25 PlayStation Games You Must Play Before You're 25

5. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped

Naughty Dog and Sony go together like Call of Duty and explosions; a perfect partnership that only benefits the consumer overall. As such, ND has stuck by the Japanese giant since day one, their now-veteran team of coders always being at the cutting edge of technology, consistently producing the best-looking video games that push PlayStation hardware to the limit.

For Crash, by the time they'd hit the third main instalment, his adventures were confident masterclasses in game design, looking both exemplary for the time and showcasing a number of genres all in one package.

As level design continued the 'hub' aesthetic, you'd go from swimming underwater to riding a tiger, jumping and spinning through vibrant globe-trekking locales, to tackling a range of bosses that all had specific weak spots and fun stages to their animations.

Additional moves were unlocked at the close of each world, and you even got a bazooka that fired the series' iconic Wumpa Fruit near the close of the game. Naughty Dog are PlayStation gaming incarnate, and their last main entry with Crash as the star sent him out on the highest of notes.