Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex

 PlayStation 2
User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 338 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 178 out of 338
  2. Mixed: 123 out of 338
  3. Negative: 37 out of 338
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  1. PauloH23
    Jun 21, 2023
    10
    Excelente jogo, joguei muitas horas dele quando mais novo, jogo divertido e facil de zerar.
  2. Relolelo
    May 29, 2023
    1
    Absolutely horrendous and rushed take on a sequel to the classic Crash trilogy, rightfully ret-conned by It's About Time. Incredibly ugly despite the jump to next-gen in its time, uninspired level design and storyline, uninteresting additions to the series and general lack of polish all around. Don't waste your time.
  3. Gupeze
    May 7, 2023
    6
    Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex by Vivendi Universal Games for PlayStation 2 is a good game.
  4. Angelfuk83
    May 1, 2023
    9
    Un gran juego muy infravalorado por no pertenecer a la trilogía original, tiene fases muy variadas y es tan entretenido como los clásicos.
  5. Ameer-x
    Apr 8, 2023
    6
    هذه اللعبه عباره عن تقليد واضح لالعاب نوتي دوج و تحديدا لعبه كراش الجزء الثالث لكن المشكله في هذه اللعبه انها لم تقم باضافه شيء جديد ولم تستطع ان تقلد كراش الجزء الثالث بطريقه جيده فكانت اللعبه تركز على كثره انواع اللعب بدون ان تركز على المستوى اما تصميم المراحل في هذه اللعبه فكان له اكثر من نوع ولم يكن له نوع ثابت فهناك مراحل السيارات التي كانت مقبوله ومراحل الطيارات التي كانت حلوه ومراحلهذه اللعبه عباره عن تقليد واضح لالعاب نوتي دوج و تحديدا لعبه كراش الجزء الثالث لكن المشكله في هذه اللعبه انها لم تقم باضافه شيء جديد ولم تستطع ان تقلد كراش الجزء الثالث بطريقه جيده فكانت اللعبه تركز على كثره انواع اللعب بدون ان تركز على المستوى اما تصميم المراحل في هذه اللعبه فكان له اكثر من نوع ولم يكن له نوع ثابت فهناك مراحل السيارات التي كانت مقبوله ومراحل الطيارات التي كانت حلوه ومراحل الكره التي كانت فكره جديده لكن مشكلتها انها متكرره اما مراحل البلاتفورم فكانت خطيه بشكل كبير وبدون تصميم مراحل معقد او صعب وهذا ادى الى سهوله الجيم بلاي والصناديق و كثرتها في اللعبة مع توزيعها السيء في النهايه هذه اللعبه جيده وان كنت تحب العاب كراش الثلاثيه القديمه فسوف تحب هذه اللعبه لكن انا عن نفسي لم تكن اللعبه بالمستوى المطلوب… Expand
  6. KingClavius
    Mar 21, 2023
    6
    Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex non è terribile né come gioco né come gioco di Crash, ma non è neanche un capolavoro. Ha molti difetti, una cattiva telecamera, modelli dei personaggi discutibili, alcuni livelli un poco spogli ma altri divertenti e piacevoli. I boss non mi hanno colpito, poco ispirati.
    In definitiva un gioco piacevole che vale la pena giocare almeno una volta.
  7. Suadi86
    Mar 17, 2023
    8
    Very good game for the time 23 year old game old classic game with different studios
  8. RodentSqueak
    Dec 2, 2022
    10
    Over-hated game, I think it plays really well despite the visuals and gimmick levels.
  9. Soullex
    Nov 30, 2022
    5
    Sinirden kafayı yiye yiye oynamışım ve son bölümdeki adamı yenememiştim. Komik.
  10. Senjiro
    Nov 21, 2022
    8
    the the content and music is cool, but the 5th world level design is weird...
  11. deathstramding
    Nov 8, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece… Expand
  12. M_MIXER
    Sep 29, 2022
    5
    GARBAGE《5/10》GARBAGE《5/10》
  13. Thosevelvetygms
    Sep 12, 2022
    7
    It's not a bad game by any means, but it's truly just a worse copy of Warped. Only for die-hard fans of the bandicoot.
  14. FireBroFilms
    Aug 15, 2022
    5
    ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎
  15. Ardho
    Jun 8, 2022
    7
    from all aspects, the crash trilogy ps1 is much better, the game feels very boring and flat
  16. MirosLove
    Feb 15, 2022
    10
    Game of childhood, very beautiful. Thanks....................................
  17. alexandrea
    Nov 25, 2021
    8
    Not as good as Crash Twinsanity but still a lot of fun and one of my favourite childhood games.
  18. dantcraft
    Nov 3, 2021
    10
    the best game xd na kidding it's actually very average the only reason I give it 10 is to raise the grade because it doesn't deserve those grades
  19. Kostas101
    Oct 24, 2021
    7
    Very fun platformer, good level design, satisfying gameplay mechanics and challenging boss fights.
  20. grimreapersims
    Sep 24, 2021
    8
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  21. Nein11
    Jun 11, 2021
    10
    Best game ever to my 5 year old brain! The gameplay variety was amazing! You could be in a jet, submarine, chased by a dragon, inside a ball, ect.
  22. Xrayplayer
    Oct 12, 2020
    7
    The game didn't improve upon it's predecessors although there's more variety in the level themes the environments lack some details and the character models looks very weird... the level design sometimes is good and sometimes feels dull, the uncooperative camera makes nearly half the game frustrating ,there's 30 levels in the game 22 of them have vehicle sections and gimmicks most of themThe game didn't improve upon it's predecessors although there's more variety in the level themes the environments lack some details and the character models looks very weird... the level design sometimes is good and sometimes feels dull, the uncooperative camera makes nearly half the game frustrating ,there's 30 levels in the game 22 of them have vehicle sections and gimmicks most of them are fine but the water and plane and racing levels are not that fun ,some elements from crash 3 are somehow made worse like the monkey bars made alot slower ,and the previous boss characters became just a regular enemies in some levels.
    To be fair though the platformering sections are still good and the controls are tight and responsive the boss battles are also fun ( excluding the first boss) and I liked the idea of crunch but the elemental masks were not used in their full potential..and I love the soundtrack it's some of the best in the series,there's a great amount of replay value and there's not much backtracking to get the gems.

