PsiloSybil

Prefacing this review to say that I have all achievements, for context. Have had this game in the unfinished pile for a while and have tried playing it twice in the past, but, despite having Crash 1, a game I love, as its inspiration, I didn't get into it those times because of the design philosophy and difficulty, which are not my thing. This third time, though, something clicked and I've gone and got 100% with all sparkly mushrooms (perfect runs on levels). Despite not being into precision platformers or kaizo-like stuff, I really enjoy the level design here, and it feels super rewarding to finally nail that perfect run on a tough level (looking at you, CliffHanger), all thanks to the meticulously thought out set of hazards that the game bombards you with that link to each other thanks to the use of triggers to "enable" the level objects (instead of things running on a global cycle), which (for the most part) makes the levels have this "flow state" that makes them feel satisfying to speedrun through. Despite this, I'm personally not a huge fan of how the bosses are designed, which to me are just memorizing and dodging kinda precise patterns in small rooms with almost no breathing room (silver lining being, if you're not going for 100%, they do feature checkpoints between certain phases). Oh yeah, Arcade Mode is a cool idea and I managed to beat the final boss in it, but it feels weird to ask so much of a player in a game with this kind of trial-and-error design. Non-level design neat stuff includes the visuals, which shine with the myriad of old-school filters you can apply (including a very convincing PS1-style texture warping), and some of the music tracks, even if I admit a few of them get grating after a while, I can at least appreciate the experimental, ethereal vibes this game's soundtrack is going for. It's a quality title, but not apt for the faint of heart, lemme say!

it's technically a gaem

crash bandicoot 1 was just clearly too easy

Como el Crash pero con muchísimas más ganas de matar a alguien después de terminar un nivel y que diga que moriste 500 veces.

crash bandifruit if it was like how people who cannot play the game describe it. it is difficile and precise but also fun and no lives system in regular mode and herrm yes it is fun overall but there are actual problemos such as with depth perception but oh smell (what i say instead of oh well)

played an older version a few years ago, came back for the full release. a lot of tough as nails levels that even crash 1 fans would rage at lol. would not recommend for everybody, particularly those with anger issues, but it will test you reaction time and pattern recognition. that being said I'm more of a Crash 2 guy...

Comecei a jogar esperando um bom jogo de plataforma inspirado em Crash Bandicoot, mas me deparei com o "Kaizo Crash" O jogo é bem feito, e cativa por ter o design poligonal característico de jogos de PS1, porém é extremamente difícil e feito pra você conseguir passar apenas se fizer o movimento certo, no momento certo, e no pixel certo Para quem quer um desafio extremo, este é o seu jogo Mas dizer que posso recomendar para outros jogadores eu não posso, pois é um jogo difícil ao ponto de ser injusto com o jogador