Was Crash Tag Team Racing Really That BAD?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Welcome to my new retrospective series where I'll be taking a second look at all of the Crash Bandicoot games! I want to do this so that I can talk about things that I missed the first time around and overall just make the original videos better. Today I revisited Crash Tag Team Racing, I hope you enjoy it!
I won't be reviewing these games in order of release, although they will be organized that way when I make the playlist and there's multiple videos in it
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To be fair, as a kid I remember spending hours, having tons of fun exploring the park, buying costumes, and finding the funny death animations. The racing itself though, ironically, I found boring and repetitive. I remember this game for the platforming more than I do for the actual racing, even though that's what they named the game after.
Freaking same. I never really particularly cared about the racing, I enjoyed it for the most part, but the exploration was all the fun for me.
As a kid my dentist has this game in the waiting area and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone actually play a race. Most kids would just mess around in the hub
i prsonaly loved the bowling game, it may have played that as much as the racing is not more
It's so funny and horrifying when you miss a stunt and the character lands on their head, slides across the ground upside down, then explodes. 🤣
I really just think Tag Team Racing released a little too early. It's not a bad game, it's just missing balance, variety, and polish. It's my number 1 pick for a remake imo
yeah. the project was originally started by travellers tales but got passed on to radical.
@@XxEmulatingKingdidnt travelers tales also make sonic 3d blast? If so then if they were to keep making the game longer it would’ve been something good
If CTTR were to be remembered for three things, I'd say they are the car-clashing mechanic, giving Nina her definitive personality, and making hub worlds actually interesting. I can't stress that last point enough - CTTR has some of the most fun platform-based exploration of the whole series and should serve as a template for all future "hub world-based" games.
Fun fact: every track has three different versions of "final lap" music which depend on your position when starting the lap.
Twinsanity and Tag Team are practically 2 of the biggest games of my childhood, and they are one of the main reasons I love music so much, Nothing will change my mind about these 2 games.
In my eyes, They shine brighter than all the stars in the sky.
I thought a lot of the in game dialogue in this game was super funny, especially the park workers and how all the racers get pissed off when you keep talking to them.
If I'm being honest, crash tag team racing was probably my favorite crash game when I went through all of them on the PS2. It's way too hated.
I agree with u
yessss
It's hated because it is a BAD game. Stop sugar coating.
@@ManDyter not in the slightest.
@@ManDyter Is ok to be wrong
You know you are in for a treat when you get a notification from WumpaLewis. This review was definitely an improvement over the old one. I didn't think this game was all that bad and it was definitely overhated as it had good ideas and concepts, a pretty awesome battle mode, the Rolling Thunder minigame, fun and interesting platforming, Tiki Turbo's music and of course the bowling minigame was quite fun. Btw still waiting for the Crash Tag Team Racing Let's Play.
This is has always been one of my fav Crash games. Overhated tbh. It isn’t perfect… but at least it ain’t Boom Bang…
If this is your Crash game of choice i wonder how much of a fan you really are.
no worries, you don't need to be a ps1 crash puritan to be a crash fan, it would be ridiculous if it worked that way, there are a lot of reasons to be fan of something
@@ManDyter
It's okay to be wrong
Dude Cortex's weapon absolutely doesn't suck, I literally got all my highscores in Rolling Thunder on all tracks using it, it is absolutely insane when upgraded, hold down the firing button and the blast is so damn massive I used to blow up all 6 cars in 1 hit in certain cases when they all cluster around.
This was the first crash game and it’s still my favorite it has a special place in my heart watching this is so nostalgic!!
In fact, Chicken Challenge puts a chicken to every place where normally is a regular coin.
I think this nina is the definitive nina in the series, she still has her original design but with the voice and personality that will be seen in future crash games after this one.
My personal favourite Crash games were Twinsanity and Wrath of Cortex, just because they were the two I had as a kid
Tag Team Racing is pretty damn undercooked. It's a real hot mess of a game, but it is a FUN hot mess. Lots of variety due to the many gameplay genres, even if they could have used more development. Wandering around in the hub worlds connecting stuff is quite addictive. I feel the racing might have felt more intuitive if the clashing had a stipulation, like a limited gauge run you had to activate first or something. I do like all the extra modes however, like the stunt arena or mowing down all the roadblocks.
The game is a bit too simple and easy, but as such it's probably the best 'unwind session' in the Crash series, the game you can just play casually to chill out.
This game has alot of great quotes.
