Current Events > Just beat the Crash N'Sane Trilogy w/ all gems and platinum relics, AMA

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I dont know what to do with myself now




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Sounds terrible
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You could try and beat the developer times.

PS: Which level was worse for platinum IYO, Stormy Ascent or Hog Ride (the Crash 3 motorbike level, not one of the Crash 1 hog-riding levels)?
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Good fucking job. I settled for gold on my playthrough.

Do you agree that the PS1 versions are better?
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NeuralLaxative posted...

Sounds terrible

Some of it was, but overall it was extremely rewarding. I love when a game can still push my limits after 20+ years of gaming.
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Mr_Biscuit posted...

NeuralLaxative posted...

Sounds terrible

Some of it was, but overall it was extremely rewarding. I love when a game can still push my limits after 20+ years of gaming.

I can get on board with that
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DarkTransient posted...

You could try and beat the developer times.

PS: Which level was worse for platinum IYO, Stormy Ascent or Hog Ride (the Crash 3 motorbike level, not one of the Crash 1 hog-riding levels)?

1) hell no lol. Plats are enough

2) Hog Ride was a pain in the ass but I didnt even think it was the hardest Crash 3 plat (once you got the timing down, it came pretty easily). Might be recency bias as the last thing I did, but Future Tense 100% earned being my final boss. Hell of a level. Stormy Ascent was no joke either but the timer was MUCH kinder.
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Damn_Underscore posted...

Do you agree that the PS1 versions are better?

Wouldnt know, I was an N64 kid. It was great to finally play Crash.

Menardii posted...

Good fucking job. I settled for gold on my playthrough.

Thanks!
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How long did it take?

Mr_Biscuit posted...

DarkTransient posted...

You could try and beat the developer times.

PS: Which level was worse for platinum IYO, Stormy Ascent or Hog Ride (the Crash 3 motorbike level, not one of the Crash 1 hog-riding levels)?

1) hell no lol. Plats are enough

2) Hog Ride was a pain in the ass but I didnt even think it was the hardest Crash 3 plat (once you got the timing down, it came pretty easily). Might be recency bias as the last thing I did, but Future Tense 100% earned being my final boss. Hell of a level. Stormy Ascent was no joke either but the timer was MUCH kinder.

Interesting. I consider Hog Ride the hardest in the entire trilogy, yes, even harder than Stormy Ascent (however, Hog Ride isn't even close to the hardest if you're settling for just gold). Also, Hog Ride was actually a frustration-fest where the failures didn't feel fair at all; Stormy Ascent was at least an actual test of skill. I spent a similar amount of time on both (about 8 hours each - by comparison, no other levels besides these two took me more than 2hrs or so, not even The Lab or The High Road), although Stormy Ascent was a matter of "the first time I made it to the end in time trial, I got platinum".

I didn't find Future Tense too bad. Tight time requirement for sure (when I got the platinum, I literally hit the required time exactly), but aside from that it wasn't too bad.
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Dang thats crazy bro, that is hella hard for real
Good work!
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Killmonger posted...

How long did it take?

Hard to say in hours, but... a looong time. Some levels took 2-3 hours by themselves to get plat.

I bought the game on 9/29, so a few weeks but playing most days.
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Damn_Underscore posted...

Do you agree that the PS1 versions are better?

I havent played the remasters but I have seen gameplay. I think what it is is when you play the PS1 versions there were a bunch of flaws that you just kinda come to appreciate. Like how crash moves and sometimes bounces after landing with his spin and wonky hitboxes qnd stuff like that. Theres a certain charm to it and it's removed when it gets polished. But if the remasters were the original version and they came out with the PS1 versions as the ones released later then youd be saying the remasters were better
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My condolences.
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DarkTransient posted...

Mr_Biscuit posted...

DarkTransient posted...

You could try and beat the developer times.

PS: Which level was worse for platinum IYO, Stormy Ascent or Hog Ride (the Crash 3 motorbike level, not one of the Crash 1 hog-riding levels)?

