The game Crash Bandicoot N. sane trilogy is one of the harder games that came out, it started following a train of hard games that became popular including dark souls 3 and cuphead.
This game however unlike the other games isn't as fair, for example Dark souls is very hard however you can remember attack patterns or you can grind out levels to make it easier meanwhile in Crash a lot of situations and will you get ahead will depend on pure luck.
Game play:
The new crash games is a remake of the old games and so the maps are the same with small changes by the developers and the game play its self isn't that bad. Many issues got fixed like being able to cheese some bosses and now being able to move with a control stick instead of 4 buttons on a controller makes the game-play feel much more smoother and fun. The map design itself isn't that bad besides that fact that most of it is a straight road with added obstacles however as long as those obstacles can keep your interest the map design isn't that bad on its own. What really makes me rate this game so low considering how many people praise it are few factors that really lower the quality of the game.
Camera, the thing that ruins the game for me is the camera and its view as you cannot change it nor control it like in other games it makes some parts of the game difficult as you might not be able to see some things that might made the game easier and because of this you might not get all the boxes. I know some people might think of this as a minor point however I do think that this lowers the quality as think how much more interesting the game would be and different if you could play it in first person view or to see will you actually be able to make a jump.
Depth perception, many people have complained about this issue however depth perception in this game is a cruel mistress as you never know will you manage to make a jump or will you actually land on a pillar/enemy which makes the game much harder then it actually is, just think about it how much easier it would of been if you could see it more properly and the solution to this problem is so easy it is kind of annoying that they didn't want to fix it because if they did, the game would be 10 times easier. The solution is to let the player control the camera in game.
Secrets in level, this is one of the most annoying part of the game as some of the secrets in the game are extremely easy to find for example a marked platform or crates that are shaped like stairs however some of them are impossible to find for example they are on a platform that has an enemy on it that you can easily walk around with no indication that stepping on it will do anything for you. I wouldn't mind if it would be one or the other however considering it is both it can be confusing for the player what to look out for to find those secret areas.
The game breaking its own rules, for example usually you are supposed to avoid the dynamite boxes in this game however on some there are secrets, also sometimes they change the way the game works without explaining what to do like the boar riding part of the game and of course the boulder sequence where the camera angle is completely different than in normal levels so you cannot see what is ahead of you and it is much harder to dodge.
Graphics:
The graphics in the game have massively improved from the old late 1900s versions of the games just as expected so I do not have an issue with the graphics besides that fact that they have changed Crashes hit box so it is harder to tell will you land on the edge of a platform or will the enemy attack hit you.
Over all the graphics look good and they look good enough to compare with some cartooish games like Mario, mega man sonic and others.
Map design:
Overall level design is very boring, as i said before it is a straight line most of the levels with few exceptions and some gimmick levels in between, other then that they added some different enemies to keep you occupied it isn't that bad however they do not have a lot of creative freedom because of the fact that you cannot move the camera, which restricts the map possibilities to mostly boring maps that consist of straight lines and some random enemies along the way. There are also a lot of gimmick levels instead of platformer, for example car races, flying and other things.
Overall review:
Overall i decided to give this game 6/10 because the game is actually fun and has pleasent graphics and gameplay however after a while it does get very frustrating and quiet repetetive and parts of remake of second and third game can just become stale and boring so I recommend to play this game and take a break to relax and calm down like youtube or other game and then continue to keep it fun and refreshing.