@@Euro.Patriot What? Twinsanity has some of the best levels in the whole franchise: Iceberg Lab, Classroom Chaos, Slip N Slide Escapades, Rockslide Rumble, Dok Amok, and of course Dingodile & the Evil Twins' boss fights. It has the best dialogue, the best humor, and the best soundtrack in the whole franchise. And it also has a wonderful open-world feel. Add to that all the cut things and it could have been the best PS2 Crash game. The only problem is the bugs and how small the actual game is. The worst PS2 Crash game is undoubtedly Wrath of Cortex. The levels are forgettable, dialogue is terrible, graphics are AWFUL, loading takes years, and more. The only good thing about WoC was the soundtrack, and lets be honest Twinsanity's soundtrack beats it by a mile.
Agreed, the game was like a cracked gem, all the cut content would've made the game something unbeatable in the series but unfortunately... *time constraints*
@@PinkGoldPeach23105 it's a hit for me ;), idc if anybody hates or dislikes it tho, it's still my favourite game of all 😌 Edit: not saying u hated the game ;)
Twinsanity needed another year or two in development, it's amazing how cut content and concepts from it still surface in the 2020s. If a beta ISO gets leaked, then we'll see some really interesting stuff
One of the prototype builds has leaked and is available in HiddenPalace but beware, it's highly unstable and is recommended to use the emulator... and no, it doesn't include extra levels but some things have changed. Some levels look different like Dingo's bossfight and the gem placement is mostly different too.
I love that crash has been back but I wish we had a new game like twinsanity. The open world feel, great soundtrack and goofyness to it made it one of my favorite games ever.
Yeah I hope crash 5 or whatever it will be called has the same style as it's about time but with a more open world level progression system maybe with fast travel
This is the best review of the game honestly you gave this game a fair critique, It's an interesting game to talk about, I was shocked when I knew that this game was going to be ratchet and clank rip off when it started development and then the devs reworked everything from scratch with only one year left of development, I agree that the cut content wasn't necessary going to be good the game already has problems and glitches and unpolished gameplay on its own that need a lot of tweaking let alone adding another content to it, maybe they should make a new crash 5 that uses some of the great ideas that twinsanity introduced.
I just realized even the intro reflects how you've gone from being an Angry Nerd who gets drunk and craps on things to a more mellow, chill dude, since at the end instead of chucking the modern controller in disgust you hold up the Switch and smile. Cheers! 😇
The intro has gone through a lot of iterations, I think the earliest ones have him tangled by a controller, suggesting that he's "caught up" in the rapidly advancing games. It really is character development to show him finally accept the modern era.
The open world-ish level design is something I have to seriously applaud Travelers Tales for. They understand what makes an idea like this work (when it works) and I'm happy they continue to thrive with this idea with the Lego games
Did you know Crash Bandicoot the Wrath of Cortex was originally going to be open world and far more ambitious? It was ruined due to executives pushing for it to be released within a year to reach Christmas sales. At least it has one of the best soundtracks of the series, and also the forgotten and disregarded character Crunch Bandicoot who'll unlikely reappear (other than a cameo) in a future crash game because Activision (or Toys for Bob) don't want to touch anything Crash Wrath of Cortex related.
Now that I think about it, seeing all the cut content brought back into the game in some form of remake would be iffy. Because while it would be cool to finally see all the things that were cut put into the game, not all of it would be good, and would ultimately affect many aspects of the game overall. However, this is a game that I still love despite its untapped potential, and this could serve as a blueprint for what a true open world Crash Bandicoot could be like.
7 YEARS???? I remember catching that old video of yours when it was barely a year old, time really does fly huh. It was my first time watching you as well. Needless to say, your content has only gotten better and better over the years, it's been fun to watch you grow. Big fan of this revisit on a game I'm very nostalgic for. Cheers mate!
Despite it being unfinished and buggy it remains one of, if not the best crash games.. well at least how i remember it. This is the one crash game that warrants a remake.
24:46 Glad I’m not the only one who noticed this. CTR Nitro Fueled was supposedly a “love letter” to the Crash franchise and yet Twinsanity was pretty much ignored by the developers.
Great revisit, I feel like this game leaves a strong impression on everyone whether they like it or not. When you talk about the future of Crash gameplay regarding linear + open world I agree with that. Maybe each section of the game could have it's own open worldish hub area with the linear levels contained within it, kinda similar to Jak and Daxter The Precursor Legacy. Oddly enough I do feel like Twinsanity took a lot of inspiration from TPL in terms of combining linear and open areas.
6:44 Yes! Whiplash! I'd love it if you reviewed this game. A mess for sure, but I love it. Not sure if you'd feel the same. And nice review, mate! I never finished the game myself, but this is the first I heard of all of the cut content. I love development stories, so thanks for bringing it up :)
I just hope Microsoft revives Crash again with a Twinsanity remake, a remake with all the missing content and the rough edges sanded down would legitimately be incredible.
I can see them doing it. Honestly, Microsoft apperently wanted Banjo-Kazooie games after N&B but Rare wouldn't budge. But with Crash, I can see them make an agreement with Microsoft consider that TFB love Crash with a passion.
Incredibly fair review. I myself are on the side of loving this game in my heart but seeing the flaws. I still think seeing this game and all its concepts at its fullest potential (something in a Crash 4 vein perhaps?) would be great. But that'll be the day. Great review as always Jak 🙏
Replayed this game fully for the first time in a VERY long time this week. It was my fave Crash game growing up and I’ve always had fond memories of it. Replaying it exposed the massive flaws it has. Riddled with bugs, very short length, plot lines going nowhere, horrid camera, underuse of Cortex and Nina, I could go on. BUT, I still loved it, warts and all. I could listen to that god like soundtrack any day of the week, I could explore N. Sanity beach and hunt for gems for hours, I could get angry and fucking scream at the tv for the bullshit Insta kill nitro box placement for ages. It’s a disaster of a game, a busted broken trainwreck that barely passes as a beta, never mind a fully finished game, but god do I love it, and I’ll stand by it ‘til I die
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 😊❤️💎
The Square Eyed One has COMEBACK....to TH-cam and with the Bandicoot in tow. It will never NOT shit me just how far you've come since those first Crash reviews. Hope everything is good outside of here, Jakman.