    Overall the game didn't bring anything new or innovative it feels like crash bandicoot warped but worse it's not bad it's just decent.    … Expand
  23. NiKCritic
    Dec 7, 2020
    4
    The game is practically a Crash 3: Warped and I say it because it adds absolutely nothing, the experience although it is somewhat entertaining is incoherent, since this does not take place after Crash 3 and that it is a sequel, in addition to the designs for more Those who have better technology are worse, since they use the new technology in a very bad way, it is a game that although itThe game is practically a Crash 3: Warped and I say it because it adds absolutely nothing, the experience although it is somewhat entertaining is incoherent, since this does not take place after Crash 3 and that it is a sequel, in addition to the designs for more Those who have better technology are worse, since they use the new technology in a very bad way, it is a game that although it may give you a somewhat decent experience, it is a bad Crash game and there are many better options.… Expand
  24. Spr1ngz2mind
    Sep 15, 2020
    5
    Mediocre at best the controls are here but the loading screens and slowed down gameplay just isn't great.

    A top this having the same boss with just different element power ups is boring after the first boss fight.
  25. Zomrs
    Jul 31, 2020
    10
    Hours of gameplay.best crash game ever.tell today 2020 still the best crash game i played all of the .
  26. WopokijjX
    Jul 12, 2020
    1
    Very long load time. This game is a waste of time and waste of money. Very bad game
  27. LauRojo
    Jul 1, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Puntos negativos: Innova poco en respecto a las anteriores entregas, la calidad gráfica no es tan alta y el diseño de niveles disminuyó en calidad considerablemente.
    Puntos positivos: trae personajes nuevos como crunch y las máscaras elementales además de que tiene algunos muy buenos niveles que tratan de innovar un poco pero no demasiado.    … Expand
  28. Musette
    Jun 27, 2020
    8
    The crashinnaball levels are rather fun, some vehicle sections drag but that's normal for crash games. Some audio balancing is off, voices too loud in places, but unlike the gamecube version, there's no latency issues on the input. Massive improvement.
  29. Crisad
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    Gráficos peores que el 3 (sin detalles), jugabilidad mas lenta, el juego en general es fácil, la mitad de niveles son sobre vehículos, los niveles de agua son lo peor por su cámara y, por ultimo, cuando te encuentras enemigos son fáciles de esquivar, en su mayoría puedes pasar por su lado y no te harán ningún rasguño... ES RIDICULO.

    La historia es muy sosa y sin gracia
  30. Jens-Uwe33
    May 26, 2020
    5
    Crash Bandicoot the wrath of cortex is difficult to rate. One of the positive things is that you can easily get all gems and the story is good. But there are not enough checkpoints and it can be really annoying if you die and you have to play it over and over again. The Levels where you play as coco or the underwater levels are annoying to. So Crash Bandicoot the wrath of cortex is anCrash Bandicoot the wrath of cortex is difficult to rate. One of the positive things is that you can easily get all gems and the story is good. But there are not enough checkpoints and it can be really annoying if you die and you have to play it over and over again. The Levels where you play as coco or the underwater levels are annoying to. So Crash Bandicoot the wrath of cortex is an average game.… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#9 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2001
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#13 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2001

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Metascore
66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. Electric Playground
    40
    Not only is the gameplay un-revised on this much more powerful platform, but much of the former joy in the series has been drained away. The characters, levels and gameplay are essentially flat.
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  2. IGN
    74
    A decent playing and pretty looking Crash Bandicoot game. It's nothing terribly special, but it's not bad, not bad at all.
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  3. PSX Nation
    60
    A by the books sequel that takes playing it safe to a new level. Come on guys this easily could have been done on the PS One and it probably should have.
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