Right
Great video.Crash Tag Team racisng was a fun game that just needed some extra polishing.
I agree with keeping the 4:3 video size.
I do however dislike the current "background" since its blurry. Kinda hurts my eyes. A hd non blurry non moving calm neutral background would be best in my opinion.
Looking forward to you replaying the crash games. Specialy crash bash since you started but never finished a playtrough of that.
This game was my first real video game along with crash of the titans.
And even if it's definitely not great, the drifting sucks especially, I love everything else about it. I have great memories with it.
This game was originally gonna have more playable characters. I would've enjoyed playing as Dingodile with a flamethrower gun
Funniest part during racing would be, you can accidentally crash on the wall or someone could mess u over big time and u can be stranded on the side of the road. Then just turn in ur clashing system & wait for someone to drive past then get pulled back into the race 😂😂😂
The most fascinating thing about CTTT's platforming is that it's actually decent despite being a late addition that might be rushed.
I really liked this game just for the sheer variety of things to do and find. It feels like an actual theme park. I completed everything and it didn't feel like it was a grind or anything, just good vibes all around.
This is my second favorite crash 🎮 of all time. It came out in diffrent time in my like 12 goin on 13 and i thought i was to old to play crash games and just play madden 2k etc. But this game was so fun and diffrent with team mechanic and actually making it funny during the platform when u die. It was fantastic and still is imo. Thanks for reviewing this
I remember playing this as a kid, but I genuinely do not remember actually racing. I just kinda vibed in the performing bit ngl
Fun fact
The chicken challenge replaces every coin in the map with a chicken and makes every crate metal.
I did said that before, but this game was always a guilty pleasure of main as a kid.
I think what I enjoyed about it is simple exploration fact, more than racing itself, which yeah shows how flawed it is in comparison.
Racing and gaining crystals from races were more of a chores to do list, simply because the items/weapons when clashed were OP, but tying it in with insane rubberbanding, you're forced to spam most OP shit, cause when you try to race by your lonesome, you're a weak vulnerable target, which I believe Caddy Daddy also said something similar in the past.
Either way, it can be enjoyed, for how goofy it is. I mean... so was twinsanity.
This is probably my favourite childhood game , nice and accurate review. never coincided this game to be remade with online racing/challenges, it would be epic.
This is the best one I remember! I love how the burps changed it was funny as a kid, also how cortex screamed he thinks he's going to be sick over a big jump, I wish Nintendo would re make it but keep original voices, so it's nostalgic to us. I bought the new ctr today thinking it was tag team but nope it's only nitro kart prettied up. Received only Disappointment as i realised its just nitro kart. Also so much as the masks sound so different.. no enjoyment this end from it at all.
Great video! And yea I agree Tag Team Racing is a good game I enjoyed the clashing shooting, and the areas to explore!
I loved this game as a child for the silly easy fun, and was especially fond of the stunt mode. Nina’s car was perfectly compact for it
Lewis, As a fan of your content, I'd love to see you do this kind of thing every year. I love crash series, All of your fanbase love crash series and this helps you to improve as well. I'm so happy to see you revisit this game and somehow (telepathically maybe lmao) I was thinking about this game yesterday and wish I could see more of it. Well now my wish is granted I guess lol
15:44 my favourite line in the game: I hate Chicken... XD!!
My personal favorite Crash Bandicoot racing games 🎮
The hours I spent in this game man, so good memories
Honestly man, the stretched 16:9 videos look way better.
Pd: I was skeptical to replay this game since everyone despise it, so I remembered it as trash...glad I replayed it, I love it.
@@rac1equalsbestgame853 Just be warned, in case you'll play it on an emulator: for some reason, the menus lag the game a lot and get the GPU to 100%, but the levels work really good, even with no dedicated Graphics card.
i spent dozens of hours torturing the park guests in this game
I loved this game! Had some trouble with some of the modes In the last levels. But I always enjoyed it so much! I wish I could play it on my ps4 😢
I loved the loading screens in this game
great video lewis! i’ve only just started playing this game and i’m having a lot of fun with it!