I’m very glad you’re revisiting the crash bandicoot games, your old videos were very fun & nostalgic but you didn’t give twinsanity a critical & honest review, since the original video was made at the start of your TH-cam career, you were still learning after all
Twinsanity was always that one entry I could never pin my exact thoughts on. It kinda reminds me of DMC 4, where the game itself is good, but was clearly unfinished in areas (Dante's levels were just Nero's in reverse, and the game was not balanced around him as he snaps the game wide open when mastered)
The difference Is that for Crash twinsanity It doesn't make sense for It to be this way, the Gameplay in DMC4 resembles how the story should be, Since Dante in the novel for 4 actually struggles and even needs the Dreadnought Armor to be able to stand up to the Savior and Negate it's death ray and his full Power to be able to stand up to him until Nero seals the deal, It's not a cakewalk for him like many Say. Two completely different scenarios, DMC4 was rushed beacuse of cut content out of already Having a basis for the gameplay, twinsanity was rushed in within gameplay and lore itself, a remake with all cut content won't make It Better beacuse It's Story and gameplay that needs to be changed.
Gotta say that it was awesome to get a new review from you even if it's just a re-review which honestly was more than justified. I liked the old review at the time and it's nostalgic for sure but I was hoping you would go back and give it a proper review with the matured and more experienced style you've developed since that time. I think your assessment of the game was totally fair and I agree with most of what you said. There's no question that if they just gave the developers more time to sort things out and fine-tune the game, it would've ended up in a lot better state. But for what it is, it's just one of those games that you either love or hate but seems like most of us really love it despite it's flaws and we appreciate the risks they took with it instead of playing it safe like they did with Wrath of Cortex. The open world was handled very nicely from a presentation standpoint, the way the locations were transitioned into each other felt natural and really helped sell that grand adventure type feeling they were trying to employ here and open-world was really the next best thing for Crash because it would've gotten stale doing the same linear levels over and over all and the Crash series had enough source material to fully commit to making a fully breathable world. All in all the game is not perfect but it's arguably one of Crash's most interesting games and unlike the Mutants spinoff, fans can admit that it was intriguing even if they didn't necessarily enjoy it. Anyway I can blather on forever so I'll stop there. Awesome re-review Jak and glad to see a new one from you, here's to 2022 and looking forward to what you have in store!
Great video, Jak! That "ugly truth most people chose to ignore when it comes to Twinsanity" is something that has bugged me from day one: This game is a complete mess. Yes, music is a subjective topic (I love it), as it is the humour (It's a 50/50 for me), plus the locations and graphics are pretty solid. But the bugs (lots of game breaking ones, too), flawed mechanics, cut content, unskippable cutscenes, recycled content, USELESS Aku Aku, etc... is what brings it down in my book. I kinda like this game, but not a whole lot. I wouldn't give it anything higher than a 5/10. It could've been a lot better if it had more development time, but that's something we'll never know. Loved the impartial critique approach. Keep those videos coming, Jak! Have a great fucking day!
Right. The game is just a true guilty pleasure. We know it's terrible and that if it was any other game that wasn't Crash, it more than likely wouldn't get a pass but because it's Crash and because they took the risk to breathe some more life into Crash's universe, we fans love it in spite of it's many many flaws.
Always good to see a new upload from one of my favorite youtubers of all-time! Really enjoyed the video and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for 2022. Road to 50,000 subscribers!!!
I went and checked out that Reddit post detailing what Twinsanity could've been, and even just skimming it, I saw numerous concepts and ideas that I myself hadn't even CONSIDERED, and I've had some VERY ambitious ideas for a potential remake/reimagining/whatever in the past.
Amazing review as always Jak, it's always a treat watching you talk about our favorite bandicoot. And to revisit Twinsanity of all things! Immediately stopped what I was doing to check it out haha. Twinsanity is easily one of my favorite titles of the franchise, perhaps even my absolute favorite. It's kind of funny to be honest; I've always been the kind of player who'd chase after every single gem, but I never really actually bothered to check the artwork that you'd unlock from collecting them. I had no idea there was so many scrapped content from this game; it really makes me curious to what they were going for in the original project. Keep up the good work Jak, looking forward to the next review! Also just so you know, I really enjoyed the Klonoa review as well. Cheers from Brazil amigo!
16:11 I know probably someone else already mentioned this, but this is pretty obviously a loading segment. The game loads the iceberg lab as it works with a real time level loading system as a semi-open world game.
6:45 one game I've played that has a mechanic similar to this (though it's more similar to Whiplash than Twinsanity) is the more recent Hell Pie. You're a demon swinging around a cherub strapped to a chain.
Yeah I’ve heard of that, also in Clive n wrench the rabbit and monkey duo use a similar spin traversal move - still must play that game at some point it is like banjo and kazzoie it looks awesome
Yes i agree with you in that they can use Twinsanity as a proof of concept to open up a potential Crash 5 for a mix of open world and classic levels, but on the aesthetic and story ideas we already got the door open for multiple dimensions and higher realities, it would be a natural evolution from Crash 4 if you ask me. On the whole, while i love this game, and it's certainly a much more enjoyable experience than Wrath of Cortex, it is not on the level of the actually great Crash games such as 1,2,3 and CTR, i see it as slightly better than Bash, even though i love both games in spite of their flaws.
This actually felt like going into different universes. I wished in crash 4, after beating N-tropy, the N-tropies escape to Tawna's dimension, where we see what a universe with crash losing is like. The sn@xx dimension could have easily been part of bermugula, we could have just gone from the nature part to the urban parts by going from crash landed to food run. Would have added more depth to N-tropy and Tawna, rather than just random characters to make the plot move forward
The biggest thing Twinsanity gave us was Nina and....im happy fore that as honestly Nina is my favrite Crash charakter. I also wonder if she was always supposed too be mute in Twisanity ore they simply cut any and all diologue she had ore didnt have the time too record voice lines fore her
Jack is a top bloke! Hope youre doing well with the seizures and shit youve been struggling with. Love your videos, always so thorough and well excecuted, you get around every little piece of detail when reviewing something and I appericiate that!
