hell (Trophies even more!) but not in a fun way like Crash 1 but realy frustrating a lot of times, my little sister couldnt even completed the second level without my help and was sad with even with my help she wasnt able to collect all the boxes ! I thought the game was made for everyone not just for hardcore gamers ?! Box placements is a joke, but a bad one, the amount of them in some levels is also crazy and box placements in those sliding sections is pure hell if you want to do the no N-Sanely Perfect no death challenge. Sound design is very bland and uninspirative, even the sound of Wumpa fruits pick up isnt what it used to be. Character designs I still dont like, but I got used to it but the whole aesthetic of the game is what bothers me a lot, the graphics are too simplistic and Fortnite-like, colors are too much saturated for my eyes (I have literally had to tune down my TV Contrast to be able to play) also the boxes lot of times just blend in with the enviroments and is much more hard to find just because of that. The level designs some are good but most of them feels too much narrow to my taste, and second routhes are sometimes also too hard to see where you can go and where you just fall to your death. The masks I actually enjoys but sometimes is the only focus of the levels, to me it feels like they tried to put so much new content that they forget about simple but well made platforming. Look in OG trilogy we got only jump/double, Crouch/slide, Spin/4xtimes (plus Wumpazooka) And everybody loved it, I still enjoyed and prefer the Trilogy over Crash 4 IAT. I hope we well get a Bash,WotC and Twinsanity Remakes from VV after this game    … Expand
  48. andoni_galicia
    Oct 13, 2020
    2
    Here speaking a big Crash fan...

    Please guys, do not waste your time and money in this piece of **** This is one of the worst crash games ever, if you are a fan of the classic trilogy, keep playing the n sane trilogy. A disaster design of difficult, map obstacles and enemies is in disguise by a beautiful mask. And talking about masks... what a good idea bad executed... masks are very    Here speaking a big Crash fan...

    Please guys, do not waste your time and money in this piece of **** This is one of the worst crash games ever, if you are a fan of the classic trilogy, keep playing the n sane trilogy. A disaster design of difficult, map obstacles and enemies is in disguise by a beautiful mask. And talking about masks... what a good idea bad executed... masks are very disruptive and are not sugar playabale    … Expand
  49. TimeTeller
    Oct 14, 2020
    0
    The mass praise for this uninspired cash-grab is a testament to the gullibility of casual gamers and blind sheep fanboys everywhere. This is just another product of the era of corporatized nostalgia we are currently living in, to compensate for a lack of need for originality in this out of control industry.

    What set N. Sane Trilogy apart from all of the other corporate cash-in remakes    The mass praise for this uninspired cash-grab is a testament to the gullibility of casual gamers and blind sheep fanboys everywhere. This is just another product of the era of corporatized nostalgia we are currently living in, to compensate for a lack of need for originality in this out of control industry.

    What set N. Sane Trilogy apart from all of the other corporate cash-in remakes recently is that Vicarious Visions was a studio that worked on post-Naughty Dog Crash Bandicoot titles back in the day, and they also respected the work of the original games enough (they were made in a time where making a game wasn't as simple as buying a premade sandbox from Epic Games!) to code their own engine from scratch that would suit the gameplay. This time around, the bumbling morons behind Skylanders and the disastrous Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Toys for Bob, are back to spit all over the orange marsupial's legacy.

    As previously mentioned, this dumpster fire is an Unreal Engine game like 99.9% of all remakes of games that took ingenuity to make 20 years ago because it was not as simple as licensing an ugly looking, "hyper realistic" sandbox to make games back then. Because the idea for this "game" was made by not-quite-human suits who only care about brand recognition, you will be dealing with Unreal Engine's legendarily bad physics and uncanny, ugly Fortnite visuals. Ugliest visuals I have ever seen from a Crash Bandicoot game, thanks to the combined talents of Unreal Engine and the Toys for Bob art department's finest, this game looks weird, ugly, jarring even in comparison to far superior N. Sane Trilogy, and actually looks far worse than any of the Sierra-era Crash Bandicoot titles, as awful as they were.

