DO NOT BUY Crash Team Racing - Switch Lite Gameplay

Hello and welcome to 15 minutes— well,

maybe 15 minutes, could be 20, or it could

be 10 if I really don't like the game.

Um, 15 minutes of Nitro— Crash Nitro

Racing. I decided to purchase it yesterday

for about £35 because I'm kind of curious

what it's all about. I always thought

these other racing games were kind of

pointless when you have Mario Kart. I

mean, why would you get a Switch And buy a

kart racing game when you already have

Mario Kart. It didn't really make sense to

me, so I thought I'd buy one of these

other kart racing games to compare it to

Mario Kart, see if it's any good. And,

um, yeah, this is my first time ever

playing it, and we are greeted by— look at

this— 42 pages of

software license and service agreements.

As if anyone reads the whole thing? Do you

think there's anyone crazy enough who's

actually read every single page?

Unless expressly permitted by Activision,

subject to applicable local laws, you

agree not to permit the software in the

peripheral or any part of it to be

combined with becoming corporate. Can you

imagine reading this? But it goes on

Forever. Yeah, let's just press A.

Wait, there's another, another 28 pages,

and I actually have to scroll through each

page until it lets me go

to the next, next bit.

I don't know if this is an old game

actually. It might be a really old game,

they just ported it to Switch.

Won't let me skip this, kind of annoying.

I don't want to watch this, I just want to

play this stupid game.

Oh my God,

it's actually forcing me to watch this.

Unbelievable. I hate it when games force

you to watch the stupid intro cutscenes

and they don't let you skip it. It looks

just like Mario Kart. Look, what is the

difference? The only difference is there's

no Mario characters.

Oh my God, it's actually making me watch

the whole thing.

Terrible game design already.

There must be a button that skips this.

This one? Oh, I can take a picture of it.

What are they even saying? I'm absolutely

flapping with anticipation there, Jeff. I

too feel that emotion, Stu. Now, in

addition to earning insane rewards in the

Grand Prix, you can also find I can't

believe they're actually making me watch

this instead of just starting the game.

I don't want to watch 2 stupid chickens

talking to each other.

I might have to pause the video because

this could go on forever.

Okay, I'm gonna pause it and then I'll be

back when this bloody thing's over. Oh,

so it actually finished about a minute

later, and we're finally at the main menu.

We have Adventure Mode, Local Arcade,

Online, Pit Stop, High Scores, Grand Prix.

I want to try the online. The whole point

of these racing games is to play online,

isn't it? Why would I want to play against

the computer? I want to play against real

people, otherwise it's pointless.

Hopping right at the top of a ramp or

large bump will trigger a trick jump,

which will provide a speed boost. Speed

boost! Does that sound familiar to Mario

Kart? Exactly the same as Mario Kart.

When you press the right trigger after a

ramp or jump, it gives you a little boost,

doesn't it? Who copied who?

The graphics look quite good though. I

think it looks quite nice. Go to

lobby.

So let's see how many players are playing

this game. Oh, that's quite quick

actually. Found people to play with fairly

quickly, so it's not a dead game, is it?

What if I actually like this more than

Mario Kart? That would be funny. Come on,

Crash Bandicoot, surprise me.

There's only 6 racers,

6 players. That's not much.

I have no idea what the controls are. I'm

guessing right trigger is accelerate.

Look, it's showing that same tooltip.

That's the same as Mario Kart, the little

jump boost.

I wonder if there's weapons. I bet there's

Bombs, and I bet there's some kind of

trap. I bet there's speed boosts. I don't

know if there's drifting. Is drifting a

common thing in kart racing games, or is

that just Mario? I'm not really a racing

game addict apart from Mario.

I don't really play racing games that

much.

Loading time is a bit slow, isn't it?

Oh, this level looks cool underwater.

It's kind of hard to see the screen with

my phone in the way. I'll peek

over the top.

Okay, R looks behind you. How do I

accelerate? Oh, it's— I think it's A.

No, it's not A. How do I go forwards?

Oh, it's B. Well, thank you for telling

me. So instead of those floaty

question mark cubes, you get those wooden

crates. Oh, there's boost ramps. How do

you drift? Oh, you can change the camera

by pressing the left bumper. Far out and

zoomed in. Is there— oh, you can jump.

