Crash Bandicoot 4: We Saved Video Games | Beyond Pictures 

Love crash sitting in the audience, looks so hurt.

Honestly, thanks to this game, I really hope that Spyro gets his “real” fourth game in the future.

In the event we get a Crash 5, i hope Crunch becomes an actual playable character and not stuck in a rolling ball

Thank God, the Villainous video is finally out

this just donned on me but dingodile being apart of the good guys is that a sneaky little reference to crash bash where dingodile was forced onto the side of good in the story mode of the game

The editing on this was fantastic the whole way through. Terrific job on this, definitely worth the wait.

Oh man, that intro's the best thing I've seen all week! Nice job basically summarizing the Crash series, but also the world itself in roughly 3-minutes. XD.

Man, I wish I could figure out ways to talk about things where the point to be made is more than "This product is good" or "This aspect of a product is so bad" much like how you can. Watching your videos, I never stop ceasing to be amazed by the sheer variety of what can be said about.... anything, really, it's all way more interesting than half of what I've seen from other channels (even the stuff I do really like). Never stop being part of the discussion, B-Mask. (Side Note, still gonna wait patiently in the corner for that video on Kirby's Judaism, expecting a full 2-hour thesis for that one.)

I swear, it's the little things you slip in your videos that makes you one of my favorite youtubers. I'm barely typing this comment in the beginning montage and hearing Stewart Copeland's snippet from his Spyro interview "I wanna live in this century" really amused me.

B, my guy. I had the shittiest day at work, haven't even watched yet, but thank you for the video.

when i first saw n gin and n brio, after knowing about the dimension-hopping plot line and the concept behind tawna, i really thought they were gonna do something where the n brio you fight was from a dimension where n gin was cortex's original assistant and betrayed him instead. i still think that would've been really fun, two evil henchmen forced to work with their traitor counterpart from a timeline where the other replaced them

The opening of the video alone reminded me of why your content is so inspiring. Like for real, had a goofy smile on my face the whole way through!

This is officially the best Crash 4 review I have ever seen. Well done!

This is definitely one of the best "reviews" on YT. Its much more as a nice staging piece retrospective and review all in one without bloating into a 2 or longer hour video, nice work.

"Hey Plumberboy, Mustasheman! Your worst nightmare has arrived" These quotes are still being uttered to this very day.

B-Mask this video was so good I didn’t even notice it was almost an hour long until it finished

The analyses was spot on, but made all the better by acknowledging that Twinsanity despite its flaws is still a gem of a game.

What an intro, 10/10

That opening was "mwah" perfect

The editing that went into that opening. Know that the work that went into that is APPRECIATED, holy moly.

I got so burned out of original trilogy, that N. Sane only fix that just a tad bit, but once I got out of the honeymoon phase, it still felt like something was missing. Crash 4 oddly brought that nostalgia back, all the childhood rage, hairpulling because of missing boxes, dropping from the easiest platform, finger slip in a tense moment etc. Tldr; Crash 4 is the best Crash since the trilogy, dare I say it's the best out of the three & I'm a Naughty Dog era purist (I might as well build a church for it). I don't even care if it took a long time & a child sacrifice to do the completion, that only means I gotta spend more time with Crash & hone my skill crash-ing (?). If it's too hard, that's 100% on me, speedrunner exist & I want at least a fraction or half of their power, life is too short, I love me some challenge. Halfway through your video, nice work so far, that intro is God tier🎉👍👍

This kinda reminds me of another “4th” game built around time travel that he needs to make a video on...

describing wrath's music as "an assault" had me doubled over lol what a fantastic description of that ost

"Even if I suck and I will never get N. Tropy." Eh, it's good to know one's own limits. I, for one, settled at the Velo trials

Dear lord... that intro!

"To tell you that story, I have to tell you this one." And that, is when I subscribed.

