We had a lot of fun on the patient gamers discord making and sharing some "kaizo" levels using the level editor which is for now only 2D. That editor is pretty complete for what it is and the physics feel really close to the psx crash games which is all it really needed.
I also played through all of the 3D levels in the current demo and honestly thought they were really good, better than some in the originals with a nice mix of level design from crash 2 and 3, also some pretty cleverly hidden collectibles. The Uka-Uka power up is also a great idea as an addition and feels true to the original games.

As a crash fan this is something that I never thought I wanted but now appreciate so much, I genuinely can't wait for it to get a 3D level editor.
If you're a crash fan you have to try this and talk about it, it needs to be bigger than it is.

Obviously the big draw of this thing has been the level creator where you can fuck around and make 2D levels similar to Crash 4 flashback tape levels, but the game itself outside of that is also pretty good for a small project. Controls are an honest recreation of the second game's movement but they aren't quite there. The 3D levels themselves are neat and do some fun things; while the 2D Uka Uka time trial levels can get cheeky, especially the last one. Overall pretty good not bad pretty good pret-tay... prettay good.