Every Crash Bandicoot Game Ranked From Worst to Best (Top 20 Crash Games)
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- When Crash crashed onto the scene in 1996, Sony were touting him as the one to take down Mario. He may not have done quite that, but he still managed to achieve a high level of success and has spewed out many games over his 20+ years of existence. Good? Bad? Yes!
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Wrath of Cortex getting some genuine praise makes me happy 😃 such an over hated game! It has its flaws but it’s still a really fun time despite what the internet hivemind tries to tell you lol
It's kinda fun but it's just a bad rip off of crash warped
@@omar-gj5gc A rip off of an excellent game is still a good game in my book.
Bro I love the wrath of cortex lol
Wrath of Cortex definitely deserves a remaster
@@davidisenberg9964 100%
I'm glad to see that crash bandicoot wrath of Cortex is rated so high. It really holds a special place in my heart
Same, it's the 2nd crash game I ever played, after crash 1. It's very nostalgic
Why is crash wrath of of cortex so underated. I think that we are the only people who like it
@@ste5842 I’d say it’s overrated, not underrated. It was many people’s first Crash game, including mine, and they only see it through rose tinted glasses
@@alex3rd11 yeah but to the most people didn't like that game but I do
@@alex3rd11 Since when was TWOC overrated?
Ouch, it really hurts to see Tag Team Racing to be placed so low. It was one of my favorite racing games because the car fusions mechanic let it stand out when compared to any other Racing game
The original crash bandicoot was and is still to this day my favourite. Unlike the others it's a straight up platformer and it does it exceptionally well. The more that the game started adding minigames, abilities, time trials and weird gimmicky levels the more frustrating the series became for me. And sadly it just gets more bloated as the series progressed. The original was reasonably challenging and the levels were not at all repetitive because they only allowed 2 levels per theme as opposed to crash 2 and 3 where some level themes were repeated up to 4 times or more. I always felt Crash 1 looked the best out of the 3 naughty dog games because of it's better art direction. I love that in some levels like on Native Fortress you can see the other islands in the background. Or how you go Up the Creek to then reach the top of the waterfall to fight Ripper Roo or climbing the tower on Slippery Climb to reach Cortex's Lab. It's all these small art details which create a narrative as opposed to the warp rooms which meant the developers could be lazy and didn't need to create a world with many of the levels feeling thematically disjointed.
Completely agree Stephen, especially the repetition of the levels. I’d never played Crash 1 before the N Sane Trilogy, and it’s one of the key things I noticed when I was trying to decide between crash 1 and 2 as my favourite (can’t give it to Warped as it’s too gimmicky for me, although still loved it). Loved the differing levels on Crash 1. I think I enjoyed Crash 1 the most out of the N Sane trilogy (Crash 2 was better for relics but they both aren’t made for relics so hard to hold that against Crash 1).
Same, the first game is the one I enjoy the most. I really like the original trilogy a lot, even the remakes. But the first game for me is the one I find myself thinking about more. Although I love CTR too.
Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped is my favorite as well, such a masterpiece.
Along with CTR I agree. They really are masterpieces or at least close to be.
Warped is amazing but i prefer crash 2, and yes CTR is sooo amazing!
3 and 4 are my favorite not including racing ones
Spoiler
2 is the best imo
“when sonics a-“
_i understood that reference_
I enjoyed playing tag team racing when i was a kid, i had that game and nitro kart on my xbox
I got 106% in crash 4 and that was for sure the most grueling task I have ever finished in a video game in my entire life
I gotta ask, have you beaten all the developer times in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled and have you beaten all the relics in Crash Bash? I beat the dev times eventually, but I never beat all the relics in Crash Bash.
@@WaffleEBay12 In CTR Nitro Fueled I beat all the Velo times but I only have about 4 developer times beaten. Those are insane. As for Crash Bash……I didn’t even attempt to collect everything in that game. 1. Way too difficult and 2. The game is kinda ass so I wouldn’t wanna go through all that trouble for a game I don’t even really like LOL
@@crashbandicooch7045 I have all the Crash Bash platinum relics, but only the Velo times in CTR:NF. The only one that I would never want to do again is Swamp Fox. The AI legit teams up against you.
