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Crash Bash

 

‘Crash Bash’ is a beat ‘Em up game which originated from the design of one of the worlds most popular platform games ‘Crash Bandicoot’.

 Because ‘Crash Bash’ is a beat ‘Em up game this means it is based on unlocking different levels with something awarded to you after defeating opponents while avoiding as much damage as possible yourselves.

 The rules and outcomes are reasonably basic. The aim of the game is to complete the levels and defeat the evil ‘Papu Papu’. To complete each level you must defeat your opponents in mini games which range from twitch games such as Crash Ball which is similar to Pinball; Beat ‘Em Up games, such as Polar Panic, in which each character rides a polar bear and they attempt to smash each other off an iceberg arena, and variations last one standing and high point games.

 All but a few of the characters in this game are based around a certain animal. The main character Crash and the only female character Coco in the game are bandicoots, which in real life are know to be fairly timid creatures whereas the rest of the characters are larger more aggressive animals such as gorillas and bears.

 Both bandicoots, Crash and Coco are always on your team, fighting for good cause only, whereas the other more aggressive animals defend the evil Papu Papu.

 Eurocom developed the game and haven’t done Crash Bandicoot before but it doesn’t show. The graphics in Crash Brash reflect the same bright cartoon feel Crash Bandicoot did. Although Crash Bash doesn’t show the best 3D technology around, the characters are animated well and the backgrounds have large depth of fields giving a sense of realism.

 Thumping beats and bubblegum vibes work very well when it comes to the sound effects of this game. They are light and fun to listen to with being too distracting.

 The target audience for this game is fairly young as it is quite a light hearted, bright. Fun and colourful game which contains not too much violence, and the ALSPA minimum age is only 3. Gender wise, video games almost always seem to be more focussed towards male orientation; you can see this in this game from the characters simply because only one out of many is female.