Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Warped marks the end in the era of Crash Bandicoot on the PSX. And in it's finally showing the game pulls no stops. The graphics remain soft & colorful in appearance. However Naughty Dog managed to put in a lot more graphical tricks with water waves, glare, rain, mirrors, and all kinds of other effects. Giving the game a more polished & better visual experience. The gameplay is even more varied with the five or so new moves they added. Including belly-flops, slides, air-spins, & even a bazooka among other things that greatly improve the enjoyment factor. Not to mention the incredibly fun motorcycle & bi-plane sections of the game. And the game retains it's simple for a child to play, yet hard to master feel. They even included two endings as in the previous renditions. But this time it's even harder to get all the secrets. A game for everybody in the family.
(thanks to www.gamefan.com for the pics)
| Category | Rating | How & Why? |
| Graphics | 9 | Same Cool Cartoonish Design & Look with Even More Detail and Special Effects / Colorful and Vibrant / Top-Notch Animation and Stage Design |
| Music | 8 | Still a Cliche' Soundtrack / More Great Voice-Overs! |
| Gameplay | 9 | Classic Platform Gaming with a 3D Twist / Lots of Fruit and Diamond Collecting / New World Layout and Lots of New and Refreshing Mini-Games |
| Innovation | 8 | Cartoonish Graphics Look Great / Same Old Crash with Lots of Mini-Games |
| Replay | 8 | One Standard Ending and a Second (Better) Ending for Collecting All Diamonds / Lots of Gameplay but It Can get be a bit Frustrating at Times |
Overall 8.0
Review written by ShinjiZ for GameyPlace.com on September 4, 1999