I have no clue what he's hinting at about SM64. It's the first time I've ever heard anything like this, and it seems devoid of all logic (temporal or otherwise). That game is pretty much flawless, as much as it can be (just like any other game could be). And I see some seem to have jumped on the bandwagon with controller discussions. I know that is a recent trend among smart-asses regarding the N64, because some people just need a discussion topic, I suppose, and if it's only jeering and subconscious impressions regarding the looks. The devil knows what that is about, and only he cares, because the controls are flawless and some of the best of any 3D-platformer.
Zero Punctuation: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
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Yeah, and it was so incompetently done it killed the joke of a franchise. And good riddance.Johnny Novgorod said:
Yahtzee couldn't be more wrong about Mario 64, it remains one of the greatest platformers perhaps only bettered by Super Mario Galaxy.
The love of Crash Bandicoot surprises me, I think Naughty Dog is has joined the ranks of companies that can seeming do no wrong no matter what.
The love of Crash Bandicoot surprises me, I think Naughty Dog is has joined the ranks of companies that can seeming do no wrong no matter what.
It was the first to use a proper thumbstick and was leaps and bounds ahead. By today's standards it's not great but that's innovation. In any case, you could still control Mario flawlessly despite the inaccuracies of the controller. When you play the virtual console version it's even better.Epyc Wynn said:
Only two months - Crash Bandicoot released in September 1996, Sonic 3D Blast released in November 1996.Johnny Novgorod said:
Last I checked, Sonic was still alive and kicking.Cap said:
How many companies like that exist though? The only ones I can think of that appear beyond reproach, with any criticism met with outrage, are CD Projekt Red and Blizzard North.beddo said:
(Before we get into semantics, there's undoubtedly companies that have better 'street cred' than others, but criticism towards them is usually much more readily tolerated.)
I don't know if you've played Sonic 3D Blast or even looked at a screenshot but despite the name it's not a fully 3D game in the Mario 64 or Crash Bandicoot sense of the term. Only the character models are pre-rendered in 3D - otherwise it's an isometric perspective game like so many others on the SNES (i.e. Kirby's Dream Course). The first main/proper 3D Sonic game is Adventure, which came out 1998 - 2 years and change after Crash Bandicoot.Hawki said:
As for Sanic being "alive and kicking"... sure, I guess people in a vegetative state are still technically alive, and there's the occasional reflex kick here and there...
I have played 3D Blast, I'd call it a 3D game in that you have a 360 range of movement, and the ability to go up and down, whereas previous Sonic games only utilized two dimensions (left, right, and the ability to jump). Even something like Crash is still different compared to Super Mario 64 or Sonic Adventure, as you're still funnelled down narrow paths, just with three dimensions of movement, while SM64 and the adventure fields of SA1 are far more open.Johnny Novgorod said:
What context? Assuming I'm reading it in the right context, Sonic 3D Blast (or Sonic Adventure, depends where you drawn the line) "killed" a franchise (in terms of quality, if not continuation) that was already bad. I disagree, hence my post.Cap said:
God's fist, it's like teaching a suit of armour to swim.Hawki said:
What is the topic of the thread as a whole?
Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogy. Which doesn't make any sense in the context of your post, as it isn't a sequel (if we're going even further back), and didn't kill either the Crash or Sonic franchises, if anything, reviving the former.Cap said:
