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Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PS4)

Your favorite marsupial, Crash Bandicoot, is back! He’s enhanced, entranced & ready to dance with the N. Sane Trilogy game collection. Now you can experience Crash Bandicoot like never before in Fur K. Spin, jump, wump and repeat as you take on the epic challenges and adventures through the three games that started it all, Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped. Relive all your favorite Crash moments in their fully remastered HD graphical glory and get ready to put some UMPH in your WUMP!

Original 3 Games Fully Remastered:

  • 3 Full Games, 100+ Levels & 2 Playable Characters
  • Experience N. Tense Platforming, Epic Challenges & Adventures
  • Stunning New Animations & Graphics
  • NEW! Play as Coco in ALL Three Games
  • NEW! Time Trials in ALL Three Games
  • NEW! Online Leaderboards

Crash Bandicoot

Dr. Neo Cortex has a plan to take over the world, and he wants to create genetically engineered animals to do his bidding. To create his minions, Cortex kidnaps as many animals as he can; Crash Bandicoot’s girlfriend just happens to be one of his victims. Take control of Crash as he runs, jumps, and spins through 30 levels of intense action on three different Australian islands. Only you can help Crash save the animals, save his girlfriend, and foil Dr. Cortex’s plot.

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

The evil Dr. Neo Cortex is back…out this time to save the world? And he’s asking for help from his arch nemesis, Crash Bandicoot? Is this just a conniving plan to lure Crash into Cortex’s next dastardly experiment? Can Crash win again or will he join Cortex’s mindless zoo? Bigger free roaming 3 D environments, all new animations and a whole host of colorful characters – watch as our hero Crash, ice skates, rodeo rides a polar bear and jet packs through zero gravity in the continuing adventures of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back – This time he ain’t joking!

Crash Bandicoot Warped

Oh yeah…he’s back…AND he’s ready! It’s a Whole New Time Traveling Adventure! All new style gameplay action – scuba dive, ride a motorcycle, a baby T Rex, and go free roaming airborne in a plane! Play as Coco! Gallop along the Great Wall of China on a tiger, go extreme on a jet ski and other high flying surprises! Prove your skills with the new Super charge Body Slam, Super Slide, Double Jump, Death Tornado Spin and a Laser Guided Bazooka. All new enemies include a new Big Boss, Uka Uka, N. Tropy, a menacing Dingodile and of course, the return of some favorites like N. Gin and Tiny. More Action. More Fun. More Puzzles and Secret Levels. And you didn’t think it could get any better!

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Stormy Ascent Level

Experience the notorious Stormy Ascent level from the original Crash Bandicoot game. Previously unfinished and unreleased, this level will challenge even the most hardcore of Crash fans! Do you have what it takes to tackle the fast retracting steps, vial throwing lab assistants, flying birds, moving platforms and iron spikes?

Download the Stormy Ascent Level on the PlayStation Store at no additional charge starting today!*

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Future Tense Level

Play the first ever NEW level built for the original trilogy’s gameplay in almost 20 years. Drawing inspiration from the cut “Waterfall Level” from the first Crash Bandicoot game, Future Tense features several puzzles from the original level set in the futuristic setting from Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped. Discover a whole new level of difficulty for Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy as you dodge rockets, destroy robots and leaps lasers while ascending a massive futuristic skyscraper.

Download the bonus Future Tense Level on the PlayStation Store at no additional charge starting June 29*

*Download of the Stormy Ascent and Future Tense levels requires CRASH BANDICOOT N. SANE TRILOGY.

2018 Activision Publishing, Inc. ACTIVISION and CRASH BANDICOOT are trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc.

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Your favorite marsupial, Crash Bandicoot, is back and he’s enhanced, entranced & ready-to-dance! Now you can experience Crash Brandicoot like never before in fully-remastered HD graphical glory.

Take on the epic challenges and adventures of the three games that started it all.

Crash Is Back!

Crash Bandicoot Dr. Neo Cortex wants to take over the world, he wants to create genetically engineered animals to do his bidding.

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back The evil Dr. Neo Cortex is back and he’s asking for help from his arch nemesis, Crash Bandicoot to save the world? Is this just a plan to lure Crash into Cortex’s next dastardly experiment?

Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped Another gameplay action – scuba dive, ride a motorcycle, baby T-Rex, go free-roaming airborne in a plane, and more!

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Customers like the graphics and quality of the remastered video game. They mention that the graphics are awesome, incredible, and fantastic. They are also satisfied with the quality. However, some customers have issues with the controls and input lag. They differ on difficulty level and controls.

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234 customers mention222 positive12 negative

Customers find the quality of the video game software amazing, fun, and playable. They also say it's a great addition to the line of games and looks outstanding. Some mention that the game is pretty and even more fun than they remember. They say it has a lot of replay value and is worth it for the nostalgia.

"...I'd say the crash series deserves a solid 4 stars, they are still very fun and awesome to play with friends if you pass the controller around after..." Read more

"...But that's what made the games so much fun...." Read more

"...That being said it still has some of the most creative levels in the series, but it didn't quite as go as far as the second game in terms of gem..." Read more

"...I feel they could have gotten a locked 60, but still the game is very playable and the low frame rate doesn't kill the fun...." Read more

69 customers mention69 positive0 negative

Customers find the graphics in the video game software awesome, incredible, and beautiful. They also say the original games still have a fantastic art style, and the environments look a million times better. Customers also appreciate the new animation and how they updated the graphics.

"...The environments look a million times better then the originals...." Read more

"...To this day the original games still have a fantastic art style that, despite not being graphically superior to today's technology, make the games..." Read more

"...Getting to play these games in beautifully remade HD graphics is a real treat. One minor irritation I had was the 30 fps lock on the original ps4...." Read more

"...and you can now see every hair on Crash's hide, which is impressive to look at. What really takes the cake though, is the animation...." Read more

41 customers mention41 positive0 negative

Customers find the remastered quality of the game to be pretty good, great, and beautiful. They also say it's a great remaster compilation for a good price, and faithful to the originals.

"That the packaging was perfect. The game was in perfect shape." Read more

"...It was also a series that kept improving, adding new gameplay elements to each game and creating more interesting levels...." Read more

"This remaster of the Crash trilogy is incredible and a must buy for old fans; just going to get that out of the way...." Read more

"...three full games in one package, each remastered with astounding care and attention to detail...." Read more

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Customers find the crashes fantastic, challenging, and fun. They also say the game plays smoothly once they get used to it.

"...Once you get used to it, Crash Bandicoot plays smoothly. During that time, however, expect to have a lot of unexpected deaths or screw ups...." Read more

"...I was actually surprised how well they did with the graphics. No more blocky crash! Game is pretty and even more fun than I remember...." Read more

"...Crash was fun and challenging, but not to an unplayable point...." Read more

"Crash fantastic !..." Read more

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Customers are satisfied with the sound quality of the video game. They mention that the tunes sound familiar, just a lot better. They also appreciate the catchy music and the background music has been remastered.

"...The original had good music to begin with, but the updated music here is also welcome. All the tunes sound familiar, just a lot better...." Read more

"...The sounds are all there as well, from the amazing music to Crash screaming WHOA and everyone's favorite, BOODABOOGA...." Read more

"...I love the catchy music & the goofy bandicoots.My wife is thoroughly enjoying the game, I am surprised to say even more than me...." Read more

"...Every game looks incredible, and sounds even better...." Read more

48 customers mention17 positive31 negative

Customers are mixed about the difficulty level. Some find the graphics fun and the game very challenging, while others say it's way too hard and harder than the original PS1 games. Some customers enjoy them all but find the first game excessively difficult in certain places.

"...But that's what made the games so much fun. Yeah some levels are so hard it took dozens of attempts just to get to the end but there is a living..." Read more

"...It's not really that different here. The game is still challenging but it's not quite as challenging as it once was, especially for those hoping to..." Read more

"...In other ways it's downright frustrating. Levels that I used to breeze through are now eating up ten of the lives I have stockpiled...." Read more

"Great game. It's fun and challenging. Part 1 gets harder as you progress...." Read more

29 customers mention16 positive13 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the controls of the video game. Some find them nice, smooth, and responsive, while others say they don't feel as good as they could have. Some customers also mention that the controls and movements feel looser than they did in the original.

