Since Crash is a scorer, everyone plays as him at first, and his ability to carry more fruit does seem to be an almost unmanageable advantage. We’re not sure why the different characters weren’t just made unique in themselves but given now few people are playing at the moment it’s difficult to judge how well balanced they are. There are three class types: booster (can move faster and gets double the number of relics needed to activate a power-up), scorer (can carry more wump fruit), and blocker (slow but powerful). It’s also very straightforward, since the only goal is to collect more wumpa fruit than the opposing team, made up of Crash’s immediate family, Doctor Cortex, and a line-up of the franchise’s less memorable faces and a few new ones on top.Ĭrash Team Rumble – a rumble of disapproval (Picture: Activision)
That doesn’t make it the first MOBA platformer, since Awesomenauts got there first, but Crash Team Rumble is still fairly unique. It’s still a platformer, with Activision describing the game, not as a MOBA (the acronym was invented before everyone agreed on what it actually means but the most common interpretation is multiplayer online battle arena), but a ‘strategic platformer.’ Which makes it extra surprising that Activision would choose that formula for its new Crash game.įormula is perhaps an unkind word to use though, as this isn’t just a generic MOBA rebranded with Crash characters. League Of Legends and Dota 2 are still two of the biggest games in the world, but other publishers quickly realised there was no point trying to compete with them and so the Fortnite style bandwagon of clones was mercifully brief.
Much like Crash himself, MOBAs are something that used to be hugely popular but which you rarely hear anything about nowadays. The Crash Team Racing remake and the brand new Crash Bandicoot 4 had nowhere near the same impact and it’s been unclear what they would try next.
Although the remakes were very well made that may have just been nostalgia talking, as subsequently they’ve struggled to repeat that success. Sane Trilogy, which was a far bigger hit than they anticipated. However, after a cameo in Skylanders they released the remake compilation Crash Bandicoot N. A fact that they completely ignored for years on end. Thanks to a previous merger, when Activision and Blizzard joined together to become one company, Activision also owns all the franchises once published by Vivendi Games, including Spyro The Dragon and Crash Bandicoot. Blizzard and King make plenty of different titles, but Activision gave up making other games years ago… almost. When people talk about Xbox acquiring Activision what they really mean is Call Of Duty. The latest Crash Bandicoot game is an online multiplayer game that wants to be League Of Legends mixed with a platformer. Crash Team Rumble – don’t get ready to rumble (Picture: Activision)
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