Steam sale brings back iconic ’90s platformers for a basket of wumpas

pcgamesn.com:

If you’re a fan of PlayStation platform games, this Steam sale that includes the superb Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is the one for you.  You can also pick up a couple of stellar PlayStation remakes, and all I can do is tell you about the deals and gush over each game; the rest is up to you.

That’s right, multiple PlayStation-remastered classics and a phenomenal sequel are available at a hefty discount on Steam, so the prospect of turning your thousand-dollar gaming rig into a ‘90s machine and mascot platformer machine has become a reality. It also helps that each of these games is a certified banger – I’ll be taking no questions.

You can either get each of the classic PlayStation games listed individually at a reduced price or fork out for all three (but technically seven) games in one go, and both deals are pretty good.

That’s a saving of around ten dollars or pounds if you buy the bundle instead of each game individually (assuming you don’t already own any of them on Steam) on top of the individual discounts, so it’s definitely a great deal for platformer fans.

If you haven’t played Crash Bandicoot 4 thenit’s about time you do (ha ha), as Toys For Bob managed to circumvent the two decades of mostly odd Crash sequels and make the definitive modern mascot platformer. With superb character animation, a warm aesthetic, and some of the tightest and most inventive platform challenges (alongside one heck of a difficulty curve) Crash 4 is just excellent from top to bottom. All the new mechanics like the masks also slot into the core design from the ‘90s really well, with plenty of unlocks, skins, and extra challenges to keep you busy too.

The Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is a really nice prequel of sorts to Crash 4.