As 3D platformers, the main four Crash Bandicoot games lack true camera control. The sequel, while a bit more forgiving, still raises issues with its platforming, which is less straightforward than other games like it. The original is punishingly difficult and is made excruciatingly more so without the damage-dealing slide tackle and high jump found in subsequent entries. Despite clearly being something of a children’s game, Crash’s developers pulled no punches with the game’s difficulty. Memory card issues aside, I’ve still never seen beyond the third world of Crash Bandicoot 2. Though many platformers have a similar move-set, I’ve never been good at Crash games. Crash himself has all the tools you’d expect: a jump of varying heights, a spin attack, a slide, and a ground pound, which in keeping with the character's wacky tone, is a fully committed faceplant. Levels are a mix of hallway-like 3D areas and 2D side-scrolling sections. ![]() Crash Bandicoot 2: The Wrath of Cortex served as my introduction, though I didn't have a memory card, so never managed to beat the game.Īt their core, modern Crash games play now as they did then. Source: Sirus Gamingįor a bit of context, I first played the Crash series on the original PlayStation. Through 28 deaths I not only learned the pattern, but also something about myself. ![]() ![]() Although the missiles home into Crash, the rest of Cortex's attacks follow the same patterns, making the boss more of a challenge of repetition than reflexive dexterity. Spin attacking the latter is the only means of inflicting damage to Cortex, who sits in the cockpit of his blimp. He uses one of five attacks: targeting missiles, green, purple, and red energy attacks, and a punching robot. Compared to the other fights thus far, most of which have multiple phases or a degree of randomness, the Cortex fight is straightforward. At first glance, the boss should have been a pushover. Cortex in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time.
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