You did it. You saved video game essays. Sorry, couldn't help myself. I'm never going to complete Crash 4 106% (and I completed Crash Bash 200% back in the day), but man, I finally feel the bandicoot is back where he belongs and I'm overjoyed with the game we got from Toys for Bob. Here's hoping Crash 5 can do even better, and even top Twinsanity's writing and creativity aswell (that game is still king in my eyes story-wise). Now with the new status quo, I feel Crash 5 can bring the series even more experimental and new exciting things to see, aswell as fixing previous flaws, kinda like Crash 2 took a major step forward from Crash 1. Merry Christmas! Hope you're doing well! 🎅✨

Three years later and I still cannot find a more majestic opening than this video's intro.

26:13 Are you kidding me For two months I've had this game And I only now find out about this It's amazing

I really wish Activision gave Crash the Mario treatment. If they invested in titles with smaller scopes (á la 3D land and the wii u marios) and new, experimental gameplay types (with a possible focus on the side characters) they wouldn't need to put their eggs in one premium, triple A basket every time, and worry if it makes bank or not. Crash and its characters are so malleable, the franchise itself is much larger than the individual games. It just speaks to the narrow minded, high-budget, triple A game publisher market that they have such a popular character, and a blueprint for success, but they're still not willing to put the resources in. Hope Wumpa League is a sign of change

I know that not everyone agree with me, but, at least for me, ‘Crash 4’ is the best in the series. The best way to describe it is: ‘Everything that was good in the original ‘Naughty Dog’’s games crammed into one very long and varied package, with a lot of modern twist to make it in line with modern platformers’. Oh, and I also didn’t mind it being difficult. In fact, quite the opposite: The difficulty is one of the reasons I enjoyed the game so much, it challenged me and pushed me to the limit, without feeling unfair

Intro alone is well worth it!

Yo. Algorithm. Take a look at this. It’s pretty good

I just stumbled across this in my recommended and could not be happier

This is my favourite Crash ever. In design, personality, humour, story and game. I appreciate the game being challenging, and the guy who said ‘it’s casually fun, but not for 100%’ is totally right. I don’t believe this means the levels are too hard, but that the requirements need to be adjusted for 100%. Hidden/offscreen crates and fiery crates need to go, and the Cortex levels are honestly boring. Food Run is a perfect example of fantastic level design and excellent balance.

What a masterclass of editing and writing, I'm exceptionally grateful that RU-vid recommended this to me. I basically agree with (nearly) all of your points!

I watched all your crash/spyro videos in preparation to this. I'm not regretting anything. From the opening scene I knew you put all your love and passion into this. Crash Bandicoot 4 might not be the best Crash game but is the one we needed the most in this age of remakes and remastered games. I love this game, the characters, the story, the designs, the levels, the music, the twists, the secrets, the collectibles, the bosses, the interactions, the new powers up(the masks), the music, I love them all. Even the difficulty (for the most part) I enjoyed. If the difficulty is the biggest criticism that we can take from this game then Crash is indeed in good hands. I love that orange marsupial with all my heart and I never want to see him vanish from our consoles ever again. Your video was inspiring and I love every second of it. And the answer to the ultimate question: did Crash manage to save video games? Was the most cathartic thing I ever heard. I jumped and screamed YES for some reason because yes Crash has many ups and downs in his video game career but the only thing always present with him was the love and expirimentation with his games. So yes in my heart and many fans "He never stopped saving them" and I hope he will continue saving them for years to come. Thank you so much for this video. Keep being awesome!!!

The intro should have it's own video to send to newcomers of this franchise.

Came back after beating Crash 4 for the first time. Video is REALLY depressing after Activision gave Toys 4 Bob Call of Duty... duties. REALLY hoping they make a five; although I'm not sure if that would be likely. At least we still got Beenox... *for now.*

I wonder when the inevitable oddworld video will happen? I mean, come on, Munch is practically asking for the "Fish people" joke...

Loved Twin Sanity, had some of the funniest voice acting in it bar none. Pissed myself laughing at Cortex in that.

