History YMMV / CrashOfTheTitans

** In Radical's previous title, ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'', Crash was made into something of a sociopathic bully, causing chaos and misery for others without a care, as well as [[TheUnintelligible suddenly blabbering like a moron]]. In this title, while still TheUnintelligible, he is a much more good natured and diligent hero. He also seems to have regained a lot of the IQ he lost since ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'', going about things (mostly) competently while still being his goofy air headed self.

** Uka Uka, despite a dramatic visual makeover, is also more calculating and sinister as in his earlier appearances (while maintaining a LaughablyEvil streak), having more direct involvement in schemes again and even answering to past threats and replacing Cortex when he considers him counter productive, compared to his past few appearances as a hot headed OrcusOnHisThrone.

* CharacterRerailment: In Radical's previous title, ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'', Crash was made into something of a sociopathic bully, causing chaos and misery for others without a care, as well as [[TheUnintelligible suddenly blabbering like a moron]]. In this title, while still TheUnintelligible, he is a much more good natured and diligent hero. He also seems to have regained a lot of the IQ he lost since ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'', going about things (mostly) competently while still being his goofy air headed self.

* TheWoobie: While Crash is usually an IronWoobie, this is among the few times he's shown visibly distressed, spending the entire game fretting over his captured sister. Surprisingly for a ''Crash'' title (and a Radical era one at that) it's ''not'' all PlayedForLaughs either.
* TheyChangedItSoItSucks: A large amount of reviews bash ''Crash of the Titans'' just because the character designs are different, and use the fact that the game is not like previous ones to dub it as bad.

* VindicatedByHistory: While it was favorably received by critics on release, for a long time ''Crash of the Titans'' received massive backlash from fans who considered it alongside ''Mind Over Mutant'' the death knell of the franchise thanks to the heavily changed BeatEmUp gameplay and the very controversial character redesigns. Following the revival of the franchise with the ''[[VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy N. Sane Trilogy]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot4ItsAboutTime It's About Time]]'', quite a few fans and reviewers have started to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQJ-SH-4X4I look]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYAIgXS8GZQ back]] on ''Titans'' with renewed fondness, with many of them considering ''Titans'' a good game in its own right despite abandoning the fast-paced precision that ''Crash'' is known for. At the very least, many will argue that ''Titans'' is far superior to ''Mind Over Mutant'' due to the latter's misguided attempts to inject nonlinearity into the formula.

* TheyChangedItSoItSucks: A large amount of reviews bash Crash and the Titans just because the character designs are different, and use the fact that the game is not like previous ones to dub it as bad.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some have taken to the idea that this game's Tiny is actually Coco's pet tiger Pura from ''Warped'' after being kidnapped and mutated by Cortex. This fits nicely with his friendlier personality, and doesn't conflict with his comment about being left out of VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing, as both Tiny and Pura were absent. Other theories included this Tiny coming [[FridgeLogic (somehow)]] from [[VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity the 10th dimension]], hence being the complete opposite of his usual self, or him being a different mutant going by the same name as the thylacine from the previous games.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some have taken to the idea that this game's Tiny is actually Coco's pet tiger Pura from ''Warped'' after being kidnapped and mutated by Cortex. This fits nicely with his friendlier personality, and doesn't conflict with his comment about being left out of VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing, as both Tiny and Pura were absent.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Most of the bosses are pretty indirect since you mostly just [[DieChairDie destroy stage elements]] with your Titan, but Tiny is the biggest offender; you go through an obstacle course until you reach him, at which point he [[PaperTiger surrenders without a fight]].

** The game introduces numerous major changes to the franchise, but being a SoftReboot, acts like they've been that way all along, meaning they aren't introduced or acknowledged in any meaningful way.

* CharacterRerailment: In Radical's previous title, ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'', Crash was made into something of a sociopathic bully, causing chaos and misery for others without a care, as well as [[TheUnintelligible suddenly blabbering like a moron]]. In this title, while still TheUnintelligible, he is a much more good natured and diligent hero. He also seems to have regained a lot of the IQ he lost since ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'', despite still being TheDitz.

* TheyChangedItSoItSucks: A large amount of reviews bash the game just because the character designs are different, and use the fact that the game is not like previous ones to dub it as bad.

* ItsDifferentSoItSucks: A large amount of reviews bash the game just because the character designs are different, and use the fact that the game is not like previous ones to dub it as bad.

** In a game full of animal hybrids, Dingodile is nowhere to be found.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The game introduces numerous major changes to the franchise, but being a SoftReboot, acts like they've been that way all along, meaning they aren't introduced or acknowledged in any meaningful way.
** Building off that, despite being the entire theme of the game, the mechanic of Jacking Titans has no bearing at all on the plot. The Titans themselves are no more important to the story than the Lab Assistants from previous gamess.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: In a game full of animal hybrids, Dingodile is nowhere to be found.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some have taken to the idea that this game's Tiny is actually Coco's pet tiger Puar from ''Warped'' after being kidnapped and mutated by Cortex. This fits nicely with his friendlier personality, and doesn't conflict with his comment about being left out of VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing, as both Tiny and Puar were absent.

* MostAnnoyingSound: Many agree the LaughTrack wasn't necessary.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Despite being the entire theme of the game, the mechanic of Jacking Titans is treated like nothing new, and subsequently has no bearing at all on the plot. The Titans themselves are no more important to the story than the Lab Assistants from previous gamess.

* CriticalResearchFailure Some fans theorize the reason Radical Entertainment decided to change Tiny from a tazmanian tiger to a siberian tiger is because the studio have never heard of a tazmanian "thylacine" tiger before and actually thought Tiny was a siberian tiger. Whether this is actually the case or not is debatable.

** Finally, the game itself provides you with cheats like invincibility and infinite items, which you can obtain from a particular Pachinko machine.

** The Pachinko minigame is almost always a waste of the Mojo that would be better spent upgrading Crash's skills, but this doesn't stop it from being really addicting.

* GameBreaker: Several.