My favorite Crash game, and the one that started the whole franchise for me. Honestly the remake does an amazing job remaking all the levels, assets, and music. Really this a great remake of a great game.
As for the original game though? Well, it certainly has it's flaws, but a lot of that is manageable. From weird perspectives to backtracking to just some really cryptic secrets, Crash 2 is a game with a lot of quirks that kinda go unnoticed once you notice them. Like there are several no death paths that require you to go backward and get boxes you missed because you took a split pathway, sometimes outright fighting the camera perspective in order to make a lot of faith jumps. Then you also have some of the oddest ways to find hidden areas where some levels actually led to other ones, just straight up you could be in world 3 and come out in a world 1 level. We also have a good amount of difficulty spikes throughout the game. While most of the game is a slope of difficulty, some of the levels are just way harder than others. Looking at the level list, I always wondered why the final world is a relieve to me on site, but it turns out nearly all the hard levels are in fact in the 4th world.
For the most part though, a lot of the difficulty is mainly put on 100%-ing the game over actually beating Crash 2. So if you just want to pick up and playthrough Crash 2, it's a fairly manageable experience, and a large reason why a lot of it's flaws can be overridden. While I certainly think this is the best game overall, I completely understand that a lot of these failing points are made better in Crash 3 and how some people actually prefer that game. I will still have nostalgia for figuring out all the cryptic secrets and 100% this game though; as it does truly feel like an accomplishment that satisfies more than it frustrates.
As for the original game though? Well, it certainly has it's flaws, but a lot of that is manageable. From weird perspectives to backtracking to just some really cryptic secrets, Crash 2 is a game with a lot of quirks that kinda go unnoticed once you notice them. Like there are several no death paths that require you to go backward and get boxes you missed because you took a split pathway, sometimes outright fighting the camera perspective in order to make a lot of faith jumps. Then you also have some of the oddest ways to find hidden areas where some levels actually led to other ones, just straight up you could be in world 3 and come out in a world 1 level. We also have a good amount of difficulty spikes throughout the game. While most of the game is a slope of difficulty, some of the levels are just way harder than others. Looking at the level list, I always wondered why the final world is a relieve to me on site, but it turns out nearly all the hard levels are in fact in the 4th world.
For the most part though, a lot of the difficulty is mainly put on 100%-ing the game over actually beating Crash 2. So if you just want to pick up and playthrough Crash 2, it's a fairly manageable experience, and a large reason why a lot of it's flaws can be overridden. While I certainly think this is the best game overall, I completely understand that a lot of these failing points are made better in Crash 3 and how some people actually prefer that game. I will still have nostalgia for figuring out all the cryptic secrets and 100% this game though; as it does truly feel like an accomplishment that satisfies more than it frustrates.