I wonder what toys for bob do if they would ever get their hands on Sonic.

As somebody who just likes beating crash games and dosent go for 100% Crash 4 was by far my favourite platformer of all time. I don’t have any emotional attachments to platformer a as a kid. I played every single 3D Mario game (besides galaxy 2) and all the original crash game’s in the last 6 months and I had so much more fun with crash 4 than any else

It was the perfect amount of keeping things the same and doing something new. I think that's why it's so unique. They hit that perfect balance that few ever do with this kind of thing.

As someone who did 106% twinsanity back in the day, I'm loving the mentions of it. It is honestly one of my favorite games once you get past the bugs/jank.

Very excited to watch this as crash 4 was great and your longer more essay style videos are some of my favourite on the platform!

always the absolute best content here. so happy you did this game! best vid I've seen of it so far

This is such a good video!! It feels so much more substantial than other videos on this game! Talking about the flaws in a constructive way rather than a "This is the worst and ruins the whole experience!" way, I can understand the "It's fun to play not fun to complete" opinion but for me even though the game felt padded going for 100% (I've never enjoyed time trials so I'm not going to 106%) I never felt like I was not having fun, and I put that down to the games strong art direction and gameplay. Crash feels inherently fun to move so I never felt too frustrated.

Awesome video. Love your style of videos, been waiting for this one since the impressions one and it did not disappoint.

Man....what a fantastic video, great editing, good script, and the video never got boring. Keep it up you definitely deserve wayyyyy more subs.

I agree that this was the best depiction of N.Tropy, at least character wise I wish he was more prevalent in the game and story with how much build up they gave him, rather than just one world and boss fight

* Watches the intro * ALRIGHT I GET IT YOU'RE VERY TALENTED!

Crash bandicoot as a dragon is the thing i never knew i didn't wanted to see.Thank you for the nightmares theatre boy.

Amazing video! I like how you took notes from the other sequels as well! Best video on Crash 4 I have watched yet!

Hey I just wanna say this is a frickin' fantastic video, super well constructed and performed and totally justifies the length. Awesome job man!

you’re gonna go far man, I love every vid you’ve made so far

Amazing video! I was looking forward to your opinion on the game, since you were one of the first as far as I know, to bring up the art style issue of N.Sane. On the issue of N.Brio going back to working with Cortex, I actually had a discussion about this with friends a while ago and we all kinda realized, Cortex never really found out WHO destroyed his space station in 2, heck, given he and Brio didn't interact at all on the game, he had no reason to assume Brio, who he clearly had a low opinion of, would manage to do such thing, thus in 4, with the hints they gave us, it feels like Cortex is just unaware of Brio's betrayal, with the other doctor still acting on his own and planning to get back at Cortex once more while pretending to be the same subordinate he's always been. As for his design, I think the main issue is that all other doctors had redesigns that softened their uglier features, even N.Gin, while Brio looks like a more exaggerated version of his older design, contrasting hard with the rest of the doctors. Whew, sorry for the wall of text, just wanted to add to the discussion I guess. Anyways, loved the video!

Amazing video man. The very first crash game was the first game I ever played. This series holds a special place in my heart as it does with many others, and it feels good to see you do it justice, and take the care the series ends into your hands. Thank you. Kick ass video

I actually had a dream of a snowboarding downhill level with Dingodile before the game came out, like some proper time before, and those snow levels occasionally look exactly like that dream, uncanney

That was one of the most incredible montages I've ever seen, holy crash

Dang son! Just discovered your channel coming from Shammy's recommendation video and ... wow! Is this love at first sight. Your style is super entertaining and well thought out. Keep up the good work. You got yourself another subscriber. Now for my favorite part about discovering a great new channel, time for some BINGE WATCHING!

