Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, the latest entry in Activision’s long-running platform series, will launch on PC on March 26.
As the ‘4’ in the title indicates, It’s About Time is a direct sequel to 1998’s Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped – a game that received a beautiful remake as a third of the 2017 Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy – and gets a lot of inspiration from the early series’ brand of platform action.
There are, of course, wrinkles to the formula, including masks that slow down time, turn gravity and phase objects in and out, as well as various new modes and playable characters – each with their own unique abilities and stages – but it all needs to crash immediately. fans be known. It’s About Time leans even into the cruel problems of the early games – though a choice between Modern and Retro modes helps alleviate the sometimes big challenge.
Crash Bandicoot 4 – Preview for new platforms.
“Yes, the studio took the infamous difficulty of the originals perhaps too literally,” wrote Eurogamer’s Chris Tapsell in his review, “but attention was also paid to the rest of the games … The best parts of the original, but also surprisingly close to the idea you have of them in your head. A faulty gem, but no less brilliant. “
If a solid entertaining explosion of nostalgic platforming with a modern twist is anything to go by, Crash Bandicoot 4 will be available on PC on March 26 – exclusively via Activision’s Battle.net service. And if you’re curious about other platforms, Digital Foundry recently took a look at the newly released Switch and PS5 versions of the game.