Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

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  1. Paulox95
    Oct 2, 2020
    10
    Huge old school classic Crash game with new impovements and good end designs for the characters with new skins for Crash, Coco or Tawna.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. mosannam9696
    Dec 27, 2020
    6
    I can’t recommend this game to fans of the old Crash games. I can only recommend this game to fans of monotonous grinds and difficulty that no man should ever have to endure. If you are a completionist and it’s a reason you love Crash games just stay away. This is a nightmare. They put WAY too much stuff in here to do and there’s not a lot of it that is actually enjoyable. They went andI can’t recommend this game to fans of the old Crash games. I can only recommend this game to fans of monotonous grinds and difficulty that no man should ever have to endure. If you are a completionist and it’s a reason you love Crash games just stay away. This is a nightmare. They put WAY too much stuff in here to do and there’s not a lot of it that is actually enjoyable. They went and made the most Crash game ever and not in a good way. The levels and game itself seem pretty fun but when you throw in completionist stuff like the box gems (which are now more annoying than ever because there are stupidly hidden boxes everywhere), collecting wumpa fruit gems, dying less than 3 times each level gem, the hidden gem on every level, having to get platinum relics on every level, doing all of that on the “inverted style” level for every level AND the worst thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life with the N Sanely Perfect relics where you have to beat every level without dying WHILE collecting every single box........ you have a game that I absolutely despise. And it’s crazy how simple it would’ve been to make me love it. Throw out the stupid inverted levels, make relic requirements to only need gold or even just regular relic, and get rid of the n sanely perfect relics and you have yourself an amazing game I would’ve recommended to anyone and everyone. But stay away from this game unless you enjoy suffering. And this is coming from someone that 100% completed Super Meat Boy.… Expand
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. SirCatflap
    Apr 25, 2021
    3
    Infuriatingly difficult, sluggish to control, devoid of any substantial story, and near impossible to 100% with your sanity intact.
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. Darthbiscuit116
    Oct 26, 2020
    7
    Toys for Bob make this game so easy to hate. It is really difficult. I died at least 20 times on every single level. I do have to admit they made a pretty decent Crash game. Level design was decent. The new playable characters did not sit well with me. They gave us dingodile and Tawna, both were pretty mediocre. I didn’t understand why they were even there. I hope if they continue to makeToys for Bob make this game so easy to hate. It is really difficult. I died at least 20 times on every single level. I do have to admit they made a pretty decent Crash game. Level design was decent. The new playable characters did not sit well with me. They gave us dingodile and Tawna, both were pretty mediocre. I didn’t understand why they were even there. I hope if they continue to make more Crash and Spyro games that they will make them less difficult and easier to enjoy. I can’t stress enough the difficulty is ultimately what brought this game down a few points. I DIED 143 times on the last level before we fight Cortex.… Expand
  19. Sh00p
    Jan 4, 2021
    5
    They made the game way too difficult but not in a fun way. It's less about challenging and evolving your skills and more to do with can you get through the boredom of playing the first bit of the level again. Not rewarding, not enjoyable. There's also way too much padding. Playing the same level over and over again for different gems or with a different look is not extra content. PlayingThey made the game way too difficult but not in a fun way. It's less about challenging and evolving your skills and more to do with can you get through the boredom of playing the first bit of the level again. Not rewarding, not enjoyable. There's also way too much padding. Playing the same level over and over again for different gems or with a different look is not extra content. Playing the levels casually is very fun. They're well designed, nice to look at, not too easy, not too difficult. However if you play through casually then you might get 5-6 hours out of the game, so definitely not worth full price.… Expand
  20. 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
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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
  24. makemenuconfig
    Oct 31, 2021
    5
    Don't waste your time trying to 100% this game. Just play it normally without worrying about collecting all the boxes or gems. The gameplay is fine I guess. Some parts can get frustratingly insensitive. For a basic platformer it is ok. Also don't expect anything from the story or characters, it is very basic and cliche; I'd say skip everything and jump to the gameplay.
  25. jack2059
    Jul 10, 2021
    5
    If you were looking for the family friendly nice game of old Crash, this is not it.
    Im shocked to sit playing a crash game and just thinking that its really not very good. The challenge level has flown well above what the previous games had, and not in a good way.
    The camera continually feels like an enemy. There's far too many deaths to things you cant clearly see or predict. One    If you were looking for the family friendly nice game of old Crash, this is not it.
    Im shocked to sit playing a crash game and just thinking that its really not very good. The challenge level has flown well above what the previous games had, and not in a good way.

