Crash 2 is the one of the original trilogy I was most familiar with going into my first time completion of all of the N-Sane Trilogy remakes, and I rather get the feeling the overfamiliarity of failed playthrough attempts and watching a lot of casual and top level gameplay of this one dulled the edges that the game offers a little too much for me. I can recognise that it's presented way better, is much more player friendly and overall improves the experience in every conceivable way, yet my own pre-exposure to it really lead to it lacking that punch and feeling of trailblazing Crash 1 had about it in my eyes.

It's really a game I'd want to come back to once I've spent enough time away from it and the dust has settled. But weirdly, finishing it for the first time didn't confirm the opinion I thought it would that it's my favourite like I'd been convinced of for so many years, it actually ended up currently slipping down to 3rd place.