spyro, crash and co.

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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.

Crash 1 is almost impossible to play for me today.  Crash 2 is better but still suffers from no Dualshock support.  Crash 3 is just as amazing today as it was all those years ago.  I replayed it when I bought it digitally after a decade of not touching it and boy was I impressed.  I'm not one to be clouded by nostalgia either as I've replayed childhood favorites like Mario 64, Crash 1 and 2, Resident Evil 1-3, and several others that have not held up but Spyro 1 and 2 (never was a fan of 3) and Crash 3 and CTR hold up amazing today.