In addition, players who already own Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time on PS4 get a free upgrade to the PS5 version. This will pop any Trophies you’ve already unlocked too, so no need to redo any difficult challenges you’ve already completed. Your experience will vary depending on how available your PS4 version and save file is to you. The hassle was mostly owing to issues I’ve had with the PS5 supporting external storage devices for PS4 games, however, not with how the game handles save transfers.
I had to download the PS4 version of the game onto my PS5, sync my save from the PS Plus cloud storage, upload it via the Crash 4 menu, then retrieve it with the PS5 version of the game. You’ll have to sync your PS4 save to the cloud from the Crash Bandicoot 4 PS4 version’s main menu, and then use the PS5 version to import your save. The save file transfer from the PS4 version is easy enough, as long as you have access to the PS4 version of the game and your PS4 save. The PS4 version could feel particularly defeating when failure meant a long load time to get going again, but the PS5 keeps you playing the game, and makes retrying difficult challenges much less of a chore. Whether its attempting to master the time trials for Relics, nabbing the gems for level completions in under three deaths, or finding the flawless run classic tapes, one of the best aspects of Crash Bandicoot 4 PS5 is the snappy loading, meaning you don’t spend a lot of time waiting around should you fail. Those myriad challenges and levels require a lot of replaying and restarting levels. If we’re being honest, the real winning feature of Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time on PS5 isn’t the visuals or unique PS5 enhancements. It’s not a shockingly big difference-after all, Crash Bandicoot 4 already looked great on the PS4-and you probably won’t notice the difference outside of side-by-side A/B comparisons of the two versions, but Crash just looks great with the power of the new tech behind ever jump, slide, and spin. That said, the PS5 version does bring some pretty big changes that can impact how the game looks and feels.įirst up is the requisite 4K resolution and 60 fps that really makes Crash look and feel right at home on the new console.
It’s still that classic Crash goodness, packed to the brim with content and replayability, and at times brutally difficult and unrelenting. With that in mind, we’re not about to re-review the content of the game, which remains much the same as what our initial review had to say. This is by and large the same game that you played on PS4 (you did play it on PS4, right?). Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time on PS5 doesn’t reinvent the wheel. Crash is back again, spinning his way onto Sony’s next-gen console and looking better than ever before.