Crash Twinsanity is a Masterpiece to me despite the game being heavily rushed and having lots of bugs and glitches 😊 The Game is Very Fun and The Music is Beautiful and Amazing 🎵 Crash Twinsanity is a Very Special Treasure that I will always cherish forever in my Heart ❤️ My Life will be complete if we get a Crash Twinsanity Remake with all the cut levels added in so it would be fully finished like it was suppose to be if it wasn’t heavily rushed. If it happens, Crash Twinsanity will be an even bigger Masterpiece than ever before and I can die happy 😊❤️💎
Twinsanity is my childhood
@@nagaraja1918 Awesome 😊 I really want a Crash Twinsanity Remake with the Cut Levels added in to make the game a lot more better than before 🙏
My list: (Naughty Dog only)
4.) Crash Bandicoot
3.) Crash Warped
2.) CTR
1.) Crash 2
The reason I prefer Crash 2 to Warped is because it doesn't go overboard on gimmicks.
Crash 2 has only 4 vehicle levels out of 27.
Crash 3 is 50% vehicle levels with mostly bad controls.
Still, I love all the games.
I think 1 is so underrated, it’s the purest platformer of them and it’s soo satisfying beating the hard levels.
@@benjaminborgehaven3525 Exactly. The first game has more charm than Warped, there's only 2 vehicle levels and it's way more satisfying to play.
i agree, also crash 2 is much more criative when the secret entrances and gems. you have to explore specific levels to find the secret Warp room levels, while in crash 3 we have this boring relics thing that forces you to replay every level without dying
@@juliodonofreo I agree with basically everything you just said
So true. I love the original trilogy, but when I play through all of them, I notice that the number of times I go "ugh not one of THESE levels" is much higher when playing 3
Hey Jamie, I just started watching your content today, and I have to say that I'm really impressed! It's all so amazing and high quality! Keep up the amazing work!
#20. Crash Boom Bang!
#19. Riptos Rampage
#18. Tag Team Racing
#17. Crash of the Titans GBA
#16. Mind Over Mutants DS
#15. Crash Bash
#14. N-Tranced
#13. Crash of the Titans DS
#12. Crash of the Titans
#11. Mind Over Mutant
#10. Nitro Kart GBA
#09. Nitro Kart
#08. Crash Bandicoot
#07. XS
#06. Wrath of Cortex
#05. 4: About Time
#04. Twinsanity
#03. CTR
#02. Cortex Strikes Back
#1. Warped
Crash Bash is the earliest game I can remember ever playing. I was only a few years old and played it with my mom, dad and older brother with the 4 controller adapter on the PS1. Good memories, still love the game today.
Crash Boom Bang was genuinely one of my childhood DS games. Seeing it at 20 hurt my soul lmao
Shit trash lol, everyone knows thats worst crash game i mean cmon man
Finally! Someone who doesn't just blindly hate on the Wrath of Cortex!
A great video! And I agree with most of your placements.
I'd love for you to do a Spyro ranking! :D
200% in crash bash is one of the most satisfying and unreal gaming moments I ever experienced.
It's my greatest achievement in gaming. 106% in Crash 4 is a warm up compared to 200% in Crash Bash. I did the Mourinho pitch slide on my floor when I got that final platinum relic in "Nballism".
wrath of cortex over the original crash is BLASPHEMY
But the original is dated in comparison to the others and you may say that's because it was the first game but the other games improved and made it more fun to control
Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped is really good but Twinsanity is my favorite, there is just something special about it. And dont let me start talking about soundtrack what a dream come true
Crash Twinsanity is a Masterpiece to me despite the game being heavily rushed and having lots of bugs and glitches 😊 The Game is Very Fun and The Music is Beautiful and Amazing 🎵 Crash Twinsanity is a Very Special Treasure that I will always cherish forever in my Heart ❤️ My Life will be complete if we get a Crash Twinsanity Remake with all the cut levels added in so it would be fully finished like it was suppose to be if it wasn’t heavily rushed. If it happens, Crash Twinsanity will be an even bigger Masterpiece than ever before and I can die happy 😊❤️💎
As someone who has also 100%ed all of the non-handheld Crash games, I have the EXACT SAME list at the top. Love your explanations and the order is perfect. Kudos.