    The only people praising this awful mess are casuals who likely chose this as their first Crash Bandicoot game, blind fanboys who worship the name, and "le funny XD" memers. The franchise had a good run back in the day, but unfortunately it has become trendy to parade around Eldritch-style effigies of old gaming icons. If you have a functioning brain, you will stay as far away from this assembly line trash as possible.    … Expand
  50. TakeoverXL
    Oct 3, 2020
    2
    Not much more than a relic of a bygone era. This game shows why there haven’t been any new Crash games for years until the N. Sane Trilogy.
  51. Juananrey
    Oct 14, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Main complaint: yet another example of making games artificially lengthier for no reason

    Pros:
    - Crash and the new concept for masks feels fresh and overall the control is quite OK
    - The tapes concept is a good idea too
    - The game aesthetic is beautiful and keeps the bandicoot essence

    Cons:
    - Achieve 100% of the boxes is absurdly difficult. There are always a couple hidden for no reason.
    - The inverted gems is a joke to make it more replayable I guess
    - Checkpoints ubication is mostly terrible: either too close or too far
    - The levels are so large and full of meaningless dialogs.
    - Last but not least: there is absolutely no point on manually restart a level when you have checked no checkpoints for achieving the tape (0 deaths) or the 3 death gem. Your death counter increases and when you manually restart it takes around 30 seconds. Come on, I’m restarting the level, keep it in the freaking cache or something, holly molly.    … Expand
  52. Holifujoshi99
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    me hubiese encantado ver este juego con los diseños del Crash de carros, coco tiene un cuerpo muy extraño y ella solía verse muy bonita.
    esperemos que pueda mejorar para el siguiente :)
  53. Karlmar
    Oct 4, 2020
    3
    Terribly frustrating game design that leans on the crutch of a infinite life mechanic. Which ultimately erodes what made crash a fun and challanging game in the first place. Art is okay music is mostly remix of classic songs but used in odd ways rather than as a call back to previous games. Poor input in locations and bad signaling of game design let's it down. Summary play n sane trilogy
  54. Kaioh
    Oct 7, 2020
    0
    My god this game is so obnoxious. Accoring to these devs every level should have disgusting difficulty spikes to annoy a player. I am a big fan of a troligy, but this **** is just enbearable. Also those hidden boxes on every single level - finding them without a guide (and some gems too) is nearly impossible, so if you bought this turd prepare for 154/155, 276/277 etc. But I won'tMy god this game is so obnoxious. Accoring to these devs every level should have disgusting difficulty spikes to annoy a player. I am a big fan of a troligy, but this **** is just enbearable. Also those hidden boxes on every single level - finding them without a guide (and some gems too) is nearly impossible, so if you bought this turd prepare for 154/155, 276/277 etc. But I won't recommend doing that unless you got it on sale.
    + nice graphics
    + variety
    + good story

    - too hard for a platformer
    - too long
    - too much of a reused content in already huge game.. WHY?    … Expand
  55. Wafflecocoa
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    Don't trust some of those perfect 10, they're only copy-paste the same review, if the game is so good, it should defend by itself.
    The game could be good, but you have to play the same levels like a 6 times
    I never undertand the propouse of the N.verted mode (i think the concept would look better on new stages intead the same) The tapes just are like a classic crash 1 Neo/Brio bonus but    Don't trust some of those perfect 10, they're only copy-paste the same review, if the game is so good, it should defend by itself.
    The game could be good, but you have to play the same levels like a 6 times
    I never undertand the propouse of the N.verted mode (i think the concept would look better on new stages intead the same)
    The tapes just are like a classic crash 1 Neo/Brio bonus but longer
    Miss opportunity to put more skins to the other playable characters
    some levels have the same box placemente like in the past games.

    the game could be better but crash should be a little bit friendly for newcomers (for future costumers), I mean difficult is good for a veteran, but using tricks/power ups for those who need to learn how to play would be good    … Expand
  56. fancygaming
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    Let's wait for new game patches that fix:
    -Character Desgins to the ones from N.sane/Nitro (Tawna too :D)
    - down the difficult curve
    - fix the sluggish controls
    - port to pc & switch
    -Put some the classic characters (megumi, tiny, papu's, etc.)
  57. kaczan3
    Aug 10, 2022
    0
    They ruined a perfectly good game by adding a cringy mary-sue with feminist hair. And she's much stronger than Crash, the protagonist. So they are doing what the woke hollywood is doing -- making a show supposedly about Obi Wan, but making him a loser that is upstaged by that Inquisitor chick, or even a 10-year-old Leia.
  58. Velii
    Jan 9, 2023
    0
    Do not buy this game, i got it for the kids and its impossible for them to play it. This game is a constant loop of deaths. Even for me its stressful and a joke of a game. This game sucked the life out of me.

