Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is the eighth Crash Bandicoot series game, though the fourth chronologically. The game retains the series' core platforming gameplay and adds new elements through the use of…
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is an adventure developed by Toys for Bob, released 2 October 2020 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is an adventure game developed by Toys for Bob and released in 2020. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Following his defeat in Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Uka Uka attempts to liberate himself and his acolytes Doctor Neo Cortex and Nefarious Tropy from their prison in the past. His latest effort rips open a hole in the fabric of space and time, and causes him to pass out. Cortex and N. Tropy swiftly escape and discover that the rift they use links their universe to the rest of the multiverse. They now want to make use of it to conquer all dimensions. It’s up to Crash and Coco to save the day.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 51 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Crash Bandicoot series
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is the 66th of 72 entries we hold in the Crash Bandicoot series. It arrived 10 months after Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled + Crash Bandicoot N'Sane Trilogy Bundle. The next entry was Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! in 2021. Its critic score of 86 is 18 points above the series average of 68. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 162 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core i3-4340/AMD FX-6300. ARM64 installation not recommended., 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 660/AMD Radeon HD 7950. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time launched on 2 October 2020, within three weeks of Hades, Hades, Genshin Impact and Mafia: Definitive Edition. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Hades, Hades, Genshin Impact, Mafia: Definitive Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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