But trust me, it won't be.
#20 - Crash Boom Bang
"Some of a ____!!!!!"
Ikr that why fav crash game
*son
jokes aside, Boom Bang is actually good.
not amazing, just good fun.
Your videos are very well done, keep making them , I watched this one and best Mario games countdown, what do you think of Zelda games ? we need a countdown from you.
Could you do a video about Crash Twinsanity ?
Crash Tag Team Racing at 18th is a sin
SO Happy to see some love and credit given to crash bandicoot the huge adventure on GBA, That game really made me rethink my love for crash bandicoot in a good way, it almost feels like crash is meant to be a 2D side scrolling platformer, so well done. Great Video!
Crash 2 is my favorite of all time and wrath of cortex is so underrated
2:47 - Is that a deformed Samus Aran?
I didn't played all of these not even close. I played Crash Bandicoot 1-3, CTR and Crash bash. It might be because we had Crash bash the longest and got the other 4, years later, but, it will always be my favorite out of those. So many hours spend on that game, even before we actually found out there are more levels after waiting through closing credits. Which we discovered by chance, after playing it few times.
I was crazy enough to get 106% on Crash 4.
Twice, and it was great both times.
We’re not worthy we’re not worthy
My top 10:
10. Crash bandicoot n tranced
9. Crash mind over mutant
8. Crash bandicoot the wrath of cortex
7. Crash of the titans
6. Crash bandicoot the huge adventure
5. Crash bandicoot 1
4. Crash twinsanity
3. Crash bandicoot 2 cortex strikes back
2. Crash team racing
1. Crash bandicoot 3 warped
I didn't play crash 4 yet
Edit: I 100%ed crash 4 and it's my new favorite game in the series 😉👍
You probably wouldn't want to play It's About Time. anyways.
@@ndJssFlurt no the opposite
I want it soo bad but I can't afford to buy it right now....
I might wait a while
Great list. Warped is also my favorite Crash game ever made
Yea warped was the best
Great video. I’ve subscribed.
The best Crash Bandicoot-related video games are:
Crash 1, 2 and 3 and Crash Team Racing originally developed by Naughty Dog.
And the worst Crash Bandicoot-related video games are:
The later Crash games that are not developed by Naughty Dog.
Bro ik its ur opinion that itsbad but 5 year old me played the hell out of crash boom bang. Nostalgia is still there for it. Havent tried it again tho so I dont have a renewed opinion on it
Broski im a big fan of your videos hope you are well
Mind over mutant is my favorite...
I can see that you didn't play the trilogy
It’s okay Imo but the cutscenes is what saved it. I much prefer Crash Bandicoot 2 because you could ride Polar and do Jet pack levels.
Mind over mutant is my favourite too and I have played the original trilogy
ik im late but same, it was the first crash game i played so it just holds a special place in my heart sjsjsj
Yeah me too. I had more fun with it than regular crash.
Great list 😎👏
1) Crash Bandicoot
The player only has a few options, spin and jump. Yet the developers get so much use from exploring those mechanics with a slow and steady escalation in difficulty. My only critique is that it is linear, but it makes more plot sense than the warp rooms in other games. Perfection in my opinion.
2) CTR
The video pretty well covered all the reasons for this placement. Hard to see where a sequel would have gone aside from delivering more of the same.
3) Crash Bandicoot 2
Still a very good game. Introduction of the slide mechanic, which they were able to really make good use of and explore mechanically. The difficulty curve is much the same as the original, except at the end game there is less of a focus on repeating precise jumps and spins, demanding more singular instances of precise combos, throughout the levels. We also see a wider variety of experimental levels, such as the jet-board, zero-G, dark maps, and climbing rails; of which I only think one worked well, even though others are reused in later games.
- The jet-board breaks up the flow of levels, while messing with the players character control. Creative, but a net negative.
- The zero-G levels and boss rooms are similar to the jet-board, but with an added dimension, inverted controls and extend for a whole level. Irredeemable.