Honestly think it’s such a sin you’ve only got around 50k subs I’ve been watching u for about 6/7 years n ur easily the funniest and best reviewer imo keep at it man, the millions will come 😎
Still one of my two most favourite games of all time and always will be. The other one is Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers Of Sky, if any of you were wondering.
The open world element did it for me really. Managing to keep that ''crash vibe'' in an open world is something i still wish for to this day. I was very excited when Mind over Mutant turned out to be open world but ehh...backtracking isn't my tea. I also feel the graphics and style of the game still hold up
Yeah they should have used fast travel one of the reasons it is one of my least favourite crash games is the ridiculous amount of backtracking you need to do
Haha I loved your Neo Cortex Reference in the beginning. "The Klonoa video didnt do as well as we had hoped" "Wrath of cortex didnt do as well as we'd hoped.." Only real OGS of twinsanity will get the reference!
While I agree with pretty much everything you stated, I still personally would love a fully fleshed out Twinsanity game. I know it would pretty much be a completely different game, and that's great! They should make it lol. Instead of polishing what's already there in a remake, they could take all the cut ideas, restructure them, and make something completely new. It would not only warm the hearts of the hundreds(thousands?) of people that have wanted to see the cut content, but it could also be something completely new and different for the next generation of gamers. And now that we're in a time where everyone prefers developers take their time, whether that be months, years, or even decades, it would make sense to try it. But they should make it a new thing. Drop the Twinsanity title, change some of the aspects to not make it look like a ripoff, and fully embrace everything that didn't happen while respecting the game that tried and failed. It would be a love-letter to Twinsanity, Crash himself, and all the fans new and old. And I'm not saying they should remake the cut content exactly, but to put in under a new vision and give it a proper home.
Couldn't agree more. It could finally be the game it deserved to be, honoring the efforts and vision of the developers. And Spiralmouth, if still active, should do the new levels' ost for thosr who haven't. I would also be cool if they added new content like chatacters, levels etc. just so they could properly structure the lore while also conveniently extending the duration of the game. I can't stop imagining how great this new opportunity would be for both sides (companies and public/fans). Now, under Microsoft management, they should have plenty of time, money and creative liberty to make their visions come true, i hope. But damn Twinsanity is such a cool name, cant think of anything more "differentiated" than this, lol. Greetings from Brasil 👍
The only thing that I didn't like was that if I accidently walked the wrong way it would make me have to repeat certain parts that were already completed.
My first exposure to any aspect of this game was seeing a video that paired one of the songs from this game to footage of a Storm Trooper hip thrusting. That was the peak of comedy to me back in middle school. And I had no idea it came from this game until a few years ago. The music in this game is simply magical.
I enjoyed the shit out of your last game testing episode, so I'm pumped as hell to watch this (haven't watched it through yet). Glad to have you back at it, mate! And with the Orange X-Bastard nonetheless...
I loved Twinsanity, it was so unique compared to the other games. Instead of hopping from level to level, Crash goes from zone to zone as if it's an open world, but the game stays true to being simple and linear at the same time. One of my biggest pet peeves about open-world games, and new games in general, is that they aren't very simple. There's alot of mechanics that are boring and confusing to understand. Twinsanity, while not a very well developed game, managed to keep its core mechanics in check, and at the same time, made new mechanics and ideas FUN! For example, the idea of Crash using Cortex's lust for crystals as a whack-a-mole hammer is HILARIOUS and very clever! In fact, the interactions between nearly ALL the characters were funny! For me, I give Twinsanity a 7/10. But if there was ever a remake of it, with the CORRECT amount of time to develop it, that game would definitely be my favorite Crash game.
Games like this make me wonder. What REALLY could have happened if they had way more time then initially given? What if, in the far far distant future, when we've discovered time travel, if we go back in time to games like this, that went through dev hell, and show the developers what their creation will look like in the future if they don't get their shit together, or are granted more time. We can only imagine
Glad you mentioned the possibility that the game could have sucked regardless of the cut content. There’s a lot of ideas in the game I find inherently flawed and knowing that the engine was as easy to fuck with things in levels with as fucking Mario Maker tells me they were drastically changing levels every five minutes. The whole of development was just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks and the amount of cut content accentuates that more than negates it. I love looking into what this game could have been as much as the next guy but like you said, for all we know it *could* have been awful. The final game obviously could have benefitted from a lot of it, but to be like “ZOMG WE NEED TO BRING THE GAME BACK WITH ALL ITS CUT STUFF” brings to mind a product that’s somehow MORE unfocused than it already is. Whether better or for worse things in development get scrapped for a reason, in this case it was 90% of the planned content
Really enjoyed watching your modern take on this game. Honestly now I just want to see more of what they will do with the Crash franchise. This video did not help me suppress that feeling.
I have realised some time ago that unfortunately most gamers only accept games that are 9/10, 10/10 and sometimes 8/10 (though they whine when a game they like "only" gets an 8), meaning everything below that is apparently junk that is not worth anything. And that is just so sad and stupid. It's important to acknowledge games flaws but we need a scale to rate them, compare them, it's not either "good or bad". I'm happy there are reviewers like Jak who clearly understand that. We can enjoy a 5/10 game, it's worse than many other games, it's flawed but there is still enjoyment in it.
Great review Jak! Picked this one up when I was buying up old PS2 games that I missed out on and I would have to agree with you on many of your points. Imagine if the devs had a few more months to polish things out. At the very least it's still remembered fondly by the Crash fan base so I guess that's something.
I generally agree that the game shouldn't get a remake, but I do see a lot of potential in the idea of revisiting the concept for a new game. If they took the common criticisms of Twinsanity into account and focused on making something inspired but new and polished, it might make for a fun experience. Especially if they roll with the "optional co-op" idea.
Well games like CTTR & the titans games did take inspirations from Twinsanity. Those games took the Crash & Cortex partner ideas and did something unique with it such as the car clashing mechanics in CTTR & the coop with Titans jacking from the titans games. Plus those games continue in the focused humor that started in Twinsanity.
