Here's one trick I found useful for this stage: Checkpoint management. The bonus room acts like a checkpoint in itself, so if you skip the checkpoint box directly in front of it, you can leave it until you come back from your backtracking and have an extra one to seal the deal on those collected boxes in case you die on the return trip.
Yeah I should of never followed the idiot in the video. I'd of much rather saved my checkpoint box til after the backtracking was done. Instead I copied this moron
@@robdenicola4152 piston it away is easy to get both gems in one run, there is a way to get them easy, I found harder get the relics on the damn backpack levels
2:103:15 "Crash can also access the second clear gem without completing the death route. This can be done by going down the left split path when the two rejoin, and jumping along the green grass to the left edge of the colossal pit. Crash can then backtrack to the gem, and leave via the exit platform, or backtrack the entire route and smash all the crates if necessary." -fandom wiki
The N Sane Trilogy really shows how well Crash 1’s gem completion was designed. Without the no dying requirement,(Outside the colored gems.) you realize most of Crash 1’s gems were just straightforward platforming challenge with very little BS. Crash 2 is rotten with it by comparison. The crap they expect you to just figure out is on par with those fake online Smash Melee unlocks.
It's easier to get the clear gem for all the boxes if you first go up the right hand path smashing every box until you see the electric fences. That way you don't have to jump back through them in reverse and you only have to head back down the right hand path as far as the checkpoint after doing the Death Route.
This death route is actually not that difficult. I managed to complete the death route first time without being hit once and I still had a double Achu-Achu after I finished it. The most difficult bit is avoiding the bees when backtracking straight after it because you don't see them leaving their hives when you travel backwards.
In 1:41 if you jump on iron jumping box then jump on the boxes that above TNT boxes you will reach the bridge iron boxes above that contain extra lives.
Nice. This showed me how far I needed to backtrack after the death level. But I’m glad I read some of the comments too. Once you get to the bonus level don’t break the checkpoint box yet. Do the bonus level (don’t forget to snag the hidden lives in that level I believe I got 5 from it) and after the bonus level skip the checkpoint box for now and when you get to the death level go right instead until you get to the electric fences where the next checkpoint box is. Don’t get that checkpoint box either and don’t even go through the fences. Just turn around go back to that first checkpoint box you left next to the bonus level and do the death level. After the death level you only need to back track down the right path up until the checkpoint box. Then you finish the level with all the boxes. Also double check you got all the boxes in the bonus level because sometimes the tnt doesn’t destroy all of the boxes.
The best strategy in this level just jump on skull platform then leave it and clear the right path until the end then return to the the platform to take the left platform to get the both gems with any trouble
There's an easier way to complete the death path.... Just go down the right path until the fork, get the checkpoint just after and backtrack down the left path. At the gap, jump onto the left side and make a few jumps to get over the massive gap using the left wall/bank. Then backtrack until you get the gem and all boxes, make sure to body slam all plants along the way so the run back is quicker and all you have to avoid is the bees. The death platform will take you back, but using the wall/bank trick can give you access even if you've died and the platform doesn't work. Thank me later. Edit: idk if this works on the N.Sane trilogy, though I see no reason it wouldn't. Certainly works on original game, and using this tactic took one turn, as opposed to 20 lives and a fucking bad attitude. Lol
My entire childhood was a lie! Now that the graphics are way better than in the 90's, I see Crash's going in the mud! My dumbass thought he was literally going underground lmao
It DOES teach you how to dig... in a subtle way. The level is called Diggin' it, the ground you can dig in looks different, and because the button to go dig is square, Crash will dig instantly when trying to break a box that's on the dirt. That's how 8 year old me knew. I think N Sane Trilogy made it even easier with the hints... but it also made it harder because the bees here are much faster than the original for some reason. The originals bees also made a much more clear noise, so you know they're coming.
The super jump box to the left lets you jump up there. Start to the left of the jump box, run and try to land on the rightmost edge while holding jump. While in the air, hit spin and you will land on the [ ? ] box without breaking it. Do a crouch jump to get to the next [ ? ] box and hold jump when you land on it to boost up to the platform.
If you want those three lives use the jump box to jump on top of the first stack, the "?" box will break and you will set off the TNT. Wait until the box says "1" then slide jump to the top of the second stack and repeat the setting off of TNT and wait then slide jump to get to the top. Hope this helps!!
actually you just jump off the jump box, bounce off the ? box, land on the the other ? box and bounce off it to the platform. better than to risk waiting out the TNT explosion. you can collect whatever they dropped (a life and some apples) by bouncing off the TNTs when you lower them to the ground.
