Crash: Mind Over Mutant for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

Big Bro (High school gamer): I used to play Crash as a kid, and he was one of my favorite mascots of all time. Better than Mario, better than Sonic. Today Crash is in the hands of Sierra, who've done NOTHING good for it.

It's the same story. Crash goes after Cortex, and to be honest it's actually pretty good. I admit the cut scenes are funny, and they bring the old crash charm back to the game, but that's about all that's good.

I hear this game was developed in 1 year, and boy does it show. The "open world" aspect is so unneeded and so annoying. In an early interview replay-ability was mentioned, and boy the replay-ability of the game is AGRRESIVE. You will constantly be running the same levels over and over (sometimes backwards.) There's absolutely nothing that made me want to play the game after the story (even though the game told me I had only finished 43% of it.)

Oh, and one question... Why does crash get dizzy?!? In the old games he used to spin forever and it didn't alter the game's difficulty!

Little Bro (Youth gamer): I started my own game on this and it took my forever to get around. The game is also hard because it doesn't always tell you what to do.
Big Bro: Sure it does, it's just not very helpful to the rest of the game.
Little Bro: uh... Some of the monster's powers are just not useful to game play. (True) The story line was extremely short, and why did they bring the old guy back?
Big Bro: for the fans. Actually i do admit that was a nice move, although you never see N-brio outside of cut scenes.

Finally:
Crash Bandicoot just isn't the same. Honestly, it's a game to make money. Here's an idea! Bring crash back to level based, bring back spinning, and bring back Tanwa! I loved Crash's girlfriend in the first game, why was she kicked off?

Yay! Another video game that gives you no clue as to how to get through a level! (sarcasm)Just the thing to have a pleasant gaming experience. (/sarcasm)

Seriously, when are game designers going to "get it" when it comes to level design? I don't mind a puzzle here or there, but when you can't rotate the camera to SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING and you have crazy levels that you cant figure out where you need to go, then that's just bad level design.

Bleh. Unless you enjoy frustration, stay away from this stinker.