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[smurfx]

They're totally patching native fortress right?

no! only the bravest warriors shall pass the trial.

 

[Trigonometrize.]

Holy crap. I'm having so much fun with Crash 1 and this isn't even the one I thought I liked that much.

 

[Ahasverus]

no! only the bravest warriors shall pass the trial.

Y'all did it by luck and you know it

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

I finally beaten Crash 1 by finishing every level.

Now it's time to move onto Crash 2.

 

[goldenpp72]

So I have been wrapping my head around Youtube, sharing on PS4 and so forth. I have attempted to upload my first 5 Platinum runs for Crash 2 (as coco) so if anyone is curious take a look. I'm not perfect by any means.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBtoFv_OkauifcKE77ng8vffXKZQBgmK1

 

[usp84]

Sunset Vista time trial is so diffficult i have failed at least 100 times now

 

[Hydrogen Bluebird]

Currently in road to nowhere in crash 1 (playing crash 1 for the first time). Honestly, crash 1 might be the most unbalanced and cheap death-filled platformer I've ever played. Not even sure if I can finish this POS game.

I know it's a 20 year old game but Naughty Dog totally fucked up the difficulty balancing in Crash 1.

 

[RockmanBN]

Man, some people really suck. Never played Crash 1 and I'm not finding it as difficult some people are making it out to be.

 

[low-G]

Just want to say I picked it up as I planned and am really enjoying it.

Also my concerns about the vanilla PS4 version were unfounded, looks great and no complaints there.

 

[alexbull_uk]

They're totally patching native fortress right?

Hopefully not as it isn't broken.

Currently in road to nowhere in crash 1 (playing crash 1 for the first time). Honestly, crash 1 might be the most unbalanced and cheap death-filled platformer I've ever played. Not even sure if I can finish this POS game.

I know it's a 20 year old game but Naughty Dog totally fucked up the difficulty balancing in Crash 1.

"Cheap" how? It's difficult, yes. But it's supposed to be.

 

[*Splinter]

Sunset Vista time trial is so diffficult i have failed at least 100 times now

I must have spent at least 6 hours on that today. Worth noting that a "flawless" run would be about 40 seconds clear of the platinum, so you can afford to screw up quite a bit on the vertical sections.

 

[Jigorath]

Was doing pretty well and then I got to The High Road and...

 

[Suburban Thug]

Man, some people really suck. Never played Crash 1 and I'm not finding it as difficult some people are making it out to be.

Damn dude you should go pro

 

[McMoneyman]

The bridge levels are so annoying during time trials.

 

[HardRojo]

They're totally patching native fortress right?

No, everyone needs to suffer through it, call it a rite of passage.

 

[RockmanBN]

Damn dude you should go pro

Oh totally brah.

 

[dreamstation]

"Cheap" how? It's difficult, yes. But it's supposed to be.

The poor jumping physics for a start. The feeling of hitting an invisible wall at the end of a jump or apparently missing your jump entirely but you clip through whatever it is you thought you'd land on.

 

[UpUpDownDown]

They're totally patching native fortress right?

Lol.

OMG your are gonna rage in a few levels if you think that's hard.

Games honestly not that tough, everything has a pattern.

 

[funkystudent]

no! only the bravest warriors shall pass the trial.

THIS FUCKING 3 FLAME JUMP!


Was the timing that fucked in the original?

 

[Ahasverus]

Lol.

OMG your are gonna rage in a few levels if you think that's hard.

Games honestly not that tough, everything has a pattern.

The "high" jump is not even coherent! like, I do it 4 times, but when I want to give it direction it fails. I feel I'm losing and it's not my fault.

This is a 90's kids game goddamn it

 

[UpUpDownDown]

THIS FUCKING 3 FLAME JUMP!


Was the timing that fucked in the original?

Yes. Jump earlier (like when the flame is still out)..... And don't high jump off the first.

Also the missing spike in the BG can be landed on.

The game is crafty

 

[Hektor]

THIS FUCKING 3 FLAME JUMP!


Was the timing that fucked in the original?

You should do a small jump (tapping not holding) instead of a long one, that should get you over a lotquicker

 

[alexbull_uk]

THIS FUCKING 3 FLAME JUMP!


Was the timing that fucked in the original?

See how there's no spike above the 2nd flame?

Go there.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

THIS FUCKING 3 FLAME JUMP!


Was the timing that fucked in the original?

I love how you can see the other two islands in the background.

 

[Hydrogen Bluebird]

"Cheap" how? It's difficult, yes. But it's supposed to be.

It's cheap because instead of the difficulty challenging players, it fucks players over and doesn't give them a fair shot even at first try. It basically tells players to try over and over again because that's the only way they will progress. Just look at the amount of people here saying how many times they've died at certain levels.

Jumping physics are messed up too:

The poor jumping physics for a start. The feeling of hitting an invisible wall at the end of a jump or apparently missing your jump entirely but you clip through whatever it is you thought you'd land on.

 

[*Splinter]

THIS FUCKING 3 FLAME JUMP!


Was the timing that fucked in the original?