    Whoever created this game hates kids. And likes to see people suffer.
  59. SpielAnalysis
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    The game mechanics are the same, the mask power ups only help you a little bit.
    the new mechanics are most of the a copycat from: crash warped, crash twinsanity, crash mind over mutant, etc.
    the Pop references in game are not organic, look like a community manager. Crash personality is extra-dumb females saved the day because PC (yet they have a SJW look/ fujoshis ships forced, etc.)    The game mechanics are the same, the mask power ups only help you a little bit.
    the new mechanics are most of the a copycat from: crash warped, crash twinsanity, crash mind over mutant, etc.
    the Pop references in game are not organic, look like a community manager.
    Crash personality is extra-dumb
    females saved the day because PC (yet they have a SJW look/ fujoshis ships forced, etc.)
    Game levels are frustating more than challenging
    Multiplayer is kinda usless
    there're a lot of glitches
    control moves so bad
    there're so many box to increase "diffult" but looks more like the same levels with only new mechanichs.
    Character design changes totally to a cartooney style that doesn't respect the original personality of some chacarcters
    Cutscenes are forced comedy
    Story is not good not bad, just weird
    Music is avergae    … Expand
  60. Mariosonichu
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    Los videojuegos se vienen quedando estancados desde ya tiempo atrás las mismas franquicias innovan muy poco (mario, crash, pokemon, etc.) necesitamos ser mas criticas y no dejarnos guiar por la nostalgia, crash es una gran franquicia y no necesita ser tratada como menos, su gameplay necesita actualizarse para las nuevas generaciones, para los casuales(les guste o no) y para los masLos videojuegos se vienen quedando estancados desde ya tiempo atrás las mismas franquicias innovan muy poco (mario, crash, pokemon, etc.) necesitamos ser mas criticas y no dejarnos guiar por la nostalgia, crash es una gran franquicia y no necesita ser tratada como menos, su gameplay necesita actualizarse para las nuevas generaciones, para los casuales(les guste o no) y para los mas veteranos, espero que las siguientes entregas tengan mas para ofrecer y en verdad escuchen a los consumidores que son los que compramos el producto al fin de cuentas… Expand
  61. ec30859
    Oct 2, 2020
    4
    Love the Crash series but this game controls like **** have clipped through the ground so many times and the controls just do not respond consistently. If you want your Crash Bandicoot fix play the N-Sane Trilogy or Nitro Fueled and skip this **** bomb. Only giving it a 4 for graphics and sound
  62. redbeggsandsham
    Oct 13, 2020
    0
    This game is the biggest train wreck possibly imaginable for such a beloved game series that (Before the N'Sane Trilogy) had been drunkenly stumbling around in the dark for a decade. Boring, irritating, same-ey shlock, smeared all over a pristine price tag is simply not the way to spend a weekend
  63. MauricePhoenix
    Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Definitely not for kids...Repetitive element on every stage. Monotonous. Thanks for ruining my childhood hero. Buggy where the characters stuck and shaking like crazy. Crouching jump like hell. Unplayable. ESPECIALLY NOT FOR KIDS. I KNOW ITS KIND OF MISLEADING FOR THE GAME COVER Which falsely looks like what kids might pickup. But please dont
  64. VanLee86
    Oct 8, 2020
    1
    The style of the original games is there but the difficulty spike is unforgivable. One of the latter levels took over 40 attempts and still couldn’t reach the end.

    The mechanics of the game aren’t as precise as other platformers such as Ratchet & Clank, this element is what separates ok games from amazing games. The story is fun and engaging but it’s hard to feel that sense of fun when    The style of the original games is there but the difficulty spike is unforgivable. One of the latter levels took over 40 attempts and still couldn’t reach the end.

    The mechanics of the game aren’t as precise as other platformers such as Ratchet & Clank, this element is what separates ok games from amazing games.

    The story is fun and engaging but it’s hard to feel that sense of fun when each level takes, on average, 20 lives to get to the end.

    I’m glad people are enjoying the game from what it seems but, in my opinion, Toys for Bob have made a bitter disappointment of a game.    … Expand
  65. Henry_D
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    I am a fan of the series , i played through 1,2,3 , racing , crash bash multiple times with every possible trophy to achieve and ofcousre i did same with the remake of nsane trilogy. But this game is too far outdated, games like crash shoud be stamped every year since 2000. Because it is a basic game there is barely any plot, 99% of the game is a fun , sometimes challenging gameplay.I am a fan of the series , i played through 1,2,3 , racing , crash bash multiple times with every possible trophy to achieve and ofcousre i did same with the remake of nsane trilogy. But this game is too far outdated, games like crash shoud be stamped every year since 2000. Because it is a basic game there is barely any plot, 99% of the game is a fun , sometimes challenging gameplay. Animations basically stayed the same from 90s. This game is not any of that, series is dead. But i am not surprised ,since none of the remakes are made any game better. Developers of this era care only about hyping the product as much as possible , cause it wont sell at all. Poor gameplay , it is just poor.… Expand
  66. Prosselllll
    Oct 3, 2020
    2
    Same old crash. Horrible controls. I'm more frustrated playing this game then leaving it in my youth. Another jump and another miss the ledge by a millimetre and die.
  67. ultimatesoll
    Oct 3, 2020
    4
    The game is nowhere near the previous installment, Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy. The overall game design is too messy, poorly built stages/platforms and doesn’t have any old-school platformer vibe that we used to play.

