spyro, crash and co.

[Skullwaker]

jetforcejiminy said:

Skullwaker said:

I don't, apparently. 

Have you played Crash or Spyro before? I don't think many games from the late 90s in general hold up well today, considering that was when 3D first became a thing and developers didn't know how to implement it into their games. However, both series are still enjoyable today and are quite polished. They both had really great dev teams.

just played crash bandicoot (the 1996 original) for about an hour out of morbid curiosity. never again. it's amazing how much better jak and daxter is than the crash games. (and i don't even like jak and daxter.)

but that gets at my question: is it nostalgia? mechanically crash is unplayable today.

Well, that's your first mistake. Crash 1 is by and large the worst entry in the original trilogy. The subsequent games improved on it in every way possible, especially control-wise. Crash is far from unplayable, even the first game. I played it a few years ago and had no problem with it. The original is hard, yeah, but so are most games from that era.

It's not nostalgia. I have nostalgia for them, but my type of nostalgia doesn't blind me from the quality of the game. They're no longer my favorite games anymore, but they're still very high quality.