Ruination

Ruination is the nineteenth level in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. In this thrilling sequel to Road to Ruin, Crash Bandicoot proves that even purely cosmetic thunderstorms cannot keep him from compulsively smashing handmade wooden boxery. As a matter of background ambientation, the storm broadens as Crash advances through the level, reaching its high point in the Green Gem Route, where the music is almost unhearable due to the rain effects. This is known as being the most annoying level in the game.

The aforementioned Green Gem Path thankfully involves no crates, instead simply consisting of a series of tricky jumps that must be made whilst being bombarded by logs thrown by log-throwing gorillas. More than half of this stage's crates are found in the Bonus Round, where Crash will encounter a minor Locked Crate puzzle and a major crate staircase suspended over bottomless nothingness.

There is also a very annoying glitch in where Crash gets stuck under the rock platforms and cannot do anything, this forces the player to return to the warp room. This can also happen in Road to Ruin.

thumb|right|300px|Over half of the boxes are in the bonus!!!!!!!

Trivia

 * The name of this level, possibly, is a combination of the words "Ruin" and "Nation".
 * This level's gem path is accessible without the green gem.


 * There is a part of the level that has "outline" crates with the same configuration as a part from Road to Ruin, but insted of any regular crates, you get lots of Nitro Crates! Surprise! You can ignore the ! crate as hitting the nitro switch will destroy them anyhow.