Was Crash Tag Team Racing a Good Game? - Review
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- Second video in my "reviewing every Crash game" series. Last week I reviewed Crash of the Titans, this week I replayed Crash Tag Team racing! Did I like it? Watch and find out :)
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this game refuses to ever take itself seriously. the entire thing is a joke and i love it. its not perfect by any means but i will forever defend this stupid game
AMEN
I do the same with twinsanity
Omg same! 😭
I’m glad there’s people like me out there
I grew up with the beautiful game, even after all these years I still love it and play it
XD I new someone would say AMEN
I remember playing this game almost religiously as a kid. The car-fusion concept just seemed so cool to me.
Yaxion cuz it is
This game was suspiciously released around the same time as Mario kart double dash, but I always thought tag team racing was the better game because you could fuse and ufuse with other racers mid race and that is cool as hell.
You might wanna try playing Jack x
It introduced princess Coco. I'm not a furry but damn Coco conflicts me so much.
Yaxion
The whole Car Fusion thing was amazing.
Everyone has that one game that was 'their childhood'. This game was absolutely mine.
Same, I forgot this existed until my friend mentioned it. Watching this video is giving me so much nostalgia
me too man me too and toy story
I have a lot of those games tho lol
Me too I love this game
@@frex02 crash mostly gonna have all music from the crash series
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: Also yes.
Extremely long answer: Thats my freakin childhood YES! ( guardians of the galaxy vol.2 reference )
Thanks Kreiger
Josh Peterken really long answer: yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!
There ya go lol
Slightly longer answer: Yes, why the hell do people hate this game?
This game is the most underrated game in the whole franchise. It's my favorite none-Naghty dog Crash game close to Twinsanity
"most underated" still 7.0 while the others were 9.5 or 9.0, 7.0 still a good rate xD i will always prefer this as the best racing game ;P
@singularon1 Yep. That's what I meant
I'm a nobody 79 no I think mind over mutant and the titans are the most underrated. Cttr is loved by a lot of people including me and it’s even a Playstation platinum hit.
@@imanobody7911 well.. it isnt a good game lol.
I feel like the non naughty dog games like this and twinsanity have an amazing sense of humour
You missed that triangle in the loading screen makes a fardd sound effect...
Yeah I was screaming in my mind when he didn't mention it 😭😭😂😂
you forgot burping
You can move the joy stick to change the pitch if the burps and farts btw
😅😅😅😅
It was a leagend game for me in childhood
This game was ambitious. Sure the platforming is nothing like the OG trilogy and the racing is nowhere near technical and in-depth as CTR, but the game looked cool and the idea of switching Crash outfits is fantastic and i hope the next Crash game does it. I still to this day jam to some of the soundtracks from this game.
it IS a good racing game thou, but people where too stuck to the "Karting racing" games, to realized how a "Car race" could be good too, if the remake this game with an online mode and new characters, like CTRNF, i would definitively buy it, and play online without it becoming any less fun (which is the opposite con CTRNF qhere you just get mad and angry with the online multiplayer, cuz the items AND servers)
I can only think about how this game would be a total success if they do a remake and add a multiplayer mode. The thought of multiple players clashing and exploding the shit out of eachother is just too good
@singularon1 Yes once you clash with someone and make it to first place its's over. No one can stand up to those cows and pianos XD.
Car fusion was good but broken. I would just combine with nina and other characters that made the best guns. Also want good multiplayer wise since your teammate could literally separate at the finish line to win. So I the remase and made it more like Mario kart double dash where you choose them before the game it would be alot better
The racing is more technical than ctr lol
Playing this as a kid this game was great. Guns on Cars, the loading screens were always fun and I loved the platforming and exploration. My favourite part for sure were the die-o-ramas. Tho some were really quite terrifying. And of course the outfits were alot of fun as well.
The races were alright overall, but the worlds themselves as well as the music made up for it.