"...controls, they are tight across all three games and all three allow for D-pad control as well as Analog stick control..." Read more

"...They don't always feel as tight and that can lead to jumps that aren't properly timed. It's not that the controls aren't good. They are...." Read more

"...Crash is still a joy to move and play as, spin attacking enemies is still super-satisfying, most of the levels are pretty well designed, and the..." Read more

"...I was just rusty but the game seems to have a slight problem with recognizing me hitting buttons...." Read more

14 customers mention3 positive11 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the performance of the video game. They mention that the controls are sluggish, the actions seem slightly delayed, and the input lag is terrible. They also say that the game stopped working after a week and the graphics are not up to par.

"...In particular, a fixed camera doesn't really do well by most games in this day and age...." Read more

"...The control and timing is a little different than the originals. However, the levels are practically the same as before...." Read more

"...Actions seem slightly delayed from when I push a button from when they are reflected in the game, as if the engine and/or game are clunky...." Read more

"...locked 60, but still the game is very playable and the low frame rate doesn't kill the fun...." Read more

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Klayton
5.0 out of 5 stars Was Not Expecting Such Quality and Loyalty to the Originals
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2017
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While many other reviewers hit the nail square on the head I had to add my two cents! The studio that remastered these games was definitely on the ball with this one. They put the "master" in "remaster" without doubt. If you tell a nostalgia driven mad man that you're going to tweak a few things about his favorite childhood games when you remaster them, he may want to kill you. Yet, somehow, they figured out all the right things to change to make it perfect.

From the gameplay to the graphics the games feel all around better than the originals, and by better I don't mean the graphics are just higher quality or that they added new gameplay. I mean it feels like the original graphics were boosted to the max, it still feels like crash. With the gameplay there are little quality of life upgrades hidden everywhere. These upgrades don't make the game feel like anything other than a straight upgrade to the originals unless you're a difficulty purist. The new saving makes the first game much less frustrating.

After seeing this... I want to see Spyro from the same studo. My life would be complete if if Spyro were redone to this level of perfection and would seal the deal for making ps4 the all time greatest console in my life. If a 3 pack remaster for Spyro comes out at this level of quality for the ps4 I'll start collecting parts now and I'll be that guy with 4 working retro ps4s with all original game cases when he's 80.

About the 5 stars: I guess whether this deserves 4 or 5 stars is a matter of perspective. If you are rating the pure quality of this remaster, then it deserves 6 stars in my eyes. If you are rating the games themselves then yeah I'd say the crash series deserves a solid 4 stars, they are still very fun and awesome to play with friends if you pass the controller around after every life lost or level won, which is incredible when lined up with modern games. With a product like this I'm not sure what you're supposed to be rating or reviewing since the makers didn't design the games. Their changes to the originals are 5 star changes, though, and that's what I'm rating here.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Delivered on time
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024
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That the packaging was perfect. The game was in perfect shape.
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tiffany brown
5.0 out of 5 stars We love it
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
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I love this game as kid I love my son's love playing it aswell highly recommended
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Thomas A. Zulli
5.0 out of 5 stars A Blast from the Past
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2017
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I used to love these games back in the 90s on the original playstation. Though I never actually played the first game...except the few times I played it at a friend's house. I got into the series starting with Cortex Strikes Back. In fact that was the first game I had ever 100% (same with Warped). So was super excited when it was announced the first 3 games would get remastered. The moment I started playing I remembered how tough each levels were how linear they were. But that's what made the games so much fun. Yeah some levels are so hard it took dozens of attempts just to get to the end but there is a living curve. Once you beat the levels it becomes second nature and could do it blindfolded.

The environments look a million times better then the originals. I mean they did a great job rebuilding the game from scratch and this is all based on playing the first game.

