Character design in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
⚠ Disclaimer: Before anything let me say that Crash Bandicoot is my favorite video game of all time, hence this article would not change this fact whatsoever. Four days ago, Activision revealed the most anticipated new installment of the Crash Bandicoot franchise, marking the comeback of our beloved orange marsupial—twelve years after Crash: Mind Over Mutant. The new game, titled Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, is developed by Toys for Bob, a subsidiary studio of Activision Blizzard. It introduces a brand-new look for the characters, which sparked a wave of reactions—both positive and negative—from die-hard fans. As one of the big fans of Crash myself, my first reaction when I saw the trailer during Summer Games Fest was, “Not again!”—mainly because of the new character design, which differs from the N. Sane Trilogy and Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, remastered by Vicarious Visions and Beenox respectively. Those remasters stayed faithful to the original character de...