P Jay all well & good saying this but I literally cannot get onto the ‘?’ Box, I knew what to do but I can’t do it! I came here for answers & the guy playing the game didn’t even do it 🙄😂
Very good however you forgot there are 3 bonus lives on a metal box shelf in the bonus round. You're supposed to use those 2 tall stacks of boxes with the tnt near the top of them to jump on to that shelf. But honestly so far, I haven't been able to do it. I can in the original version but must be a programing error in this version.
I am currently searching for this exact issue. It seems just too far away and is very frustrating. The only video showing it being done is of the PS1 version so I think you might be right. How do we tell Activision so they sort it out?
@@thestonegoose I just tried it out and did it! I used the run ability (awarded after cortex fight) to get a better run up for jumping onto the arrow box and I managed to reach the box tower and then hopped over to the next one and onto the bridge. Good luck if you try it!
for the platform with 3 ups in the bonus area, just jump onto the first stack of boxes and wait for crash to land on the tnt box, then slide jump onto the next one and then make a crouch jump off that stack again, easypeasy! one would think that the tnt box explodes if u slide on it but to my great surprise it doesnt(credit and thx to my gf! C:
uuh.. okay ?? how im supposed to go back for the boxes when there are freaking bees ?? i know i can spin them but thats not even a second they pop up on the screen and my death lol
okay it wasnt that difficult.. :D but i read a guide where guy went first the non death path.. yeah good luck with doing all over again if the bees kill you lol.. this was much better.. thanks
This level beside cold hard crash and piston it away are the most annoying levels in the game because the both gems need to reach the death route without losing any life
Definitely suggest leaving gems and relics until you complete the game normally. So much easier. Only wanted to check this one to see the easiest way for back tracking. Thanks!
I really need someone help I am playing crash bandicoot on PS4 I see every level but diggin it can someone please tell me how I get to this one thank you so much in advance
There's a TNT glitch in the bonus stage (as there are in a few levels, apparently). You have to be sure to watch them explode, so you can either trigger them and just wait next to the stack, or else (if you jump to the upper metal boxes) quickly collect the lives and run back to the left before they go off.
Usually what happens in instructional videos like this is the person died and they edited it out for a smoother watching experience. We're here to figure out how to do this, not watch someone die while they show us
I feel safe in saying this. Crash 2 is the worst game out of the N sane Trilogy. And considering how bad this back tracking is, i'd argue its up there as maybe the worst of the PS1 games as well.
I always slide jump. It's not always necessary but I'd rather guarantee I make an easy jump over just barely missing an easy jump because I miscalculated
Those bees might be what you see when you go to hell.
Playing this level BEE like: ohh, oh not the bee's, not the bee's, ahh oh my god, ahh ahh there in my eyes!!!!
I turned the volume to 100! Just to hear the bees coming
You know it's gonna be one of THOSE levels/gems when the video has over 100k views
And now 400k 😆
Honestly I found diggin it to be really easy. I got platinum Relic and gems on my first try ever
@@avatarboi_69420you’re in the minority dude, I suck at this game though admittedly 😂
@@avatarboi_69420why you on this video?
cuz i was recommended this vid@@jeremybottoms7619
Here's one trick I found useful for this stage: Checkpoint management. The bonus room acts like a checkpoint in itself, so if you skip the checkpoint box directly in front of it, you can leave it until you come back from your backtracking and have an extra one to seal the deal on those collected boxes in case you die on the return trip.
Genius
Yeah I should of never followed the idiot in the video. I'd of much rather saved my checkpoint box til after the backtracking was done. Instead I copied this moron
What a god
Goat
This game is just downright unfair at times.
ShortLived86 .Plus, levels are so boring when you have to backtrack almost each one of them.
ShortLived86 You must be new to platformers
ShortLived86 lol have u ever tried getting both gems in one run in Piston it Away ??? Now that’s what I call unfair in a video game lmao
@@robdenicola4152 hell yeah
@@robdenicola4152 piston it away is easy to get both gems in one run, there is a way to get them easy, I found harder get the relics on the damn backpack levels
I think those two lumber jacks look like Eustace Bagge.
Where's me mallet?
*mario*
D’ohhh! What’d I do?
Bruh! 😂😂😂
Stupid Dog!
2:10 3:15
"Crash can also access the second clear gem without completing the death route. This can be done by going down the left split path when the two rejoin, and jumping along the green grass to the left edge of the colossal pit. Crash can then backtrack to the gem, and leave via the exit platform, or backtrack the entire route and smash all the crates if necessary."
