40 year retrospective, but their video started their focus and game footage on Crash which was 30 years ago. Anything in the first 10 years was brushed off as a quick logo montage.
They still do. They are at the forefront of game technology, sound, animation, gameplay ,voice acting, etc. You may not like their stories and whatnot, but they are a top developer. Objectively.
I played CTR much later on and was absolutely shocked by how much more I liked it over MK64. It had a muuuch better sense of speed, MK felt like a slog in comparison.
I sometimes forget that the modern woke ND is the "same" studio that made the Crash games.