If the others are the same as the first and are as exciting as their original counterparts. This game is a buy
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Tsanche
4.0 out of 5 stars Really Polished Blast from the Past
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2017
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If you were a child back in the 90's you no doubt remember the mascot wars. Nintendo had Mario, Sega had Sonic, but as the Playstation was coming out, Sony didn't have a mascot. Until 1996 when Crash Bandicoot came out. Then, suddenly, Sony had a mascot for a while as the original Crash Bandicoot trilogy was a Sony exclusive and became one of the games that really helped sell the system. The games were about as basic as one could get when it came to platforming, but they were largely fun. They had good level designs, secrets and a lot to explore. It was also a series that kept improving, adding new gameplay elements to each game and creating more interesting levels. And while Crash Bandicoot was never quite as good as Super Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie or other platformers of the time, it could hold its own. These remasters capture the feeling of the original games, although there isn't much improvement made to them. Much of what you see here is a facelift and that simply means that the problems that plagued the originals are still present here. That doesn't mean nothing is changed slightly, but it does mean that these games play and operate much like their counterparts on the original Playstation. If you loved Crash Bandicoot before then you'll likely love this. If not, these remakes aren't about to make you fall in love.

There's never been much of a story to the Crash Bandicoot games. If anything, one of the most surprising aspects of the trilogy was how they evolved. The first game is a basic "Save the damsel in distress," but unlike say... Princess Peach, the female bandicoot has no character or personality to speak of the way Peach has grown to develop one over the years. So it's surprising that in this one she actually does have flashes of personality (like punching out one of Cortex's henchmen in the opening scene). The second game went on to Cortex manipulating Crash to gather slave crystals for an invention and the third one revealed that it was an evil mask behind pretty much everything the whole time. They were basic, sure, but they made for fun games aimed at a young audience. It was a lot like enjoying cartoons than it was anything else. Ans sure enough the games had their comedic moments and cartoonlike appeal. All of that is kept in tact here. The stories were never good but no one was playing Crash Bandicoot for its storytelling. The way Crash Bandicoot presented itself, though, was fun and engaging. They absurd games that embraced their absurdity and hoped you would too.

In all of the games, Crash has a standard spin attack and a standard jump. But as the games progress he gets more moves such as a belly flop in the second game and a whole host of abilities by the third one. This can make starting with the first Crash game feel a little disjointed and limited. Once you get beyond the first Crash Bandicoot it's easy to see why it fell out of favor with fans more so than the other two. The first game is as basic as they come, even in terms of level design. Most stages are fairly short, basic and with basic enemies. One noteable change I do like that was made to the first Crash Bandicoot, however, is the ability to save anywhere. The original game you could only save upon collecting three tokens and completing the bonus round. If you failed the bonus round you lost your chance to save and the tokens DID NOT reappear. That's no longer an issue. Instead the bonus round is used much the same way that bonus rounds are done in the other two games. It's a chance to add crates to your grand total and get extra lives. Collecting all the crates in a levels earns you a gem which goes toward your completion percentage and will also showcase a secret ending. This is true of the other games as well.

The problem with the original Crash Bandicoot was that it was unusually difficult. Sometimes even unfairly so. Combine that with the fact that saving required you to succeed in the bonus round with no second chances and you have a game that was easily one of the hardest of its era. It's not really that different here. The game is still challenging but it's not quite as challenging as it once was, especially for those hoping to smash every box and collect every gem. Not only has the save system been changed up, but in the original in order to go through a level perfectly you also had to smash every box on the first attempt. Here any box you smashed before hitting a checkpoint box will remain smashed upon finding a checkpoint. These instances make the first Crash Bandicoot easier. Likewise, there is now a crate count so that you have an idea of how many boxes you have smashed. The first game also adds in time trials to collect relics and complete stages as fast as possible. All of these things were brought from the latter two games.

The first game easily gets the best improvements. The second and third games are hardly touched at all. Which is fine because they were the better games and already had a solid foundation. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, in particular is likely the best of the trilogy simply because of the leaps it made above the first one. In its original release in 1997 it was already better than the first first ditching the world map in favor of letting the player jump into different portals to go to each level. Likewise, in the warp rooms you could go and save your game at any time. That's still true here, but the game also auto-saves so it's hardly an issue. The levels also had more variety to them, greater challenges, and more intersesting things to do. Crash Bandicoot 2 had hidden stages and hidden portals that might take you back to previous stages. There were also lots of branching sections to keep you playing for a long time. The variety of enemies also encouraged players to experiment with Crash's new moveset. In the second game Crash got a belly flop and a slide. So on occasion there are enemies that Crash can't use his standard spin attack to defeat or jump on, but they can be defeated with a slide or a belly flop. There isn't much added to Crash Bandicoot 2 aside from time trials, but Crash Bandicoot 2 wasn't a game in need of several improvements.

