• About this item Complete specific levels of the game as C's fiery sister Coco New free-roam sections will be implemented within certain levels of the game The most vehicles ever seen in a C game New characters Unlock arena levels and get ready to rumble, as either C or Coco.

Product Description ------------------- C Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, the first next-generation addition to the bestselling PlayStation series, delivers the same mix of intuitive gameplay and elaborate adventure that fans have come to expect, with many enhancements and all-new environments and missions. Neo Cortex is back, and he means to rid himself of C once and for all. To energise his most diabolical creation to date, Cortex channels the power of the Elementals, a group of renegade s with the destructive power of Air, Earth, Water and Fire. To stop the Elementals and Cortex's new weapon, C or Coco (a fully playable character for the first time) will face five game hubs, 25 dynamic levels and five unique bosses, as well as the appearance of a new character that will rock the C world. You can complete specific levels of the game to play as C's fiery sister. Coco will have a wide variety of moves and animations tailored to fit her personality. New free-roam sections will be implemented within certain levels of the game. These sections feature puzzles and hidden areas never before seen in a C game. New bosses and mini-bosses offer up a Noah's Ark-sized list of new creatures. The game also has an all-new graphics engine that brings vivid life to environment and characters as never before. What's more, the terrible loading times that blighted the PS2 version have thankfully been fixed here. .co.uk Review ------------- C Bandicoot is a bargain-basement Taz: a capering, rolling-eyed dingo-like creature. Over the few years before his next-generation debut, C Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, he's appeared in various PSone titles--usually Mario wannabe platformers, but there've also been blatant Mario Party ( /exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=video-games-uk&field-keywords=mario%20party/%24%7B0%7D ) and Mario Kart ( /exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=video-games-uk&field-keywords=mario%20kart/%24%7B0%7D ) rip-offs in the shapes of C Bash ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005QAUY/%24%7B0%7D ) and C Team Racing ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005444K/%24%7B0%7D ). Never less than fun, yet never a realistic contender when compared with the genre-defining Mario 64 ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004TY7B/%24%7B0%7D ), C has sometimes received a fairly rough ride from the press. With original developers Naughty Dog passing on the chance to produce a next-gen version, Travellers Tales have created this effort, and in terms of gameplay there's no progression here whatsoever. This is C as we know and tolerate him, albeit with fancier lighting effects. All the familiar faces return, including (obviously, given the title) arch-goon Dr Cortex. And it's great, as it goes. Ignore the on-rails nature of the gameplay; it's unlikely you'll come across a jauntier, more ridiculous, stupid-brilliant game for some time. As well as the usual platform action, there are mine-cart chases à la Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom, hysterically playable Marble Madness-style levels, secrets, bonuses, vehicles, new moves; all kinds of everything, as Dana might have put it if she were into video games rather than winning the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest. Simple to pick up and play, crammed with outlandish ideas, colourful, loud and a laugh riot into the bargain, it would be a hard heart that didn't warm to this old 'coot. --Steve Colton P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Manufacturer's Description -------------------------- The C Bandicoot series' first next-generation title returns to the stunning blend of platform and action elements of the million-selling PSone games, but uses the new console's superior technology to create a larger and more interactive game world. As such, Wrath of Cortex finds C running, jumping and spinning through over 30 hazard-filled levels, with a host of familiar faces from the long-running series also along for the ride. Once again the series' villain and C's arch nemesis, Dr Cortex, is up to no good--he's planning to use the power of the elements to raise a powerful Elemental Lord to kill our hero. Thus C is thrown into a series of levels themed around Earth, Wind, Fire and Water, and must avoid contact with Cortex's many cronies while collecting bonuses and using whatever comes to hand in order to reach the end of each level. Amongst the new additions to this game is C's all-new tiptoe move, while the series' use of vehicles has also been hugely expanded with C gaining access to gyrocopters, jeeps and a scooter. Players can also now control C's friends, with Coco also stepping into the limelight during the course of the game. See more ( javascript:void(0) )