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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back 2017

Released
June 2017
Genre
Platform
Platforms
PlayStation 4 · PC · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch
Developer
Vicarious Visions
Publisher
Activision
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Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Physical

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Is it still worth playing?

The second Crash Bandicoot, remade in 2017 for the PlayStation 4 as part of the N. Sane Trilogy, which rebuilt the 1997 level layouts with new graphics, music and voices. The scientist Doctor Neo Cortex tricks Crash into thinking he wants to save the world, and sends him after 25 crystals. They are spread across 25 levels reached through Warp Rooms, hub areas with five levels each. A level is cleared by collecting its crystal and reaching the end of its path, and clearing all five opens a boss and then the next Warp Room. Enemies with deadly tops cannot be jumped on. The remake lets you play most levels as Coco Bandicoot, adds time trials with online leaderboards, and gives clearer warnings for hazards such as the electrified lab assistants. Five levels to a room and a crystal in each give it a rhythm of short goals, and the time trials give every level a reason to be run again today.

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