Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
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| Developer(s) | Naughty Dog |
| Publisher(s) | SCEA |
| Release date(s) |  October 31, 1997 December 1997 December 18, 1997 |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Kids to Adults (K-A) ELSPA: 3+ OFLC: G |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
| Media | CD-ROM |
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (クラッシュ バンディクー 2: コルテックス の 逆襲! Kurasshu Bandikū 2: Korutekkusu no Counterattack!?, Crash Bandy Kuu 2: Counterattack of Cortex!) is a platform game made by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation and released in 1997.
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[edit] Gameplay
The gameplay is characterized by a limited environment, and by the breaking of crates, each of which contains some bonus. Breaking all of a level's crates earns the player that level's clear gem. The player can collect additional clear and colored gems by finding and touching them. Colored gems activate secret areas. If one collects all of the gems in the game, the secret ending is activated. Crash has several moves: jump, spin attack, body slam, slide, duck, crawl, and an extra-high jump performed by sliding or ducking and then jumping. Stepping on a question-mark platform/trap door takes Crash to a bonus level. Going to special locations, where something is somehow out of place, brings Crash to one of five secret levels. Also if the player manages to get to certain place in some levels with out losing a single life, the player can hop onto a platform with a Skull and Crossbones logo on it. It takes you to another path in the level of the main path and contains boxes and other secrets one might notice not being found on the main path.
[edit] Story
The game takes place after the end of the first game, where Crash sent Cortex falling to his supposed doom from atop his blimp and into a cave, where Cortex discovers a large Crystal, and has a flash of inspiration. One year later, he is seen in a space station, being told by his new assistant N. Gin that to harness the Master Crystal's power, he will require an additional 25 "Slave Crystals", which are scattered across the Earth. Cortex then abducts Crash (while he is searching for a spare battery for Coco's laptop) and persuades him to gather the Slave Crystals, telling him that he will use them to harness the power of the aligned planets and prevent Earth from certain doom.
Throughout his quest, Crash is contacted by Coco, who is continuously searching into Cortex's scheme and trying to figure out what Cortex is really using the Crystals for, as well as Cortex's former assistant, Dr. Nitrus Brio, who tells Crash that if he truly wants to save the world, he must collect Gems instead of Crystals, so that Brio may use the Gems to destroy Cortex. He is also Crash's primary opposing force, claiming to use all of his strength to prevent him from gathering crystals.
At the end, when all of the Crystals are collected, Coco reveals that Cortex actually intends to harness the force of the Crystals to turn every single human being on Earth into Cortex's mindless slaves with his new and improved Cortex Vortex, and Crash defeats Cortex once again, banishing him deep into space, but leaving his space station operational, presumably with Dr N.Gin still inside the vortex (Cortex speaks to him after N.Gin is defeated.) After Crash gathers all 42 Gems, Brio uses the Gems to destroy Cortex's space station with a laser beam, ending Cortex's threat... for now.
[edit] Soundtrack
The Crash Bandicoot 2 Soundtrack is named by most fans as the best of the entire series. The composer of the soundtrack is Mutato Muzika, made up of Mark Mothersbaugh and Josh Mancell.
It is composed of 32 tracks:
- Warp Room - Preview
- 10 distinct normal levels
- Turtle Woods (The Pits, Night Flight, Totally Fly) - Preview
- Snow Go (Snow Biz, Cold Hard Crash) - Preview
- Hang Eight (Air Crash, Plant Food) - Preview
- Crash Dash (Crash Crush, Un-Bearable) - Preview
- Bear It (Bear Down, Totally Bear) - Preview
- The Eel Deal (Sewer or Later, Hangin' Out) - Preview
- Road to Ruin (Ruination) - Preview
- Diggin' It (Bee-Having) - Preview
- Pack Attack (Rock It) - Preview
- Spaced Out (Piston It Away) - Preview
- 8 distinct bonus levels
- Turtle Woods (The Pits, Night Flight) Bonus - Preview
- Snow Go (Snow Biz, Cold Hard Crash) Bonus - Preview
- Hang Eight (Air Crash, Plant Food) Bonus - Preview
- Crash Dash (Crash Crush, Un-Bearable) Bonus - Preview
- The Eel Deal (Sewer or Later, Hangin' Out) Bonus - Preview
- Road to Ruin (Ruination) Bonus - Preview
- Diggin' It (Bee-Having) Bonus - Preview
- Spaced Out (Piston It Away) Bonus - Preview
- 8 distinct special levels
- Turtle Woods (Night Flight) Special - Preview
- Snow Go (Snow Biz, Cold Hard Crash) Special - Preview
- Hang Eight (Air Crash, Plant Food) Special - Preview
- Crash Dash (Un-Bearable) Special - Preview
- The Eel Deal (Sewer or Later, Hangin' Out) Special - Preview
- Road to Ruin (Ruination) Special - Preview
- Diggin' It (Bee-Having) Special - Preview
- Spaced Out (Piston It Away) Special - Preview
- 5 boss levels
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The Official Crash Bandicoot 2 Website
- Crash Bandicoot 2 on GameFaqs
- Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back on MobyGames
- Crash Bandicoot 2 on IGN
- Crash Bandicoot 2 on Crash Mania