    The camera continually feels like an enemy. There's far too many deaths to things you cant clearly see or predict.

    One of the staples of the old games was the triple Aku Aku mask.
    Im not even sure it still exists. It would be useless if it does because its rare to see enemies in your path.

    When you take the fun out of a challenging game, it just leaves you with a frustrating experience.    … Expand
  26. doncsoo
    Jan 14, 2021
    6
    Pros: Amazing Graphics, Quantum Masks and new playable characters make the game more fun, fluid controls
    A BIG CON: the difficulty, Crash games weren't this difficult, it was rather infuriating than challenging, Crash fans will definitely like the challenge, the more casual players not really...
    More smaller cons: lame story, Cortex's controls are not the best, due to the insane    Pros: Amazing Graphics, Quantum Masks and new playable characters make the game more fun, fluid controls
    A BIG CON: the difficulty, Crash games weren't this difficult, it was rather infuriating than challenging, Crash fans will definitely like the challenge, the more casual players not really...
    More smaller cons: lame story, Cortex's controls are not the best, due to the insane difficulties you might encounter bugs here or there
    Conlusion: I really wanted to truly love this game, but the difficulty ruined an otherwise masterpiece. I 'm open to a sequel, if they tone down the difficulty a bit.
    HINT: DON'T START IN RETRO DIFFICULTY MODE. I couldn't complete the end without at least 50 deaths.    … Expand
  27. 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.
  28. Cedoch
    Jan 5, 2021
    5
    Ce jeu paraît prometteur mais néanmoins est véritablement trop difficile… En plus la difficulté est là juste pour monter la durée du jeu mais pas vraiment dans l’intérêt du joueur… Les ennemis sont scriptés comme pas possible, des murs invisibles apparaissent, etc. Bref, j’ai vraiment lutté pour aller à la fin du jeu mais dépenser 180 vies pour battre un bosse ne me semble pas vraimentCe jeu paraît prometteur mais néanmoins est véritablement trop difficile… En plus la difficulté est là juste pour monter la durée du jeu mais pas vraiment dans l’intérêt du joueur… Les ennemis sont scriptés comme pas possible, des murs invisibles apparaissent, etc. Bref, j’ai vraiment lutté pour aller à la fin du jeu mais dépenser 180 vies pour battre un bosse ne me semble pas vraiment adapté…… Expand
  29. AmirGamer1998
    Jul 10, 2021
    5
    One of the weakest series of crash games is very hard and far from previous versions
  30. Cormacd69
    Mar 7, 2021
    6
    Hugely disappointing reentry into the series. I play Crash because it is simple and enjoyable, this game is anything but. The length of the levels were horrible, the amount of collectibles you had to get in each level to complete it 100% was extremely frustrating. It might sound like I am bashing the game because I wasn't good at it, but this isn't the case, the first three games wereHugely disappointing reentry into the series. I play Crash because it is simple and enjoyable, this game is anything but. The length of the levels were horrible, the amount of collectibles you had to get in each level to complete it 100% was extremely frustrating. It might sound like I am bashing the game because I wasn't good at it, but this isn't the case, the first three games were hard but fair, this new game is ridiculous when it comes to completing levels fully. The new masks are a good idea but I don't think they are needed. However, if you enjoyed the first three games, I still think you should check this out, just because it hasn't clicked with me doesn't mean it wont for you!… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 95 Critic Reviews

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  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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