4.5/5 ★ – bryansbane's review of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back.

Going against the grain of everyone else, this is my least favorite game of the original trilogy despite it being clearly the best. While the original game needed much refinement and the third had way too many gimmick levels like cars, airplanes and animals the second balanced everything perfectly. It had tighter, more interesting gameplay and level designs with almost none of the gimmicks that would come later. This is Crash Bandicoot at his peak.