- Dark maps, appear to be on the surface a reversal of the rolling bolder maps, except you don't have a way of gaining distance and the maps don't seem well crafted for it.
Most dark maps feel like an ordinary level with dark-mode slapped on as an after thought.
- Climbing rails slow the player without disrupting controls or breaking flow. They also add new depth to the slide as it replaces the jump as a way to avoid hostiles.
4) Crash Bandicoot 3
They added too many abilities and were not able to explore them and their combinations in a deep satisfying way. I wager most people who played this game don't recall all of the abilities, without having to look up which ones were in this game. They added flying and racing levels, which should have been their own games ( CTR ) as they handled poorly and were chores to do. They also included water levels both underwater and jet-ski, both were handled poorly, but I don't think either could have been standalone titles. Clearly worse than CB2.
While CB2 and CB3 I rate low, most of the reason for that is how they chose to iterate on what worked by adding too much in the case of CB3, or deviating from the core game-play loop as first exhibited in CB2 and worsened in CB3. CB2 and CB3 are excellent in terms of level atmosphere and enemy variety, I really enjoy the look and feel of the Ruins level in CB2 and Egyptian levels in CB3. While CB2 and CB3 are by no means bad games, they are not as well crafted mechanically as CB1 and CTR. The introduction of levels and later mechanics, where the former have game-play flaws and the latter are overabundant and under explored, I can see the downgrade of the series over time.
Playstation 1 crash bandicoot games are one of the really good games of ps1.
Gba is kicking by itsself her head
I remember how good I felt getting my first 105 in Crash 3, I never got all the platinum relics though, because I read in an old Gamepro (or similar) that it wasn't worth it. Maybe I should go back...
Warped really is one of the all time greats
When I started this video - i thought to myself: "If none of the Original Trilogy is on the first place - I'm leaving a dislike on this one!"
Boy, I love how it ended! The only part I'd probably disagre is the Chapter one of the Original Trilogy, but after watching it to the end - I have no choice but to agree)
Crash 3 is literally my childhood. The amount of times I replayed it as a kid is…. N-sane
The sound effect when you showed the next number on the screen heavily reminds me of sound effects in the Wind Waker
It sounds like a sneeze
@@bigd4941 No, I'm talking about the sound after the "sneeze"
Cortex strikes back being #2 is a power move
You better believe I sat through this whole thing just to judge your taste. And man you delivered! Crash 3 is soooo fun. By far the best Crash game.
10:59 ah, he did that too, by that I mean call the score multiplier multiplayer lol, I actually completely finished mind over mutant and I actually like it
20) Crash Boom Bang
19) Crash of the Titans (DS)
18) Crash Mind Over Mutant (GBA)
17)
Crash Purple: Ripto's Rampage
16) Crash Tag Team Racing
15) Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
14) Crash: Wrath of Cortex
13) Crash of the Titans (PS2)
12) Crash Nitro Kart (GBA)
11) Crash Bandicoot 2: N Tranced
10) Crash Mind Over Mutant (PS2)
9) Crash of the Titans (DS)
8) Crash Nitro Kart (PS2)
7) Crash Bash
6) Crash Bandicoot 1
5) Crash Twinsanity
4) Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
3) Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
2) Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled (NF is superior, but the original would still be #2)
1) Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
The way Naughty Dog handle Crash made me a fan of their brand.(Jak, Uncharted, Last of Us) I was definitely disappointed with Crash Bash because that charm was missing that first 4 games had. Jak and Daxter has its roots grounded in the work ND did on the Crash Series
Crash tag team racing was my favourite crash game of all time
Yeah that game was awesome, it had a lot to do.
Very understandable. Was one of my favorite Crash games after Naughty Dog for me, and i love it.
I wanted to see how many of these games I had the chance to play - it seems like 7, quite a lot I must say. though Twinsanity and Tag Team Racing seem like a fever dream to me. I'm still not sure if I really played Tag Team Racing but that sequence with collecting chickens seemed oddly familiar to me
The same with Wrath of Cortex - some levels shown here ring a bell
Also yes. I completed Crash 4 with 106% too. Which is amazing given the fact that at first I didn't even wanna challenge that because my best time relics were gold. But then I tried and tried, implied some tricks, and it turned out I'm capable of this crazy achievement of getting 106% on the game hah
I will not stand for the slaughter of crash tag team racing, that whole game is phentermine
I expected the top 4 right ✅️ but I never thought that crash bash will be #15 !!!
