This may have been too lofty an expectation to put on a video game, that desire to fill the void that every adult has inside of them.Īs it turns out, it was-not that Nitro-Fueled isn’t somewhat of a valiant effort. As much as I loved the original Crash and Spyro games, the idea of a Crash Team Racing remake gave me the same sense of comfort and homecoming that I get when I make pasta salad using my mom’s famous recipe and eat the entire thing. This approach makes a little less sense when it comes to a kart racing spin-off.ĭon’t get me wrong: I was ecstatic to play Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. The Crash Bandicoot and Spyro remakes made sense from a theoretical standpoint, given that they both contained three fully realized games complete with memorable levels, specific mechanics, and actual plots, give or take a few key elements of storytelling. Keeping with the times, in the last couple of years Activision has thoroughly squeezed the stone of ’90s nostalgia. If I was writing a novel inspired by my life as a game reviewer (something I’d never do because, let’s face it, that’s a terribly boring story), Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled might be my “catcher in the rye” moment.
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