Okay so let me start of with what I like about this game.
-Introduced me to the rest of the series and became my favorite game franchise for many years
-some of the levels are honestly some of the best the crash games have to offer
-A lot of gameplay variety so you wont get bored.
-Relaxing sort of mood within many levels

Here is what I didn't like.
-Ugly character designs for the villans
-TOO MANY DIFFERENT VEHICLES
-Only one character as a boss

This game is weird because it isn't all that bad really, it just has a lot of little things that start to add up. I personally dont mind vehicle levels in platformers and find them to be a mostly nice change of pace, but here EVERY OTHER LEVEL IS A VEHICLE STAGE. A lot of it feels wasted because some of these cool vehicles are only used once or twice in the entire game and some of them are just not fun at all like the mech or minecart. The levels where you are actually playing as crash and coco are extremely satisfying though, and some of the best levels the series has to offer. Not really bad, but I cant really call it a great game either due to the lack of direction.