Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Review - Square Eyed Jak 

Coco is friggin adorable. I love her design so much.

Awesome review, Humanized Dingodile.

Crash 1 being better makes this whole collection worth is in my opinion that game was in dire need of improvements. Fuck The High Road tho lmao

Ahhh, another Crash Bandicoot review. Like good times…

the only legitimate complaint I have with these remakes is the jumping mechanics and the ice physics

I feel like his falling speed is faster, so most of the jumps are harder to do, like the jumps from the turtles in the High Road.

I wish there was an option to have the original soundtrack

Something i really loved that VV included in the game was a Leaderboard for time trails.

"there is a purple playstation mascot waiting for his trilogy" Poor Polygon Man :'(

Great review. I did like some of the extra details they added though, like tawna being re-captured after each bonus stage, and the addition of fake crash in the background of some levels in the first 2 games after you beat them, and the audience in the stands during tiny's fight throwing cheese and tomatoes at you.

That beginning was legendary. LOWER-TIER DISNEY VILLAIN HAHAHA and I completely agree with Crash 1 standing out w/ the N. Sane Trilogy. It's somewhat my favorite just by a SPEC in comparison to Crashes 2 and 3 lol. Relics are also competitive as fuck now so that's cool! Also 2:12 fuckin' kills me dude LOOOL

Love how old school you tried to make the intros of each game

I want a PS4 more badly than you can ever imagine.

LMAO I had the same 1st death as you with the boxes appearing slower, I had to restart the game when I made my video so it wouldn't look stupid lol.

I wonder what is going to be next for our little orange fuck. Only time will tell. Great review Jak. We shall celebrate with Wumpa smoothies all round.

"It wasnt scary enough" Me: Ah its because you grew up.. > >

A 30 minute video that I am actually keen to watch all of and enjoy! Ya never fail Jak, keep it up man.

You gave a such a damn good delivery of the Dingodile line. Fucking love it

I'm surprised, but I agree with you, Jack about the whole "spoiling the game" shit, I have the amino app and i joined the crash community, I enter and see a picture of the remade N. Tropy, it's like, WHY?! I can't avoid it!

Wow Jak this is early. Good job dude.

I was really worried for Warped as well. I'm also glad I'm not the only one who felt mildly disappointed that N. Tropy wasn't lingering in the background in the opening cutscene.

Tbh all of these reviews with heavy warnings and lot of nitpicking basically means that a person is fan to the bone of that spesific thing and just wants to improve his favorite things, in this case Crash bandicoot francise as well as humanly possible. I agree with many of the things you said. Like it annoys me a bit that aku aku masks in remastered Crash 1 do 360`s unlike in the original which is cool, but unfortunately when u pick crystals etc in Crash 2/3 those dont spin at all... By no means gamebreaking but worth pointing regardless haha!

Having played and completed both the originals and remakes all in the past month, I still prefer the originals for 2 & 3. The physics are better, control is more responsive, voice-acting is superior, gameplay is faster, and the music is better overall (though some tunes I do prefer the N. Sane version of, particularly in Crash 3). The N. Sane trilogy is an appreciated effort from Vicarious Visions, and I'm grateful that they've brought Crash back into relevance...but when it's all said & done, the originals just play better as actual video games. N. Sane is just...prettier.

An excellent review, I must say. I like how you weren't afraid to give the little problems a thorough beatdown while still finding a lot to enjoy overall. To me, that's always been the best quality about the Crash series as a whole. For everything it does wrong, it does three things right in my eyes. No, we're NOT here to talk about Boom Bang or Purple, fanboys, so shut up. And I concur to the idea of seeing at least one more new Crash game to round out the package, or failing that, a remaster of CTR and/or Twinsanity. And yes, a remastered Spyro trilogy would be nice as well, not least because it would be my first time playing those particular Spyro games and finally seeing firsthand what all the fuss is about. On that note, I'll leave you and everyone else in this comment section to it, Jakky-boy. Have an N. Sanely great fucking day!

Proud I could finally support the channel and help make content like this possible. Keep it up Jak, you're kicking ass.

I think this review was very accurate. Jak analysed the game very well and delivered it amazingly. Also let's all remember that the game has just come out, and Jak has got the review up already. Bra fucking vo *claps hands*

Welcome to Australia kids. Jak is screaming in your neighbor hood no-stop because he's pissed of of crash nitro cart

The High Road.... So many lives were lost during that level. Even ended up rage quiting but I think I can do it with less deaths now.

Didn't realise you had a longer video like this planned! Great fucking work Jak

Watched all your Spyro reviews and watching your N.Sane I will say I really love your reviews and subscribed

I think you deserve more subs for such great content

Glad this video didn't come out any sooner. I didn't watch any other reviews of this game, after watching your other shit dude, I knew this was the only one I needed. Played through all 3 and you brought up all the issues I had. How fucking SICK is Toxic Waste's soundtrack though?!

I bought the N. Sane Trilogy on release day, 100% it in 3 days, and then haven't touched it again ever since. See you all in 20 more years.

It's such a shame that less people are into Crash 1 in the remake. The changes they made were pretty small if you think about it but they really transform the game into something great. I'm also really glad to hear you share the same thoughts as me regarding the relics on the old games. I found them to be such a great way to breath some extra life into the older titles. I'm also glad to hear that you hated everything getting spoiled ridiculously early. I fucking hated that and no one else seemed to be bothered by it. Great video and great analysis all throughout!

It's like every day I watch your content, I just keep thinking to myself, "How the hell does this guy not have a lot of subscribers and views?!" You just may be my favorite underrated RU-vidr, and I agree with most of what you say in your reviews, including this one. Keep up the good work! :)

The only thing i hate is the jumping. In crash 1 especially, i CONSTANTLY undershot my jumps. The hitboxes were very inconsistent as well.

0:52 *THANK YOU* for saying that. God, I'm so sick to death of the idiots who can't tell the difference. Activision loves calling remakes "remasters", and it in turn has gotten other uneducated people making the same mistake too. It bothers me so much, as petty as it may sound.

This is the most fair and well thought out review of seen of this game so far, great video mate. Looking forward to the Spyro Remaster review whenever that game gets made.

In my opinion this is yet another top review from you, my man! Good job!

many complain about the First game and question if the game was that hard in the original and they say that they made the game a lot more difficult -.- they have certainly not played the original!

I enjoy all your videos man😍

I’ve been waiting for this review!!!!

Since this game has done well in sales and criticalnreception, hopefully we'll soon see new Crash games, and a Spyro remaster. I just hope if we do get a Spyro remaster, that it runs at 60 frames per second instead of 30.

I've been waiting for this

The honesty at the beginning had me in stitches ahahahaah, always a pleasure never a chore when watching your videos Jak!

Wow, that fast? Impressive Jack, nice work mate

Really good, and fair review of this.

I had to play through the games before I watched any reviews as I'm going to review the game myself but as soon as I finished, your review was the first one I had to look at because your experience with these games is just amazing. And holy balls this was great! Again, you were harsh but like always, it's coming from a genuine place which shows just how much you love the series and know the series can be truly great. I definitely agreed on your comments about the music, it really goes to show that music does play a big part in immersion and it's a shame they made the creepier songs like Slippery Climb or The Generator Rooms sound less intimidating than they originally were. Admittedly, there's not much I can say about the original first game as I didn't play it as a child and when I played it on emulator, I only made it up to Sunset Vista and got stuck there and the laptop I was playing on crapped out and died on me and I just wasn't wanting to start all over again at the time so yeah, I definitely can not go into depth with comparing the games but I'll take your word for it because you've played the game so many times. Crash 2 was pretty good but yeah, I think they could've done things a little better like the graphical effects on the projectors when talking to Cortex or Coco and Polar's stiffer/awkward controls. But fr the most part, I think it did just fine. Crash Bandicoot 3 was the one I was anticipating the most because it was technically the first Crash game I owned as a kid but yeah, I also agree that there were a few things off with this game. I know you didn't say much about the vehicles but I personally couldn't stand the Coco's jet ski levels, Fucking hell controlling that thing was bloody awful. I mean, I didn't die during them but I just didn't like the way it felt. Everything else though was just fine I thought. Overall, I enjoyed watching your review and I'm happy that you addressed the first thoughts and the aftermath. I remember your Crash hate" video and how it was negatively received but the early trailers really weren't that good and could've been better. But I'm glad you ended up enjoying the game and taking back some of the things you said in that video and even better, this little trilogy showed that Vicarious Visions definitely has the drive to deliver some pretty great games because at least for me anyway, their games were always on the hit/miss (mostly miss due to floaty/awkward controls/physics) but this trilogy shows that they have come a long way since their humble beginnings. Anyway, I can't wait to do my own review on this game but great review man, looking forward to see the next video and I hope that you continue to enjoy the leftover stuff this game has to offer, plus the DLC that is coming. :)

