Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy review: remade with love

Crash Bandicoot was a gaming star in the late ’90s, but he fell into obscurity after a series of mediocre games once the original studio, Naughty Dog, stopped working on the franchise. While many hoped we’d see a new game, or maybe even that Naughty Dog might return to the platforming series, a collection of remakes is what makes Crash great again.

The Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy contains remakes of the first three games in the series, which all came out for the original PlayStation. These are also the three that Naughty Dog created. They’re great platformers, but they also belonged to the early days of 3D gaming, when clunky controls and awkward mechanics were the norm as developers made the transition from 2D projects.