    Crash 4 isn’t so challenging at all, make the game child play. Pixar-ish cutscenes are boring, not seemly and not unique. There are tons of differences between this one    The game is nowhere near the previous installment, Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy. The overall game design is too messy, poorly built stages/platforms and doesn’t have any old-school platformer vibe that we used to play.

    Crash 4 isn’t so challenging at all, make the game child play. Pixar-ish cutscenes are boring, not seemly and not unique. There are tons of differences between this one and Crash Bandicoot 1 remake. The powerups are also make the gameplay even easier and the core gameplay life span is too short.

    Crash Bandicoot 4 could’ve been way better than this after it’s glorious resurrection in 2017. But in this form, it’s just another copy of it’s old unsuccessful entries.

    Better stick with Super Mario Galaxy HD, a game that offering hella fun experience even after a decade.    … Expand
  68. OnlyOneHere
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    $60 for this game is way too expensive. When I pay $60 for a game, I expect AAA quality and replay value. The graphics are bad and the animations are garbage. The physics are beyond horrible. The controls are trash and the gameplay is so boring and repetitive. The story is cringeworthy. Crash makes annoying sounds when he falls to his death. There is barely any attention to detail you$60 for this game is way too expensive. When I pay $60 for a game, I expect AAA quality and replay value. The graphics are bad and the animations are garbage. The physics are beyond horrible. The controls are trash and the gameplay is so boring and repetitive. The story is cringeworthy. Crash makes annoying sounds when he falls to his death. There is barely any attention to detail you would expect in $60 games.

    This game costs $20 more than Crash N. Sane Trilogy. You would expect a longer campaign at that price, but it is extremely short. It only lasts for about 6 hours. The developers were too greedy and lazy to make a longer campaign. Speaking of lazy, the level design is lazily designed in this game. When I checked the back of the game case, it said you could play with 2-4 players. I was excited to play it, only to find out that this game has the most pathetic attempt at multiplayer I ever seen in my life. You can not play together at the same time. The multiplayer is just trying to beat your friend's score or time on a singleplayer level. This is false advertising. You could literally play any game and just ask a friend to beat your score/time on a level. That is not multiplayer.

    Seeing how the so-called "multiplayer" isn't actually multiplayer, there is practically no multiplayer in this game. So once you beat the story, this game will go back to the shelf and collect dust. Charging $60 for a game with no replay value is a cashgrab. And they had the audacity to charge $20 more for this game than Crash N. Sane Trilogy, even though the latter is 2-3 times longer. I recommend you wait until this game is free on PS Plus.    … Expand
  69. Inuyasha17
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
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  70. agent13
    Apr 28, 2023
    4
    the graphics, level design and gameplay of crash 4 is quite good but the story? not so much. the big problem with this late sequel is that it's too damn difficult even with having checkpoints i died like 100 times in some levels and the last levels get rediculously hard where you have to be fast and perfect which is not always possible also the checkpoints are way too apart it ended up athe graphics, level design and gameplay of crash 4 is quite good but the story? not so much. the big problem with this late sequel is that it's too damn difficult even with having checkpoints i died like 100 times in some levels and the last levels get rediculously hard where you have to be fast and perfect which is not always possible also the checkpoints are way too apart it ended up a nightmare to just beat the game and i couldn't even finish the game so i deleted it the original trilogy and other activision crash games had balanced difficulty but crash 4 is impossible to beat for me… Expand
  71. ayrten
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Crash from this version doesn't have that fancy look like in older, even when they have less polygons.
    Game misses that looks that previous version hade, I mean level design and colors.
    And the game is crazy hard from beginning. I've loose more than 30 lives on a second level. That is sucks. Stick to remastered trilogy. Way better and gives more fun. Sorry Activision but im not sorry. Well    Crash from this version doesn't have that fancy look like in older, even when they have less polygons.
    Game misses that looks that previous version hade, I mean level design and colors.
    And the game is crazy hard from beginning. I've loose more than 30 lives on a second level. That is sucks. Stick to remastered trilogy. Way better and gives more fun. Sorry Activision but im not sorry. Well deserved 0/10.    … Expand
  72. B-Bog
    Aug 30, 2023
    4
    This was my second attempt to get into Crash after the N.Sane trilogy and the series just does NOT gel with me, even with the new modern mode with checkpoints, apart from which, the game feels insanely archaic. Controls and physics just feel off, the double jump is one of the clunkiest I have ever encountered in any video game, and the fact that Crash cannot hold on to ledges never managedThis was my second attempt to get into Crash after the N.Sane trilogy and the series just does NOT gel with me, even with the new modern mode with checkpoints, apart from which, the game feels insanely archaic. Controls and physics just feel off, the double jump is one of the clunkiest I have ever encountered in any video game, and the fact that Crash cannot hold on to ledges never managed to quite sink into my brain because it has been a standard not only for platformers, but video games in general for literally DECADES. The locked camera makes it very hard to correctly appraise distances and positions when you're going into or out of the screen. All of this maybe could've been fine if the level design was a little more forgiving, but every level is just one long series of frustrating traps designed to immediately kill you, many of which require trial-and-error to even get a sense of what's going on. Look towards the king of platformers, Mario, on how to do this better: In every level, a mechanic is first introduced in its most basic form and without severe repercussions, then it is GRADUALLY expanded upon and made more challenging throughout the level. Whereas Crash just says: FU, it's sink or swim right from the get-go. Not fun.