Using this one. Now how

do I— how do I brake? Why am I going so

So how do I drift? I don't think there is

drifting.

I feel like it's moving to the right

slightly without me doing anything.

Why am I so slow?

Is that guy lapping me? That guy just

lapped me. It looks like he's drifting.

How do I drift? What does X do?

Oh, changes the display.

I don't understand why I'm so slow. You

have special abilities by pressing A. Oh,

I can boost like that. I don't know

how.

I'm not really impressed so far. Okay,

that was a terrible first round. It was my

first go. I don't get it.

It's so slow, you don't even have to brake

around the corners. You just hold down B

the whole time, but then it makes that— it

makes it difficult to hold down B and

press A for the abilities.

It wasn't great, to be honest. It wasn't

fast. There was no drifting.

The stage was kind of bland and boring.

I'm not impressed with my purchase so far.

Not impressed at all, and it takes a long

time to load. I think I might

have wasted my money.

Match begins in 56 seconds. I'll pause the

video and I'll be back when it's ready.

Okay, next stage has finally started.

Looks like some kind of sky stage up in

the air. I also changed the controls so

the right bumper is accelerate. That

should be better.

Oh, there is drifting. How'd you do it?

Oh, you do a jump and then you go into

the drift. Okay,

it's kind of weird though because you do a

little hop like that.

Do you get a boost?

I'm guessing you get a little boost.

No. Oh, this feels horrible to control.

It just doesn't feel good.

To control.

Just feels weird. It's kind of

like Mario Kart but not quite.

Oh, I had a missile.

Whoops.

I can't get the drifting down properly.

I don't like the way he does a little hop

before the drift,

and it turns really tightly when you do a

I can't do it. So frustrating.

And there's no boost. Maybe I'm not doing

it for long enough. I can't catch up with

anyone. I'm right at the back.

There's no boost after you drift.

That sucks.

I don't like this game. It's not good.

Just as I expected. It's like Mario Kart

but worse in every way.

What is one good thing about this game

that Mario Kart doesn't do?

And I just got lapped. Great.

You don't even have to brake around the

I really don't see why you'd want to buy

this game instead of Mario Kart, and if

you already have Mario Kart, you really do

not need this game.

£35 wasted.

This video was going to be called First

Impressions or Trying Out Crash

Bandicoot Racing. I might just title it Do

Not Buy This Game. That's what I've

realized for myself after playing it for

10 minutes. It's pretty bad.

I'll play one more round and then switch

it off forever. Delete it.

I wish you can get refunds on the Nintendo

eStore. You can't. At least on Steam they

let you refund it if you've played it for

under two hours.

Well, hopefully I'll make a couple of

dollars from this video.

As if that'll make a difference.

And now we have to wait another 50

seconds. Be right back. 3rd and

final round, Tiny Arena.

Wow, this looks like a maze.

How do I do that jump boost? It said right

bumper button, but it doesn't do anything.

Oh, it does. So that's how you boost.

Why am I so slow? I don't understand.

I wonder if you can do that thing where,

you know, Mario Kart, if you drive behind

someone for long enough, you get a little

boost. I'm not sure if you can do that.

I keep forgetting which one's drift.

They should make the jump button and the

drift— well, actually, on Mario Kart, the

jump button and the drift button is the

same, isn't it? But if you tap it once,

then it jumps, and then If you hold it

down, it drifts. It doesn't jump then

drift like this game does.

The special abilities aren't really that

fun. There's— I don't know what that was—

a homing missile? There's like a missile,

and then there's the invincibility mask.

This game is terrible.

Absolutely terrible.

I think it is an old game from the

PlayStation 2 or 1. Might be wrong,

but I have a feeling it's an old game.

I never really liked Crash Bandicoot. It

was just really frustrating, a very

frustrating platformer.

There was one Crash Bandicoot party game

that I quite liked when I was about 10.

I can't remember it very well.

I think Mario Kart is all you need if you

want a racing game. Just get Mario Kart

Deluxe 8. I don't see the point of all the

other racing games. Why would you get

those instead of Mario Kart? Hmm.

Very disappointing. I would not

recommend this game.

I can't think of a single good thing about

Well, at least I'm not last place. I came

7th. That'll do for

today's video.