Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back 1997

Is it still worth playing?

Naughty Dog's 1997 three dimensional platformer for the PlayStation, in which Doctor Neo Cortex tricks Crash into gathering 25 crystals. Levels are reached through hub Warp Rooms, with five levels each and a boss at the end, and you can tackle the levels in any order, though a boss unlocks only after all five stages in its room are finished. Each Warp Room has a save point, colored gems awarded separately unlock hidden paths, and bonus stages allow unlimited retries. Crash jumps, spins, slides and body slams, and the stages vary, with river rides, ceiling climbs and a jetpack section. Boxes hold Wumpa Fruit, masks, TNT and Nitro. Hub rooms that save, and let you leave a hard stage and come back, still make it easy to approach today.