Metacritic - 81

Opencritic - 79

Gamespot - 6

The culprit behind Crash's dated feel is the passage of time. Vicarious Visions, for its part, succeeded in revitalizing Crash from an artistic perspective while preserving the charm that made him appealing when he first showed up, but years have passed since the original PlayStation was relevant, and we are well past the formative years of 3D gaming. It's easy to imagine how a dyed-in-the-wool Crash fan will fall in love all over again via the N. Sane Trilogy, but if you're experiencing Crash for the first time--or the first time in a while--it might pain you to realize that Crash's original adventures aren't as inventive or surprising as they were 20 years ago.

GameInformer - 8

Not all games from yesteryear hold up well. The original Crash Bandicoot likely would drive people nuts if it returned in its original form. Vicarious Visions made it fun again, without altering its DNA – a feat that deserves recognition. Although Crash spins and jumps his way through most levels, variety was the key to this series' success. Naughty Dog always included a different wrinkle or evolution of a concept in each stage, and that continues here. For all three games, the feeling of repetition never sinks in, a factor that goes a long way in making this trilogy a blast to play. It's good to have Crash back in the limelight. I hope this isn't the last we see of him.

IGN - 8.5

I didn’t want the Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy to break what wasn’t broken. Thankfully, Vicarious Visions clearly didn’t want to either, and the studio’s reverence for the original maddening yet rewarding challenges that have stood the test of time is clearly on display. On one hand, that leads to the frustrating limitations of the original Crash Bandicoot persisting 20 years later. But it also results in the incredible visual and aural overhaul and the gameplay tweaks to earlier entries, like time trials and crate counters, that Naughty Dog added later in the series. Those additions make the overall package so much more cohesive while never forgetting what made, and what still makes, so much of Naughty Dog’s original trilogy a blast to play

Destructoid - 8.5

It's a shame what happened to Crash Although Naughty Dog moved on to bigger things, I wouldn't necessarily call all of them better. The Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy serves as a time capsule of sorts before the series was ran into the ground, and my only major regret is that I wish it had CTR as the cherry on top.

God is a Geek - 8

Nitro crates are still a pain in the arse, those damn boulders still incite masses of anxiety, Cortex is still a douche, and Polar is still so damn cute. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is faithful to the original, and in today’s day and age, still manages to be fun as hell. Vicarious Visions has shown how possible it is to remake and reassemble a classic set of games without removing any of the original allure. If you’ve never played a Crash Bandicoot game, but are familiar with the orange fur ball through Skylanders, or old gamers like me telling you how games used to be the best back in the day, then you should play this without hesitation.

GamesRadar - 7

After being so excited for the remaster, there's just no avoiding that the N. Sane Trilogy and you aren't going to get along for a while. When it takes sheer willpower to survive the original's first island when you've played the game for years, you know something has gone wrong somewhere. Those coming in fresh to the franchise aren't going to know whats hit them. Sure, it's big, beautiful and positively packed with charm but it's time to prepare to die. I love the N.Sane Trilogy in its new roguelite form but some things will definitely frustrate those new to the franchise looking to find out what all the fuss is about. 

Metro - 7

The only disappointment is that the game only runs at 30fps, although it’s not like the original did any better. Although the game’s simplicity may earn it some new younger fans the primary audience here is clearly those that remember Crash from back in the day, and they’re going to be over the moon with this collection. And even if you don’t like the originals the game’s undeniable charm still makes a compelling argument for why Crash should come back for good.

lower than I thought.... screw those 60 meta scores givers, that seems too harsh.

I'm watching a live stream right now. It looks so damn good. I told my self I was going to wait until Black Friday, but IDK.

My pre-ordered copy just arrived, can't wait to play this masterpiece of a trilogy the whole night!!!

It's about what I expected it to be, I knew that there'd be reviewers who would think that the game was outdated.

the reason i put the first little bits on and then submit is because the rest can take a while. And if I do it all at once, someone might make a thread in the meantime and it becomes a waste of time. Happened before, 15 minutes down the drain, very annoying

It has a higher meta than I expected.

Im comming from a viewpoint of someone that never played any Crash game, but I think these scores comes from the mechanically dated mechanisms, which lets face it, they are.

Honestly, I was expecting a lower score, but I guess this goes to show how much beloved Crash is and how great the level design were back in the day when Naughty Dog first created it.

Not bad.

It's basically what I expected. All the good and the bad from the original games got translated here. They may have been a bit too faithful to the older games, as some critics are point Warped's vehicle stages feeling as boring and rigid as they did back then.

Doesn't matter to me, I'm getting this thing regardless of reviews, it's part of my childhood.