@@MSCLeap75 I wouldn't really say either of those examples are what the fanbase has in mind when it comes to that kind of thing. CTTR and Titans/MoM have their own special charm to them despite their flaws, but it's not quite the same thing as Crash and Cortex literally teaming up in a classic Crash platformer with Co-op. Think something like Crash 4: It's About Time, but with Twinsanity style co-op mechanics.
@@Crow_Rising I see. I definitely wished Twinsanity did a lot more with the Crash swinging Cortex around with the crystal gameplay. Not a fan with how often the game separates them.
@@MSCLeap75 Yeah that was almost definitely what people were buying the game for back in the day. It was what was being advertised, and it was such a wacky and refreshing idea. Imagine if most of the game was like that, but a second player can pick up a controller or connect via online and wrestle for control as Cortex, swinging Crash around on the crystal instead. Probably the closest comparison I can think of is Portal 2's second campaign. The levels are designed to be completed cooperatively, but it's just as easy to do things to constantly screw each other over and betray each other's trust. This kind of relationship makes sense for Crash and Cortex, and would add so much to the humor these games are going for.
@@Crow_Rising "Yeah that was almost definitely what people were buying the game for back in the day. It was what was being advertised, and it was such a wacky and refreshing idea." I was one of them and was greatly disappointed when the tag team moves that they advertised were actually very situational to plot and weren't abilities that I can do at anytime with them. I thought they would be together throughout the whole game. Thought the whole game would be designed with freely using those abilities in mind. But nope I felt like I was lied to especially when finding out the spank move that was advertised in the back of the boxart was just an animation not a move. I was even more upset that lava caves was cut, when prior to the game's released I saw screenshots of that stage in a gaming magazine and it look finished.
Is the intro new? Cause I don't remember it but I really like it, cool range of games Also your point about Nina is really the perfect summary of this game: lots of cool ideas, but the end result is a very short and buggy game. You create a whole new character with her own moveset and unique grappling mechanic.....and you play her once? It's not that this game needed more time in the oven, it needed to get into the oven to start with lol
If they were to remake Twinsanity, they would need to completely redo some things from scratch. As fun as this game can be, it can't help but remain as a game that probably feels like it was gonna be cancelled, but was pushed out so they could make some money from it at least. Maybe the reason Twinsanity doesn't get a remake now is because maybe the ideas they had for the cut content just... didn't really end up working as well as it sounded? Idk, this game did impact the series in a certain way, but it probably should just remain as a fun and interesting experiment with a troubled development cycle. I'd rather they just work on Crash 5 instead.
played this game 2 weeks ago for the first time ever. Love the humor, love the music, love Ninas first debut.... but there is also a lot of frustrating things, special mechanics like the bear traps to jump on or Ninas grabling move. Not sure if this is because of the game, or if it acts like this cause of the modern tv (like you can't play some old rhytm games on modern tv) but a lot of time I died cause these mechanics did not work properbly. I think I go classic megaman with this one and have a sorta love/hate relationship with it. Like I love the concept, the designs and ideas.... but gameplay it self...
If a lot of that cut content can't be put into a remake, then it absolutely should be at least reworked into some kinda followup. Kinda disappointing that it didn't even get that much for the most part.
I think Crash twinsanity was the game which made me appreciate the attempts developers take when trying to improve on or make an overdone formula stand out more, which is probably why I have such a bias towards it, plus it's made more games enjoyable, Crash twinsanity is an incredibly unclunky and messy game, but god is it fun as hell from start to finish
The only Crash game I feel truly warrants a remake, cause it just has so much potential to be the game it deserved to be.
Hopefully you own an Xbox then 😂
@@harry012197 Dont think that'll be necessary, cause it sounds like Microsoft is still willing to let Crash go multi platform.
Why? It's the worst in the PS2 list of Crash games.
@@Euro.Patriot nope, wrath of cortex takes the cake
@@Euro.Patriot What? Twinsanity has some of the best levels in the whole franchise: Iceberg Lab, Classroom Chaos, Slip N Slide Escapades, Rockslide Rumble, Dok Amok, and of course Dingodile & the Evil Twins' boss fights. It has the best dialogue, the best humor, and the best soundtrack in the whole franchise. And it also has a wonderful open-world feel. Add to that all the cut things and it could have been the best PS2 Crash game. The only problem is the bugs and how small the actual game is.
The worst PS2 Crash game is undoubtedly Wrath of Cortex. The levels are forgettable, dialogue is terrible, graphics are AWFUL, loading takes years, and more. The only good thing about WoC was the soundtrack, and lets be honest Twinsanity's soundtrack beats it by a mile.
Objectively this game is a 5/10. In my heart it's an 8/10
Agreed, the game was like a cracked gem, all the cut content would've made the game something unbeatable in the series but unfortunately... *time constraints*
@@krash2 it's like fast food, it's awful for your health but it tastes so good
Why 5? Only cause Jak said it? I respect anyone's opinion, but how can you give this game a same score as Wrath of Cortex, I just can't see it.
@@Doov007 it is very unfinished and has a lot of issues despite all the good stuff, it's hit or miss
@@PinkGoldPeach23105 it's a hit for me ;), idc if anybody hates or dislikes it tho, it's still my favourite game of all 😌
Edit: not saying u hated the game ;)
Twinsanity needed another year or two in development, it's amazing how cut content and concepts from it still surface in the 2020s.
If a beta ISO gets leaked, then we'll see some really interesting stuff
One of the prototype builds has leaked and is available in HiddenPalace but beware, it's highly unstable and is recommended to use the emulator... and no, it doesn't include extra levels but some things have changed. Some levels look different like Dingo's bossfight and the gem placement is mostly different too.
They wasted 3-4 years, Universal just couldn't afford to keep delaying the game
I love that crash has been back but I wish we had a new game like twinsanity. The open world feel, great soundtrack and goofyness to it made it one of my favorite games ever.
It's just as easy as opening a soda can, to just simply make the next crash game open world, that's all I need, I'm actually sick of linear gameplay
@@krash2 totally agree! We’ve never had a big open world Crash game, twinsanity is the closest we’ve had
Everytime someone says that a Crash Boom Bang comes crawling out of the primordial ooze.
