Crash Team Racing
Tested on Playstation 2
Genre
Crash Team Racing, or CTR, is a kart racing game. This game was in essence exactly the same as the Super Mario Kart series, but with the Mario team swapped with the characters from the Crash Bandicoot series.
Narrative + Gameplay
In the game's Adventure mode an evil villain called 'Nitros Oxide' claims he is the fastest racer in the galaxy and declares that he will turn the world in to a giant parking lot if he is not beaten in a game of 'Survival of the fastest'. Then the player must collect trophies and various other items before facing Nitros Oxide in a one-on-one match.
The other 4 modes are Time Trial, Arcade, Versus and Battle. All of which the character begins with a selection of eight characters, however through playing the game the player is able to earn rewards and upgrades which help them to unlock new characters.
Throughout all the modes the player's character is in a go-kart and must try and win the race. The player can collect power ups and weapons from the ? marked crates around the maps, the player can also obtain power ups from the ''Fruit Crates'' also scattered around the maps which also increase the players speed. The player can use these weapons on the other players using the analog sticks and buttons to help them advance in the race.
Characters
Like Sonic, though perhaps not to the same level, Crash Bandicoot is a well recognised franchise. So this of course also showcases typical characters of the franchise including Crash, Doctor Neo Cortex and Coco, Crash's younger sister, to name a few. On top of this are twelve more playable characters.
In Adventure Mode the main antagonist is Nitros Oxide, but the game also has four other bosses called Ripper Roo, Papu Papu, Komodo Joe and Pinstripe Potoroo as well as a clone of Crash simply named 'Fake Crash'. When the Adventure Mode is completed, all of these characters become playable in the other modes.
Target Audience
The ERSB gave this game an E rating meaning it is suitable for everyone. And whilst I agree that it is suitable for everyone I think the game is aimed at younger children because of it's comical approach. The game is also very simple to play and the unbelievably cheesy names to characters I think just make it better for younger children.
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