New channel to binge, this was awesome! Can't wait to jump into your other videos. Crash 4 is a pretty perfect game to me honestly especially on switch. Whenever I get annoyed I normally just put it down for a bit and come back and I end up losing hours to it. I cant wait to see the next one

@B- Mask I love it how you show Sly Cooper at 28:03 and talk about the developers paying attention to their remakes the same day I ask on the Sly Cooper reddit community what they would think if Toys For Bob took on the Sly Cooper franchise 😂 keep up the good work, love your videos and your approach on the commentaries, always nice to chill and watch your content man

Regarding two points: -The linear map feels like a deliberate choice to me, both to allow for a smoother difficulty curve, and moreso to emphasize that the levels are connected ala Crash 1 (often one can notice a level ends where the next begins). IAT and Crash 4 are structurally more of a journey than 2 and 3’s grab bag looser structure. -I think viewing the art style as ‘these characters need to evolve, how can we move forward’ is overthinking it a bit. This crew had a style and it’s simply more fulfilling, more fulfilling, as an artist, to be able to present your unique take on established characters, than mere copy-and-pasting of previous models (and I’m pleasantly surprised Activision apparently allows different aesthetic takes, be it this or the mobile game, rather than insisting different crews stick to the same design forever ala Mario in any game. The art style is what it is simply because that’s the established TfB style at this point. In turn, those early drawings are theoretically them getting a hang on how these characters work before conforming them to their own artistic sensibilities...speaking from the position of a recurring Dingodile fanartist. xS

If all goes well, Crash 4 will be the springboard needed to make this series relevant again. I may not have grown up with it myself, but I definitely recognize the unique charm it brings to the table. There isn't anything else quite like it, and even just for that reason, I believe it deserved this second chance. This feels like the Sonic Colors of the Crash Bandicoot series, and I couldn't be happier for it.

My brother and I grew up playing these games, and we played through this one together. I think we lucked out: Because we were trading off the controller and taking the 100% challenge together, we never felt burned out. Frustrated here and there, sure, but it was never painful. If we each tried to do it on our own, then I'm sure we'd feel differently.

51:40 this quote has become really important to me. i keep thinking about it all the time and how i can apply it to my life. it's made me come to an understanding of a lot of things in the past few months, and i am thankful for that. even after almost 3 years, still a fantastic video.

My hope going forward is that Toys for Bob end up making this sort of a modern version of the original trilogy and while 4 seems to have a lot in common with the original game, from being unwaveringly difficult to the return of having a map for progression, Bob will go for an experience more like Crash 2 with the next game, building on what made this one work and either working on or canning what made it not work to provide basically a different game compared to 4. Then after that they can build on whatever they improved and do even more with a 6th game like what Warped did for Cortex strikes back. Dunno what would happen after that, though, honestly even if Toys for Bob had already planned exactly what i just described before even starting on About time that they would even have any idea what to do when they get to 7 just yet, that is like four years away at least after all, but i guess ideally they just do what should have been done with Crash since Naughty stopped working on Crash. Continue working on Crash to deliver bigger and better games while still remaining consistent with Crash's quality and never loosing focus of what made him so appealing. Anyway, My point is that Crash 4 is a lot like Crash 1 and in the future when we have Crash 6, We will look back on this game as maybe being a bit too difficult but still being a fun time to come back to as long as you're only planning on beating the story and not actually completing the game, as well as having laid the groundwork for the sequels.

I'm astonished by your in-depth examination of visual designs. So few channels are capable of it.

your editing and commentary is awesome, wishing you the best champ

bmask this video captivated me entire way- completely glued to the screen, pausing at every joke and hidden detail. you write seriously TIGHT scripts

This is a great birthday present, thanks B mask

That opening montage may have been the quickest I ever gave a video a like.

Wow, the quality of this is amazing. Instant subscribe and bell ring!