-fandom wiki
Omg you can just spin the bees? Ffs I was trying to outrun them 😭 thank you man
I know! I mean, when Crash loses a life to one, you can clearly tell he's allergic to them, so why would you want to attack them physically?
NewJayqwe2
The dangerous bees in Bee-having level But in this level the is one bee and you can spin it
Ugh. Me too. I feel dumb.
Same here 😂😂
Same beat it first try now that i know
The N Sane Trilogy really shows how well Crash 1’s gem completion was designed. Without the no dying requirement,(Outside the colored gems.) you realize most of Crash 1’s gems were just straightforward platforming challenge with very little BS.
Crash 2 is rotten with it by comparison. The crap they expect you to just figure out is on par with those fake online Smash Melee unlocks.
It's easier to get the clear gem for all the boxes if you first go up the right hand path smashing every box until you see the electric fences. That way you don't have to jump back through them in reverse and you only have to head back down the right hand path as far as the checkpoint after doing the Death Route.
Omicron9999 the real MVP
Thanks!!
This comment made that run significantly easier thank you.
Wish I knew this before dying 100 times
Syafiq Pike same
Those bees are OP as fuck, so glad i've finished this level jheeze didn't know how far back i had to go.
On the original Crash Bandicoot 2, were not 1 only bee, but 10 or more.
You can kill the bees by spinning, makes it so much easier in case u didn’t know. Needs some good timing tho.
In Donkey Kong you can’t kill the bees, in Crash Bandicoot you can kill the bee
Thanks man, this one is always a pain to do.
This death route is actually not that difficult. I managed to complete the death route first time without being hit once and I still had a double Achu-Achu after I finished it. The most difficult bit is avoiding the bees when backtracking straight after it because you don't see them leaving their hives when you travel backwards.
These levels are so much easier once you get the Run ability
@Ryan Skelton u have to beat cortex at the end to get it
Sucks the same
Thank god, got it first try with the help of this video.
In 1:41 if you jump on iron jumping box then jump on the boxes that above TNT boxes you will reach the bridge iron boxes above that contain extra lives.
I didn't know you could kill those damn bees! That makes this level A LOT easier! Those bees pissed me off! Lol
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One neat thing about the remade game is the the crystal gives off light with that pretty purple glow
Nice. This showed me how far I needed to backtrack after the death level. But I’m glad I read some of the comments too.
Once you get to the bonus level don’t break the checkpoint box yet. Do the bonus level (don’t forget to snag the hidden lives in that level I believe I got 5 from it) and after the bonus level skip the checkpoint box for now and when you get to the death level go right instead until you get to the electric fences where the next checkpoint box is. Don’t get that checkpoint box either and don’t even go through the fences. Just turn around go back to that first checkpoint box you left next to the bonus level and do the death level. After the death level you only need to back track down the right path up until the checkpoint box. Then you finish the level with all the boxes. Also double check you got all the boxes in the bonus level because sometimes the tnt doesn’t destroy all of the boxes.
The best strategy in this level just jump on skull platform then leave it and clear the right path until the end then return to the the platform to take the left platform to get the both gems with any trouble
Thanks for the great video! VERY helpful! :)
There's an easier way to complete the death path.... Just go down the right path until the fork, get the checkpoint just after and backtrack down the left path. At the gap, jump onto the left side and make a few jumps to get over the massive gap using the left wall/bank. Then backtrack until you get the gem and all boxes, make sure to body slam all plants along the way so the run back is quicker and all you have to avoid is the bees. The death platform will take you back, but using the wall/bank trick can give you access even if you've died and the platform doesn't work. Thank me later.
Edit: idk if this works on the N.Sane trilogy, though I see no reason it wouldn't. Certainly works on original game, and using this tactic took one turn, as opposed to 20 lives and a fucking bad attitude. Lol
THANK YOU!!!!
I’m trying to jump on the sides and I keep falling???
My entire childhood was a lie! Now that the graphics are way better than in the 90's, I see Crash's going in the mud! My dumbass thought he was literally going underground lmao
Smart move going into the level with at least one mask. Makes all the difference especially with the bees lol
You missed a fat cache of extra lives in the ? Bonus stage btw
how do you get to it?
You need the boxes on the death path to get te all box gem, right?
MXZ Productions yep
Tom Richards so uhh how do get the platform to appear?
By not dying once until that point
When the heck did the game teach me I could dig?! Gah, there's nothing more frustrating in games than when they hide mechanics from you...
