Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
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Crash Bandicoot: Warped is a platform game created and developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation. It was well-received publicly and critically, selling 3.05 million copies worldwide and scoring an average of 91% in Metacritic's aggregate. The game serves as a direct sequel to Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. It was the last platformer in the series developed by Naughty Dog, who then developed Crash Team Racing.
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| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
| Release date | October 31 1998 |
| Genre | Platformer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) ELSPA: 3+ |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
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[edit] Gameplay
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped is a platform game in which the player controls Crash and Coco Bandicoot, who must travel back in time and gather 25 Crystals in their original places in time before Uka Uka and Doctor Neo Cortex do so. Much of the game takes place in the Time-Twisting Machine, which acts as the hub area of the game. The Time-Twisting Machine is split up into five chambers; only the first chamber is initially available. Each chamber has five buttons that open portals to different levels. The goal in each level is to find and obtain the Crystal hidden in the area. In some levels, the Crystal will be located at the end of a level or must be earned by completing a specific challenge. After completing all five levels in a chamber, a sixth button that opens a portal to a boss level will appear. By defeating the boss, the next chamber will become available for play. When all 25 Crystals are found and all five boss characters are defeated, the game is won.
Crash and Coco start the game with four lives. Crash and Coco lose a life when they are struck by an enemy attack or suffer any other type of damage. More lives can be earned by instructing Crash or Coco to collect 100 "Wumpa Fruits" or break open a special crate to collect a life. If Crash or Coco run out of lives, the game is over. However, the game can be continued by selecting "Yes" at the "Continue?" screen.
Each level contains a "Bonus Platform" that leads to a special bonus area, where the player must navigate through a maze and collect everything in sight. As no lives are lost in the bonus areas, the bonus areas can be played through as often as the player desires until the bonus area can be cleared.
Besides Crystals, Gems and Colored Gems can be collected for 100% completion. Gems are rewarded to the player if all of the crates in a level are broken open or if a secret area is completed. There is a total of 42 Gems in the game. Colored Gems are found in special levels and lead to hidden areas. There are five Colored Gems in the game.
"Relics" can be won by re-entering a level where the Crystal has already been retrieved. To obtain a Relic, the player must initiate the "Time Trial" mode and race through a level in the pre-designated time displayed before entering a level. To begin a Time Trial run, the player must enter a level and activate the floating stopwatch near the beginning of the level to activate the timer; if the stopwatch is not touched, the level can be played regularly. The player must then race through the level as quickly as possible. Scattered throughout the level are yellow crates with the numbers 1, 2 or 3 on them. When these crates are broken, the timer is frozen for the number of seconds designated by the box. As no lives are lost in the Time Trial mode, the level can be played through as often as the player desires. Sapphire and Gold Relics can be won depending on how low the player's final time is. The first five Relics the player receives unlocks access to level in the "Secret Warp Room". Every five Relics thereafter open up another level in the Secret Warp Room. The levels in the Secret Warp Room must be won before the game can be 100% completed.
[edit] Plot
Much of the game takes place in Nefarious Tropy's Time Twisting Machine, where Crash and Coco travel through numerous periods of time. The Time Twister consists of two hub rooms (one underground), the first one containing five chambers, each of which containing six portals, each leading to a different period of time, including (but not limited to) Medieval times, Prehistoric times, Ancient Egypt, and the future.
The game takes place immediately after the previous installment, in which Doctor Nitrus Brio uses the 42 gems Crash has collected to power his giant laser weapon to destroy Doctor Neo Cortex's space station. As a result, large chunks of the space station's debris plummet down to Earth and crash into an ancient monument. When the smoke clears, an evil entity flies off into the night.
Back on N. Sanity Island, the home of Crash and his friends, an evil laughter rings through the air. Aku Aku appears shaken and urges everyone to come inside, as a great evil has come.
Uka Uka confronts Doctor Neo Cortex. In an as-of-now unknown area, Doctor Neo Cortex is seen cowering before the evil entity (now known as Uka Uka), who appears to have saved Cortex from the depths of space and is now upset that Cortex has failed him twice. Cortex insists that it is all Crash Bandicoot's fault but Uka Uka's patience is spent, as there is now no other power source on the planet. But since Cortex has indirectly set him free, Uka Uka spares Cortex's life and introduces Doctor Nefarious Tropy, master of time and the creator of the "Time Twister" that the trio is currently standing on. With N. Tropy's Time Twister, the villains plan on gathering the Power Crystals in their original places in time.
Inside Crash's home, Aku Aku tells the Bandicoots a story of how many days ago, Uka Uka, Aku Aku's evil twin brother, was locked in an underground prison by Aku Aku to protect the world from his malice, and now that he is free, he must be stopped at all cost. With that, Crash and his friends travel to the Time Twister Machine, where their adventure begins.
