The Warth of Cortex is a mid-level platform game, If you're a Crash Bandicoot fan, don't buy it.

User Rating: 3.8 | Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (Platinum) PS2
The reason I played this game is that i remember the good old Naughty Dog's Carsh games (Crash Bandicoot, Crash 2, Crash Warped and CTR) - back then i spent all 24 hours with the PS controller. But after a couple of hours playing "The Cortex Warth" i turned off my console.

The first thing you will notice is that the loading times are extraoridnary: you'll wait 2 or more minutes for a level to load, and the same thing when you go back to the Warp Room. For the time I got to the second area, I hated that in-space-falling-crash.

As for the gameplay, this game is, so to speak, Crash Bandicoot : Warped with boosted graphics. You still have to beat five worlds with five levels and a boss within. In every levels you must collect crystal, if you destroy all boxes you will get a grey gem, and if you re-enter the level after beating it (if you want 2 extra loadings), you can dash thro it and geat a ... what? correct, a relic. Same boxes, same wumpa fruits, same enemies, only duying is no to fun anymore. Ow, i forgot, there is something not from Crash Warped: this game has the Jep Pack from Crash 2.

Crash is still Gaining Abilities after beating bosses, and they're all identical to the ones from "warped": super belly drop, double jump, tornado spin, bazooka and dash.

The story is not very original eather. Dr. cortex created a mightry bandicoot clone, and Uka Uka unleashed The Elementals - masks of earth, wind, fire and water. And gues what - you have to stop them. There is no storyline in the game - youl - will just see A galagraphical face of one of you enemies after beating two or three levels making sad faces and crying, afterwitch there's another loading screen

Colisiond detection is broken - nitros will explode even if you just walk near them, and enemies won't allways die is you hit them. Character models are drawn crappily - you may not even recognise some of the old alies or enemies.

Music is pretty standart to Crash games, nothing new in the sound effect too, same old spin sounds, wow's, bangs ans so on.

Overall, if you're looking for Crash 4, this game is not for you. There are many games alot better that this event at VU's game list. =(.