I feel that relics were never a good idea.

[Eddy]

Crash 3 would've been better without them, and their addition into Crash 1 and 2 here is irksome.

[JaredX7]

I dunno, man.

Back when Crash 3 originally released on the PS1, I thought to myself "I wish relics existed in the first two games". The Trilogy was like a dream come true in that regard, for me.

So, personally, I think relics were a good idea and improves on the replayability a little.

[NeoKat 🍃]

April Fools!

[Lanzagranadas]

Ironically, I liked Relic hunting more in the two games that originally didn't have Relics. I definitely enjoyed getting all platinums in Crash 1 and 2, but in 3 I just gave up at several stages because VEHICLES... the rest was very challenging but fun, but those vehicle stages are just extremely frustrating due to the controls.

Anyway, Relics don't hurt the games, if you don't like them you can simply ignore them since they're not required for anything other than percentage completion display.

[Eddy]

My view is that nobody puts something in a game that they don't, on some level, expect to be interacted with. Saying "just ignore it" is not a fantastic excuse for anything.

[Lanzagranadas]

Originally posted by Apples:

The relics are fine, the fact they're mandatory to get all the achievements is not.

Only the Gold ones are mandatory for achievements though. I would agree if they required Platinums too because some of those are insane, but Golds are fairly accessible.

[Eddy]

You know, on a memory stick I have a Crash 3 save where I have all Platinum Relics.

I would've preferred to have been done with the game after the gems. Or make the Relics rely on something else, like getting every single Wumpa Fruit in the stage (setting things up so that this is consistently possible, of course), in which case there is only a single relic for each stage.

Maybe an orange one.

[Lucien Lachance]

Gold relics are so easy compared to Platinums. For whatever reason I'm after every achievement but I only go for Platinums, I'll never stand for just a gold. In my opinion Crash 1 was much easier than Crash 2, haven't even touched Crash 3 yet I platinumed all of Crash 1 and I'm working on Crash 2 atm.

[Lucien Lachance]

Originally posted by Apples:

Originally posted by Lanzagranadas:

Only the Gold ones are mandatory for achievements though. I would agree if they required Platinums too because some of those are insane, but Golds are fairly accessible.

I wasn't aware of how much easier these games were on PC. So my bad for that, playing the Crash 1 remake on PS4 was an absolute nightmare because of the console limitations. Already got the first ten on Crash 1 and 2 without a single death so far. Got a couple of plats on Crash 1 too which was a surprise.

They still are chump work though. :P

Originally posted by Lucien Lachance:

Gold relics are so easy compared to Platinums. For whatever reason I'm after every achievement but I only go for Platinums, I'll never stand for just a gold. In my opinion Crash 1 was much easier than Crash 2, haven't even touched Crash 3 yet I platinumed all of Crash 1 and I'm working on Crash 2 atm.

You got a plat on slippery climb? D:

I got the platinum on Stormy Ascent Mwuhahaha! (And of course slippery climb). I should take screenshots.

[Lucien Lachance]

https://steamcommunity.com/id/PraiseTheDreadFather/screenshot/788608699505898038
https://steamcommunity.com/id/PraiseTheDreadFather/screenshot/788608699505898431
Edit: Relics are just a big grind, once you do it for long enough without getting infuriated (me all the time) you'll get it eventually.

[Lanzagranadas]

I decided to resume Crash 3 after two months and finally got the 7 platinums I was missing. Seriously, ♥♥♥♥ the motorcycle and Coco water levels, would time trial Stormy Ascent over Hog Ride or Road Crash all day.

Honestly, I found certain easy stages have some of the hardest Platinums. In longer/harder stages there's usually some room for mistakes.