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A Crash Team Racing Remake may be announced at The Game Awards 2018 (Update: Eurogamer confirms)
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Crash Bash was my first video game and I'd honestly be way more excited for a remake of it than CTR.
Sony own the game rights as well as code and assets I believe, it's one of those awkward situations where if wanted both could just keep blocking each other. But I assume they have probably came to some type of deal, as I doubt Activision would care to do a Re make if it got locked permanently to one platform.
For me a bland story with a boring exploration of the island does not compensate but everyone has their tastes.
The resources to do something similar in Mario Kart are well used in more important things.
Sony literally owns the original game, people are debating if a remake would be exclusive or not, calling them pathetic over that, jeez, seems like you're worked up.
Yeah obviously I'm speaking in the context of a solo experience to go through before playing with friends. In a pure online/couch with friends experience, MK8D is obviously the better game today.
I played that shit a lot back then.
Also, I'll be fine playing this along with MK8D (which I have yet to get for my Switch) so I don't need to compared them. Provided this is true and there's an announcement on Thursday, of course. CTR is one of those games I just can pick up any time and have a lot of fun regardless.
Yeah I might end up doing this if it comes to Switch at a later date.
some people are explaining why they think it will be exclusive, some are very obviously hoping that it is.
i'm not worked up at all
i don't see them bothering with a remake either if it has to be exclusive to a single platform. i can see a deal happening like the last time, giving sony timed exclusivity.
Many overly defensive and insecure people here. Best to just ignore them and move on with your day. Not worth your time.
Hot air was really damn cool. I always prefered how heavy the karts felt compared to Mario kart but otherwise I dunno if I would call it necessarily better, just different.
Nah, penguin was far too broken. But i guess that part of the fun!
WOAH!
I will be a sad Bandicoot if they don't add this reference into the game. And no, I haven't played N Sane Trilogy yet.
The fact that Mission Mode from the DS version hasn't ever returned is a travesty
i don't see them bothering with a remake either if it has to be exclusive to a single platform. but you're right, i can see a deal happening, maybe like the last time, giving sony timed exclusivity.
That's interesting. There were rumblings Naughty Dog has been working on something else aside TloU PII, who knows. Again though, this is a remake so I don't know how that works and if the fact that it's a different game, maybe different name as you said might allow them to get away with it, but Sony still owns the IP at the end of the day so that's where it gets muddy. It's like saying remaking Uncharted, which Sony owns the IP, yet the remake can also be on other platforms aside PlayStation...which doesn't make much sense. Guess we'll find out in a few days.
If they nail the core gameplay, I'm in so hard. And they'd better have some chunky engine/boost sounds, not that whirry crap they had in Nitro Kart. NK's sound design let it down so hard.
Gonna miss some of the unintentional secret shortcuts though. On Hot Air Skyway, if you landed against a barrier just right, Aku-Aku/Uka-Uka would return you to the opposite side of the barrier, skipping a 3rd of the track. But if you messed up your attempts, it would cost you a lot of time, and you'd have to eventually land the shortcut to make up for it.
Gonna miss some of the unintentional secret shortcuts though. On Hot Air Skyway, if you landed against a barrier just right, Aku-Aku/Uka-Uka would return you to the opposite side of the barrier, skipping a 3rd of the track. But if you messed up your attempts, it would cost you a lot of time, and you'd have to eventually land the shortcut to make up for it.
Universal always owned Crash but CTR wasn't part of the initial three game deal they made with Sony, Sony approached them afterwards to make it happen because Naughty Dog wanted one last hurrah with Crash (at least from what I remember). By all accounts, Sony does have some kind of ownership over it, which is probably why Vivendi never made a CTR2, they just went with Crash Nitro Kart instead.
My understanding of the situation is Activision owns the CTR IP but Sony owns the actual game (as in the design, story, etc), so I don't think they can just remake it without working something out with Sony.
I could also just see them doing something like Jak or whoever is a exclusive character to the PS4 version or something, which I'd love way more than a shitty timed exclusivity deal.
Same. I've never played another Kart racer that has felt as fun or satisfying on a core level as CTR. I really hope they can recapture it in the remake.
If true this most likely means IF Activision is doing a Crash racer they will simply remaster Crash Nitro Kart or release a new version under the CNK name. I don't see them calling it Crash Team Racing as that would necessitate Sony's involvement/permission/exclusiveness.
Sony doesn't own the code and game design in the trilogy though. They only have publishing rights.
What if Sony paid the whole development? We don't know what's going on if this game is real.
that's an interesting idea too, give the ps4 version some exclusive content in exchange for it coming to other platforms.
at the end, even if sony owns the game and the name they can't do anything with it since they don't own the crash name, so it's best to work out a dead that's beneficial to both.
Which would be a mistake since the original CTR is the one which was popular and loved.
Naughty Dog owned a lot of CB 1-3 that was used to make the remakes.
This deal has been made years ago to make the crash remakes happen to begin with. I would be shocked if CTR wasn't part of that deal as well as anythint to do with spyro Sony might have had.
it's not like activision doesn't have money. after the crazy success of the trilogy (it's still charting more than a year after release) and them making it multiplat, it's obvious activision has more plans to grow the series after they pretty much rebooted it. at this point it doesn't make sense to make their next step an exclusive game, because whatever they have planned after that will be multiplat too. it will be a misstep and a waste of resources to create an exclusive entry in a multiplat series you want to grow.
The fact that Mission Mode from the DS version hasn't ever returned is a travesty
Activision doesn't need money from Crash lol, have you heard about that little game called Call of Duty?
Also give me MK8 DLC doritos pope, karting games are awesome!
Then they should make a complete new entry, but iam not hopeful that activision is capable of doing a great new crash game on their own.
...I will keep calm for now. Don't hype myself up too much because it's still only rumoured and no garunteed.
...But man, Crash Team Racing is my go to Kart Racer. It would be amazing if it actually is getting remade.
...But man, Crash Team Racing is my go to Kart Racer. It would be amazing if it actually is getting remade.
Oh yeah, this is gonna be good. Crash Team Racing still holds up very well to this day, now I'll have to buy that crystal blue DS4 for that ultimate nostalgia flash when CTR releases, just need a big discount though, not gonna pay 80 local bucks for it.
After Spyro and Crash it was just a matter of time for a CTR remake, here we are now!
After Spyro and Crash it was just a matter of time for a CTR remake, here we are now!
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