This is probably the only crash tag team racing rewiew on youtube that has platforming and racing as positives and maybe the only tag team racing rewiew that classifies the game as good I only saw one other rewiew except this that doesn't say tag team racing is bad mediocre or just awful
Even Caddy and Ant Dude refuse to touch this thing with a 10ft barge pole
Mr. Bandicoot hahaha yeah it gets hated on a lot
@Alezander2002 I know 4 and 3 out of 10 I don't think the game is that bad tho I like it honestly
Good game just very short
The thing is, it's a crash racing game and CTR set the bar for its successors and none couldn't meet those expectations. CNK was acceptable but CTTR is a regression to say the least. A game series known for Innovation of the Kart Racing Genre ended up copying mario kart twice in one game
While on the loading screens you could also fart, exactly, I think it was by pressind square or circle and if you pressed it while holding down on the d-pad it would be a bit slowed down and if you were holding up instead it would be rather quick
I do remember playing this game on a restaurant when I was a kid and I remember spamming the buttons on the loading screen lol
On the PS2 it was the triangle button. And you could also change the pitch of it using the left analog stick.
I think it you moved the analog stick around, it actually pitched the burp/fart as it was happening so you could get some really wierd ones
Wait how tf did you played in a restaurant? 😂😂
@@tommy.1972 Some restaurants used to have a little section that let you play some demo games back in the early 2000s just like GameStop and Toys R Us
@@JamezP what do you mean? We were referring demos. PSP games had demos as well...
If case you didn’t know! On the loading screens, you can change the pitch using the analog sticks and there’s another sound for the icons you didn’t show. Additionally, for Von clutches lanes, you can jump out of the gutter by pressing X and steer using the Analog sticks. Sorry if this is two years late
In the loading screen you can also control the length with the analogue stick
Yes I still have it on my ps2 I use to make Crash burp alot
@@joelwright3918or fart
By pressing triangle, you can also fart
∆ for fart x to burp analog to change the pitch. Thats all i know
Finally a positive review of this game! it’s very much a guilty pleasure i go back to every once in a while each year, looking forward to more reviews! subbed before i even finished the video
Wow your more well known by the game salmon just by numbers
@@sarareeves714 gaming youtuber? not me
not yet haha
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Guilty pleasure? Hell no i enjoy this game even now as an adult with 0 shame
To be honest this was my first crash game.
Crash Bash and Tag Team Racing was my first Crash game that i played. Both of them are great
The only downside to this game are the 'dumbed-down' AI drivers that drive your merged vehicle in the arena battles and sometimes within the actual races - nothing sucks more than respawning due to being driven into dead-ends or getting flipped over when you're a gunner.
A nice tidbit is that the race music changes if you're in first place, or, in sixth place during the race.
Despite some of the mini-games, this was a fun game.
To be honest this was probably first game period lmao
Tbh this game was the first and the only game in the series I had ever touched trying to get the trilogy remake now
@@creativedoof You can change what guy shoot or drive with R1 if im remember correctly.
16:26, wasn't expecting that joke, thanks for that
I honestly don't remember at all how driving felt in this game. I always clashed with someone and I would shoot everyone until the end when I abandoned whoever carried me all the track. I certainly a loved chaos as a kid...
omg same...
Hahahaha
Same here, and i picked n. gin the hole time. Or crunch
I just remember some of the free roaming haha. I need to play this game again. I don’t know where all my PS2 games went though sadly. Probably gonna have to find an emulator.
@@purpledino5048 pcsx2 is a very good ps 2 emulator :)
The collectables, large number of interactive set pieces, character dialogue screens, unlockable costumes and vehicles, and focus on driving really shows how this game was made by the same folks as The Simpsons: Hit & Run.
The best part of this game is that it's so chaotic and there's no need to worry about balance since online doesn't exist (Soundtrack is my favorite too)
I heard originally Crash Tag Team Racing had no platforming segments (or at least not to this extent) and was just a spiritual successor to The Simpsons Hit & Run. But then Vivendi complained and forced Radical Entertainment to spend about six(?) months creating worlds specifically with platforming in mind. Take this with a grain of salt, because I can't find where I got that info.
interesting! I heard something about Hit & Run too, apparently it was going to be open world
@@WumpaLewis Hello wumpa lewis
@@WumpaLewis You didn't know about the Japanese Crash thing?
I always loved how this game ends with crash taking the car and just driving off with out crunch and coco
This game was my childhood! I remember how much fun me and my friend had in summer time playing the 2 player mode and teaming up. I hope this game gets a remake
Cttr Repaired lmao
This game introduced me to crash as a kid... and it’s been the only game I have played of his until recently, I got the N Sane Trilogy. Not because this game made me hate the series or anything, far from it. I loved this game as a kid. But once I upgraded from the GameCube to the Xbox 360, I stopped playing platformers and started playing FPS and adventure games, like assassins creed and call of duty.
