Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back playthrough Part 1
1Sequel to Crash 1,released in 1997. After being defeated by Crash Bandicoot at the end of the first game,Cortex discovers a crystal cavern,and builds a space station. Now he's using Crash to gather the crystals for him,under the pretext of saving the world. This game takes place in the space station that serves as a hub world,with 5 stages per floor. First level is Turtle Woods. Pretty simple as you might guess for the 1st stage,one hidden area and a bonus area here. As in the last game,break all the boxes in a stage to get a Gem,there's 42 total in the game. Crash has a few moves now that you'll need throughout the game,including the body slam,high jump,and sliding. To get the Blue Gem in Turtle Woods,you'll need to get through the whole stage without breaking a single box. Snow Go is level 2,and you'll be introduced to ice physics here. Watch for spinning penguins and seals skating around around here. This stage also has crushers in it,2 kinds,ones that are periodic,and one that only try to crush you when you run underneath them. You can get the box-breaking Gem here now,but you can't get that Red Gem floating in the air just yet. Also quickly started level 3 Hang Eight,and got the time trial Gem. Reach the end of the stage in the allotted time for a Gem. Also grabbed it's Crystal along the way.