    The game certainly looks good, but could've definitely used more clarity in its visual design because sometimes you can't even accurately make out hazards until it is too late.

    Music and sound are OK I guess. Story doesn't matter at all, it is fourth-grader s**t and I soon started skipping through all of it. Once again, take a hint from Mario: It's OK not to have a super-deep story in a platformer, but if you don't, then don't interrupt the game with dumb*ss superfluous cutscenes all the time.    … Expand
  73. I3L1NK
    Jun 28, 2023
    2
    This game is very repetitive compared to the previous games. If you haven't played n. sane trilogy, then go play it instead.
  74. Takami
    Nov 4, 2022
    2
    If just graphics in game is fine for you than this is the game. I love all platformers. I really do. Except this one. The inputs do not function 100% for long levels that want you to pinpoit jumps. And if you miss there is a long way to go again.

    The Aku-Aku is more or less just a beauty mark. If you miss a jump it is no help at all. You can find some passages that are more about luck and    If just graphics in game is fine for you than this is the game. I love all platformers. I really do. Except this one. The inputs do not function 100% for long levels that want you to pinpoit jumps. And if you miss there is a long way to go again.

    The Aku-Aku is more or less just a beauty mark. If you miss a jump it is no help at all. You can find some passages that are more about luck and trial and error than skill.

    I don't know what Toys For Bob was thinking, but most probably they wanted to torture us. The levels are too long. The og trilogy levels were up to 5 mins max to beat. In here it can be 15 to 20 min easy - for regular level not the harder ones at the end.

    Parents, if you have fond memories of the OG trilogy and want your kids to have fun with Crash... don't buy this game. For the sanity of the next generation. And your own. I like to think of mysel as fairly patient person and yet this game had me raging. In the end if you like bashing your head against a wall and hope to win go for it.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#16 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#21 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020

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85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 95 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 89 out of 95
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 95
  3. Negative: 0 out of 95
  1. Riot Pixels
    Jan 26, 2021
    70
    Toys for Bob's game is a welcome addition to the original trilogy, although you will hardly remember its levels or music. Crash Bandicoot 4 is two steps below the amazing Super Mario Odyssey and Yoshi’s Crafted World.
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  2. CD-Action
    Dec 18, 2020
    95
    I honestly did not expect such a stellar game. Crash Bandicoot 4 is breathtakingly beautiful, features an amazing soundtrack full of references to the original trilogy, offers tons of content, and thrilled me to bits with its brilliant level design. What’s more, it stayed true to its gameplay roots, while introducing loads of great new mechanics. For me it’s the game of the year. I salute you, Toys For Bob! [12/2020, p.58]
  3. Gamers' Temple
    Dec 18, 2020
    90
    Crash Bandicoot 4 is a worthy addition to the Crash legacy. It captures the spirit, fun, and challenge of the original games, and adds a lot more that genuinely makes the experience even better rather than simply padding out the gameplay. The game is certainly challenging and the levels could probably use a few more checkpoints, but the number in the game is truer to the spirit of the originals than modern gaming standards. A little perseverance will get you through the game, but it’s going to take a little work if you want to be a Crash completionist. Overall it’s a great platform game that perfectly blends the old and the new into a fun new experience.
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