Don't hold x, you want to do small bounces as it's faster. Even with small bounces you need to go a lot earlier (you can slightly overlap the flame as it goes out).

Or just use the background as others have said.

It's cheap because instead of the difficulty challenging players, it fucks players over and doesn't give them a fair shot even at first try. It basically tells players to try over and over again because that's the only way they will progress. Just look at the amount of people here saying how many times they've died at certain levels.

Nah there's nothing in this game that couldn't be passed on your first try (except maybe the final hog on Hog Wild), and Crash goes exactly where you tell him to.

People die a lot because the game is difficult, not because it's unfair.

 

[UpUpDownDown]

It's cheap because instead of the difficulty challenging players, it fucks players over and doesn't give them a fair shot even at first try. It basically tells players to try over and over again because that's the only way they will progress. Just look at the amount of people here saying how many times they've died at certain levels.

Post a video/gif.

Us old dudes will walk you through.

 

[Hockey123]

Made it through Ripper. Native fortress was manageable (though it took a bit) but was a big jump from the previous levels.

 

[Eria]

lmao

 

[Yukinari]

Wish they could have pulled the camera back even further for backtracking in a level to get boxes.

Diggin It is such a pain in the ass. I even hit a checkpoint before an electric gate and the camera glitched so i died.

Definitely one of the worst gems in crash 2.

 

[UpUpDownDown]

I think it's important to note this isn't like Mario games where you a run full tilt and everything is timed perfect to whip through the level. There are parts where you just have to wait out the pattern.

Being able to look a few jumps ahead in later levels is also a invaluable skill for getting your timing down.

 

[alexbull_uk]

It's cheap because instead of the difficulty challenging players, it fucks players over and doesn't give them a fair shot even at first try. It basically tells players to try over and over again because that's the only way they will progress. Just look at the amount of people here saying how many times they've died at certain levels.

Jumping physics are messed up too:

That's because those levels are difficult. Of course people die in certain spots a lot - that's how it is for all games.

Jumping is fine. It's heavy and needs very precise timing, but not broken.

 

[HardRojo]

Fuck Slippery Climb! Way too many jumps and platforms with weird patterns.

 

[Kito]

Dayum, the Aku Aku keychain is selling for almost as much as the game itself.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

I'd pay $10 for CTR and Bash if they ever made them as DLC.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I'd pay $10 for CTR and Bash if they ever made them as DLC.

I'm 100% certain that CTR will happen, but there's no way you're going to get it for only $10.

 

[Sullichin]

I'd pay $10 for CTR and Bash if they ever made them as DLC.

CTR remake is a bigger project than some $10 DLC. It's not like it's just new levels

 

[Fisty]

I would pay $40 for Team Racing and Bash. Had more fun with those games than CB 1-3, since they had awesome local co-op

 

[WoolyNinja]

If I love platformers that are more platformer than action is this for me? Or is there a lot of bad guys to kill, etc?

 

[silva1991]

Fuck Slippery Climb! Way too many jumps and platforms with weird patterns.

Probably my favorite level design in the series.

 

[FelipeMGM]

THIS FUCKING 3 FLAME JUMP!


Was the timing that fucked in the original?

its not fucked, this is just an example of people screwing up on this part lol

 

[Fisty]

If I love platformers that are more platformer than action is this for me? Or is there a lot of bad guys to kill, etc?

Nah it's like 90% jumps 10% enemies. The enemies are nothing in these games imo

 

[Yukinari]

I would pay $40 for Team Racing and Bash. Had more fun with those games than CB 1-3, since they had awesome local co-op

Bash is not as good as everyone remembers.

Unless they keep in the code to unlock everything like CTR had then i aint playing that shit. The singleplayer takes WAAAAY too long.

 

[HardRojo]

Probably my favorite level design in the series.

It's a nice level but it's pretty unforgiving when going up for the Gem.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

I'm 100% certain that CTR will happen, but there's no way you're going to get it for only $10.

CTR remake is a bigger project than some $10 DLC. It's not like it's just new levels

$15 then. Each of the three games come out to $13.33 each, so $15 for CTR and $15 for Bash makes sense.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Currently in road to nowhere in crash 1 (playing crash 1 for the first time). Honestly, crash 1 might be the most unbalanced and cheap death-filled platformer I've ever played. Not even sure if I can finish this POS game.

I know it's a 20 year old game but Naughty Dog totally fucked up the difficulty balancing in Crash 1.

Have you played the original Rayman?

 

[BakedTanooki]

Do you have to get gold or even Platin in the time attacks, for some trophies?

 

[CHC]

I love how you can see the other two islands in the background.

Yeah that's one of my favorite parts of Crash 1 - it takes place in an actual area that is sort of connected.

 

[Yukinari]

Do you have to get gold or even Platin in the time attacks, for some trophies?

Gold minimum

 

[alexbull_uk]

$15 then. Each of the three games come out to $13.33 each, so $15 for CTR and $15 for Bash makes sense.

The problem there is the engine plus lots of animations and models are shared by the 3 games, whereas making CTR Remastered would be its own effort, so they'd want more than $15 for it. I'd expect $25 minimum.