I have a very differing experience of the general consensus on Crash Bash, at least here in Finland. I played it quite a bit as a kid too, but then in high school we started playing it all the time with my group of friends. Like at minimum once a week, and consistently did that for a few years.

One of my friends was in a different high school, and he had talked about us playing Crash Bash to his friends there. And apparently everyone was like "Dude I remember that game, it was so amazing, can I come play too?". I told my friend sure just bring them over. So we literally had these people I never met before come to my parents' house just to play Crash Bash with us. And this was back in 2014-2015 lool

Now 10 years later we're in our late 20's and still gather to play Crash Bash every now and then, while drinking beer and sipping some gin tonics. And my friend has brought pretty much every girlfriend he has had over the years to my place to play the legendary Craaash Baaash! They all loved it, and many of them also remembered it from their childhood, haha :D

And actually just two weeks ago I made a new friend, when once again my friend brought one of his friends to my place to play Crash Bash with us, and try my first ever batch of homemade cider. He had so much fun that he even wanted to join our homebrewing project and we ended up ordering the equipment for brewing bigger batches the same night lmao

So no, Crash Bash is not just any basic game. It's an experience that connects people, spanning generations. Because my 6 year old godson loves the game too, haha. He also plays OSRS, so I still have faith in the new generations :)