After Crash and Coco have defeated N. Tropy (along with Cortex's minions, Tiny Tiger, Dingodile and Dr. N. Gin) and collected all of the Crystals and all of the Gems, Crash battles Doctor Cortex in the core of the Time Twister Machine. Upon Cortex's defeat, the Time Twister implodes (due to N. Tropy's defeat), taking Cortex, Tropy, and Uka Uka with it. Crash and the others escape just in time for the snow season. As the ending credits roll, it is seen that the three villains are trapped in a time prison, with Cortex and Tropy transformed into infants and fighting over Uka Uka's possession.
In addition, the game features a new Time Trial mode, in which a level must be raced through in the fastest time possible. Boxes are laid throughout the levels that are able to freeze time for 1, 2, or 3 seconds. A Sapphire or Gold Relic will be earned if the given time is beaten. In addition, there are Platinum Relics and developer times set by the Naughty Dog and SCEA testers. A platinum relic can still be received before completing the game with 100%, but the times will only be seen on the level info box if the game is completed with 100%. Completing the game with 105% (the maximum percentage of the game) shows a sequence in which Crash and Coco watching a fireworks display. To complete the game with 105% you need to get 104% taking all gems and relics from all levels, including secret levels, then you have to get all gold or platinum relics. When you will have no more sapphire relics, you will get another gem and switch to 105% .
[edit] Warp Room & Levels
- Portal Chamber 1 (Medieval Tower)
- Toad Village (England, Medieval 14th century)
- Under Pressure (Atlantis)
- Orient Express (Great Wall of China, 5th century)
- Bone Yard (Prehistoric)
- Makin' Waves (Pacific Ocean, 18th century)
- Tiny Tiger 1° Boss (Ancient Rome)
- Portal Chamber 2 (Arabic Gate)
- Gee Wiz (England, Medieval 14th century)
- Hang'em High (Asia, Medieval Arabia)
- Hog Ride (America, 1950's)
- Tomb Time (Ancient Egypt)
- Midnight Run (Great Wall of China, 5th century)
- Dingodile: 2° Boss (Ice Ages)
- Portal Chamber 3 (Oriental Palace)
- Dino Might (Prehistoric)
- Deep Trouble (Atlantis)
- High Time (Asia, Medieval Arabia)
- Road Crash (America, 1950's)
- Double Header (England, Medieval 14th century)
- Dr. Nefarious Tropy: 3° Boss (Time Warp)
- Portal Chamber 4 (Egyptian Tomb)
- Sphynxinator (Ancient Egypt)
- Bye Bye Blimps (World War 2)
- Tell No Tales (Pacific Ocean, 18th century)
- Future Frenzy (23rd Century?)
- Tomb Wader (Ancient Egypt)
- Dr. N. Gin: 4° Boss (The Moon, 1969)
- Portal Chamber 5 (Future Empire)
- Gone Tomorrow (23rd century?)
- Orange Asphalt (America, 1950's)
- Flaming Passion (Asia, Medieval Arabia)
- Mad Bombers (World War 1)
- Bug Lite (Ancient Egypt)
- Dr. Neo Cortex & Uka Uka: Final Bosses (Time Twister's Core)
- Portal Chamber 6 (Secret Underground Lab titled "Neo-Cor Systems")
- Ski Crazed (Pacific Ocean, 18th century)
- Hang'em High Part 2 (Asia, Medieval Arabia)
- Area 51? (America, 1950's)
- Future Frenzy Part 2 (23rd century?)
- Rings of Power (America, Death Valley)
- Secret Levels
- Hot Coco: (Pacific Ocean, Prehistoric) Hit the alien sign in Road Crash.
- Eggipus Rex: (Prehistoric) Access the yellow gem route in Dino Might and grab onto the second pterodactyl.
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[edit] Trivia
- All of the Arabic levels (Hang 'Em High, High Time and Flaming Passion), contain a coloured Gem (yellow, purple and green, repsectively).
| Crash Bandicoot Series Games | |
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| Main Games | Crash Bandicoot (1996) • Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997) • Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (1998) • Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (2001) • Crash Twinsanity (2004) • Crash of the Titans (2007) • Crash: Mind over Mutant (2008) |
| Crash Bandicoot Racing Series | Crash Team Racing (1999) • Crash Nitro Kart (2003) • Crash Tag Team Racing (2005) |
| Crash Bandicoot Party Series | Crash Bash (2000) • Crash Boom Bang! (2006) |
| Handheld Series | Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure (2002) • Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced (2003) • Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage (2004) |
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