billy Is Crash Bandicoot 4 good?
What an excellent question, user. So handsome too.
The answer is yes! The one caveat I would apply is that you must play in ‘Retro Mode’ rather than ‘Modern Mode’. In the latter, you have unlimited lives, which removes all jeopardy and renders the collectibles pointless. It feels like cheating.
In ‘Retro Mode’, with limited lives that need to be replenished, the game is no longer an unfairly difficult slog where dying is a frustrating obstacle - it suddenly feels a lot more like the first game and dying feels like ‘your fault’ rather than the game trying to trip you up because it hates you.
I realised this after the first couple of worlds and started again. So much better.