Yeah I hope crash 5 or whatever it will be called has the same style as it's about time but with a more open world level progression system maybe with fast travel
@@therunawaykid6523 yeah.
This is the best review of the game honestly you gave this game a fair critique, It's an interesting game to talk about, I was shocked when I knew that this game was going to be ratchet and clank rip off when it started development and then the devs reworked everything from scratch with only one year left of development, I agree that the cut content wasn't necessary going to be good the game already has problems and glitches and unpolished gameplay on its own that need a lot of tweaking let alone adding another content to it, maybe they should make a new crash 5 that uses some of the great ideas that twinsanity introduced.
Exactly my thoughts. We don’t want a remake, we want a new game that draws from it
I just realized even the intro reflects how you've gone from being an Angry Nerd who gets drunk and craps on things to a more mellow, chill dude, since at the end instead of chucking the modern controller in disgust you hold up the Switch and smile. Cheers! 😇
Character development does that!
The intro has gone through a lot of iterations, I think the earliest ones have him tangled by a controller, suggesting that he's "caught up" in the rapidly advancing games. It really is character development to show him finally accept the modern era.
The open world-ish level design is something I have to seriously applaud Travelers Tales for. They understand what makes an idea like this work (when it works) and I'm happy they continue to thrive with this idea with the Lego games
Did you know Crash Bandicoot the Wrath of Cortex was originally going to be open world and far more ambitious?
It was ruined due to executives pushing for it to be released within a year to reach Christmas sales.
At least it has one of the best soundtracks of the series, and also the forgotten and disregarded character Crunch Bandicoot who'll unlikely reappear (other than a cameo) in a future crash game because Activision (or Toys for Bob) don't want to touch anything Crash Wrath of Cortex related.
I used to play the older Lego games and remember playing something 3 of Gotham city like open world, are more like that?
@@retrofunilike80sretro68late but i assume that everyone that stumble into this video know about this
This video is music to my ears. 19:05 I always tell people that TwinS. getting remade wouldn't be the same game. Great work, man.
I remember getting this for Christmas in 2004, it was glitchy as hell but definitely one of my favorites
Now that I think about it, seeing all the cut content brought back into the game in some form of remake would be iffy.
Because while it would be cool to finally see all the things that were cut put into the game, not all of it would be good, and would ultimately affect many aspects of the game overall. However, this is a game that I still love despite its untapped potential, and this could serve as a blueprint for what a true open world Crash Bandicoot could be like.
7 YEARS???? I remember catching that old video of yours when it was barely a year old, time really does fly huh. It was my first time watching you as well. Needless to say, your content has only gotten better and better over the years, it's been fun to watch you grow. Big fan of this revisit on a game I'm very nostalgic for. Cheers mate!
Despite it being unfinished and buggy it remains one of, if not the best crash games.. well at least how i remember it. This is the one crash game that warrants a remake.
Excellent first review of the year, looking forward to seeing what else you have planned
24:46 Glad I’m not the only one who noticed this. CTR Nitro Fueled was supposedly a “love letter” to the Crash franchise and yet Twinsanity was pretty much ignored by the developers.
We needed sacrifices for bring Megamix back in Nitro Fueled 👌
:)
Rusty Walrus in CTRNF...
They ignored lots of stuff from the Titans games that aren't the evil costumes for Coco & Crunch.
Great revisit, I feel like this game leaves a strong impression on everyone whether they like it or not. When you talk about the future of Crash gameplay regarding linear + open world I agree with that. Maybe each section of the game could have it's own open worldish hub area with the linear levels contained within it, kinda similar to Jak and Daxter The Precursor Legacy. Oddly enough I do feel like Twinsanity took a lot of inspiration from TPL in terms of combining linear and open areas.
6:44 Yes! Whiplash! I'd love it if you reviewed this game. A mess for sure, but I love it. Not sure if you'd feel the same.
And nice review, mate! I never finished the game myself, but this is the first I heard of all of the cut content. I love development stories, so thanks for bringing it up :)
I just hope Microsoft revives Crash again with a Twinsanity remake, a remake with all the missing content and the rough edges sanded down would legitimately be incredible.
I can see them doing it. Honestly, Microsoft apperently wanted Banjo-Kazooie games after N&B but Rare wouldn't budge. But with Crash, I can see them make an agreement with Microsoft consider that TFB love Crash with a passion.
Not all the cut content, because if it had all of the cut content it would be a very different game.
I'm only 3 Minutes into this video and I love the references to crash games
I love your videos Jak, the reviews and room tours are very inspiring!
Incredibly fair review. I myself are on the side of loving this game in my heart but seeing the flaws.
I still think seeing this game and all its concepts at its fullest potential (something in a Crash 4 vein perhaps?) would be great. But that'll be the day.
Great review as always Jak 🙏
Replayed this game fully for the first time in a VERY long time this week. It was my fave Crash game growing up and I’ve always had fond memories of it. Replaying it exposed the massive flaws it has. Riddled with bugs, very short length, plot lines going nowhere, horrid camera, underuse of Cortex and Nina, I could go on. BUT, I still loved it, warts and all. I could listen to that god like soundtrack any day of the week, I could explore N. Sanity beach and hunt for gems for hours, I could get angry and fucking scream at the tv for the bullshit Insta kill nitro box placement for ages. It’s a disaster of a game, a busted broken trainwreck that barely passes as a beta, never mind a fully finished game, but god do I love it, and I’ll stand by it ‘til I die
I still remember that old review being one of my favourites nice to see you give a more seasoned eye to it
jesus i am happy to see you doing this review particulerly
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 😊❤️💎
Been watching a lot of videos of yours lately so it's great to see a new one pop up!
This game was truly one of kind. If any Crash game deserves a remaster, it is for def-o this one.
Love seeing my favorite TH-camr uploading! Thanks for another great video mate.
That sleek new intro transition with the Switch Screen is so clever, I adore it!