Good times tho. I will always defend this game. And all of its “fart on the loading screens” glory
This game is a fever dream of almost 15 years old for me. I would come home after elementary school and play this with my best friend and die laughing from the farting and burping of the loading screens. I loved the ninja penguins, music, and remember the story fondly again. Thank you for reminding me of this part of my childhood ♥️
I actually really liked the minigames in this, which is such a rare thing to say
Ahh... I miss this game a lot. Wish I could play again.
Hey, when I played it I was astounded that they mixed racing and platforming in one game. I loved it. It was a blast to play with friends.
You did miss one thing though, Coco's infamous line.
...which one ..?
@@goddamnarshia Her "Yes, yes, yes" line
@@IanRB26 i miss 3 minutes ago where i did not know about this shit
@@goddamnarshia Hahaha. You're welcome 😜
“Gee, Crash, I think Von Clutch should go back to the Middle East!”
What the fuck were they thinking?
As a kid I’ve played this game a lot but not having a memory card really sucked. + you can do a fart in the loading screen
Jamez P PlayStation was the only console available in the market at that time. I never heard of Nintendo and Xbox, the only thing I’ve seen was Sony and for that I feel my childhood was ruined
@@AdamSaeed thats bullshit. xbox existed with playstation and nintendo consoles existed way before playstation.
Two problems that I always had, and especially when I was a kid, was when I was just legit annoyed that there was just nothing but Ninja Penguins to fight, and how Willy wasn't a Secret Character to unlock and he would have three badass cars to drive around with, but other than that, this game had been nothing but my childhood, and I loved everything about it. And if it wasn't for Pasadena I probably wouldn't be a furry because I was so in love with her. I think I was more interested than she was the type of girl that could fight back, and back then when I was still a kid, that type of personality never really occurred. I also loved how I felt like they tried to give you double the love of both platforming and racing, by combining the two, and especially to how some area are sneaky enough that allow you to unlock a shortcut per world for a track.
I also think she's cool!
@griffith did nothing wrong shh.
Had me in the first half there
Pasadena and N. Gin were the highlight of this game. And the music is dope.
When I played this game as a kid, during loading screens, I’d spam the burp button and we’d all laugh. Fun times
Yes. A childhood classic
I think I enjoyed the adventure aspect of the game more than the actual racing, which is ironic considering the games title.
Willie Wumpa Cheeks! the only CTTR character not to be in nitro fuelled yet. let's hope it's not too much longer before that happens.
Did anyone here know that the characters had action animations when you collect powerups and press the analog sticks (R3) ...or when you stop the car ? I remember Pasadena uses her tail to fly when you get a chicken (as powerup) and stop the engine (press square) :D I loved the animation and Pasadena's design back there. Also while racing thar back mirror was a lot of help when you were able to throw stuff behind you. :D
This is the only postive review I’ve seen of this game
I remember playing this at a friends house and i have very vague memories of it, I loved the whole aesthetic of the game and im pretty sure this was the first racing game i played even before mario kart wii. I do remember the graphics being way better tho
This one of those games where I can understand, to a certain degree, why this game has it's fans who will proudly defend it. While at the same time it's not hard to also see why others, myself included, just don't get into this game very much.
its simple, for those who like the drifting, and kart mechanigs, from CTR, this game won't be that good, but for the others, who aren't that good at drifting, or just doesn't like the "stress" of having to do it perfectly to be the best at the game, CTTR is the best choice, i like both, but i firstly played and loved CTTR, then CTR got remade and i joined it, but i would definitively buy a remake of CTTR or a new game on the same style
CTTR also wouldnt work online bc it just wouldnt be fair lol.
And the gameplay is horrible. I loved the game as a kid tho.
What i will never understand is why some people feel the need to spreading mud on games at all.
"there are these ninja Penguins and I don't know what they are"
uhhh what?
This and Crash of The Titans was the first and only Crash Games I've ever played back then. Played it on the PSP :)
I loved this game :) also loving your videos. Keep up the good work, your doing a great job
Love this game with so many fun moments! The clashing into other cars ideas had me so hyped!
I don’t know why Wrath of Cortex gets so much flak, I loved that game. I liked the levels, the boss fights, and the Coco levels were great too.
