LogFAQs > #979467597

Yeah it's a shame the game didn't receive well, because it clearly a love letter to the classic Crash games. The problem is it goes way too far in that direction, hiding things in frustrating parts and every level being like 4 times as long as any of the PS1 ones. Not to mention the levels themselves just being more difficult.

The levels being so long makes doing stuff like making it through the level without dying or never missing a box so much more annoying, when in the PS1 games those were fun targets to go after because they were generally harder, but not much harder than just playing through the level, which made going after the extra rewards more encouraging (the exception to this are the 2nd/3rd time trial rewards, but the first time trials weren't too hard).

Its just being too over-indulgent into what people love about Crash, that it sort of goes too deep and ends up missing the mark.

Also a shame, because it means we'll also probably never get a similar game with Spyro.