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Full Review for Crash Tag Team Racing by Dingo_Dile

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Introduction

After what seems like a while, Crash fans finally get to see another game of their favourite orange bandicoot come out on the PlayStation 2.

In this game, you have to help Ebenezer Von Clutch find and restore the missing Power Gems to each of the park's land in order to save his park. Seems simple, doesn't it? Well, the only way you're going to get those Power Gems to race through the lands. As you collect them, dare you discover who the real thief is?

Graphics

To put it simply... Graphics are awesome! It's certainly a step-up of Crash Nitro Kart which was quite good itself. The characters didn't contrast or look out of place in the environment and what you looked at most definately looked like a typical motor theme park. Although, I dock points for how scary the people look. You get the urge to scream when you see one following you.

Sound

I always split Sound into two categories: Music and Voices.

For the music, it only gets a 2/5, why? You rarely hear any music to be perfectly honest. What I heard though was typical Crash music, which gives it points in my ears.

Voices gets a 4/5 for the fact that most voices are ingenius. What makes me laugh the most is the fact that just about every Crash fan has been waiting to here what our orange bandicoot sounds like... And it's all gibberish. Coco sounds very much like a teenage girl (and you might also notice an inside joke to one of the things she says) and on Von Clutch, they've really captured a German accent trying to speak English well there. Overall Sound: 6/10

Gameplay

This is not a typical racing game... This is a Crash racing/platform game. You do go on the tracks and race but you also get the chance to explore on foot around the park to collect unlockables and movies.

A unique twist here is the Die-o-Rama movies. Usually, on a video game you would be avoiding all the death traps but if you collect all the films of Crash meeting his maker in a variety of hilarious ways, you get something extra. It's certainly a first. I mean, how many games do you go through where you actually have to die to move on? Not many, I bet. That's why I like the Die-o-Rama films. They bring a certain uniqueness to the game.

Lastability

Lastability... Well, it's alright. Once you complete the game, you can still race through the Multiplayer mode to collect enough coins to buy Multiplayer unlockables and you can explore to unlock every Gag, Die-o-Rama and Track Secret. After that though, Crash Tag Team Racing will probably be collecting dust on the shelf.

Overall

Definately not the copy of Mario Kart: Double Dash must people have been proclaiming it is, Crash Tag Team Racing brings it's own little quirks and twists to a similair style of Gameplay as Mario Kart: Double Dash. Bringing the typical Crash humour and platforming into a racing game was just genius... And Radical Entertainment have done that so well.