There's no way around it: they remain dated despite their fresh look. While it's easy to look at these games and appreciate the care that's gone into their presentation, actually playing them stirs up conflicting emotions. Gone are the rudimentary character models in favor of more realistic-looking creatures and environments, and a new lighting system bakes a measure of realism into the otherwise cartoonish world, giving the games a quality similar to 3D cartoons from the likes of Pixar or Dreamworks. Sane Trilogy collection features remastered versions of Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, and Crash Bandicoot: Warped. Sane Trilogy collection, we now have the chance to revisit the first three Crash games in style, and while they look better than ever, they're otherwise direct replicas of the original games. And unlike his peers, Crash was born in 3D Mario and Sonic merely adopted it.
He didn't reach the same level of popularity as Mario or Sonic, but the original Crash games were charming platformers that resonated with audiences thanks to expressive characters and diverse environments. When Crash Bandicoot hit the scene in the '90s, it didn't take long for him to become the de facto PlayStation mascot.