This is my second favorite game of all time. I just bought a brand new unopened copy
I love this game. I used to play it all the time with my brother
Great positive review! This is my most nostalgic video game of all time! What I would do to make the racing more interesting back then is to turn off the in-game music, keep the SFX and dialogue, and play my own music instead! Nowadays, you can run an emulator and your MP3s or Spotify or whatever, and you're all set! Try playing the game like that, it's a pretty interesting experience! Back when I first played the game like that though, I would disconnect one of the PS2 audio cables and hook up my MP3 player to said audio cable input onto my VCR/DVD Recorder. All I have to say is, thank God for emulators!😁🖒
My favorite part of the game is arguably the Stunt arenas
I think i've completed this game more than twinsanity
I just like this game a lot lol
This was one of my favorite games of the whole series this and twinsanity both of which people dont like as much snd it makes me sad
I actually was not a huge fan of this one. It just seemed to want to do too many thing and didn't do any of them particularly well. The game just felt like it was just packed with tedious fluff. The racing just got boring as I thought the tracks were kind of bland and just not as interesting as CTR/CNK's tracks.
It had some interesting ideas, but the racing really was only half of the game and just particularly fun. It was a bit too combat-heavy for my liking. I feel like the combat got kind of stale and basically took away from the actual racing itself.
I will give credit to the soundtrack. It actually fit the cartoonish theme of the game and was pretty enjoyable to the ears. There was some genuinely humorous dialogue as well. I just wish the gameplay held up a little better.
Cortex’s weapons is bad? Nah mate. You haven’t tried his fully upgraded weapon during a rolling thunder. Really great and very very satisfying. I get so many KO’s that it’s ridiculous
Hi Lewis. Not sure if you'll see this.
Your Developer Time Trial Videos for CTR inspired me to replay the Crash N'Sane Trilogy to completion properly. I began two weeks ago.
Crash 1 and Crash 2 have been completed to perfection... all gems, crystals and PLATINUM TIME RELICS.
I'm now working on the final Crash 3 Platinum Time Relic which is on Future Tense. Once I get this, I've completed the entire trilogy.
I've been listening to your reviews and such in the background. They kept me sane.
Especially as I nearly tore my hair out trying to Platinum Relic Stormy Ascent, The Lab, Cold Hard Crash, and the Motorbike levels.
I didn't think I could do it, and then I saw your Developer Trial Vids.
After I knock Crash 4 out of the way, those are next.
Cheers, dude :) Keep making awesome content.
Do you think there is a chance the 6th gen crash games are going to the digital stores with xbox backwards compatibility program now that microsoft owns activision? I know the program ended but id love to play these games again on my xbox as i have insane nostalgia for crash twinsanity and wrath of cortex (even if they are mediocre games)
I loved tag team racing i spend almost 3 months playing it on ps2 i really wish they do a remake of it.
This was literally the best arcade racer ever I don't care the ability for 2 racers to merge was so fun
And the fact that it was more than just a racing game like it had it all
I think Crash Tag Team Racing is a fun game where you could race around different race tracks and explore around the theme park. The racing part of the game is good. You can combine with other racers and use different weapons to take down opponents and sneak out your partner and get to first place very quickly. My only complaint about the race is that the drifting mechanic is different from CTR and CNK. You had to press the button quickly to get the power slide. I wish they would’ve kept the power slide for this game. I keep hitting on walls sometimes. The exploration of this game is fun. There are hidden collectibles to find and help unlock different characters and vehicles. I would’ve been better if each theme park has a boss race like in CTR and CNK. After winning all the races, you challenge the champion of that theme park example a dinosaur character who is really fast in racing or a princess character that knows all the shortcuts of the tracks. Some of them would require to have a partner to take them down. Then after you beat all the racing champions, you get to race against Willy Wumpa Cheeks as the final boss race. I think this game would have bring a lot more lore to the theme park about how it was build in the first place and how Pasadina became the racing champion. I first got this game on PSP and I still have it to this day. I would rent his game if anyone like racing game mixed with platforming exploration. The mini games are fun. The bowling was my favorite mini game because I keep getting strikes and get high scores.
I got nostalgia vision so all i can say is that I love this game so much. Would absolutely play a remake. Edit: Just shove this on game pass and you got a new xbox sale.
I Will say I think it's underated but damn those chicken challenges
This is the only ps2 Crash game I've never played
In my opinion, Tag Team Racing is better than Twinsanity, but not as good as Crash Team Racing Original and Nitro Fueled combined. Here's why, sure Twinsanity is open world, but most of the levels are extremely linear. Which isn't bad if linear platforming is your thing, but sometimes you can't go back to a previous level. For example, if you enter the 10th Dimension and you wanna go back, well too bad because you gotta complete the whole 10 Dimension in order to get out. In Tag Team Racing, the platforming is 100% open world with no linear paths. If I enter Astro Land and I wanna leave, then the game gives me that option.