I love that game as well! One of my favourites
@Balakeh The vehicle sections were some of my favorite parts as well! I especially like the jeep levels. The water levels are always the worst, even in previous games.
@Balakeh Very true, I agree
I used to like this game a lot until I realized that a lot of the track design was just incredibly safe and the racing itself just wasn't very fun. I feel like combat racing was realized a whole lot better, ironically enough, in jak x which was created by naughty dog themselves because not only was the car handling a whole lot more conductive to a good arcade racer, the weapons felt good to use and the track design didn't suffer for the sake of facilitating the games main gameplay mechanic. Plus, the game has one of the best soundtracks in a game period.
thank you for this video, this is a time travel back to my childhood; NOSTALGIA! also your review is well done, subbed.
Great video, also can't wait to see where you go with mind over mutant, make sure you find all the hidden mutant Heroes though.
I love the Hoel burping and farting load time screens. they were just so funny to interact with. and if you move the left analogue stick around you can hear all these noises too. just crazy I think!
19:19,
Suprisingly this was one of my favorite parts of the game,
you could also do Farts too and when you changed the position of the left stick I believe
it would change the pitch, so you would get high pitch chimpmunk Burps and Farts
and Slow Low Pitch Fat Albert Farts it was Great
Gotta sub to see future reviews. The two you already made were enjoyable and I’m looking forward to the rest
finally a good crash youtuber that appreciates the classics
subscribed
This was the racing game of my childhood
RealJake2Cool I love this game it was my childhood favourite game
I played the crap out of this game, Hell I remember every bit of dialogue off by heart
I remember Coco's dialogue
Yes YES YEEEESSSS
@@PinkGoldPeach23105 Nathaniel Bandy wants you dead
What a blast to the past, man! Such fond memories of this game. Music was bonkers but absolutely loved it
My favorite character was the chicken commentator that changed his wig in every cutscene! Great review, brought back loads of memories. I spent hours just jumping on NPC heads and knocking them off of platforms
19:25 honestly same, cause how could I ever go back to any other game after learning what they could all have but are too afraid to commit to
Honestly it is the only Crash Bandicoot game I had and itis still perfect for me. I liked exploring the open world, minigames, quests. Especially Die-O-Ramas, I thought it is the most hilarious thing ever in my childhood. I enjoyed these all even more than the races. One of the games I completed 100% on my ps2
Memories...fond memories and a very good review.
this was such a blast from the past, v fun to revisit. great vid and analysis! will be sure to watch more of ya vids x
RamenLlama thank you!
While it's not my favorite Crash game, I still like it. My favorite die-o-rama is the one where Crash spins into Chicken Stu (I think) and he smacks and kicks Crash away.
Favourite thing about this game was moving the left analog stick when hitting triangle or x on the loading screens.. way too much entertainment!
Hey dude, I'm just here to say your content is extremely good and I can already tell your channel will take off soon. Cheers lad and I can't wait for future videos. 💖
I had an absolute blast with this game as a kid, and hell even as an adult now I feel like it has aged very well.
I had no idea that there were such mixed reactions to this game though, I'm glad to see at least one person reviewing it enjoyed it lol
used to love just searching for the power crystals In the world as a kid wow thank you for this video, brings back nostalgia man
Vid reaches 0:02, already thumbed it up 2 seconds earlier 😉😉😉
dude you’re so cool
Oh man, this game was my childhood. I never got tot the final space level, I was quite young and incapable. Seeing you play it is like opening a whole new world. There's all this attached nostalgia to the entire game except for that part. The music was crazy and as a child, the loading screen was hilarious.
a huge part of my childhood. hearing bits of the soundtrack in the video gave me huge nostalgia vibes
I think this game was trying to rival Mario Kart Double Dash with the 2 in one car ideas, as well as rival death battle racing games like Twisted Metal & Jak X.
Apparently they never heard of the saying ' if it isn't broke, don't fix it'
I can't help but say that they need to include that Rocket-ish vehicle that N.Gin rides into Nitro Fueled
Stumbled upon your channel while also on a spree of old game reviews and one of the things you can actually notice is that even if a game didn't quite hit, it wasn't *just another cash grab* .
CTTR tried to improve using the gun and shoot while giving a fun little platforming and minigames to get to races in singleplayer so you wouldn't just "win race, go to next one" all the time.