Great review! Best one I've seen so far and convinced me to get it

Haven't checked this channel in a while. Good shit.

good job jak! took the word right outta my mouth, i felt exactly the same way and you worded it way better than what i could ever have, cheers for another great video

I've been waiting on your take on these remakes! cheers!

Nice review, Jak. I'm fucking pumped to see Crash back, for the longest time I thought for sure that Mind Over Mutant was the final bullet to the brain for the series and we'd never see our old orange boy again. I'm so happy that I was proven wrong in the best way possible. The best part for me is that it actually gives me hope for a Spyro remake, which would make me fill my pants with immeasurable quantities of joy.

Great video Jak. Hopefully you got those trophys

This is the longest review you ever MADE

To be honest I would absolutely love to see Vicarious Visions pump out an all new game with the same models and graphics as in the remade trilogy, or at least an all new series of levels. It would be nice to see a more Naughty Dog inspired game or more levels that aren't remakes of previous games. Like Future Tense is an example of this but it's only one level. I absolutely love the N. Sane Trilogy as much as the original trilogy and although we still don't have that new Crash platformer that stands tall with the Naughty Dog ones, we do have that Vicarious Visions remake which is just as good as the original.

What a nice way to spend my friday nigth

Hopefully we will get a new Crash Game IMO.

Damn 13K views already!,keep up the good work Jak!

It's like they went all out on remaking the original, all the details were there and the graphics and environments were so much better then the other 2 remakes. Yes the graphics are amazing overall but crash 1 seems to have more effort put into it. Maybe they made the original the most graphically and detail intensive game to touch everyone's soft spot.

Been waiting on this review for a year. Proud of ya man. You were a trooper. Thanks for the video glad you enjoyed yourself. Need to play ratchet and clank. Its a good play like the original.

the dingodile line does add tension. so did ngin when he says prepare to die crash. that was soo chilling

This was a great review. Fair and well put together.

A very honest and expert review, well done!. I quite enjoyed how you gave an in depth analyst approach to this review. Having a video that runs for 30 minutes, whilst trying to keep it entertaining would be hard, but you did it with ease. You gave each game well-rounded time which really suited your video. An in depth discussion about the games also helped the review, as it made it feel much more honest, unlike some prepaid shit from GameSpot and IGN.... I could imagine little things being so annoying, as if you've played something so often as this franchise, it's only common sense that you would see things different.I quite liked this as you weren't afraid to back down from your opinion, and the opinion matter. I feel that a lot of players who played the originals would have a similar viewing to you with these issue. For newcomers to the series they would completely overlook it, and you did a fine job at explaining the good from bad. Like for example I played the shit out of Halo as a kid, once the remastered them on the Xbox One, I was amazed by the graphics and gameplay it presented, however as I journeyed through the great Halo campaigns, I noticed that some things were different and I didn't enjoy them as much, an example was a campaign level was much lighter than the original level, which was darker. Same goes from what you showed with crash, some levels have a darker design in the original but are given a huge lighting effect, maybe the current hardware runs better with producing a level with better light, who knows why they change little things like that haha. Another piece I quite enjoyed from your discussion was you weren't blinded by nostalgia. Some people I've seen play the game have nothing negative to say about the game, only stating "Oh this looks amazing, the nostalgia feels". However you obviosuly would've gotten a nostalgia affect out of this game but you the review you performed was well articulated as you weren't as biased as some RU-vidrs. Having an honest opinion like yours really helped the perspective of this review, you gave your full honest thoughts and that's what reviews are missing these days. I enjoy it when you go out of your way to review a game, as I can tell you spend countless hours on editing and filming etc. This makes me more indulged with your content as your one of the few youtubers I regularly follow that provide an honest opinion when it comes to games. Overall great job Jak, your reviews are the best. Have a great day! Hopefully they remake CTR too :P PS- What game capture do you use? I'm looking at recording some gameplay for certain games but aren't sure what would be a good one.

great review mate ,keep up ,

awesome review mate

When you get most of your subs. really eager to watch new content, that's when you know you're on the right path; honestly Jak I think I speak for most of your subscribers when I say that throughout the entire week (and the previous one) almost all I could think of was this video being uploaded. It's so pleasant to see some thorough analysis on this game since it is what Crash deserves. I really hope you keep delivering stuff like this.

