Linear and side-scrolling levels are better with the D-Pad.
Yeh, it's still a bit of a pain - but I managed it by going slowly and adjusting my lateral position slightly using the D-Pad so that Crash's feet are visibly on both sides of the rope at all times... I didn't need to do that in 'Road To Nowhere' but may be I just got lucky. By the end of 'The High Road' I was shuffling along incredibly slowly, but I made it. The other thing is jumping onto the stanchions that separate rope sections - you can get from one stretch of rope to another just by jumping on to (and subsequently dropping down from) those stanchions, and it makes getting on to the rope in the first place a lot easier. But you must then move very slowly away since Crash's feet are obscured for the first couple of steps - but you can use the D-Pad to make tiny adjustments and you soon get to a point where you can see Crash's feet and then see what you are doing. It is still not exactly easy though, but it is probably about a hundred times easier than doing it the conventional way!
The save system is as you would expect in a modern game. Across all three games you hit L2 to bring up the save menus in the warp rooms. No passwords here.
Good. I think we can all agree the first had a bad save system.
Okay, I am not liking the sound of that already. I have been playing the original Crash lately, I am only 1/3 of the way through and I am already wanting to rage quit from the game due to how unbelievably hard it is. The first seems much harder than the second and if it is even harder on the N'Sane Trilogy, it's making me second guess buying it. (Which I hate to say)
I suppose it's worth saying that it may only seem harder if you are used to the original game (the first game only, the second and third don't seem to be so difficult) and with some time getting adjusted it's not so bad. Sure, there are a few standout levels, the bridge ones, which are pretty frustrating to complete, but by no means is it a deal breaker.
I finished Crash 1 the other day, so it really can't be that hard. Just like it was 20 years ago, it can be frustrating at first, but something strange happens - you learn each section of each level before getting stuck on a particularly hard bit - you then become so determined to finish the level that you blaze through the rest of the level without even thinking, and then eventually you get past the hard bit, and then you have no trouble doing it again. It's a bit like 'The Karate Kid' - you spend loads of time waxing the car and painting the fence without realising that you are becoming highly skilled at 'not dying', and before you know it you are completing the game. I really loved Crash Bandicoot back in the day, but I didn't actually play it all that much - this game is a near-perfect remaster and is worth the price just to have it for posterity, but in fact it is just as good (if not more so) than the original and you'd be mad not to buy it just because you've heard it's too hard... it's not. That said, I don't fancy my chances at the platinum trophy!
Good! I was a bit concerned I had to beat the 1st the played the 2nd, but I am glad that's not the case. Chances are I may start out with the 2nd since it's what I grew up with.
You do have a point there.
Good to know. I was skeptical about people saying it was harder, which was why I asked ya'll since I know ya'll have a good understanding of the game. Considering I don't have to beat the 1st to play the others, that makes me feel a lot better about the game.
I don't mind the password system personally, it's the process of getting it that bothers me. What it makes it bad in my opinion is the fact you can only save/get the password when you collect the tokens and beat the bonus level on certain levels. If you die, well that's tough luck really.
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GarlandTheGreat makes those Platinum times look like Bronze! He is insanely fast!
Try going back to Road To Nowhere and use Time Trial mode - there you can practice the rope trick as much as you like without burning through lives... once you have mastered it (or at least practiced it) The High Road is not that bad. There are sections of The High Road that are fine to do without the rope trick, namely the first two sections - use your shadow to get more accurate landings... also the turtles at the end are easy if you use your shadow to position your landing. Good luck though - I've still not finished the level without using the rope trick, but I'm working on it!
