I genuinely think Crash 1 and 2 are better than Mario 64. There is actually some semblance of challenge present, and they used the 3D to more effectively have a broad range of challenges compared to Mario 64, where you largely just got to avoid all the enemies and run in empty space.
>>12808549I would say the use of 3D in a platformer was perfected with Banjo Kazooie.
Yes, Mario 64 was the death of challenge based platformers towards a new trend of "exploration" based ones, to the point that the term "platformer" became a generic branding for 3D action games in which platforming isn't even the focus like Banjo or Spyro.This is also why the modern "Retro Gamer™" likes those games more, the point of game not being challenge but exploration and gathering stuff, is closer to what modern gaming is, while challenge based games have long disappeared hence some people not understanding Crash Bandicoot at all and claiming that the most basic things about it are "objective bad game design".
>>12808549>and they used the 3D to more effectively have a broad range of challenges compared to Mario 64It's a series of hallways where scripted events happen and you move through in sequence. Crash is indeed borderline one of those infinite runner games.
>>12808549>>12808554>>12808562>this thread>again
>>12808605It's more about gameplay density, mario 64 is a comfortable middle ground between modern AAA and classic games. Not too overwhelming, lots of breathing room, player controlled pacing. Crash has a nice stream of action that has a rhythm to it.
>>12808667>gameplay densityThis phrase is just a more retarded version of APM.
>>12808549Everyone on cuatrochannel agrees mijo. You are among amigos
>>12808653jewtubers only praise mario 64 (when they aren't bitching about the camera) albeithough
I like Crash but it's pretty much a 2D game. Mario 64 is closer to Spyro.
>>12808684It's a different measurement entirely when you think about it.
I genuinely think you make the shittiest ragebaiting threads you faggot
>>12808549Mario 64 is obviously more technically impressive but it's mostly an empty series of fields that you have to navigate, and then replay several times to beat. The novelty of running around wears thin.
>>12808549I prefer Mario 64 but i understand someone prefering CrashThey hardly the same genreCrash is a pure platformer Mario 64 is an exploration game with platform elements
>>12808549Can you fly like an eagle in crash bandicoot? No? Then it's not as good.
>>12808925no but you can use this dogshit jetpack! can you say WOAH!
>>12808772>Mario 64 is obviously more technically impressiveI bet the polygon count from a single screen of Crash Bandicoot exceeds an entire Mario 64 level
>>12809026Crash himself has more polygons than Lara Croft LMAO.
>>12808653/thread
>>12808772No it’s not. The Crash devs were deleting parts of Sonys libraries to squeeze out more performance and their scene culling was next level at the time.
what crash does is pretty routine. it does it well but its platforming tropes you've encountered repeatedly in gaming over the years. from the 3rd and 4th gen through to the 6th. I think you can make an argument that mario 64 fails to properly leverage mario's moveset(I would mostly disagree) but just that the moveset and the possibility of it being leveraged is more interesting to many than anything crash offers.
>>12808562>This is also why the modern "Retro Gamer™" likes those games moreno I disagree. the modern retro gamer prefers 64 because there's more novel skill ceiling in its moveset. >this is a pretty challenging conventional platformerdoesn't stand out at all.
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>>12809616>what crash does is pretty routine. it does it well but its platforming tropes you've encountered repeatedly in gaming over the years. from the 3rd and 4th gen through to the 6th.Crash invented the runner game genre
>>12808549I wouldn't say Crash 1 is better, but Crash 2 and 3 definitely are. Still, the Spyro trilogy mogs BOTH Mario and Crash.
Hugo is the better corridor platformer
>>12809075>it's another "nintendo derangement syndrome sufferer says things no one said" episode
>>12808549Based take. I always thought that, and i loved the linearity of it too
>>12808549Crash 1 I will agree is hard but crash 2? Are we fucking serious? Crash 2 is piss easy.
Snoy thread
>>12808549Tawna > PeachCrash is superior.
>>12811567Based furfagFuck tendies!
>>12811473getting all the gems and stuff without guides can be a challenge