Best review, Better then game spot keep it up mate definitely subscribe !

only one problem I have with this review, a missing quote from your channel that always cracks me up: LIKE CRASH THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I love this channel

Awesome review keep it up Jak.

Good Job Jak!!! Great vid!!

I'd say the 7-9/10 range is appropriate for this remaster. If anything this is the best review I've seen that gave the remaster a 7 so far. I just got done reading the review from Gamespot (which I hated) and it kinda made me appreciate reviews like this a whole lot more since you went into a lot of detail with the review. I'm gonna sub to your channel for more content cause of reviews like these. Keep up the good work.

I remember being excited for the Spyro Reignited Yrilogy when it was announced because I wanted an updated version since PS2. And the wait was worth it. I play all 3 games once a year

I love your stuff Jak, some of the greatest shit I've seen in years.

Amazing Review! I really hope this is a beginning of new games in the future (or CTR Remake), and Vicarious Visions is probably the best to make it now.

10:02 Stay there m8 ill go find help XDDD I laughed so hard

Great review mate :)

Jack you are literally my favorite reviewer!

The Ice physics In this game are N.SANE! all puns aside they did f**** up Crash 2's ice physics

This is going to be a great review!

I'm really impressed with the amount of thought and time you put into this review. You certainly made today, a great fucking day Jak!

Did you see a picture of Nathan Drake in the crash 3 intro or was it just me

Best reviewer out there!

I platinumed Crash 1 yesterday. So happy.

I just love the redone cinematics and soundtrack to bits. VV did a great job recreating the music for all three games.

Completely agreed with pretty much everything. Thought a lot of this before the video. Great video!

The N.Sane trilogy is my first experience with the Crash games because of how young I was when the original games came out. I wasn't even born till about 2 months after the first game came out.

Am I the only one who feels like, because the N. Sane Trilogy improved the controls in the first game, that Slippery Climb is more fun now that it feels fair? In fact, it's one of my favorite levels. But yes, the music sucks.

Enjoying these remasters. Crash 2 is my favorite.

Great review

They changed the death animation in the 1st Crash when the screen was black showing Crash spinning and falling back 1st. Now he just turns into an angle like 2 & 3.

I've never attempted to get the relics in the original warped and I'm goign to try and get them in all 3 games after I beaten the trilogy. I'm aiming to get the gold relics first. So is there any advice you can give me for getting the relics, please?

I can only wait to see your review of the reignited trilogy

The spoilers must of been so annoying for anyone who caught eyes to it, thankfully I wasn't one of them. Either way it's great to see you finally review the remastered trilogy Jak! :D I personally found the entire thing to be a step up for both Crash 1 and Crash 2, but honestly I found Warped the weakest of the three since nothing could of really been changed, although I would of loved for them to make the secret gems in that game necessary with hints indicating how you get to the levels. Anyhoo good stuff bud as per usual! :D

And now we only need Spyro to get the same treatment.

Very, very nice. Very much worth the wait.

Yeah I hear that people were kind of "meh" about how different crash felt with his "gravity" in the 2nd game. Aside from that, you did a great job analyzing how the game felt in your opinion. I felt jealous that I don't have a PlayStation 4 but, my brother does (which I'm trying to get him to get the game digitally) to explore this great remake from vicarious visions. Since that remake came out, I spent numerous hours on an emulator to play the nostalgic crash trilogy to reach 100% in all three games. Keep those good reviews going they inspire me!

Love the channel man i didnt know u still made videos u disappeared from my home page for months. Whered u get those crash toys that are in packages. What are they from?

I got 100% in Crash 1 & Crash 2 on the N. Sane Trilogy. Still working on Crash 3 though