A sequel done right.
Take the first game: add in more level variety, better storytelling and atmosphere, a better save system, reasonable difficulty, a 100% completion reward actually worth your time, and one of the best soundtracks on the PS1; and there's reason enough to be glad Cortex struck back.
With that said: the gameplay variety is somewhat lacking, the bosses are underwhelming(boss 4 is the game's saving grace, the rest aren't helping), and the game could have used just a bit more level variety.
I was going to give the game a seven out of ten, then I listened to the soundtrack on its own and decided to bump the game up to an eight, then remembered the final boss fight, then bumped it back to a seven. Maybe the title of the game should have been "Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex's Back Struck"
Take the first game: add in more level variety, better storytelling and atmosphere, a better save system, reasonable difficulty, a 100% completion reward actually worth your time, and one of the best soundtracks on the PS1; and there's reason enough to be glad Cortex struck back.
With that said: the gameplay variety is somewhat lacking, the bosses are underwhelming(boss 4 is the game's saving grace, the rest aren't helping), and the game could have used just a bit more level variety.
I was going to give the game a seven out of ten, then I listened to the soundtrack on its own and decided to bump the game up to an eight, then remembered the final boss fight, then bumped it back to a seven. Maybe the title of the game should have been "Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex's Back Struck"