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Flawed, but Good
posted by DaMikeSC (COLUMBIA, SC) Mar 9, 2008
Member since Jul 2007
2 out of 5 gamers (40%) found this review helpful
Crash was the first big 32-bit mascot platform star. His PSX games were absolutely a blast to play --- well, the first 3. The forced perspective and the occasional races into the camera were fun challenges.
Time has not been good to these games, though, since the 32-bit era died. Wrath of Cortex was pretty tired and while Twinsanity was amusing, it was hardly awesome.
So, my faith in Crash of the Titans didn't start off high.
The game, honestly, is not bad. They decided to not make the exact same Crash again and, instead, opted for a different type of experience and I must applaud them for that.
The game is a pretty traditional platformer, but with the gimmick of your ability to "jack" stronger enemies. And while the gimmick is a nice addition, it also becomes the biggest failing in the game.
The levels are nice looking and the controls are not terribly hard to get straight. But, the levels tend to be lengthy and the ending of them tend to be headache inducing and are more tedious than enjoyable most of the time.
It is a nice touch that you actually have to jack smaller enemies to get to the biggest ones --- but when you have to fight several smaller ones at once and you can't deal with them one at a time, you have a mechanic that becomes more of a nuisance than a joy.
In fact, these constant level ending battles ended up making me stop playing the game. It got irksome beyond all words to have to hope that you don't somehow die on your first life because getting through that whole final boss encounter when you start off on foot and weak is just enough to make one dislike life.
I have a bit of hope for Crash after this as there does seem to be some potential here, but the game is way too flawed to recommend to anybody.
Time has not been good to these games, though, since the 32-bit era died. Wrath of Cortex was pretty tired and while Twinsanity was amusing, it was hardly awesome.
So, my faith in Crash of the Titans didn't start off high.
The game, honestly, is not bad. They decided to not make the exact same Crash again and, instead, opted for a different type of experience and I must applaud them for that.
The game is a pretty traditional platformer, but with the gimmick of your ability to "jack" stronger enemies. And while the gimmick is a nice addition, it also becomes the biggest failing in the game.
The levels are nice looking and the controls are not terribly hard to get straight. But, the levels tend to be lengthy and the ending of them tend to be headache inducing and are more tedious than enjoyable most of the time.
It is a nice touch that you actually have to jack smaller enemies to get to the biggest ones --- but when you have to fight several smaller ones at once and you can't deal with them one at a time, you have a mechanic that becomes more of a nuisance than a joy.
In fact, these constant level ending battles ended up making me stop playing the game. It got irksome beyond all words to have to hope that you don't somehow die on your first life because getting through that whole final boss encounter when you start off on foot and weak is just enough to make one dislike life.
I have a bit of hope for Crash after this as there does seem to be some potential here, but the game is way too flawed to recommend to anybody.
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