Customer Reviews

Crash of the Titans

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4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

After playing Twinsanity and CTTR, and being a bit disappointed with them, I had been wary of this latest game. But, being a huge Crash fan, I got it to add to my collection.

I love this game! It may not be as good as the original trilogy by Naughty Dog (that's probably impossible), but it has a good mix of action and gameplay.

Once you get the hang of defeating the Titans, it's great. Until then, you'll get a little frustrated as ten Titans and fifty (exaggeration) minions all take swipes at you. Here's a hint: use your heavy attack (hold down triangle) frequently. With this, you can jack someone even as hard to defeat as a Battler with some ease.

The bosses were good. I missed Dingodile but Radical says he'll be appearing again sometime soon. The hardest boss in the game, according to the majority of my Crash playing friends and myself, is Uka Uka. After him, defeating the final boss (Nina Cortex) isn't as difficult. Here's another hint: when playing Uka Uka, jack a Battler and use your cyclone attack. If done properly, this will completely stun him.

The levels are much more linear than Twinsanity was, which for me was a plus (some people prefer free-roaming though so they wouldn't enjoy it as much). They're also fairly long compared to previous games, so be prepared to spend a decent amount of time playing before you can save your progress. I recommend starting the game on Normal Mode although if you beat the game on Hard Mode (without 100% completion, unlike Normal Mode) you get an upgrade sooner than you would on the others. However, be warned, Hard Mode lives up to its name until you have enough experience playing it. Although on previous games it was hard to get a Game Over, it's not uncommon on this game even for seasoned Crash players.

If you ever get frustrated with the Titans killing you before you have a chance to strike back, my advice is to keep trying and jack as many as possible. When you jack a certain amount of the particular Titan you are fighting, you will unlock their skin. With this skin, you can completely stun them with one hit, making fighting them much easier.

I highly recommend this game to both people new to Crash and people who have been following it since it began. Have fun!

I'm 7 years old and I rented this game. This game is so much fun. I like all the guys you can fight. You can ride them and use them to fight other bad guys. Maybe you should try it.

This was my first time every playing a Crash Bandicoot game. I had never really paid too much attention to them because I was usually more interested in games like Devil May Cry, Castlevania, Prince of Persia and so on and so forth. But then Crash came, well, crashing into my life in the form of a rental brought to me by my youngest nephew. At first I didn't want anything to do with it because I was not sure it was going to be all that great as the commercials made it look. But the nephew begged me and I just couldn't say no to him. I pretty much figured that I should just play, get it over with and go on to bigger and better things. I. Was. Wrong!!! I became enraptured by it the moment I hijacked my first monster. Let the mayhem ensue!!! I was having so much fun that I kind of stole it away from the nephew with the determination to finish before he could. I am only on level 17 sadly. The characters are so much fun and just hilarious. I had to kick myself in the seat of my pants for being so judgemental before I even gave it a chance. I am set on finishing that's for sure! Now all I have to do is either keep renting it or stop being cheap and just purchase it.
Wrap up:
I give this game a big fat smooch for being so awesome and for those who just aren't sure, go ahead and give it a chance! What do you have to lose?