@Animal Crossing Villager Girls butthole A. Not everybody have played the old one. B. Does it tell you that you can dig in the old one?
It DOES teach you how to dig... in a subtle way. The level is called Diggin' it, the ground you can dig in looks different, and because the button to go dig is square, Crash will dig instantly when trying to break a box that's on the dirt. That's how 8 year old me knew.
I think N Sane Trilogy made it even easier with the hints... but it also made it harder because the bees here are much faster than the original for some reason. The originals bees also made a much more clear noise, so you know they're coming.
This level always seemed weird to me as a kid. Don't know why.
Every time I follow this tutorial there’s always one box left that I didn’t break somehow
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The bees I can deal with but those damn plants. The game is really picky with how you land on them to kill them.
"Diggin it" is one of the stages I like the most from Crash Bandicoot 2. It's really funny and challenging.
Bro the Bees
When you realise there is three lives up in that bonus level
Did you notice the platform above the 2nd row of boxes? How's it done needin a friend
Those fucking annoying bee's are the boss of this entire game omg i swear i broke my controller fuckin bullshit right there 😭😭
2:06 haha the bee kill you
At 1:40 look at the top right there is a platform. How do you get onto it?
VERY hard to get there, there are 4-5 extra lives I think
The super jump box to the left lets you jump up there. Start to the left of the jump box, run and try to land on the rightmost edge while holding jump. While in the air, hit spin and you will land on the [ ? ] box without breaking it. Do a crouch jump to get to the next [ ? ] box and hold jump when you land on it to boost up to the platform.
It was waaaay easier in the PS1,but here they screwed up the physics with the cheap engine and now it's nearly impossible
@@guilhermebrasil8333 I'm just playing it on Switch and it wasn't thaat hard tbh.
I feel like it's a repeat of another level. Ruination perhaps. I had a hard time with I as well.
On this stages bonus room there is a platform with three lives. .You should make a video on how to get them.
use the stacked boxes.
If you want those three lives use the jump box to jump on top of the first stack, the "?" box will break and you will set off the TNT. Wait until the box says "1" then slide jump to the top of the second stack and repeat the setting off of TNT and wait then slide jump to get to the top. Hope this helps!!
thanks bro, almost throwing the control on the wall because of these three lives
actually you just jump off the jump box, bounce off the ? box, land on the the other ? box and bounce off it to the platform. better than to risk waiting out the TNT explosion. you can collect whatever they dropped (a life and some apples) by bouncing off the TNTs when you lower them to the ground.
P Jay all well & good saying this but I literally cannot get onto the ‘?’ Box, I knew what to do but I can’t do it! I came here for answers & the guy playing the game didn’t even do it 🙄😂
and people say mind over mutant has annoying backtracking
Very good however you forgot there are 3 bonus lives on a metal box shelf in the bonus round. You're supposed to use those 2 tall stacks of boxes with the tnt near the top of them to jump on to that shelf. But honestly so far, I haven't been able to do it. I can in the original version but must be a programing error in this version.
I am currently searching for this exact issue. It seems just too far away and is very frustrating. The only video showing it being done is of the PS1 version so I think you might be right.
How do we tell Activision so they sort it out?
@@thestonegoose I just tried it out and did it! I used the run ability (awarded after cortex fight) to get a better run up for jumping onto the arrow box and I managed to reach the box tower and then hopped over to the next one and onto the bridge. Good luck if you try it!
@@zozo-qm9ph you should do a video of it! Well done of you did!
No you can do the jump you just need to jump from the right edge from the block
for the platform with 3 ups in the bonus area, just jump onto the first stack of boxes and wait for crash to land on the tnt box, then slide jump onto the next one and then make a crouch jump off that stack again, easypeasy! one would think that the tnt box explodes if u slide on it but to my great surprise it doesnt(credit and thx to my gf! C:
it does blow up when you slide on it tho..
After many deaths I finished both routes, only to accidentally stumble onto the secret warp and lose all my progress 🐝🐝🤣🐝🐝
There's 2 lives in the bonus round you missed
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One of the worst levels of any video game I have played.
yes. One of the reasons I don't actually even like Crash 2.
U suck
That and bee-having
All the little edits in this video really give away how badly they fucked up the controls in this remaster.
uuh.. okay ?? how im supposed to go back for the boxes when there are freaking bees ?? i know i can spin them but thats not even a second they pop up on the screen and my death lol
okay it wasnt that difficult.. :D but i read a guide where guy went first the non death path.. yeah good luck with doing all over again if the bees kill you lol.. this was much better.. thanks
This level beside cold hard crash and piston it away are the most annoying levels in the game because the both gems need to reach the death route without losing any life
All I ever did was buy and cherish you game, why must you treat me like this?