The Square Eyed One has COMEBACK....to TH-cam and with the Bandicoot in tow. It will never NOT shit me just how far you've come since those first Crash reviews. Hope everything is good outside of here, Jakman.
I’m very glad you’re revisiting the crash bandicoot games, your old videos were very fun & nostalgic but you didn’t give twinsanity a critical & honest review, since the original video was made at the start of your TH-cam career, you were still learning after all
Twinsanity was always that one entry I could never pin my exact thoughts on. It kinda reminds me of DMC 4, where the game itself is good, but was clearly unfinished in areas (Dante's levels were just Nero's in reverse, and the game was not balanced around him as he snaps the game wide open when mastered)
The difference Is that for Crash twinsanity It doesn't make sense for It to be this way, the Gameplay in DMC4 resembles how the story should be, Since Dante in the novel for 4 actually struggles and even needs the Dreadnought Armor to be able to stand up to the Savior and Negate it's death ray and his full Power to be able to stand up to him until Nero seals the deal, It's not a cakewalk for him like many Say.
Two completely different scenarios, DMC4 was rushed beacuse of cut content out of already Having a basis for the gameplay, twinsanity was rushed in within gameplay and lore itself, a remake with all cut content won't make It Better beacuse It's Story and gameplay that needs to be changed.
Gotta say that it was awesome to get a new review from you even if it's just a re-review which honestly was more than justified. I liked the old review at the time and it's nostalgic for sure but I was hoping you would go back and give it a proper review with the matured and more experienced style you've developed since that time. I think your assessment of the game was totally fair and I agree with most of what you said. There's no question that if they just gave the developers more time to sort things out and fine-tune the game, it would've ended up in a lot better state. But for what it is, it's just one of those games that you either love or hate but seems like most of us really love it despite it's flaws and we appreciate the risks they took with it instead of playing it safe like they did with Wrath of Cortex.
The open world was handled very nicely from a presentation standpoint, the way the locations were transitioned into each other felt natural and really helped sell that grand adventure type feeling they were trying to employ here and open-world was really the next best thing for Crash because it would've gotten stale doing the same linear levels over and over all and the Crash series had enough source material to fully commit to making a fully breathable world.
All in all the game is not perfect but it's arguably one of Crash's most interesting games and unlike the Mutants spinoff, fans can admit that it was intriguing even if they didn't necessarily enjoy it. Anyway I can blather on forever so I'll stop there. Awesome re-review Jak and glad to see a new one from you, here's to 2022 and looking forward to what you have in store!
Glad to see you back, and talking about my favourite! ;)
The game that connected me to this excellent channel. It's good to be back
This game needs a remake imo, I still think it's vanilla version is awesome, I love the graphics and character models are so amazing
So glad to see you back mate!
Great video, Jak!
That "ugly truth most people chose to ignore when it comes to Twinsanity" is something that has bugged me from day one: This game is a complete mess. Yes, music is a subjective topic (I love it), as it is the humour (It's a 50/50 for me), plus the locations and graphics are pretty solid. But the bugs (lots of game breaking ones, too), flawed mechanics, cut content, unskippable cutscenes, recycled content, USELESS Aku Aku, etc... is what brings it down in my book. I kinda like this game, but not a whole lot. I wouldn't give it anything higher than a 5/10. It could've been a lot better if it had more development time, but that's something we'll never know.
Loved the impartial critique approach. Keep those videos coming, Jak! Have a great fucking day!
Right. The game is just a true guilty pleasure. We know it's terrible and that if it was any other game that wasn't Crash, it more than likely wouldn't get a pass but because it's Crash and because they took the risk to breathe some more life into Crash's universe, we fans love it in spite of it's many many flaws.
Always good to see a new upload from one of my favorite youtubers of all-time! Really enjoyed the video and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for 2022. Road to 50,000 subscribers!!!
Great video Jack. You never cease to post high quality content!
I went and checked out that Reddit post detailing what Twinsanity could've been, and even just skimming it, I saw numerous concepts and ideas that I myself hadn't even CONSIDERED, and I've had some VERY ambitious ideas for a potential remake/reimagining/whatever in the past.
Amazing review as always Jak, it's always a treat watching you talk about our favorite bandicoot. And to revisit Twinsanity of all things! Immediately stopped what I was doing to check it out haha. Twinsanity is easily one of my favorite titles of the franchise, perhaps even my absolute favorite. It's kind of funny to be honest; I've always been the kind of player who'd chase after every single gem, but I never really actually bothered to check the artwork that you'd unlock from collecting them. I had no idea there was so many scrapped content from this game; it really makes me curious to what they were going for in the original project. Keep up the good work Jak, looking forward to the next review! Also just so you know, I really enjoyed the Klonoa review as well. Cheers from Brazil amigo!
This is so well scripted and paced, especially for a review of such an old game, great video
Now I need to check what the hell is that speedrun
16:11 I know probably someone else already mentioned this, but this is pretty obviously a loading segment. The game loads the iceberg lab as it works with a real time level loading system as a semi-open world game.
6:45 one game I've played that has a mechanic similar to this (though it's more similar to Whiplash than Twinsanity) is the more recent Hell Pie. You're a demon swinging around a cherub strapped to a chain.
Yeah I’ve heard of that, also in Clive n wrench the rabbit and monkey duo use a similar spin traversal move - still must play that game at some point it is like banjo and kazzoie it looks awesome
It will always be a classic imo. Bugs and all, still great to see you make videos!
Yes i agree with you in that they can use Twinsanity as a proof of concept to open up a potential Crash 5 for a mix of open world and classic levels, but on the aesthetic and story ideas we already got the door open for multiple dimensions and higher realities, it would be a natural evolution from Crash 4 if you ask me.
On the whole, while i love this game, and it's certainly a much more enjoyable experience than Wrath of Cortex, it is not on the level of the actually great Crash games such as 1,2,3 and CTR, i see it as slightly better than Bash, even though i love both games in spite of their flaws.
This actually felt like going into different universes.
I wished in crash 4, after beating N-tropy, the N-tropies escape to Tawna's dimension, where we see what a universe with crash losing is like. The sn@xx dimension could have easily been part of bermugula, we could have just gone from the nature part to the urban parts by going from crash landed to food run.
