Crash Bandicoot 4: 10 Hardest Levels Ranked

Hey, look! Another autoscrolling level!

Much like "Draggin' On," this level is very appropriately named, seeing as you're going to be repeating it *a lot*. This is because, just like the Shnurgle in "Crash Landed," the controls for Polar are notoriously bad. With this level, however, it feels a bit worse.

This is due in part to the ice physics, but also because of the stacks of boxes that you'll miss any given number of if you're not pixel perfect when hitting them. There are also boxes in the air that are difficult to space out given the hilly landscape. And if that wasn't bad enough, in the N-Verted version of the stage, the Hidden Gem is situated right in front of one of the trees. To this day, I'm convinced you cannot get it without dying.

Aside from the downright awful polar bear section, this level's Yellow Gem Route contains a callback to one of Crash Bandicoot 1's most infamous and frustratingly-difficult levels, The High Road. Only this time around, instead of dodging hogs that can't be killed, you now have to dodge floating, electrified robots that also can't be killed.

To Crash 1's credit, however, it's a lot easier to figure out where the hogs are relative to you than it is these robots. Not only that, but there are less places to land this time around, giving you less time to plot your next move.

Basically, this level gives you zero time to think. Ever. And that's not fun; that's stressful.