#188 – Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (PS1)
I was initially put off from buying Crash 2 because the first one was a torture. I’m glad the horrible save system and the next to impossible platforming is gone from the 1st game. Crash 2 is like Crash 1 except that Crash 2 is better in EVERY single aspect. From the boss battles, to the levels designs to the platforming to the… EVERYTHING! Crash 2 is the turning point in the series, in that it revamped and evolved the platforming aspect of the game by making it fun. Crash Bandicoot 2 is one of those PS1 platforming classics which you’d wanna get back into every now and then.
#187 – Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (PS2)
Sly 3 is more or less the same as its previous entries but I found myself enjoying the third entry a lot more than the second and little bit more than the first. I thought Sly 2 was quite unbalanced and did a lot of wrong but Sly 3 remedies that by making the game actually challenging (in a fun way) and requires you to actually use the skills available with Sly. Sly has a few more abilities and I’d say great addition. I think this is the pinnacle of the series and also the time the series needs to end (sorry Sly fans). I just don’t see any other way for the series to evolve unless the development is taken as seriously as a major franchise. Sure Sly could have a 4th clone which I’d probably never forgive. But it is better to end something on a high note rather than ending after being run down to the ground with numerous failure projects.
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