Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (PS4)

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time macht mehr als genug um Fans der bisherigen Ableger zufrieden zu stellen, schafft es aber nicht ganz die Reihe in die aktuelle Zeit zu verfrachten. Überladene Effekte, fehlende Gameplay Vielfalt bei den neuen Charakteren/Elementen und ein etwas zu starker Fokus auf Nostalgie halten den Ableger leider ein wenig zurück.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is an excellent platformer, and carefully builds upon the legacy established by Naughty Dog so many years ago.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time really is the definitive Crash game. Toys For Bob have taken all the series’ trademarks, refined them into a challenging and polished experience and given us tons of levels to play and secrets to hunt for. There’s new characters to play as and masks that shake up the gameplay when they appear, but Crash 4 is the same old Bandicoot who's learnt a few new tricks.

Even more so than playing the N.Sane Trilogy, which literally remade the original Crash games from my youth, playing Crash 4 felt like getting back in touch with the series. It's an injection of new ideas into now-classic gameplay that surprises and delights, even as it feels like a homecoming. Truly, games like this are why we come running back to long-dormant franchises with open arms.

Crash Bandicoot 4 is a great return to form, with some new ideas that add a fresh spin to Crash's classic gameplay.

A return to the unique brand of ‘90s platforming that put Crash Bandicoot on the map.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a strong return for the series, and a showcase of what might have been if we got a true follow-up to Crash 3. I sincerely hope that Activision entrusts Toys for Bob (and Vicarious Visions) with the keys to the Crash kingdom from here on out. I wanna see more of the little guy.