1) hell no lol. Plats are enough

2) Hog Ride was a pain in the ass but I didnt even think it was the hardest Crash 3 plat (once you got the timing down, it came pretty easily). Might be recency bias as the last thing I did, but Future Tense 100% earned being my final boss. Hell of a level. Stormy Ascent was no joke either but the timer was MUCH kinder.

Interesting. I consider Hog Ride the hardest in the entire trilogy, yes, even harder than Stormy Ascent (however, Hog Ride isn't even close to the hardest if you're settling for just gold). Also, Hog Ride was actually a frustration-fest where the failures didn't feel fair at all; Stormy Ascent was at least an actual test of skill. I spent a similar amount of time on both (about 8 hours each - by comparison, no other levels besides these two took me more than 2hrs or so, not even The Lab or The High Road), although Stormy Ascent was a matter of "the first time I made it to the end in time trial, I got platinum".

I didn't find Future Tense too bad. Tight time requirement for sure (when I got the platinum, I literally hit the required time exactly), but aside from that it wasn't too bad.

I found that first time I actually survived, I got plat was true for most of my time with all three games, because I went balls to the wall constantly,

This was especially true of Crash 1 and probably why it ended up being my favorite. I didnt like needing to spam slide jumps and hold down a sprint button to make a good time. I really enjoyed the straight up no nonsense platforming murderers row that was Crash 1.
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I settled for gold and had a blast
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WaterLink posted...

Damn_Underscore posted...

Do you agree that the PS1 versions are better?

I havent played the remasters but I have seen gameplay. I think what it is is when you play the PS1 versions there were a bunch of flaws that you just kinda come to appreciate. Like how crash moves and sometimes bounces after landing with his spin and wonky hitboxes qnd stuff like that. Theres a certain charm to it and it's removed when it gets polished. But if the remasters were the original version and they came out with the PS1 versions as the ones released later then youd be saying the remasters were better

The original games have better graphics.
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Mr_Biscuit posted...

DarkTransient posted...

Mr_Biscuit posted...

DarkTransient posted...

You could try and beat the developer times.

PS: Which level was worse for platinum IYO, Stormy Ascent or Hog Ride (the Crash 3 motorbike level, not one of the Crash 1 hog-riding levels)?

1) hell no lol. Plats are enough

2) Hog Ride was a pain in the ass but I didnt even think it was the hardest Crash 3 plat (once you got the timing down, it came pretty easily). Might be recency bias as the last thing I did, but Future Tense 100% earned being my final boss. Hell of a level. Stormy Ascent was no joke either but the timer was MUCH kinder.

Interesting. I consider Hog Ride the hardest in the entire trilogy, yes, even harder than Stormy Ascent (however, Hog Ride isn't even close to the hardest if you're settling for just gold). Also, Hog Ride was actually a frustration-fest where the failures didn't feel fair at all; Stormy Ascent was at least an actual test of skill. I spent a similar amount of time on both (about 8 hours each - by comparison, no other levels besides these two took me more than 2hrs or so, not even The Lab or The High Road), although Stormy Ascent was a matter of "the first time I made it to the end in time trial, I got platinum".

I didn't find Future Tense too bad. Tight time requirement for sure (when I got the platinum, I literally hit the required time exactly), but aside from that it wasn't too bad.

I found that first time I actually survived, I got plat was true for most of my time with all three games, because I went balls to the wall constantly,

This was especially true of Crash 1 and probably why it ended up being my favorite. I didnt like needing to spam slide jumps and hold down a sprint button to make a good time. I really enjoyed the straight up no nonsense platforming murderers row that was Crash 1.

I think I got plat-first-time on about 60% of levels, with almost all of the remainder being golds at first. There's exactly two levels I ever got sapphire on - Turtle Woods, where I tried the time trial before getting the Sprint Shoes so wasn't likely to get gold; and Hot Coco, which was a legit "I didn't do well enough for gold the first time" (though I likely would've reset that attempt if I knew what the time requirements were).

My biggest rage moment was when I finally got to the end of The High Road, and missed platinum by less than a second. Fortunately, within a few more attempts I got the platinum - it's one of those levels that's actually not that bad once you get used to it, even though it seems horribly difficult at first.
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