i don't know if i'll ever be able to fully articulate just how much this game means to me but to put it simply this is the definitive video game experience in my eyes. a game that is more than worthy to be called a real work of art and the ultimate standing point as to why video games should be considered art. i adored it when i played it in 2018, and i adore it even more after having played it all these years later, which is something i dont think i can say for most things. really this is only the tip of the iceberg for me i could say so so SO much more, but for now, i think this is a good place to start.

Still just you, Frisk.

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The next big step for Crash Bandicoot that never was. It breaks my heart that this is really only a fraction of the full game we would've gotten. It honestly plays out more like a beta than a full game. Despite that, I still find this to be a really good game for how short and incomplete it is. Sure, the story feels like it's rushing itself and coming up with things on the fly, but I don't care. This still holds some of Crash's best moments period. And I patiently await the day where this game will get a second chance to become the fully realized vision it was always meant to be.

pretty fucking slow all things considered

thing is theres only one real stage worth checking out here and its the first one. after that you either get some bullshit like labyrinth zone or some nice but ultimately not standout stages like spring yard zone

and then you get some just totally audacious shit like scrap brain zone act 3 which i refuse to believe is a level that humans made jesus christ (the rest of the zone tho is, again, nice and fine but not particularly standout)

i can sorta (?) why it kicked off sonic so successfully into where he is today but i just dont get anything out of it like 2, 3, or hell, even cd. fine game for its time but not worth playing today when you have 2 and 3 right there for you.

tl;dr: just play green hill zone and go on with your day

sonic the midgehog