Would have added more depth to N-tropy and Tawna, rather than just random characters to make the plot move forward
Legendary revisit! Great point on how a remake of this game would be a very different game than what we have here.
The biggest thing Twinsanity gave us was Nina and....im happy fore that as honestly Nina is my favrite Crash charakter. I also wonder if she was always supposed too be mute in Twisanity ore they simply cut any and all diologue she had ore didnt have the time too record voice lines fore her
Nice Re-review,
Looking forward to the next video.
I wonder what crazy platformer series you will review next.
Jack is a top bloke! Hope youre doing well with the seizures and shit youve been struggling with. Love your videos, always so thorough and well excecuted, you get around every little piece of detail when reviewing something and I appericiate that!
I always get excited when Jak posts a new video
Haha, loved the captions part from you're old video
Happy new years man I hope ut goes good for ya jack much love thank you for the content all these years
Honestly think it’s such a sin you’ve only got around 50k subs I’ve been watching u for about 6/7 years n ur easily the funniest and best reviewer imo keep at it man, the millions will come 😎
Great video man, still think its a 7/10 but thanks for revisiting the game
Still one of my two most favourite games of all time and always will be.
The other one is Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers Of Sky, if any of you were wondering.
Absolutely great choices! Both of those have also a phenomenal soundtrack!
Hooray! Our favourite Australian is back in action!
1:40 Cortex reference :)
The open world element did it for me really. Managing to keep that ''crash vibe'' in an open world is something i still wish for to this day. I was very excited when Mind over Mutant turned out to be open world but ehh...backtracking isn't my tea. I also feel the graphics and style of the game still hold up
Yeah they should have used fast travel one of the reasons it is one of my least favourite crash games is the ridiculous amount of backtracking you need to do
Haha I loved your Neo Cortex Reference in the beginning. "The Klonoa video didnt do as well as we had hoped" "Wrath of cortex didnt do as well as we'd hoped.." Only real OGS of twinsanity will get the reference!
While I agree with pretty much everything you stated, I still personally would love a fully fleshed out Twinsanity game. I know it would pretty much be a completely different game, and that's great! They should make it lol. Instead of polishing what's already there in a remake, they could take all the cut ideas, restructure them, and make something completely new. It would not only warm the hearts of the hundreds(thousands?) of people that have wanted to see the cut content, but it could also be something completely new and different for the next generation of gamers. And now that we're in a time where everyone prefers developers take their time, whether that be months, years, or even decades, it would make sense to try it. But they should make it a new thing. Drop the Twinsanity title, change some of the aspects to not make it look like a ripoff, and fully embrace everything that didn't happen while respecting the game that tried and failed. It would be a love-letter to Twinsanity, Crash himself, and all the fans new and old.
And I'm not saying they should remake the cut content exactly, but to put in under a new vision and give it a proper home.
Couldn't agree more. It could finally be the game it deserved to be, honoring the efforts and vision of the developers. And Spiralmouth, if still active, should do the new levels' ost for thosr who haven't. I would also be cool if they added new content like chatacters, levels etc. just so they could properly structure the lore while also conveniently extending the duration of the game. I can't stop imagining how great this new opportunity would be for both sides (companies and public/fans). Now, under Microsoft management, they should have plenty of time, money and creative liberty to make their visions come true, i hope. But damn Twinsanity is such a cool name, cant think of anything more "differentiated" than this, lol. Greetings from Brasil 👍
The only thing that I didn't like was that if I accidently walked the wrong way it would make me have to repeat certain parts that were already completed.
24:46 - Love him or hate him, Cortex is spitting straight facts to you
My first exposure to any aspect of this game was seeing a video that paired one of the songs from this game to footage of a Storm Trooper hip thrusting. That was the peak of comedy to me back in middle school. And I had no idea it came from this game until a few years ago. The music in this game is simply magical.
THE GOD DAMN LEGEND RETURNS
I enjoyed the shit out of your last game testing episode, so I'm pumped as hell to watch this (haven't watched it through yet). Glad to have you back at it, mate! And with the Orange X-Bastard nonetheless...
Hey man great to see you still making vids hope you are doing well with all the crazy stuff in Australia recently
1:44 joke aside, the Klonoa video did well in my heart ♥️
That transition from the Switch screen into the video was smooth.
Hope you’re doing well jak love your videos
I loved Twinsanity, it was so unique compared to the other games. Instead of hopping from level to level, Crash goes from zone to zone as if it's an open world, but the game stays true to being simple and linear at the same time. One of my biggest pet peeves about open-world games, and new games in general, is that they aren't very simple. There's alot of mechanics that are boring and confusing to understand. Twinsanity, while not a very well developed game, managed to keep its core mechanics in check, and at the same time, made new mechanics and ideas FUN! For example, the idea of Crash using Cortex's lust for crystals as a whack-a-mole hammer is HILARIOUS and very clever! In fact, the interactions between nearly ALL the characters were funny! For me, I give Twinsanity a 7/10. But if there was ever a remake of it, with the CORRECT amount of time to develop it, that game would definitely be my favorite Crash game.
Not gonna lie, whenever I hear the OST I just think of "It's that _CLASSIC_ Spiralmouth *_tune!!"_* from your Crash mobile games video. XP
Games like this make me wonder. What REALLY could have happened if they had way more time then initially given? What if, in the far far distant future, when we've discovered time travel, if we go back in time to games like this, that went through dev hell, and show the developers what their creation will look like in the future if they don't get their shit together, or are granted more time. We can only imagine
Ooh another SEJ review. And a childhood memory at that.
Lemme grab the popcorn and beer.