Nostalgia does cloud my judgement a lot and if you tried to have an online match in it there would be no balance, but as a couch co-op or singleplayer it's a solid game.
Good vid too
Something I noticed in this game, when splitting from a clashed car, you get a speed boost.. and if your character has clashed with a character from another team (crash with cortex for example), the AI will very gladly split at the last second to gain a speed boost and get 1st place alone (rather than share it with you), the cheeky bastard!
Ooh that explains A LOT
This game was the first true open world Crash game that Twinsanity should've been.
Is this gonna be every saturday? I like the series idea, like a retrospective
The Skyfoogle nah, I just wanted to get this one out because I was excited to replay it, no schedule for them but I’d say every two weeks or so
@@WumpaLewis 👌
@@WumpaLewis i would totally watch a series on it if you play through the game, and when will wille wumpa cheeks get in ctrnf
love your content i actually liked most of the crash game! its one of my childhood.
I always got a Saturday Morning vibe from this game, as if it was an episode from a Crash Bandicoot cartoon.
This game was SO much fun that it’s actually PERFECTION.
Understandable. Honestly i think all of this game flaws are just nitpickys for me, but if i dont count the original trilogy, this is one of my favorite Crash games and one of my favorite racing games.
Damn I remember the chickens and me raging, good times. And I’m not a furry but Pasadena thooo....
Damn,this game and titan introduced me to crash ,honestly it was so freakin fun to play both of them with my brother. Now there is only one to review for my childhood:Mind over Mutan :D. So ,keep up the good work :)
I love how Cortex gets scared of Willy Wumpa while his closest henchman has a distorted face and a rocket lodged into his skull.
I wish they would remake this for the switch!
Loved this one ,sure it's a lot of nostalgia, but while I didn't like the racing much the platforming, music, humour of the game and minigames made up for it to me. And the shooting race modes was a nice addition
This is one of the better Crash games. One of my favorites in the series! Thanks for the video dude!
The sound effects and music will forever live in my head
19:18 You can even do fart sound from what i remember
i didnt know that but you can upgrade your weapons after unlocking all the charctars cars
Yeah, this game has a lot of content.
Thanks for this video.. lots of people talk trash about this game but I remember being a kid and 100% the game because it was so fun unlocking all the cars and outfits.
I don’t remember it fondly, but it’s nice that you have a lot of good things to say.
Fun fact: if you press the circle button in the loading screen you fart.
I spent way too much time with this game.
Young me loved this game
Young me felt the same.
Hell yeah I was waiting for you talk about the loading screens, that's the best part of the game! Lol
This game was my childhood. I remember the fart sounds you could do in the loading screen, it was hilarious 😂
I remember burping and farting in the loading screen too, I loved this game
The most important thing, Crunch is such a hottie in this game
The fuck?
He looks ugly and annoying in that game
The Naughty Dog Crash is kinda cute and cool
Specially with the biker outfit from Warped ❤
@@KamyAnai03 i think he/she tried to say "Crunch" instead of "Crash"
@@JoakoQuesada crunch??
In that case i agree ❤
i love your content. great quality and feedback. i wouldn’t mind if you would do other series :)
Did not expect the massive dose of nostalgia when watching this one. I know I really enjoyed the game but it must have really left a strong impression. I really want to play it again now. 🤩
You can also produce farting noises during the loading screens.
Try playing terraria for polarsaurusrextra it's a brilliant game and you would rage a lot.. :)
Crash Bandicoot never cease to disappoint me, I honestly luv the story n gameplay. Naughty dog clearly knows how to make a kids game, very enjoyable for the much mature audiences/ OG Crash fan.
Good thing about Crash is that it’s not supposed to be too serious, that’s what made it stand out compare to other games in their time.
The developers should’ve made more party games instead of just Crash Bash, like wit the amount of characters they’ve made/ introduce throughout the series, it could be slightly better than Mario Party.
Never played this growing up but this seems so ambitious and interesting that I imagine its underappreciated.
Sorry Tawna but Pasadena's the only girl for Crash he's her little furry buns 😅
For short: yes, it was.
NEXT.
videos still worth the watch tho
@@CiphersWon cool
I just got this game recently and I've been having a blast! It's gone straight to the top of my favourite Crash games.
I played this game a shit ton on my PSP. Thanks for recapping it was really nostalgic, now im thinking about finishing the game again .😂