Now Tag Team Racing not being as good as the original CTR is pretty obvious and if you watched this video, you'll understand why. Do I want a sequel to Tag Team Racing? No, of course not because I wasn't a big fan of how OP you are in the races. If anything, I want a brand new open world Crash game that's better than Twinsanity, Tag Team Racing, and Mind Over Mutant combined. On top of that, we're in the 9th generation of consoles, so I'm pretty sure it's possible to make massive levels for players to explore. Heck, if they can make a Crash game that can be just as good as Mario Odyssey, then I will be hyped for it
I loved this game as a kid. It definitely deserves a remaster
This was my first racing crash game so it was the best for me
@3:15 oooh thats gotta hurt!
MK 8 copied Nitro Kart, but Tag Team copied Double Dash
Basically just played this for the multiplayer battle arena
you should do a vid with nitrorad on one of the crash games
is actually my favorite crash game
i play it until it was finished it was really hilarious and chaotic fun is not that perfect is not that bad but is fricking cool
Here's a cool cheat on the psp version, hold L and R and hit Square Circle Square Circle to unlock Japanese Crash
Not perfect but it's actually great!
This is the most underrated Crash game ever, I don't care.
Except I kind of do, since I am watching this video
Honestly no matter how many times i try this game i only find it bofing as hell, the platforming is meh, the racing is more like a shooting range and the shooting range get boring pretty quick, i got it to play some 4 times and only in the first i got up to halfway thought the game and left it, the others i left earlyer, its simply not for my liking
People didnt like this game i loved it. The walking aspect was really fun i wish theyd remake it
Lewis "tagged teamed" this review (i couldnt help it)
11:51 this is a personal attack lmao
Re-reviews you can use that in future videos lewis
Game has issues but it's a fun little distraction
Funny enough I was partly watching your older video just for comparison. OMG how much of an improvement this is! Also tag team racing was originally your second review after crash of the titans. What’s the next game you plan to re-review next out of interest?
Did you know aku aku wasn't in this game?
lewis one of the few youtubers id watch back to back 15 sec ads for
I feel like it’s the weakest of the Crash racing games, granted it’s pretty unique compared to CTR and Nitro Kart.
I loved it on Xbox and GameCube
Finally a crash video
Im i love with this channel 🥺❤️
The Tomb Town soundtrack is weird
lmfao
I like Crash Tag Team Racing
No it wasn't. It was fun
Yes, Yes it was. because the overworld just made you wish they made a regular crash game instead of whatever this was.
It looks like a PS4 game though. Insane graphics for the PS2.
I wouldnt say PS4 graphics but yes, for 2005 in PS2 it looks so good.
2 hours early lol
I always say. CTTR was a nice jump and run. xD
The answer is not
It will never be competitive cause of the fusion system (you can fuse with somebody and unfuse at the finish line and win lmao)
lmao but still fun asf game
Crash Bash would be nice.
Yea but that be shame
Finally
I sure love it when a game flanderizes it's cast, turns the main character into an unlikable sociopath, then shoehorns in unfunny pop culture jokes and toilet humor to go alongside its subpar shallow gameplay.
At least Radical dialled back the first factor in their next game. Crash is pretty likeable in the Titans games at least. The pop culture humour on the other hand, oooh that lingers on.... :P
Best game
OMG
Before watching no.
Not a bad game, but a terrible racing game
Fun trivia about the PS2 version: The PSP content is actually in its memory, the PSP link just unlocks it. You can actually hack the game or use Action Replay codes to access it without a PSP at all.
Ayy yo thanks for the info!
How do you hack it?
Does the Gamecube have the content too? Might do something with my emulator for that if so. Really want all of the exclusive content but I can see why it wouldn't be on Gamecube.
I can tell this is already better than the previous review of this game!
yeah this was a super good review, i would love to see a new crash 4 review
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I bought snacks ☺️☺️
This is how we do it
@@PanMan47 "That's how we do it in my garden" - Caddicarus
Honestly true
I loved completing this game when I was younger, all those die-o-ramas. Funny you point out the most gruesome one with the cannonball haha this is a great recap
They really love killing chickens in this game, one of the idle animations for crash is just him kicking one
crash tag team racing isnt nearly as bad as people say they it is. its a mix of classic crash jumping spinning and that and then racing like ctr, its a good game