The bees in N Sane Trilogy are way too OP. They're a lot faster and their buzzing sound isn't clear enough.
So fucking sick of having to look up guides for every level of this game.
Definitely suggest leaving gems and relics until you complete the game normally. So much easier. Only wanted to check this one to see the easiest way for back tracking. Thanks!
How do I go underground?
Finghez if you spin you he automatically goes underground.
Finghez hold Down the square button when on purple soil
Bruh how do y’all get the 1ups on the top metal boxes towards the end of the bonus rounds??? I tried everything
Jump on the metal crate and jump from the tower of boxes. On the second one crouch then jump
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
I’m still missing fifteen boxes. I have done nothing differently. Why?
fuck this level
Everyone likes to say Piston it away, and cold hard crash are the worst levels. But nah, this shit is the pits.
When I tried to do this with the all boxes gem I was devastated when I missed 5 boxes 🙁
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Do you have to break all the Nitro boxes?:')
ok
Yes
Thanh Dong Nguyen yes there is a green metal box with a ! Break that and all the nitros in the stage blow up
5:59 Mario Bros?
How did you get 45 boxes after the 2d part i get 43
2:50... how?
you missed the extra lives in the bonus level
You didn't get the 3 extra lives from the bonus level
Thanks, this helped.
I didn't know you could spin the bees... I beat the whole level just out running after wasting 20 lives.. fuck
L'un de mes plus ancien jeu je l'avait sur la ps1 a l'époque je galérais avec mon père dans le niveau avec les abeilles 🐝 🐝 🐝
telling me you don't have to get all the fucking boxes in the bonus stages to get the gems. damn I've been wasting time then.
How do you let the deathpath appear?
Spirit Z GET TO IT FROM THE START OF THE LEVEL WITHOUT LOSING A LIFE
How do I break the nitros in the bonus?
It breaks later with the green box
How do you run????
How do you hide yourself in the ground??
I really need someone help I am playing crash bandicoot on PS4 I see every level but diggin it can someone please tell me how I get to this one thank you so much in advance
Neishaneal Amos it's in crash bandicoot 2 ... 4th map ( 4th floor ) ( the lava looking one/ mines )
@Eric Von Zipper did you finish the whole game? It's in the 4th floor in crash bandicoot 2
Every time I do this level I always have 93 of 95 boxes so I can't get the gem, can someone please tell me what I'm missing? 😂😂😂
There's a TNT glitch in the bonus stage (as there are in a few levels, apparently).
You have to be sure to watch them explode, so you can either trigger them and just wait next to the stack, or else (if you jump to the upper metal boxes) quickly collect the lives and run back to the left before they go off.
Then fuckin bees!
I always miss 7 boxes idk how
94 boxes.
about ton set my pc on fire.
How to you burrow
my death passage isnt there
How did I miss 2 box...
Thank you
How do u kill the bees?
5:00 6:03
Pain in the ass fucking level nothing fun about it!!
Is it strange that I don’t find getting the gem in this level hard?
The hardest level
How do you burrow like that?
Wait till you're on the mud area(the darker spots) and spin, and crash will dive into it. Then when you want to get out hit the jump button to get out
u need to get all of the boxes anyway to get the clear gem
How to open the new path
You probably figured it out in the meantime, but you have go reach the platform without dying
He missedboxes up in bonus roynd
Why did you cut mid video? I have no idea what you did there. Fail.
Usually what happens in instructional videos like this is the person died and they edited it out for a smoother watching experience. We're here to figure out how to do this, not watch someone die while they show us
Finally!
I feel safe in saying this.
Crash 2 is the worst game out of the N sane Trilogy. And considering how bad this back tracking is, i'd argue its up there as maybe the worst of the PS1 games as well.
thanks
2:49 no way. Either you’re cheating or impossible
I hate this level with a burning passion
Backtracking in this game SUCKS.
The way you just ignore loads of fruit is annoying af. Also you do the slide jump a lot when you really don't need to.
Sir Digby Chicken Caesar I think he/she slide jumps to be safe. I do it sometimes.
loads of fruit :D
I always slide jump. It's not always necessary but I'd rather guarantee I make an easy jump over just barely missing an easy jump because I miscalculated
worst design ever ...great video;))