Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time: Part 46: Bears Repeating (Perfect Gem Run)
13Here's what has so far been one of the hardest levels for me in the entire game. That IS assuming you're trying to go for a perfect run, by the way.
However, notice how easy I've made getting through this level look, because I've had to repeat it several times that I just eventually picked up a rhythm with it. I spent so much time trying to get this right, that I recorded this off of my non-recording save data, and then had to perfect this again on my actual recording data just to catch up.
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This level has Crash/Coco continue up the huge snowy mountains that Cortex has made a new station for himself in. More of his Lab Assistants will try to hinder your progress, though some of them just wanna go skiing.
At one point, you will encounter the Yellow Gem Platform. You can get the Yellow Gem by finding it near the beginning of Run It Bayou. This will take you on a special death route that calls back to Crash 1's infamous Road to Nowhere and The High Road levels, meaning you have to once again cross a bridge made out of really fragile planks that will likely fall as you step on them.
Fortunately, you will meet Kapuna-Wa to help you navigate some of this bridge and other parts of the level, though I've gone through this enough that I've made the bridge a total breeze, without even having to use her, at all.
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The Hidden Gem is just located on a platform that just kinda hiding from the camera's view until you're close. It's right before the jumps you'll have to take to reach the Yellow Gem Platform.
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At one point, you will reach a carriage that has a HUGE lineup of Nitro Crates, and Crash/Coco will wonder where that came in from? You use Kapuna-Wa to safely blow them all up, which causes a huge chain reaction that leads to you destroying Cortex's new station.
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After dealing with the Bonus Round, Cortex makes for a hasty escape by now skiing down the mountain. You chase after him using Polar, the same polar bear cub that Crash has known since Crash 2! Even his controls are similar!
However, this is the hardest part of perfecting a run through this level. Breaking open crates while riding Polar can be very strict at times. It's really annoying if you have to break through a 2X2 lineup of crates; you'll have to get right in the middle of them to break all four of them. This took me longer to get right than anything else in this whole level! So I was so grateful when I managed this not only once, but twice!
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You will never catch up to Cortex, even if you have Polar dash. Near the end of the chase, he just simply activates his jets and flies off, presumably to head to his new blimp.
The next completely new level has you finally confront the mad doctor again for the 4th time, but beating this level also seems to have shown that Tawna was the one that sent that huge lineup of Nitro Crates towards you...
It truly bares repeating that Bears Repeating is considered one of the hardest levels to perfect, and I'm glad to have achieved that. Unfortunately, there are other versions of this level I'll have to complete, later...
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