Crash Bandicoot 2 - Cortex Strikes Back (E) ISO
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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back is a platform video game published by Sony Computer Entertainment, produced by Universal Interactive Studios (now the defunct Vivendi Games) and developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation. Originally released for the PlayStation in 1997, it was re-released for the Sony Greatest Hits and Best for Family line-ups in 1998, for the Platinum Range in 1999 and for the PSone Books line-up in 2001. The game was later released on the European PlayStation Network on July 26, 2007, but was withdrawn as a precautionary measure when other PSone Classics MediEvil and Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!,
failed to function properly. The game was released on the North
American PlayStation Network on January 10, 2008 and again on the
European PlayStation Network on February 2, 2011.
Taking place on a fictional group of islands near Australia, Crash Bandicoot 2 follows the adventures of the anthropomorphic bandicoot Crash. Crash is abducted by series villain Doctor Neo Cortex,
who has seemingly turned over a new leaf and now wants to save the
world. Crash is then thrust into several parts of N. Sanity Island in
order to gather Crystals and allow Cortex to contain the power of the
upcoming planetary alignment and keep the planet from being destroyed.
Crash is joined by his sister Coco, who is suspicious of Cortex's true intentions, and partially by Doctor Nitrus Brio, who tries to persuade Crash to gather Gems instead of Crystals.
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back received generally
positive reviews from critics and was considered to be superior to its
predecessor. Much of the praise went to the game's graphics, control and
music, with minor criticisms varying between the trial-and-error
gameplay, lack of level variety, easy boss levels and lack of
innovation. The game went on to become one of the best-selling PlayStation video games of all time
and replaced its predecessor as the highest-selling Western title in
Japan, selling more than 800,000 units in the country by April 1998.
Gameplay
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back is a platform game
in which the player character is the titular Crash Bandicoot. The goal
of the game is to gather 25 crystals for Crash's nemesis Doctor Neo
Cortex. The game takes place in a series of "Warp Rooms", which act as
the hub areas of the game. Each Warp Room contains five doors leading to
a level.
The goal of each level is to obtain the crystal placed somewhere along
the path. A level is cleared by collecting the crystal and reaching the
end of the path, which returns Crash to the Warp Room. The retrieved crystal will then appear in the slot above the level's doorway in the Warp Room.
When all five crystals in a Warp Room are obtained, the player must
ride the platform in the center of the room to move to the next Warp
Room. When riding the platform, the player must fight and defeat a boss character before gaining access to a new Warp Room. The player is given a certain amount of lives,
which are lost when Crash is attacked by an enemy or falls into water
or a pit. If all lives are lost at any point in the game, the "Game Over" screen will appear, in which the player can continue from the last level played by selecting "Yes".
Crash has the ability to jump into the air and land on an enemy
character, spin in a tornado-like fashion to knock enemies off-screen,
slide across the ground, and perform a body slam to break certain objects. Crash can jump higher than he normally can if he jumps immediately following a slide.
All of these techniques can be used as offensive measures against most
enemies, which serve to deter Crash's progress. Enemies with deadly
topsides cannot be jumped on, while enemies that attack from the front
or have side spikes must be jumped on or undergo a body slam. Enemies
with sharp necklines (such as frill-necked lizards or long-legged robots with heated circumferences) can only be defeated if Crash slides into them.[8]
Boxes play a prominent role in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
and can be broken with all of Crash's techniques. Most boxes in the
game contain "Wumpa Fruit", which give the player an extra life if 100
of them are collected. Some boxes contain a Witch Doctor's Mask,
which shields Crash from one enemy's attack while it is in his
possession. If three of these masks are collected in a row, Crash is
given temporary invulnerability from all minor dangers. If jumped upon,
boxes with arrows pointing up propel Crash further into the air than he
can ordinarily reach, and such boxes can be broken only with Crash's
spin attack. Boxes with an exclamation mark (!) on them cause previously
intangible objects in the area to solidify.