Great video, totally agree with your choices ! You should make a Sonic list some day
I think the only problems I have with these rankings is the bias and unnecessary comparisons. Don't get me wrong, bias is good in reviews and so are the comparisons, especially in rankings. Like in some parts you would downplay certain titles because they didn't have feature X or Y that was introduced in a successor title, comparing is one thing but you also got to rank them on their own standing too (an example being your Crash 1 part). Also like crash tag team racing, which I agree has bad racing etc but has good exploration/progression/gun gameplay, racing isn't everything in that game despite the title. But again bias is good too, a lot of times people downplay titles like Crash 3 and Wrath of Cortex, for trying to re-invent the wheel in certain areas and I still believe those ones are gems to this day.
Just genuine critisism and I'm glad you shared your rankings.
I played the warped, cortex strikes back, the original, and team racing but I have also watched cortex wrath, twin sanity, and nitro cart and I think the best is warped
Bash, 2, and Team racing are my top 3 from 3rd 2nd and 1st respectively
Think my favorites are mostly based on the overall aesthetics of the games. I value games for how much I can hop into it and forget the real world exists.
At the top there i have to place Crash 2 and Twinsanity and I think alot of the tie-breakers there lands on the music.
Brilliant to see CTR placed so high up! The remake is EASILY in my favourite game of all time!
While I disagree slightly with some things on the list, I think I agree as a whole with what you said and this is a great list.
I had so much fun playing CTTR. I don't appreciate hearing u dump on it so much because it may not be perfect but it's fun, unlike some of these titles u put higher
It hurts when “Nitro Fueled” isn’t mentioned in the rankings. I think people were so angry over the MTs they pretend it’s nonexistent,and that’s a shame,because outside of that it’s a really fun game!
I can really agree with this list. I just don't like all the different vehicle levels in Crash 3. So Crash 2 would be my number 1.
I have plans to Beat all the Crash games in order next year
I did everything in Crash 4 but the time trials. I actually also didn't do them in the other crash games.
It's funny to see XS/Huge Adventure being placed so much higher than N-Tranced here, while I've seen other rankings do the complete opposite. I've played and completed them back to back recently for the first time, and I'd say they're pretty much equal in terms of quality, there are things I both like and don't in both of them, but I really don't think one is leagues above the other.
Purple/Fusion is worse than both though, I wish that one only had the platforming stages.
crash 2 and 3 soundtracks are superb
games made by ND are the best crash remastered are good too.
crash 4 surprised me by its difficulty in keeping its origins i like.
I'm looking for the platinum trophy
I loved Wrath of Cortex as a kid. My brother and I loved the game as kids
Bruh Tag Team Racing despite not really encouraging racing is a banger!
Crash 1 OG is the best. Definitely should have been higher than 9... jesus.
tag team racing is really really good tbh
I am honestly astonished that anything Titans-like ranked better than CTTR or N.Tranced... And even more that Purple did, despite personally enjoying it more.
BTW, 4 is my favorite precisely because of the difficulty (I'm crazy both in skills and how much I'll push them), and have done everything minus dev times in all non-Titans games besides Boom Bang. Beat console Titans waiting for it to "get good", and it never did.
1. Crash warped, 2. Crash cortex strikes back 3. Crash twinsanity 4. Crash the wrath of cortex, 5. Crash bash 6. Crash bandicoot 7. Crash team racing 8. Crash it's about time 9. Crash nitro kart 10. Crash tag team racing 19. Crash over the mutant 20. Crash of the titans
Why is Wrath of Cortex so hated? Sure it looks different and it has a few bugs but it holds a special place in my heart because I used to play it with my grandpa.
Imagine including the hand held games but not the remakes, even tho they're totally superior versions and, dare I say, in the case of CTRNF, even a totally different game.