Never seen a bit of the game, and jesus, never thought pretty much anything would look so good and I thought Reignited looked perfect - but Crash 4 actually looks and feels even better to watch ... and seriously, dude, the work you did for this video is AMAZING! Always love watching your videos c:

I didn’t even know someone could make a review like this. Here’s my review: it’s a really good game, 9/10. Thanks for reading

amazing video and really sold me on checking this game out sooner rather than later! i played and enjoyed crash 2 and 3 so much as a kid, and while i enjoyed the n sane trilogy enough to get its plat, i did feel that there was still something missing there. i'm really excited to see what this game offers. great video. also 26:36 sounds very much like a plinkett delivery to me

I haven't been able to buy it yet (a combo of moving and... 2020), but goddamn, do I ever wanna play this! It looks like all the parts of Crash I liked, with new stuff added in. Thank you for the excellently written and edited video essay, B.

This is an amazing video, quite simply put. Well done! I haven't played it yet, but it looks like a step in the right direction that can be improved on. Kudos for mentioning one of my favourite Crash games in Twinsanity, honestly if they made a remake/redo of that game I'd buy it right away no doubt!

Amazing review B-mask wonderful video. Truly a WOH Really though I had a big dumb grin on my face through most of the video, really fun and funny to watch.

HYPE! love seeing your content bro

I love all your videos! keep up the amazing work

Fantastic work as always man. Never ceases to amaze

That 3 minute intro alone is reason for everyone to subcribe to your channel.

Bro I've never seen you before but damn you're amazing 😮

I was always more of a Spyro fan as a kid. And when that sequel inevitably hits the shelves, I am going to be much more critical with it than I ever would be with Crash.

Crash 4 is really a game to take your time with. I've seen reviewers have an awful time with all the collectables and what not but that's because they're trying to blaze through it as quick as possible when it clearly wasn't designed for that. I just take my time beating levels/going back for skins whenever I feel like playing crash and the amount of things to do just gives me more reasons to play.

I've been waiting for this.

I loved this analysis! Incredible work as always B!

The intro what the hell!? Glad I found your channel, my man

The intro was amazing!

High quality as always, great video man

What an intro, what a video! A highlight of 2020

Dude, I love your video essays, and even when I dont agree with them I never find your points obtuse

I mad respect that you didn't mention Skylander. Because I know if you did then everyone would be going crazy in the comments talking about how it "Ruined" the Spyro Franchise and how it made Crash Look like a joke. As a fan of the series myself, it's hard sharing my opinion of the series since I know it will only be talked down upon.

Great video! Really nailed down my feelings about Crash 4 💛

Finally! Someone who feels the same way about how N. Brio looks in this game!

So you get a bit of rayman while playing a Crash game? Sign me the hell up

Great job, dude. Your video was interesting the whole way through. I haven't played Crash 4 myself yet, so I dunno where I'll land on it, but it was a take worth taking in. I have never been down the depths of the Crash fandom. Kinda seems like a lower profile Sonic fandom judging from your Crash videos. As a casual Crash fan I'm just happy they put out a new game that seems like it got care and attention. To draw a Sonic parallel, even if I don't give a shit about Roy the Armadillo(from the fourth budget DS game)'s cameo in the background of stage 4, I'll still come out for Sonic Mania. All I want is a considered game that keeps all the good stuff in. It's been especially nice to see this kinda revival for platformers after the genre fell out of favor with everyone big besides Nintendo. Even if I don't warm to Alt Tawna's design or whatever(you say "diplomatic" about the alternate universe out, I say "cowards" on that one) or the difficulty is too much for me, I'm just glad Crash is alive and kicking in a way I am interested in again. Like whatever, Streets of Rage 4 came out this year, and I greatly enjoyed it even with no nostalgia for that franchise. Revive whatever franchise you like as long as it results in a fun game. Have you talked about Twinsanity more in depth in another video? I was kinda waiting for a bigger examination of what you love about its take on the material compared to Crash 4, and without you going into more specifics, that part felt too vague for me. The appeal didn't really come across. Maybe some side by side scenes or something might have helped? Sorry if that's all covered in the endgame segment of the video. I figured I'd save that until I actually beat the game.

WHAT THE FUCK THIS INTRO IS AWESOME HAHA