that was always the intention by Naughty Dog

Remember that animated cutscene they dropped because of the tone? The one that is far less cartoonish than the Radical era?

what Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin think isn't really important.

All your posts are the same, constantly shitting on "ND purists" while completely disregarding them out of hand. And now you disregard the people who created Crash when explaining how everything has always remained the same and their statements differ. Rubin might be a grump but he's hardly invalid when discussing what Crash is, or what he was supposed to be I should say.

Things changed - whether you think for the better or worse is up to you but stop denying the fact all the time.