My list: (out of the games that I have played)
13. Crash Purple
12. Crash Mind Over Mutant
11. Crash Tag Team Racing
10. Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
9. Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex
8. Crash Bandicoot XS
7. Crash Of The Titans
6. Crash Nitro Kart
5. Crash Bandicoot 4
4. Crash Bandicoot 3
3. Crash Bandicoot
2. Crash Team Racing
1. Crash Bandicoot 2
The only game on this list that I would consider bad is Crash Purple.
I think crash Xylophone Saxophone should be higher
@@theREALmacadamia Well nowadays probably would put it above Nitro Kart and also I have no idea why I even made this list because it's rather dumb to compare platformers and kart racers together on a single list.
@@theREALmacadamia But yeah, Xylophone Saxophone is pretty epic.
One of my fav crash games is tag team racing
I agree. I feel like tag team got more hate than it deserves at times tbh
It's nice you didn't dump on Titans and Mind Over Mutant, I loved both those games, they definitely weren't perfect, but they were really fun... but yeah the backtracking in MOM was a pain in the ass.
The best part is that mind over mutant is abbreviated to MoM
Woooow I loved crash tag team, like loved it, it was a great mish mosh of every crash game
1) Crash 3
2) CTR
3) Crash 1
4) Crash 2
5) Crash Bash
6) Crash WoC
Crash 4 is almost a collectathon I didn't mind squeezing hours out of the game, because it was fun and we might not get Crash 5 for a while
The Wrath of Cortex was the reason back in the day for me to get PS2. It decerves a remaster. I like also Crash 3 and 2. The last good Crash game that came out in my opinion was Crash Twinsanity. When I was playing Crash Twinsanity and had completed about 70% of the game and tried to load my save I couldn't load it. My save data had got corrupted for some weird reason and I still don't know why. I never palyed the game till the end because of that incident. After that game the series took a werid turn. . I bought Crash of the Titans in 2007. I regret that decision. I got rid of that game. It was way too different. It was good that that we got the N. Sane Trilogy.
I didn’t know TTR would have such polar reviews. I personally enjoyed the game quite a lot, but who knows, maybe my nostalgia glasses are blinding me.
I loved crash bash such a fun game to play with friends
The problem I wave with it is that the models look like shit the minigames are repetitive and getting all the gems and crystals is painful
I'd DEFINITELY swap places between Crash 4 and Crash 1.
Plus, in my personal ranking, Crash 2 is the best Crash game of all time.
I actually loved tag team when I was a kid
Twinsanity was hugely rushed due to deadlines.
It could've been polished so much more and it had so many more levels too! What a shame.
Still a good game though.
Twinsanity belongs at the bottom of every list. Woeful game. Twinsanity made me get up as a kid, beg to go to the game shop, trade it in and get TMNT (not the movie one) and Wrath of Cortex (again after selling it). It was genuinely that horrific. So I’ve decided that any future child of mine will be punished by being made to play Twinsanity on my jailbroken PS3.
Crash of the titans deserves more love
"Harharhar different = bad people used to say"
No
Never xD
Crash Tag team racing is soo much fun ngl. I love the open world and exploring secret areas. It's really not that bad.
It's broken and the curacena make me wanna die
Rating tag team racing so low hurts my soul. But you do make some valid points about it
Ranking tag team racing that low is a crime
Na bro it’s trash
@@Ross-xx4sx the racing part was not executed that well ngl but the game was fun you got to do so many things
Tag team racing is fun!!!
Glad I'm not the only one who WAY preferred Huge Adventure over N-Tranced! The bosses in N-Tranced are frustrating as hell, especially N Tropy, and the level design is messy too
Now gotta rank each level lol
Of course the game in the description is crash bash
I still think max completion in Crash 2 + 3 of the NSane Trilogy is stupidly hard, even though everybody just seems to say 1.
Crash Tag Team Racing underrated af!
My top 5
5. Crash Team Racing (And Ctrnf)
4. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
3. Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex
2. Crash Bash
1. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
well thanks for showing me the crash games a bit... ngl i havent shown any interest in any of the games and i feel that some will go 😱 because of it