TNT Boxes explode after a three-second fuse when jumped on, while Nitro
Boxes explode upon any physical contact. All of the Nitro Boxes in a
level can be detonated at once if a green-colored box with an
exclamation mark (!) on it is touched. Check Point boxes allow Crash to
return to the point where the first Check Point box has been opened upon
losing a life. If more than one Check Point box has been opened in a
stage, Crash returns to the last Check Point box that has been opened.
"Bonus Paths",
signified by platforms with a question mark (?) on them, lead Crash to a
secret region of the level. In these areas, numerous Wumpa Fruit and
extra lives can be earned if the player successfully navigates to the
end of the path. If Crash falls off-screen or is otherwise killed off,
the player is unable to keep whatever was collected in the Bonus Path
and is returned to the level from which the Bonus Path was accessed.
Plot
Following from where Crash Bandicoot left off, Crash defeats Doctor Neo Cortex and escapes Cortex's lair via airship with his girlfriend, Tawna, whom Crash rescued from Cortex's clutches in the previous game. Cortex is then sent hurtling towards the Earth, his maniacal bid for world domination thwarted. After his crash, Cortex awakens in a dark cavern filled with glowing crystals. Convinced that they hold tremendous power, Cortex takes one of the crystals and returns to his laboratory to examine it. He discovers that the planets will soon align, creating a catastrophic solar flux that threatens to destroy the Earth.
Learning that the crystals are the only means of containing this force,
Cortex enlists the aid of his old colleague Doctor N. Gin and they
design a new, crystal-powered "Cortex Vortex" (a machine that Cortex
used to control his minions in the previous game) that will capture the
stellar energy. Because 25 more crystals are needed to provide the
necessary power matrix, Cortex devises a plot to manipulate Crash
Bandicoot into retrieving the crystals for him.
One year following Cortex's assumed defeat, Crash is now living with
his sister Coco on N. Sanity Island, one of the islands owned by Cortex
in the previous game. In the jungles of the island, Crash sleeps as Coco
attempts to finish a new program before her laptop dies. When the laptop does die, she orders Crash to get her a new laptop battery.
On his way home, Crash is abducted by a bright light and finds himself
in an ancient Warp Room, where a holographic projection of Cortex
instructs him to bring him the crystals by traveling through the Warp
Room's doors.
After Crash collects the first crystal, Cortex informs Crash of the
upcoming destructive force and assigns him the task of bringing all of
the crystals to him so that he may contain it.Following this, Crash is greeted by another hologram, this time of
Doctor Nitrus Brio, Cortex's former assistant from the previous game who
is now out to stop his plans for world domination.
Brio informs Crash that the Earth not only contains crystals, but gems
as well, and states that if he is to collect all 42 gems (37 clear gems
and 5 colored gems), then he will be able to focus a device with the
ability to fire a laser beam
for the purpose of destroying the Cortex Vortex; Brio then states that
if Crash continues to collect crystals for Cortex, he will do all in his
power to stop him.
As Crash gathers the remaining crystals, he is attacked by Brio's henchmen, including the demented kangaroo Ripper Roo, the scimitar-wielding Komodo Brothers Moe and Joe and the musclebound Tiny Tiger.
Cortex informs Crash of Brio's role in the opposition force and falsely
claims that he was forced to assist Brio in "his" plot for world
domination in the past.
Coco, untrusting of Cortex, occasionally hacks into his holograph
projector and warns Crash of the uncertainty of Cortex's true
intentions.
It is not until Crash has gathered all of the crystals that Coco is
able to reveal Cortex's ultimate plan: with the energy harnessed from
the planetary alignment, Cortex will power the gigantic Cortex Vortex
built onto his space station and brainwash everyone on Earth into
serving his army with its power. Crash manages to defeat Cortex before the crystals can be used, but leaves the Cortex Vortex drifting aimlessly into space.
Crash decides to redeem himself by collecting all of the world's gems
for Doctor Nitrus Brio, who reveals that the gems can harness planetary
energy as well and invites him to the completion of his laser device.
The game ends with Doctor Nitrus Brio allowing Crash to activate the
laser, destroying the Cortex Vortex and breaking the space station
apart. However, Cortex's laugh is heard mid-way through the end credits.
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