Crash Bash

Crash Bash is a PlayStation party game developed by Eurocom and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was the first Crash Bandicoot game to not be developed by Naughty Dog, the fifth game in the series, as well as the final Crash game to be released on the PlayStation, after that, the rights to Crash would go to Universal Interactive Studios and Crash would become a multiplatform series.

Plot
After years of Rivaly between Aku Aku and Uka Uka, both realized that they're equal in powers, so there's no match between them, so the only way to settle this once and for all, they decided that each brings his players and let them play some minigames where the best team wins and will decided who keeps the Crystals

Good Qualities

 * 1) Unlike other party games, this one isn't luck based, it's akin more to a last man standing or action kind of game.
 * 2) 28 mini games split into 7 different categories, literally each minigame with its own sets of rules and gameplay, 12 of these minigames are unlocked at adventure mode
 * 3) *Ballistix: Players must push balls into their opponents' goals and reduce their scores to 0 while protecting your own goal.
 * 4) *Crate Crush: An arena fighter where players must fight against their opponents whether by attacking them directly or by projectiles.
 * 5) *Polar Push: Players ride small polar bears and try to push each other off slippery ice.
 * 6) *Pogo Pandemonium: Players color as much floor tiles as they can and score the colors they made to earn score before the time runs out.
 * 7) *Tank Wars: Players ride small tanks and try to destroy the other opponents as well
 * 8) *Crash Dash: Players race in very small tracks while try to slow down others by throwing projectiles or pushing them off the road
 * 9) *Medieval Mayhem: Each Minigame is different here, but all are set in medieval times and all are score based, similar to Pogo Pandemonium.
 * 10) 8 characters to play with (9 in the Japanese version), 4 are from Aku Aku's side, other 4 are from Uka Uka's Side, defeating the final boss in Adventure mode shows a different ending than the other side.
 * 11) Hilarious moment in single player, even more fun in multiplayer.
 * 12) You can play multiplayer with your friends (up to 4 players), either Comp. or Co-op (Adventure mode only) you can also make the AI as your coop if no one is playing with you (Battle Mode only).
 * 13) Adventure mode hub is similar to older games in the series, unlike many other party games, where it's not a board game.
 * 14) Adventure mode can be played coop with a friend, and if one chooses a character from Aku Aku and a character from Uka Uka (Crash and Cortex for example), you get an extra level/boss after defeating the final boss, where both of you fight each other to settle it and see the real ending.
 * 15) Defeating a level in Adventure mode unlocks 4 different challenges for the levels:
 * 16) *Gem challenges: requires to beat levels either in shorter time or handicapped (taking less health, needing more scores...etc)
 * 17) *Crystal challenges: changes the level theme and give harder but awesome challenges (varies from level to level)
 * 18) *Gold Relic challenges: changes the players into stronger ones and require you to beat them twice in a row.
 * 19) *Platinum Relics challenges: is same as gold relics but you beat the level 3 times in a row.
 * 20) Similar to Crash Team Racing, many of the minigames are based on old levels, like the space and sky levels from Crash Bandicoot Warped.
 * 21) There's a code for the game to unlock a demo of Spyro Year Of The Dragon, and vice versa, in-fact, in Spyro Year Of The Dragon has a demo of Crash Bash that can unlock the entire game on it (fortunately this was found many years after the game was sold).
 * 22) Awesome soundtrack with both new songs and remixes from previous games.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Challenges in Adventure mode can be extremely frustrating, especially the Relic Challenges, as all your opponents will team up against you, playing Adventure mode in co-op eases the pain a lot.
 * 2) With the exception of Medieval Mayhem, each mini-game type only has one mini-game with four minor variations, making the game very repetitive, especially since the first two Warp Rooms have the same type of mini-games.
 * 3) Graphics are downgraded compared to other games in the series.
 * 4) Can't change to single player or multiplayer in Adventure mode once you made your decision
 * 5) Unlike other games in the series, there's no reward for beating the game 100%, once you defeat the level Dante's Dash, you unlocked everything the game has to offer.
 * 6) Some of the arenas in Crystal mode are great, but sadly you can only play them in Adventure mode
 * 7) The Adventure Mode can get very repetitive at times, as you have to win the same minigame multiple times to unlock things.