Needless to say these additions made for a big leap in quality. So much so that Crash Bandicoot 3 didn't really offer a ton of new additions aside from certain vehicle segments and time trials in its original release. That being said it still has some of the most creative levels in the series, but it didn't quite as go as far as the second game in terms of gem collecting or challenge. In fact, the introduction of some of Crash's abilities made for a relatively easy game. Things like a high jump or an extended spin that also lets him cross chasms sometimes made the game far easier than it needed to be. Nothing did this more than the bazooka where getting through most challenges was simple because it could be done from a distance. Nevertheless the third game was nothing but a masterpiece in its own right.

Seeing all three games here is a treat. Everything has been rebuilt from the ground up. It still has its humor, still has great levels, but everything has been given a new coat of paint. And the games look rather amazing. They hold true to the style of the original games. To this day the original games still have a fantastic art style that, despite not being graphically superior to today's technology, make the games stand out. The remaster honors the style but makes it look better. There are a lot of games out there that were remade with better graphics, but where the art style was neglected in the process that despite being the same game, it can feel rather different (ex: Mega Man Maverick Hunter X). Here the style of Crash Bandicoot is still intact. This makes for a true visual upgrade rather than just a mere graphical one.

The best upgrade, however, is to the audio and sound. The sound effects in particular. The background music has been remastered and it's great. The original had good music to begin with, but the updated music here is also welcome. All the tunes sound familiar, just a lot better. It's the sound effects that are amazing, however. Where as before you might eventually not care for them, here it's hard to ignore how the sound of Crash's footsteps change depending on the surface he's walking on, or how some of the enemies make funny little noises. These tiny additions don't seem like much on paper, but experiencing them in gameplay gives the three games unrealized character that you might not have found in the original releases.

Of course the big issue with this remaster is that they might be too on the nose to their originals. There are certain things that the developers might've done well to update. In particular, a fixed camera doesn't really do well by most games in this day and age. There are moments in the games where a path might fork and you'll have to take one path down, but if you insist on smashing every box you'll have to run back up the other where the view is obscured. This makes it easy to accidently fall into pits you have no way of seeing if you're backtracking through these areas or to run into enemies you won't know are there until you hit them. Running forward this is no problem, but these forked moments actually come up quite often. Especially in the second and third games. It also feels like one may need to relearn the games, even if you played the original Playstation trilogy recently. The controls and movements also feel looser than they did in the original. While the original games had tight controls, relied heavily on precision jumping and timing, these remasters often have moments where the controls take some getting used to. They don't always feel as tight and that can lead to jumps that aren't properly timed. It's not that the controls aren't good. They are. The controls are literally the exact same controls as the original games. What it is to say, however, is that it is an adjustment because of the hardware they're running on. Once you get used to it, Crash Bandicoot plays smoothly. During that time, however, expect to have a lot of unexpected deaths or screw ups. The controls still function well, they just have a loose feeling. If you manage to adjust to this you'll be fine, but I'm willing to bet that some players will have a much harder time adjusting to this than others.

In spite of that, the three games run and play pretty well. If you were a fan of the original trilogy it's at least worth checking these games out and having some fun with them. Their age does, at times, show, but at least they have, for the most part, withstood the test of time.
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Manuel Cadena
5.0 out of 5 stars 10 de 10
Reviewed in Mexico on November 6, 2022
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Uno de los mejores videojuegos de todos los tiempos
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Michael MacKenzie
5.0 out of 5 stars Harder than I remembered
Reviewed in Canada on January 13, 2022
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Fast shipping and new game. Plays great but is harder than I remembered. Young kids will make you beat levels for them.
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Parthiban Sivaprakasam
5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfied
Reviewed in India on November 29, 2022
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Satisfied
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2018
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great
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mom
5.0 out of 5 stars 懐かしさ満載
Reviewed in Japan on January 8, 2019
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クラッシュバンディクー、最高！！！！
大好きだったゲームを1から3まで楽しめます♫
娘と大興奮で遊んでいます。
可愛くって大好きぃ〜。
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