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Ever since the debut of Nintendo's "Mario Party", the multiplayer party genre is suddenly popular. Now the PlayStation's mascot, Crash, is jumping onto the bandwagon with "Crash Bash". It's the first game developed without Naughty Dog, who created Crash's first four games; instead, it's developed by Eurocom and Mark Cerny. For a first shot, Eurocom has done a great job with living up to Naughty Dog's legacy.

You can play as one of eight characters: Crash, Coco (Crash's sister), Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash's enemy), Dr. N. Brio (Cortex's rival), Tiny, Dingodile, and Koala Kong (Cortex's henchmen), and Kangorilla (a new character). There are also some secret characters, including Ripper Roo (a psychotic kangaroo in a straitjacket) and Penta Penguin.

There's a total of 28 different games to play. One example is a game where you ride on polar bears and joust each other while trying to avoid falling off of the slippery, swaying iceberg on which you're battling. In another, you bounce on pogo sticks and try to make the bricks of the platform you're bouncing on a solid color. There's even a game where you drive through a maze in a tank and blast each other with missiles and mines. Some games, though, are variants of classic games, such as air hockey, racing (although in this, you race in bumper cars rather than go-karts), and standard fighting, e.g. throwing TNT at each other and using your special 'power', etc.

The game allows for 1-4 players, and offers so much fun, you'll get addicted instantly. You'll definitely enjoy it!

Graphics: 8/10 – Very nice to look at. Everything is clear and there are little things you notice that stand out thoroughly. Crash Bash succeeds in this area.

Sound: 9/10 – Some great sound! Smashing boxes, bucking polar-bears, spinning characters and heaps of effort in sound effects editing.

Value: 8/10 – This is an awesome instalment no doubt and it is fun to play by yourself. But it is better with a friend that lives close by or sibling because Crash Bash really work better as a 2-player game. If you don’t have anyone who is interested, it may tire.

Overall: 10/10 – This is a fantastic, brilliant, amazing and intriguing game! It gives you a lot to do and is thoroughly entertaining for any players of any age. It may just grab a place in my top 5 games!

This game is good except when you beat the last boss & go to the next warp room all the levels there are locked. i have only unlocked one and really wish i could play the others. with all the work you put into beating the game the last levels should be there for you to enjoy.