As someone who got completely whooped by the first Crash game I was rly just hoping to at least enjoy my time with Crash 2 and I would say that this game is leaps and bounds better than Crash 1. It flows better, it feels better and the level design doesn't make me want to pull my hair out ALL the time. Incredibly underwhelming final boss but I'm not sure if that was a remaster thing or consistent across both versions.