Crash of the Titans gives the beleaguered platforming icon; Crash; some new life, but it still has a ways to go before achieving the status the franchise had on the original Playstation and fix the mistakes made by past predecessors (Much like Spyro). This game churns out decent results as a kids game, but it did little to impress me with something new.
WHAT THE GAME IS: Crash's arch nemesis Neo Cortex, and his niece Nina Cortex plan for world domination (Gee, what a surprise) and are turning the local woodland creatures into towering, hideous-looking titans. So it is up to Crash to save the world, and do some serious a**-kicking to a number of villains. So you fight enemies, "jack" titans, make your jacked titan beat the crap out of more enemies, fight bosses, and of course platforming.
GRAPHICS: Cute, cartoony look with vibrant colors and environments and cool character designs, but textures are a little sloppy.
MUSIC: It will only bore you, don't even bother trying to enjoy it. The crappy music is one of the game's low points.
SOUND: Decent voice-acting, random one-liners from enemies, beating the crap out of enemies, and Crash's annoying animal grunts (Shut the hell up already!).
GAMEPLAY: The gameplay is average, but the monster jacking feature; a feature in which an enemy that is near death can be commandeered, ridden, and forced to do your bidding by defeating enemies and solving environmental puzzles; is a welcome feature that is a lot of fun and feels innovative, but it can't cover up all of the lackluster gameplay. Luckily, there is the greatly appreciated co-op feature which makes this game a lot more fun if you play it with a friend. Controls work fine, but the camera can be particularly frustrating during the platforming sequences, especially when you play this game on co-op, and can cause you to be put in a blind spot and you can die unfairly. But, most of the features work properly, but they still need more polish because the game feels undercooked and shallow.
OVERALL: Kids will probably enjoy it, but the more hardcore gamers will not enjoy it so much because the various little bugs that could have been corrected during the game's development. But this game got lucky with me, usually I'm not kind at all to kids games which is why I went down in infamy for my review of The Bible Game which earned me a large group of haters and not-so-nice comments from angry parents. I found it to be fairly enjoyable, but it still has a lot of things to fix before the franchise can truly be restored, but the game's saving graces are co-op play, monster jacking, decent graphics, and some moderately interesting challenges. But I'd have to recommend Over the Hedge more than this game because the various interesting challenges, lots of missions, and tons of unlockable goodies to be found, and great multiplayer. This game is still worth a look however.
THE GOOD: Co-op, decent graphics, moderately interesting challenges, lovable crew of characters, and monster jacking.
THE BAD: Outside of co-op and monster jacking the gameplay is lackluster, story is boring, music is crappy, and it feels rather shallow.

I really really enjoy this game!! My brother and I have battled through the levels countless times and it never gets tiring! The only thing I am frustrated about is how hard some of the levels are if playing by yourself. Especially the level with Uka Uka, and the last level against Nina. You can change how challenging the game is played from Easy to Average to Hard, but even at the Easy level it can be overwhelming at times. Other than that, my brother and I have loved the Crash games ever since the original playstation 1, and this is no exception!!

I was a fan of Crash from the start his first three Naughty Dog titles were great then things began to get bad after Crash was bought out it seemed as though Vivendi Universal thought that they could live on the popularity of Crash and Spyro and that alone. Then they tried gimmicks "lets liven up these old characters, it can't be our games the characters must be wrong." They came up with Twinsanity a relatively good game but it just didn't have... Well it's hard to describe but let just say it just wasn't right.

Finally though Sierra got to make it's mark on the property. And boy have they. Crash of the Titans has to be the most visually stunning and free-roaming Crash title to date. It takes a Crash Bandicoot gaming experience to a level which it hasn't reached in years.
The sound effects are great as is the voicing for characters and certain enemies is great. As you approach enemies you can here them having a conversation. The music also has that signature sound you expect from
Crash games.
Now you may be thinking if the game is like that how must the load times be, nearly non-existent, it's wonderful no sooner do you choose your level and it's loaded an ready to play. And events faze in seamlessly.

Overall this is a work of art and an excellent game you'd have to be crazy not to like it.

I've always loved the Crash Bandicoot games, and this was no exception.
It was a pleasant departure from it's former incarnations, that could get extremely frustrating, not once did anyone throw the controller across the living room!

The gameplay was smooth, the different levels were entertaning, and jacking the Titans was fun.

My only complaint was that it is a little on the short side, but I liked it well enough to buy both the ps2 and psp version!

Fun game. I bought this for my girlfriend because she always enjoyed the games. Should be a good Christmas present.

this is my fix did not realize it was posted in here but i got the game to work after i fixed it and it is a fun game but i bet it in one day it was a little to short to me

my bought this game for my son and they love it, they think this is the best crash game ever.