Has it been 7 years since the original review? I remember watching that when it was new. What the fuck is time even
It was rushed and still came out good, not alot of developers can do that. It would be amazing if they finished it, but a man can dream
24:50 I think beacuse of their design, its just my guess after watching oneyplays gameplay video of twinsanity
Glad you mentioned the possibility that the game could have sucked regardless of the cut content. There’s a lot of ideas in the game I find inherently flawed and knowing that the engine was as easy to fuck with things in levels with as fucking Mario Maker tells me they were drastically changing levels every five minutes. The whole of development was just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks and the amount of cut content accentuates that more than negates it. I love looking into what this game could have been as much as the next guy but like you said, for all we know it *could* have been awful. The final game obviously could have benefitted from a lot of it, but to be like “ZOMG WE NEED TO BRING THE GAME BACK WITH ALL ITS CUT STUFF” brings to mind a product that’s somehow MORE unfocused than it already is. Whether better or for worse things in development get scrapped for a reason, in this case it was 90% of the planned content
Really enjoyed watching your modern take on this game. Honestly now I just want to see more of what they will do with the Crash franchise. This video did not help me suppress that feeling.
1:40 LOL Got the reference you were going for. 😆
I have realised some time ago that unfortunately most gamers only accept games that are 9/10, 10/10 and sometimes 8/10 (though they whine when a game they like "only" gets an 8), meaning everything below that is apparently junk that is not worth anything. And that is just so sad and stupid. It's important to acknowledge games flaws but we need a scale to rate them, compare them, it's not either "good or bad". I'm happy there are reviewers like Jak who clearly understand that. We can enjoy a 5/10 game, it's worse than many other games, it's flawed but there is still enjoyment in it.
Ve been waiting for you!
Great review Jak! Picked this one up when I was buying up old PS2 games that I missed out on and I would have to agree with you on many of your points. Imagine if the devs had a few more months to polish things out. At the very least it's still remembered fondly by the Crash fan base so I guess that's something.
You need to upload more my dude. I love your vids
I generally agree that the game shouldn't get a remake, but I do see a lot of potential in the idea of revisiting the concept for a new game. If they took the common criticisms of Twinsanity into account and focused on making something inspired but new and polished, it might make for a fun experience. Especially if they roll with the "optional co-op" idea.
Well games like CTTR & the titans games did take inspirations from Twinsanity. Those games took the Crash & Cortex partner ideas and did something unique with it such as the car clashing mechanics in CTTR & the coop with Titans jacking from the titans games. Plus those games continue in the focused humor that started in Twinsanity.
@@MSCLeap75 I wouldn't really say either of those examples are what the fanbase has in mind when it comes to that kind of thing. CTTR and Titans/MoM have their own special charm to them despite their flaws, but it's not quite the same thing as Crash and Cortex literally teaming up in a classic Crash platformer with Co-op.
Think something like Crash 4: It's About Time, but with Twinsanity style co-op mechanics.
@@Crow_Rising I see. I definitely wished Twinsanity did a lot more with the Crash swinging Cortex around with the crystal gameplay. Not a fan with how often the game separates them.
@@MSCLeap75 Yeah that was almost definitely what people were buying the game for back in the day. It was what was being advertised, and it was such a wacky and refreshing idea. Imagine if most of the game was like that, but a second player can pick up a controller or connect via online and wrestle for control as Cortex, swinging Crash around on the crystal instead.
Probably the closest comparison I can think of is Portal 2's second campaign. The levels are designed to be completed cooperatively, but it's just as easy to do things to constantly screw each other over and betray each other's trust. This kind of relationship makes sense for Crash and Cortex, and would add so much to the humor these games are going for.
@@Crow_Rising "Yeah that was almost definitely what people were buying the game for back in the day. It was what was being advertised, and it was such a wacky and refreshing idea."
I was one of them and was greatly disappointed when the tag team moves that they advertised were actually very situational to plot and weren't abilities that I can do at anytime with them. I thought they would be together throughout the whole game. Thought the whole game would be designed with freely using those abilities in mind. But nope I felt like I was lied to especially when finding out the spank move that was advertised in the back of the boxart was just an animation not a move.
I was even more upset that lava caves was cut, when prior to the game's released I saw screenshots of that stage in a gaming magazine and it look finished.
Is the intro new? Cause I don't remember it but I really like it, cool range of games
Also your point about Nina is really the perfect summary of this game: lots of cool ideas, but the end result is a very short and buggy game. You create a whole new character with her own moveset and unique grappling mechanic.....and you play her once? It's not that this game needed more time in the oven, it needed to get into the oven to start with lol
Hope you're doing well Jak!
If they were to remake Twinsanity, they would need to completely redo some things from scratch. As fun as this game can be, it can't help but remain as a game that probably feels like it was gonna be cancelled, but was pushed out so they could make some money from it at least. Maybe the reason Twinsanity doesn't get a remake now is because maybe the ideas they had for the cut content just... didn't really end up working as well as it sounded? Idk, this game did impact the series in a certain way, but it probably should just remain as a fun and interesting experiment with a troubled development cycle.
I'd rather they just work on Crash 5 instead.
I hope we will see a remake to this amazing game in the future
We really do need a remastered version of Crash Twinsnity
Would love it
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played this game 2 weeks ago for the first time ever. Love the humor, love the music, love Ninas first debut.... but there is also a lot of frustrating things, special mechanics like the bear traps to jump on or Ninas grabling move. Not sure if this is because of the game, or if it acts like this cause of the modern tv (like you can't play some old rhytm games on modern tv) but a lot of time I died cause these mechanics did not work properbly.
I think I go classic megaman with this one and have a sorta love/hate relationship with it.
Like I love the concept, the designs and ideas.... but gameplay it self...
Oh look a new Jak vid to watch 5000 times
He is back, tell a friend. Jak is back
Oh boy oh boy time for new Square Eyes
Always like to to go back on your channel to watch your vids pal! Greetings from Moscow! C:
If a lot of that cut content can't be put into a remake, then it absolutely should be at least reworked into some kinda followup. Kinda disappointing that it didn't even get that much for the most part.
22:07 or you could say.. out of the crate??
I see myself out.
Where have you been my man! Your my favorite TH-camr my guy keep it up
I think Crash twinsanity was the game which made me appreciate the attempts developers take when trying to improve on or make an overdone formula stand out more, which is probably why I have such a bias towards it, plus it's made more games enjoyable, Crash twinsanity is an incredibly unclunky and messy game, but god is it fun as hell from start to finish
Crash 5 should be a reimagining of Crash Twinsanity including all of its cut content.